A lot of money was spent in the Premier League during the January transfer window.
£780m of the £2.8bn that has been spent over the course of the season to be exact.
But the question on the lips of everyone is who did the best business? Who did some savvy dealings and who paid way over the odds to land anyone they could get their hands on?
Here’s how the 20 Premier League teams fared spending all that money.
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Bournemouth spent more money than anyone was really expecting this January – particularly on deadline day when they brought in Hamed Traore and Illia Zabarnyi for around £40m.
The former will be a consistently good performer for the club, while the latter – according to FM23 – could become one of the better defenders with the right training, mentoring and gametime (the three things needed on FM23 anyways).
Also they probably dodged a bullet by missing out on Nicolo Zaniolo.
Grade: B+
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The Gunners needed some quality depth this winter, and they added exactly that.
Jorginho seems to be a particularly shrewd acquisition, with the midfielder adding winning experience to a youthful Arsenal team on the brink of Premier League glory.
Grade: A
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Alex Moreno has impressed since joining the club, while Jhon Duran is a long-term investment who could come good in the next few years.
They didn’t do a whole lot but Unai Emery already has a decent squad at his disposal so they didn’t really need to.
Grade: C+
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Kevin Schade is a fun signing. Keep an eye out for him throughout the rest of the season, he’s a winger who takes on his man which is quite rare in today’s game (even though it shouldn’t be).
The Bees probably could’ve done with signing a striker in case the ‘bad thing’ happens with Ivan Toney before the end of the season though. They could be made to rue that lack of investment in a replacement number nine soon…
Grade: C
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Brighton lost one of their bigger ticket players to Arsenal but, thanks to Kaoru Mitoma being amazing they haven’t exactly missed him at all.
Standing firm on Moises Caicedo was the right thing to do too. He’s brilliant and will be difficult to replace when he eventually leaves…
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