TARGETS (League Two)

Ali presents some fourth tier talent ahead of the JTW in part two of our Targets series.

Ali Maxwell

Welcome to TARGETS (League Two), ya filthy animals.

The January Transfer window opens in a little over a fortnight, and we’ll be covering all the comings and goings on NTT20.COM. Forget what the haters say, January signings CAN transform your season.

If you missed the first part of this series — League One targets — then let me reappraise you of the task I’m setting myself. My job here is:

• to highlight some interesting talents and profiles from League Two

• to build a shortlist of players who could make an impact higher up the pyramid

• to share that list amongst readers who may not follow each league as closely as we do.

If I was running a recruitment team in the Championship or League One and I was tasked with adding some quality in January — not just for the short term, but to be a part of the team for years to come — we would be sending our scouts to watch the following names closely over the next five weeks.

All players are aged 23 and under. And we’re going to identify one player from each area of the pitch (apart from GK), from front (ST) to back (CB).

Before we start… A special thanks to Albion Analytics for their amazing, open-to-the-public dashboard visualisation app, which covers the entire EFL and which I have used to demonstrate some of my player analysis. It is rare to have such an intuitive, wide-ranging tool available to all EFL data enthusiasts, so a big thanks from all of us for such generosity.

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Striker - Ali Al-Hamadi (AFC Wimbledon)

For me, this is possibly the most important name in the entire EFL January Transfer Window. The likely #1 trending topic.