Whether it was by choice or ineptitude, not spending last January could be massive now. Out of all the big signings below from other teams around us, how many actually made an impact? Only Ouattara, Danilo & Dawson, for me.
Dango Ouattara - Lorient, £20m.
Antoine Semenyo - Bristol City, £10.5m
Illia Zabarnyi - Dynamo Kyiv, £24m
Max Wober - Red Bull Salzburg, £11m
Georginio Rutter - Hoffenheim, £35.5m
Weston McKennie - Juventus, loan
Victor Kristiansen - FC Copenhagen, £17.5m
Harry Souttar - Stoke, £15m
Danilo - Palmeiras, 16m
Chris Wood - Newcastle, loan & just made permanent to 15m
Mislav Orsic - Dinamo Zagreb, £8m
Carlos Alcaraz - Racing Club, £12m
Kamaldeen Sulemana - Rennes, £22m
Paul Onuachu - Genk, £18m
Danny Ings - Aston Villa, £15m
Matheus Cunha - Atletico Madrid, £45m
Pablo Sarabia - Paris Saint-Germain, £4.4m
Craig Dawson - West Ham, £3.3m
Joao Gomes - Flamengo to Wolves, £15m