Every year, the wait is wonderful as December 31st approaches, before the celebrations begin.
Yes, the opening of the January movement window is accompanied by a lot of noise, as rumors run wild with clubs looking to strengthen their squad for the final months of the campaign.
Whether it’s newcomers to climb out of relegation contention, clubs desperately looking for a short-term replacement for long-term injuries or names of contenders hoping to spice up their squad, no club will rule out doing business this month.
Not every move will be a success and January is notoriously a tricky time to do business, however, some of the Premier League’s most successful signings have been completed in the month in recent years.
Here’s a countdown to the ten most sensible January signings in the division.
Candidate from 2021: Lingard has scored nine goals in just 16 games for West Ham, on loan from Manchester United.
Lingard also provided four assists for the Hammers, proving to be an inspirational addition in David Moyes’ sideways fight for a top-four position. Although they missed out on that result, Lingard played a key role in keeping European football going. generating the most productive form of your career. The only regret for all parties is that the assignment was not made permanent.
There is no signing on this list offering more money than Coleman, who Everton signed from Irish side Sligo Rovers in 2009.
The Irish full-back has surpassed 400 first-team appearances for the Merseysiders and is now the club’s captain. Coleman has been a wonderful servant for the Blues and has shown that there is no shortage of skill and cash throughout Ireland.
Three years after he was allowed to sign for Benfica, Jose Mourinho insisted Chelsea had swallowed their pride and re-signed Serbian midfielder Matic.
Playing at the base of a three-man midfield, he was the ultimate defensive shield that solidified Mourinho’s Blues and helped them earn their general name the following year. He is one of two Premier League names where Matic played a key role for Chelsea, before before his move to Manchester United in 2017.
Another Serbian who arrived at Stamford Bridge, Ivanovic joined Lokomotiv Moscow in 2008 and, despite an initial low-key role, has temporarily become a key player.
He would go on to win nine trophies in a glittering nine-year career at Stamford Bridge, scoring an impressive 34 passes in 377 appearances. He joined Zenit St. Petersburg in 2017 after becoming a cult hero with Les Bleus.
Another wonderful defensive luck that arrived in the Premier League in January: Evra left Monaco for Old Trafford in 2006. The Frenchman has had a difficult time coming to life in England, but he has established himself as a key figure on and off the pitch. .
“My first meeting with the real Sir Alex, when I made my debut against Manchester City,” Evra told The Guardian in August 2020. “At half-time, he gave each player the hairdryer for a minute. 15 long minutes. In the end he told me in five seconds: ‘Patrice, sit down. ‘ They will tell you how to play in England.
“That night my agent said, ‘We made the biggest mistake coming here. I’m sorry.’ I was upset but I was burning.” Evra won five Premier League titles at Old Trafford, making 379 appearances for the club.
Signed via Liverpool for just £8. 5m in January 2013, Coutinho may be a little unlucky to be so low on this list.
Within five years, he joined Barcelona on a £142 million contract, the highest transfer payment ever made at an English club. The Brazilian has emerged as one of the most sensible talents at Anfield after his time at Inter but failed to pick up a trophy. his time on Merseyside.
A year before signing Coutinho, Liverpool signed Andy Carroll and Suarez on a dramatic final day after squandering Fernando Torres. The Uruguayan won the Golden Boot in 2013-14 with 31 goals in 33 Premier League games as the Reds narrowly missed out on the Premier League. League title.
He left for Barcelona in 2014 and, for all his ability on the field, his stay in England was ruined when he found fault with Patrice Evra’s racist abuse in 2012, for which the striker received an eight-match suspension.
The Portuguese star scored forty-five direct goals (28 goals and 17 assists) in his first year at Manchester United, after signing for Sporting Lisbon. Coming into a team beleaguered and very adrift in the race for the top four, he boosted United. in the top three and second the following year.
“From day one, he came in and questioned the environment, the playing environment and the staff. He’s been a wonderful addition,” former Red Devils boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said in January 2021.
“He’s a very humble, hard-working human being and I think everyone has noticed what he does on the field. “
Well, there is one signing whose arrival lifted their new side even more than Fernandes at United. Liverpool’s £75million investment in Virgil van Dijk in January 2018 lifted the Reds from being a regular top four contender into a back-to-back Champions League finalist and Premier League winners while registering successive seasons in excess of 95 Premier League points.
A serious injury suffered at the end of 2020 sidelined Van Dijk for the entire season and Jurgen Klopp’s side were never the same after that. Without a doubt, the most productive centre-back in the world during the two years before the injury, he is one of the most productive. In recent times.
The most productive January signing of all time: Vidic was an unknown centre-back when he joined Manchester United from Spartak Moscow in 2006.
His transfer fee of £7million was less than a tenth of van Dijk’s move to Liverpool, which – coupled with his huge number of trophies won – sees him pip the Dutchman to top spot. The Serbia international won five Premier League titles, three League Cups, the Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup during his eight-and-a-half-year spell at the club.
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Vidic and Evra arrived at United in 2006, helping to form part of a defence that would dominate English football for the next seven years, winning five titles and losing the other two for a combined total of one point.
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