Only £96 million was spent in January (less than the French league), compared to £780 million last year. Championship contenders Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City didn't spend a single pound.
Only the second time in the last 13 years that the winter window amounts to less than 100 million pounds. The most expensive transaction in England was Rado Dragushin's transfer to Tottenham for £25 million (compared to £107 million for Enso Fernandez last year) "The Premier League teams will continue to dominate the market," concluded Dr. Dan Plumlee.