Premier League clubs spent £400million in winter transfer window despite lack of deadline day action

Strand Larsen and Antoine Semenyo, who joined Manchester City from Bournemouth for £62.5million on January 9, drove up the overall total to one of the highest on record for January spending despite the relative lack of late drama.

While many fees are undisclosed, the total reportedly shelled out by Premier League clubs was around £400million.

This narrowly exceeded last year’s £372million and trailed only 2018, in which £430million was splashed, and 2023’s record of £815million among the biggest winter totals.

A summer spend of £3billion meant the record for a Premier League season had already been broken.

City also signed Palace captain Marc Guehi for £20million in January, with those two clubs being the window’s biggest spenders.

There were only four signings reported to have cost over £30million.

Tottenham’s £34.7million signing of Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid and £35million sale of Brennan Johnson to Palace are among the largest.

Guehi, Fulham’s former City forward Oscar Bobb, Taty Castellanos and Bournemouth winger Rayan were the only other arrivals over £20million.

Castellanos’ fellow new West Ham striker Pablo was reportedly just shy of that mark.

Aston Villa and Sunderland were the only other clubs to spend even £10million on permanent transfers.

Everton, Leeds and Burnley’s only signings were loans.

Liverpool gave a £55m kick-start to the summer’s transfer window with a deal to bring Rennes defender Jeremy Jacquet to Anfield, but they, along with Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle, made no winter additions.

The 20-year-old France youth international underwent his medical with the Premier League champions on Monday evening before putting pen to paper on a long-term deal.

Jacquet has committed to a five-year agreement at Anfield, which includes an option to extend for an additional season.

Manchester United and Chelsea also made a late approach for the centre-back, but he turned down their interest in favour of joining Arne Slot's squad.

Strand Larsen represented Palace’s largest-ever transfer, with the 25-year-old arriving at Selhurst Park from Wolverhampton Wanderers, having put pen to paper on a contract running until summer 2030.

The south London outfit moved for the forward following their decision to grant Jean-Philippe Mateta permission to seek a move away during the January window.

Mateta's anticipated deadline-day move to AC Milan ultimately fell through, but it did not derail Palace's determination to secure their primary target.

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