Ryan Sessegnon? Alisson? Ronaldo at Wolves? The players we want to see in the Premier League next season

Gareth Bale is one of the players tipped to join Premier League next season. [Photo/Courtesy]

The end of the football season can only mean one thing - the opening of the transfer window.

This summer looks set to be as manic as last year as clubs across Europe scramble to beat each other to the hottest talent.

And with a World Cup on the horizon, scouts will be working overtime to identify the best bargains.

Last year's transfer market madness - which saw Neymar join Paris Saint-Germain for £200million - proved nothing is off limits.

And so we tasked our reporters with identifying the players they want to see in the Premier League next season.

Do you agree? Leave your comments below to contribute to the debate...

Andy Dunn - Gareth Bale

The second equaliser against Barcelona on Sunday was a reminder of his class. Out of the country and out of the first-choice Real Madrid line-up, it is easy to forget Bale is arguably the best British footballer of this generation.

He still loves life in Madrid and has a contract until 2022 so tempting him back will be tough. But as he approaches his 29th birthday, Bale needs to be guaranteed, and should be guaranteed, a starting berth.

Surely any one of the Big Six could offer him that. It would be great to see him back.

John Cross - Nabil Fekir

A lovely player with great technical ability and if Liverpool are lining him up as some sort of Coutinho replacement then he’ll make them even stronger. I think he’d be terrific in the Premier League.

I’ve felt for a long time that he’d be good. The sort of midfield mercurial talent Arsenal have bought so many times!

David Maddock - Mo Salah

Why? Because it would mean Real Madrid or Barcelona haven't nicked him from Liverpool - and disclaimer here, I don't think they will for a second, because he's definitely staying - and he is preparing for a second season at Anfield.

More than any new signing - though I'd love to see Napoli's Jorginho in the Premier League with his class as a midfield quarter back - it is the Salah second season syndrome that intrigues me most.

Can he show this year wasn't just a fluke? I'm certain he can, but it will be truly fascinating to find out.

Mike Walters - Ryan Sessegnon

Fulham's Ryan Sessegnon touted to be one the next big players. [Photo/Courtesy]

Who would you like to see in the Premier League next season? In itself, the question is an open invitation to envy and navel-gazing.

Much as we might like to see Cristiano Ronaldo's second coming at Old Trafford, Lionel Messi reunited with Pep Guardiola or Gareth Bale joining his home-town club Cardiff, none of those pipe dreams is likely to happen.

It reminds me of the time when Mick Mills was manager of Stoke and, in his efforts to be helpful to the media, after a nondescript game he asked the gathered scribes if there were any players they would like to see. From the back of the room came an instant reply: "Stanley Matthews."

Not on the basis that he's an oven-ready world-beater, but because Fulham have been the most watchable team in the Championship for the last two seasons under Slavisa Jokanovic, it would be nice to stroll along the riverside walk to Craven Cottage next season and see how his progressive side shapes up in the Premier League.

One way or another, Ryan Sessegnon - the most coveted player outside the top flight in English football - is likely to be on parade among the big guns when the 2018-19 circus is under way.

Let's see if Sessegnon is as good as we think he's going to be.

No disrespect to Aston Villa, Derby or Middlesbrough, but many neutrals hope Fulham win the Championship play-offs just so we can see if Sessegnon, Stefan Johansen and Tom Cairney can call the tune at higher level.

Neil Moxley - Cristiano Ronaldo... at Wolves

Cristiano Ronaldo to Wolves? possible...[Photo/Courtesy]

This question is an open brief - so I’m going to use my imagination here - please don’t think the sight of the sun has sent me loopy.

My answer is: Cristiano Ronaldo - and I'd like to see him at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Think about it. He’s won everything there is to win in the game in Madrid and his agent, Jorge Mendes, is hugely influential at Molineux.

The Chinese owners want to put the club on the map and make a statement, what better way to do it?

It may have missed the attention of a few people last week but Fosun International lsigned off a £1.75bn deal to build a huge Disneyland-style development on the Chinese mainland.

This lot are here to play. And they have the cash to do so.

I cannot, in all honesty, see it happening this season. But I wouldn’t rule it out in 12 months or so because as fit as Ronaldo is, time waits for no man.

And what a boost that would give to the Premier League, seeing the multiple Ballon D’Or winner back here...

Darren Lewis - Ryan Sessegnon

I'd like to see the teenager in the top flight. All the normal riders apply; at 17 he is only young but he does look a fantastic talent. Hopefully he will get to play in the top flight with Fulham but if he doesn't, hopefully he will choose a team that will allow him to play rather than opt for the money to become an expensive benchwarmer. He needs to play and I'd love to see him do that at the highest level.

Neil McLeman - Dries Mertens

Napoli's best players are set to leave with Maurizio Sarri this summer - and the Belgian striker offers a bargain. After a long scoring drought, he netted his 22nd goal of the season against Torino on Sunday and also has 12 assists.

Kalidou Koulibaly and Jorginho will have big price tags but 30-year-old Mertens has a €28m (£24.6m) buyout clause to foreign clubs in his contract until July. Manchester United are among the clubs interested.

Tom Hopkinson - Robert Lewandowski

Matej Vydra - because that'd mean Derby had won the play-offs.

But, failing that, Robert Lewandowski, one of the most elegant strikers in the game.

He's only one goal away from becoming the second man to score 30 in three successive Bundesliga seasons alongside Gerd Muller, which would be a great way to sign off at Bayern Munich.

And what a privilege it would be to see him up close and personal for a couple of years now he is at his peak.

Andy Gilpin - Alisson

Alisson at Liverpool. No player would improve a Premier League team more than Alisson at Liverpool. His handling, shot-stopping and decision making are sound - and he would finally fill the defenders in front for him with confidence.

The swing from Mignolet/Karius to Roma's Brazilian custodian would be dramatic and make Liverpool proper title contenders.

Klopp should stop pretending that either of the above (or Jack Butland) are good enough for the Champions League finalists and splash the cash on Alisson.

Adrian Kajumba - Ryan Sessegnon

It might be with Fulham after they reached the play-offs, but if the Cottagers fail to secure promotion the mounting interest in Sessegnon means he looks set to end up in the Premier League next season one way or another.

He has long been hailed as one of England's best young talents and versatile Sessegnon, who can play anywhere along the left flank, has lived up to those expectations since breaking into Fulham's first team.

He has bagged 15 goals this term and cleaned up at the EFL's end of season awards. Becoming the first player from outside the Premier League to make the PFA young player of the year shortlist is another sign of his huge potential.

As well as the likes of Tottenham and Manchester United, England boss Gareth Southgate is keeping an eye on Sessegnon with a view to handing him a senior call-up. If he maintains his sparkling form in the Premier League the 17 year-old will be impossible to ignore.