Premier League best and worst XIs of January transfer signings revealed… and one star makes BOTH line-ups
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HALF-WAY though the winter window. And like the UK economy, the transfer market appears to be stalling. Even by the standards of a normal quiet January, this month, so far, has been about the things that haven’t happened. Marcus Rashford has still not left Manchester United. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mo Salah remain at Anfield. Arsenal appear to be mulling the striker signing Emirates fans have demanded for two years.
![[Mykhaylo Mudryk of Chelsea F.C. in a blue uniform.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mykhaylo-mudryk-chelsea-seen-uefa-958065192.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
Indeed, more than a fortnight after the window opened, Prem clubs had signed paid money for just six players between them, with Aston Villa’s £19m recruitment of Dortmund’s Donyell Malen representing nearly a third of the total £68m outlay. Of course, Manchester City could change everything if the proposed triple swoop for Frankfurt striker Omar Marmoush, Lens defender Abdukodir Khusanov and Palmeiras teenager Vitor Reis materialises.
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But City, from a position of relative strength and able to get a few wrong, are an exception. And while there have been some stunning deals in the winter window - imagine Liverpool without Virgil van Dijk over the past seven years - there are far more misses and maybes than hits.
![[Jarrod Bowen of West Ham United in a soccer match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jarrod-bowen-west-ham-premier-960454693.jpg?strip=all&w=836)
Over the last five January windows, Prem sides have splashed out £785m. There have been around 126 major signings. And of them, arguably only 26, just one in five, can be described as unqualified successes. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS. Indeed, one of the biggest successes of this season was also one of the most obvious January failures.
![[Ozan Kabak of Liverpool FC running with the ball during a soccer match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ozan-kabak-liverpool-runs-ball-964211523.jpg?strip=all&w=706)
