Liverpool have been certainly one of eight Premier League groups who didn’t add to their squad because the January switch window got here to an in depth on Tuesday, however big cash was spent elsewhere.
The Reds’ solely signing of the winter was confirmed previous to the opening of the window on the finish of 2022, with ahead Cody Gakpo arriving from PSV for a payment within the area of £37 million.
And regardless of a clamour from many supporters for Liverpool to make extra additions to their squad, significantly in midfield, the membership opted towards making additional signings.
The largest deadline day deal within the Premier League, or anyplace, for that matter, noticed Chelsea lastly land Benfica midfielder Enzo Fernandez for a payment believed to be round £106.8m.
Deadline day signings within the Premier League
Arsenal – Jorginho £12mBournemouth – Illia Zabarnyi £24m, Hamed Junior Traore (mortgage)Brighton – Yasin Ayari £3.5mChelsea – Enzo Fernandez £106.8mCrystal Palace – Naouirou Ahamada £9.7m, Albert Sambi Lokonga (mortgage)Fulham – Sasa Lukic £8m, Shane Duffy (undisclosed), Cedric Soares (mortgage)Leicester – Harry Souttar £15m, Nathan Opoku (undisclosed)Man United – Marcel Sabitzer (mortgage)Newcastle – Harrison Ashby £3mNottingham Forest – Felipe (undisclosed), Jonjo Shelvey (undisclosed), Keylor Navas (mortgage)Southampton – Kamaldeen Sulemana £22m, Paul Onuachu £15.8mTottenham – Pedro Porro (mortgage to purchase for £40m)
Fernandez, who was Younger Participant of the Event for Argentina on the World Cup, had been linked with Liverpool in latest months, just for Chelsea to leap forward of the queue by agreeing to pay a British document switch payment.
The arrival of Fernandez caps off an astonishing month of spending from Graham Potter’s aspect, who spent greater than £280m on eight gamers.
Bournemouth made the second-most costly buy of deadline day, with Illia Zabarnyi arriving for £24m from Dynamo Kyiv, whereas Southampton spent £22m to signal Kamaldeen Sulemana from Rennes, and £15.8m on Paul Onuachu from Genk.
Elsewhere, league leaders Arsenal secured the £12m signing of Jorginho from Chelsea, whereas Man United introduced in Austrian midfielder Marcel Sabitzer on mortgage from Bayern Munich.
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— Arsenal (@Arsenal) January 31, 2023
Tottenham signed wing-back Pedro Porro on mortgage from Sporting, on a transfer that may change into everlasting for £40m in the summertime, whereas Leicester spent £15m to signal Harry Souttar from Stoke.
Unsurprisingly, Nottingham Forest have been lively on the ultimate day of the window, signing three gamers, together with former Pink Jonjo Shelvey, with Steve Cooper’s aspect having now signed 28 gamers since their promotion to the Premier League.
Aston Villa, Brentford, Everton, Leeds, Man Metropolis, West Ham and Wolves have been the groups who, together with Liverpool, didn’t make any deadline day additions.