While the stars of the Premier League moonlight with their national teams, the schedule for televised games in January has been released, with rivals Sky Sports and BT Sport divvying up the matches that could decide the destination of title.
A total of 15 Premier League games will be shown in January, with 11 announced today, and there are three that stand out.
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