Liverpool, Chelsea, and Manchester United title-winners make team of best-ever January signings
The old cliche of ‘there’s no value in January’ still rings true, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few gems.
Last winter saw Chelsea blow the word ‘value’ out of the water by spending over £200million on Enzo Fernandez and Mykhailo Mudryk alone, but that hasn’t always been the case.
Even the Blues in their heavy-spending days under Roman Abramovich found a number of bargains in January.
They’re far from the only ones, though, giving plenty of hope to 2023/24’s Premier League strugglers.
Tottenham have been paying attention, going early to bring in Timo Werner and Radu Dragusin, while rivals Arsenal are lagging behind, with the general consensus that they’re in desperate need of a striker.
Key signings at this juncture turn also-rans into title winners.
But what does history tell us about where to look in January, well it starts in defence…
Begovic joined Stoke for £3.25million on February 1 2010 after jumping around on loan while at Portsmouth, but to say he settled is an understatement.
The Bosnian went on to rack up a mammoth 172 appearances for the Potters where, became, under Tony Pulis, he becoming a legend among the fanbase before his departure to Chelsea in 2015.
Considered by many as Cheslea’s best ever right-back, and perhaps the Premier League’s greatest ever too, the £9.7m dished out to Lokomotiv Moscow is one the Blues most legendary investments.
Arriving in January 2008, the stocky Serb could do it all, chipping in with goals, assists, tackles, and blocks — and even did a good turn at centre-back too.
Manchester United landed Evra from Monaco in 2006, beating Inter Milan to his signature.
Snapping up the France international for £5.5million, it’s fair to say they scored one of the biggest bargains in league
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