Whose Premier League transfer gamble will pay off?
January’s Premier League transfer window brought a number of surprises and also a few predictable signings.
Surprise, surprise!
West Ham who are currently on a European adventure (last 16 in the Europa League), and pursuing a top four/Europa league spot and in the 5th round of the FA Cup, brought in zero players. Similar to Manchester United who are also contending for a top-four finish as well as a Champions League push.
‘Money, money, money, money… Money!’
Spending big, the newly crowned ‘Richest club in the world’ Newcastle United have spent not only the most in the Premier League but also in the world.
Big Spenders
Club/League/Spend
1. Newcastle – English Premier League – £86m
2. Juventus – Serie A – £81.5m
3. Barcelona – La Liga – £54.6m
4. Liverpool – English Premier League – £37.8m
5. Everton – English Premier League – £31.5m
6. Aston Villa – English Premier League – £25.2m
7. Tottenham – English Premier League – £24.3m
8. Fiorentina – Serie A – £23.5m
9. Zenit – Russian Premier League – £22.7m
10. Watford – English Premier League – £20.1m
Newcastles spending is understandable with an abundance of wealth and in the midst of a relegation battle, they have decided to roll the dice by bringing in five new signings for a total of £86 million to reignite their fight for survival.
While only brining in one player and fighting at the top of the table, Liverpool spent the second largest amount (£37.8m) in the Premier League as they aim to close deficit to Manchester City to win their second league title in three years.
West Ham’s decision to not add to their squad raised many eyebrows as their strong and determined squad may begin to show signs of wear and tear as the season draws to a climax, and games come around thick and fast and with more at stake.
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Although this season was the second highest January transfer spend of the Premier League, a number of clubs did not make any marquee signings but many added youth and squad players to their ranks. Come the end of May we shall see whose gamble paid off.
Below is a list of all players transfers ‘in’ by Premier League teams:
Arsenal: Auston Trusty – Colorado Rapids: undisclosed
Aston Villa: Philippe Coutinho – Barcelona: loan, Lucas Digne – Everton: £25m, Calum Chambers – Arsenal: undisclosed, Kerr Smith – Dundee United: £2m, Robin Olsen – Roma: loan
Brighton: Kacper Kozlowski – Pogon Szczecin: £8m, Deniz Undav – Royale Union Saint-Gilloise: £6m, Benicio Baker-Boaitey – Porto: loan
Burnley: Wout Weghorst – Wolfsburg: £12m
Chelsea: Dylan Williams – Derby: undisclosed, Mason Burstow – Charlton: undisclosed
Crystal Palace: Jean-Philippe Mateta – Mainz 05: undisclosed, Luke Plange – Derby: £1m
Everton: Vitaliy Mykolenko – Dynamo Kiev: undisclosed, Nathan Patterson – Rangers: £16m, Anwar El Ghazi – Aston Villa: loan, Donny van de Beek – Manchester United: loan, Dele Alli – Tottenham: undisclosed, Billy Crellin – Fleetwood Town: undisclosed
Leeds United: Mateo Joseph Fernandez – Espanyol: undisclosed
Leicester City: Amani Richards – Arsenal: undisclosed
Liverpool: Luis Diaz – Porto: £49m
Manchester City: Julian Alvarez – River Plate: £14m
Manchester United: None
Newcastle United: Kieran Trippier – Atletico Madrid: £15m, Chris Wood – Burnley: £25m, Bruno Guimaraes – Lyon: £40m, Matt Targett – Aston Villa: loan, Dan Burn – Brighton: £13m
Norwich City: None
Southampton: None
Tottenham: Rodrigo Bentancur – Juventus: £21.5m, Dejan Kulusevski – Juventus: loan
Watford: Hassane Kamara – Nice: undisclosed, Samir – Udinese: undisclosed, Edo Kayembe – Eupen: undisclosed, Samuel Kalu – Bordeaux: undisclosed
West Ham: None
Wolves: Hayao Kawabe – Zurich: undisclosed, Chiquinho – Estoril: £3m, Hwang Hee-chan – RB Leipzig: £14m, Jeong Sang-bin – Suwon Samsung Bluewings: £1m
