Chelsea have been the biggest January spenders five times, ahead of Manchester City and Newcastle. But does mid-season investment guarantee improvement?
January 2022 – Newcastle ∧∧∧
January spend: £85m
January signings: Kieran Trippier (£12m, Atletico Madrid), Chris Wood (£25m, Burnley), Bruno Guimaraes (£35m, Newcastle), Matt Targett (loan, Aston Villa), Dan Burn (£13m, Brighton)
January 1 position: 19th (two points from safety)
Final position: 11th (14 points above relegation zone)
January 2021 – West Ham =
January spend: £25m
January signings: Said Benrahma (£25m, Brentford)
January 1 position: 10th (three points behind Everton in 4th)
Final position: 10th (eight points behind Chelsea in 4th)
January 2020 – Man Utd ∧∧
January spend: £57.2m
January signings: Bruno Fernandes (£57.2m, Sporting), Nathan Bishop (undisclosed, Southend), Odion Ighalo (loan, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua).
January 1 position: 5th (five points behind Chelsea in 4th)
Final position: 3rd (four points above Leicester in 5th)
January 2019 – Chelsea ∧
January spend: £57m
January signings: Christian Pulisic (£57m, Borussia Dortmund), Gonzalo Higuain (loan, Juventus)
January 1 position: 4th (two points above Arsenal in 5th)
Final position: 3rd (two points above Arsenal in 5th)
January 2018 – Liverpool =
January spend: £75.2m
January signings: Virgil van Dijk (£75m, Southampton), Tony Gallacher (£200,000, Falkirk)
January 1 position: 4th (six points above Arsenal in 5th)
Final position: 4th (five points above Chelsea in 5th)
Premier League five-year net spend table: Chelsea within £100m of Manchester United
January 2017 – Crystal Palace ∧∧
January spend: £38.5m
January signings: Jeffrey Schlupp (£12m, Leicester), Patrick van Aanholt (£14m, Sunderland), Luka Milivojevic (£12.5m, Olympiakos), Mamadou Sakho (loan, Liverpool)
January 1 position: 17th (two points above relegation zone)
Final position: 14th (seven points above relegation zone)
Allardyce”s #CPFC departure left a bitter taste but his January signings (granted he was afforded big budget) were superb:
Luka Milivojevic
Patrick van Aanholt
Jeffrey Schlupp
Mamadou Sakho (loan)— Tom Dutton (@TomDutty) March 4, 2019
January 2016 – Newcastle =
January spend: £29m
January signings: Jonjo Shelvey (£12m, Swansea), Andros Townsend (£12m, Spurs), Henri Saivet (£5m, Bordeaux), Seydou Doumbia (loan, Roma)
January 1 position: 18th (two points…
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