January Transfer Window 2015
What happened
What happened? In the end, not a lot. After a blockbuster summer window that smashed all records set before it, Premier League clubs were markedly more coy in the January window.
Almost £1bn was spent on players in the summer, yet collectively the top flight couldn’t even muster £150m over the past four weeks. Just four teams paid more than £10m for a player, while three teams didn't spend any money at all.
Nevertheless, there were still a total of 137 deals involving Premier League clubs this summer, and our interactive guide allows you to dig into the data for yourself.
key facts
& figures
Total spent comparison
When it
was spent
Buys vs Loans
Popular Positions
Where they came from
EPL Spend vs Europe
Your club's transfers
Key facts & figures
Total amount spent:
Total amount made:
Biggest deal:
Total transfers:
Busiest clubs:
Biggest Spenders:
Biggest Earners:
£141,200,000
£101,000,000
Wilfried Bony
34
Crystal Palace (6)
Manchester City
Chelsea FC
Total Spent Comparison
Just six times in the last decade have Premier League clubs been more shy with the checkbook in January. Only a handful of clubs made significant investments in the past month, with Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal collectively responsible for 54 per cent of all the the money spent.
It was all a far cry from the historic window of 2011, when a record £235m was spent by clubs in the top flight. Chelsea and Liverpool collectively spent almost as much on the final day of that transfer window alone (£134.64m) than all 20 current Premier League clubs put together across the entirety of this window.
£49.8m traded hands on the final day, yet there was little in the way of last-gasp shocks. The big move of the day, Juan Cuadrado to Chelsea for £29.4m, had been on the cards for a few days prior.
When it was spent
This year’s window took a while to get going. While Swansea got the ball rolling early (and passed everyone by) with the £1.67m signing of Matt Grimes, West Ham were the next to break ranks from the rest of their frugal competitors a full five days later with the £1.7m signing of Doneil Henry (yeah, we’d already forgotten too). In fact, not until the financial juggernaut of Manchester City finally got their way with Wilfried Bony on 14 January did the cumulative spend of the league finally break the £10m mark.
Deadline day was unsurprisingly the busiest day of the window as 30 players grabbed their last chance to switch clubs.
Buys vs Loans
Just over half of the signings made by Premier League clubs - 52.9 per cent to be exact - actually came with a transfer fee attached.
Nine players arrived as temporary adjustments on the loan market, while a number of clubs looked to snap up a bargain with an out of contract player. The only two goalkeepers signed this January - Victor Valdes by Manchester United and Mark Schwarzer by Leicester City - both arrived on free transfers.
Buys
Loans
Free
Most Popular Position
Most clubs looked to shore up in midfield and defence, with 15 and 11 players of either position joining a new Premier League club.
Although just six out-and-out strikers were purchased, clubs still had a focus on boosting their firepower in the final months of the season. Transfermarkt.co.uk define 10 of those 15 midfielders as either wingers or “attacking midfielders”.
Where they came from
Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of transfers were domestic deals with 67 per cent of players bought from English clubs. With little time to scour the globe for an uncovered gem, clubs looked to stick to the familiar and the easily available. A dash down the M1 on deadline day is a lot easier than flying through four different time zones.
Just over 44 per cent of all signings were bought from other Premier League clubs, while the Championship was the next most popular hunting ground.
EPL spend vs Europe
Dominance in European competition, pioneering styles of football, a thriving hub of homegrown players - all areas the Premier League is lacking in comparison to its European rivals. But if there is one sector in which it continually crushes its competition, it’s the capacity to spend, spend, spend.
Even in a year lacking in bombast, the Premier League still spent more than double that of its closest competitor Serie A, whose clubs spent a collective £66m.
Chelsea and Manchester City both spent more this January than the whole of Ligue 1 put together.
Your clubs transfers
Click on your Premier League football team below for a round-up of their spending in the January transfer window
Arsenal
Players in
Gabriel Paulista (Villarreal CF)
£17,600,000
Krystian Bielik (Legia Warszawa)
£2,740,000
Players out
Benik Afobe (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
£0
Joel Campbell (Villarreal CF)
Loan
Yaya Sanogo (Crystal Palace)
Loan
Matt Macey (Accrington Stanley)
Loan
Lukas Podolski (Inter Milan)
Loan (fee: £528,000)
Aston Villa
Players in
Carles Gil (Valencia CF)
£3,700,000
Scott Sinclair (Manchester City)
Loans
Players out
Daniel Johnson (Preston North End)
£0
Michael Drennan (Shamrock Rovers)
£0
Callum Robinson (Preston North End)
Loan
Antonio Luna (Spezia Calcio)
Loan
Gary Gardner (Nottingham Forest)
Loan
Jordan Graham (Wolves)
£0
Burnley
Players in
Michael Keane (Manchester United)
£2,250,000
Players out
n/a
Chelsea
Players in
Juan Cuadrado (AC Fiorentina)
£29,390,000
Players out
André Schürrle (VfL Wolfsburg)
£28,160,000
Ryan Bertrand (Southampton FC)
£10,000,000
Fernando Torres (AC Milan)
£2,640,000
Mohamed Salah (AC Fiorentina)
Loan
Marko Marin (RSC Anderlecht)
Loan
Stipe Perica (Udinese Calcio)
Loan
Ulises Dávila (Vitória Setúbal FC)
Loan
Nathaniel Chalobah (Reading FC)
Loan
Tomás Kalas (Middlesbrough FC)
Loan
Todd Kane (Nottingham Forest)
Loan
Lewis Baker (Sheffield Wednesday)
Loan
Mark Schwarzer (Leicester City)
£0
Alex Kiwomya (Barnsley )
Loan
Crystal Palace
Players in
Jordon Mutch (Queens Park Rangers)
£5,580,000
Pape Souaré (LOSC Lille)
£4,690,000
Wilfried Zaha (Manchester United)
£3,370,000
Chung-Yong Lee (Bolton Wanderers)
£0
Keshi Anderson (Barton Rovers)
£0
Yaya Sanogo (Arsenal FC)
Loan
Players out
Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City)
£942,000
Andy Johnson (Released)
£0
Alex Wynter (Colchester United)
£0
Barry Bannan (Bolton Wanderers)
Loan
Jack Hunt (Rotherham United)
Loan
Jake Gray (Cheltenham Town)
Loan
Jimmy Kébé (Unattached)
Released
Everton
Players in
Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur)
Loan
Players out
Samuel Eto'o (UC Sampdoria)
£0
Christopher Long (Brentford FC)
Loan
John Lundstram (Leyton Orient)
Loan
Ben McLaughlin (Telford United)
Loan
Hallam Hope (Bury)
£0
Hull City
Players in
n/a
Players out
Calaum Jahraldo-Martin (Alloa Athletic FC)
Loan
Leicester City
Players in
Andrej Kramaric (HNK Rijeka)
£7,920,000
Mark Schwarzer (Chelsea)
£0
Robert Huth (Stoke City)
Loan
Players out
Adam Dawson (Bristol Rovers)
Loan
Adam Smith (Mansfield Town)
Loan
Jack Barmby (Rotherham United)
Loan
Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United)
Loan
Callum Elder (Mansfield Town)
Loan
Liverpool
Players in
n/a
Players out
Oussama Assaidi (Al-Ahli Club)
£0
Oluwaseyi Ojo (Wigan Athletic)
Loan
Jack Dunn (Cheltenham Town)
Loan
Kevin Stewart (Cheltenham Town)
Loan
Lloyd Jones (Cheltenham Town)
Loan
Manchester City
Players in
Wilfried Bony (Swansea City)
£31,810,000
Players out
Scott Sinclair (Aston Villa)
Loan
Bruno Zuculini (Córdoba CF)
Loan
Chidiebere Nwakali (FC Málaga)
Loan
George Evans (Scunthorpe United)
Loan
Kelechi Iheanacho (Atlético Malagueño)
Loan
Devante Cole (Milton Keynes Dons)
Loan
Matija Nastasic (FC Schalke 04)
Loan
Manchester United
Players in
Victor Valdés (Unattached)
£0
Sadiq El Fitouri (Salford City)
£0
Andy Kellett (Bolton Wanderers)
Loan
Players out
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)
£3,370,000
Michael Keane (Burnley)
£2,250,000
Darren Fletcher (West Bromwich Albion)
£0
Anderson (Sport Club Internacional)
£0
Jesse Lingard (Derby County)
Loan
Saidy Janko (Bolton Wanderers)
Loan
Ben Amos (Bolton Wanderers)
Loan
Joe Rothwell (Blackpool FC)
Loan
Will Keane (Sheffield Wednesday)
Loan
Sam Johnstone (Preston North End)
Loan
Ben Pearson (Barnsley)
Loan
Newcastle United
Players in
n/a
Players out
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (AS Roma)
£6,470,000
Davide Santon (Inter Milan)
Loan
Adam Campbell (FC Gateshead)
Loan
Callum Roberts (FC Gateshead)
Loan
Queens Park Rangers
Players in
Mauro Zárate (West Ham United)
Loan
Players out
Jordon Mutch (Crystal Palace)
£5,580,000
Josh Laurent (Brentford FC)
£0
Southampton
Players in
Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea FC)
£10,000,000
Filip Djuricic (SL Benfica)
Loan
Eljero Elia (Werder Bremen)
Loan
Players out
Jos Hooiveld (Millwall FC)
Loan
Stoke City
Players in
Philipp Wollscheid (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
Loan
Players out
Maurice Edu (Philadelphia Union)
£0
Robert Huth (Leicester City)
Loan
Tomi Adeloye (Macclesfield Town)
Loan
George Waring (Barnsley)
Loan
Sunderland
Players in
Jermain Defoe (Toronto FC)
£0
Players out
Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC)
£0
David Ferguson (Blackpool FC)
£0
Cabral (Released)
£0
Connor Oliver (Blackpool FC)
£0
Charalampos Mavrias (Panathinaikos Athens)
Loan
Mikael Mandron (Shrewsbury Town)
Loan
Scott Harrison (Hartlepool United)
Loan
Swansea
Players in
Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur)
£5,810,000
Jack Cork (Southampton FC)
£3,520,000
Matt Grimes (Exeter City)
£1,970,000
Players out
Wilfried Bony (Manchester City)
£31,810,000
Ashley Richards (Fulham FC)
Loan
Alan Tate (Crewe Alexandra)
Loan
Tottenham Hotspur
Players in
Dele Alli (MK Dons)
£5,830,000
Players out
Kyle Naughton (Swansea City)
£5,810,000
Aaron Lennon (Everton)
Loan
Dele Alli (MK Dons)
Loan
Kenny McEvoy (Colchester United)
Loan
Milos Veljkovic (Charlton Athletic)
Loan
Dominic Ball (Cambridge United)
Loan
Grant Hall (Blackpool FC)
Loan
Jordan Archer (Millwall FC)
Loan
Benoît Assou-Ekotto (Released)
Loan
West Bromwich Albion
Players in
Callum McManaman (Wigan Athletic)
£5,590,000
Darren Fletcher (Manchester United)
£0
Players out
Luke Daniels (Scunthorpe United)
Loan
West Ham United
Players in
Doneil Henry (Apollon Limassol)
£1,670,000
Stephen Hendrie (Hamilton Academical FC)
£1,170,000
Players out
Blair Turgott (Coventry City)
£0
Jamie Harney (Colchester United)
£0
Stephen Hendrie (Hamilton Academical FC)
Loan
Sean Maguire (Accrington Stanley)
Loan
Mauro Zárate (QPR)
Loan
Nathan Mavila (Wealdstone FC)
Loan
Paul McCallum (Portsmouth FC)
Loan
Ricardo Vaz Tê (Akhisar Belediye Genclik ve Spor)
Loan
Defenders
Gabriel Paulista (Arsenal FC)
£13,200,000
Ryan Bertrand (Southampton FC)
£10,000,000
Kyle Naughton (Swansea City)
£5,810,000
Pape Souaré (Crystal Palace)
£4,690,000
Michael Keane (Burnley)
£2,250,000
Doneil Henry (West Ham United)
£1,670,000
Stephen Hendrie (West Ham United)
£1,170,000
Sadiq El Fitouri (Manchester United)
£0
Robert Huth (Leicester City)
Loan
Andy Kellett (Manchester United)
Loan
Philipp Wollscheid (Stoke City)
Loan
Strikers
Wilfried Bony (Manchester City)
£31,810,000
Andrej Kramaric (Leicester City)
£7,920,000
Jermain Defoe (Sunderland AFC)
£0
Keshi Anderson (Crystal Palace)
£0
Yaya Sanogo (Crystal Palace)
Loan
Mauro Zárate (Queens Park Rangers)
Loan
Midfielders
Juan Cuadrado (Chelsea FC)
£29,390,000
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur)
£5,830,000
Callum McManaman (West Bromwich Albion)
£5,590,000
Jordon Mutch (Crystal Palace)
£5,580,000
Carles Gil (Aston Villa)
£3,700,000
Jack Cork (Swansea City)
£3,520,000
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)
£3,370,000
Krystian Bielik (Arsenal FC)
£2,740,000
Matt Grimes (Swansea City)
£1,970,000
Darren Fletcher (West Bromwich Albion)
£0
Chung-Yong Lee (Crystal Palace)
£0
Aaron Lennon (Everton FC)
Loan
Filip Djuricic (Southampton FC)
Loan
Eljero Elia (Southampton FC)
Loan
Scott Sinclair (Aston Villa)
Loan
Goalkeepers
Mark Schwarzer (Leicester City)
£0
Victor Valdés (Manchester United)
£0
All data courtesy of transfermarkt.co.uk