We are already used to the fact that there is no pandemic-related money crisis in the Premier League transfer window. English elite teams – as expected – were again the most active, that is, the most generous. For a total of 67 transfers, including loans, they spent 377.5 million USD, almost twice as much as the second in terms of the amount of money spent – Serie A.And they can thank Newcastle for that, which were the biggest spender and the only club in this transfer window that went over the amount of 100,000,000 euros. Others, such as West Ham, Norwich, Manchester United, and Southampton, did not spend one dime while Watford on the other hand were the most active, and they will continue their fight for survival with six new faces among their ranks.All kinds of stuff happened, attempts to “steal” players, “extorting” money from panicking Newcastle. But let’s check how it went – from club to club.Arsenal after the transfer window: pic.twitter.com/N9wMtdvt9O— B/R Football (@brfootball) January 31, 2022 ARSENALA fiasco in North London. How else to describe what Arsenal did (or rather did not do) in this transfer window. They had big plans at Emirates Stadium, they intended to keep up with the reconstruction of the team, they were ready to apply for new signings but… In the end, classic Arsenal.The departure of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from the team due to indiscipline, and the refusal of Eddie Nketiah and Alexandre Lacazette to extend their contracts – made bringing a striker to the top priority of the London club. The first target was Dušan Vlahović but his agents allegedly did not even want to consider the offer of the Gunners. The unsuccessful quest continued with Alexander Isak, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Raul de Thomas, and Luka Jovic.Same story in the midfield. The price of over 45 million USD for Bruno Guimaraes was too high for the London team, Arsenal offered 36 million plus 3.3 million USD through bonuses for Douglas Luiz but Aston Villa rejected (Calum Chambers went on loan to the Birmingham club). Arthur’s representatives allegedly managed to reach an agreement, but the club’s management stopped the job because they did not like the loan option. Arsenal’s interest in Ruben Neves and Tyler Adams was not backed up by any concrete moves.They agreed on two arrivals in July, defender Auston Trusty from Colorado Rapids (returned on loan until July) who has the same owner (Kroenke Sports Group) for 2 million USD, while the other should be New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Turner. Although that transfer was not confirmed officially, he is certainly expected to come during the next transfer window and replace the dissatisfied Bernd Leno, who should leave the club.Arrived: Auston Trusty (Colorado Rapids, 2 million USD)Left: Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Roma, on loan), Sead Kolasinac (Marseille, without compensation), Calum Chambers (Aston Villa, on loan), Pablo Mari (Udinese, on loan), Auston Trusty (Colorado Rapids, on loan)ASTON VILLAAt Villa Park, they completed another very solid transfer window. The new coach of the Birmingham team, Steven Gerrard, played a big role in all the action. It was Gerrard and his reputation who secured Villa the signatures of Lucas Digne and especially Philippe Coutinho (a 45 million USD buyout option) who expressed a great desire to cooperate with his former teammate from Liverpool.Villa took advantage of Digne’s disagreements with Rafa Benitez and agreed to Everton’s request for an immediate buyout – 34 million USD brought in a left-back with a lot of Premier League experience.January. 🤝 pic.twitter.com/bhUy0L13K0— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) January 31, 2022 One more center defender was a necessity, Gerard did not want to enter the second part of the season with three central defenders (Axel Tuanzebe’s loan was terminated), so he used the opportunity to sign Chambers without compensation, who showed at Arsenal that he can cover the right-back position also. Villa’s transfer window was not entirely successful – after the injury of Marvelous Nakamba, there was a need to bring in a defensive midfielder, but it was not to be expected that Brighton would let their best player Yves Bissouma go at the end of the transfer window.The Villains kept Douglas Luiz and also provided a more reliable reserve to Emiliano Martinez in the form of Robin Olsen.Arrived: Lucas Digne (Everton, 33.7 million USD), Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona, loan), Calum Chambers (Arsenal, no compensation), Robin Olsen (Roma, loan)Left: Matt Target (Newcastle, loan), Keinan Davis (Nottingham Forest, loan), Wesley (International, loan), Anwar El Ghazi (Everton, loan), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (Stoke, loan), Cameron Archer loan), Jed Steer (Luton, loan)Some people just can’t do without football – Eriksen’s great return to the Premier LeagueBRENTFORDThe small London club made the biggest signing in their history – Christian Eriksen wanted to return to football, Thomas Frank used his old acquaintance with his countryman and convinced Eriksen to return to the Premier League. Medical checks have shown that the former Tottenham player is ready for his comeback, and there is no doubt that his quality and experience will come in handy. Brentford took advantage of the fact that they share the same owner with Midtjylland, so they borrowed the experienced goalkeeper Jonas Losl until the end of the season to replace injured David Raya.Arrived: Jonas Losl (Midtjylland, loan), Christian Eriksen (free)Left: Joel Valencia (Alcorcon, loan), Mads Bidstrup (Nordsjælland, loan), Dominic Thompson (Ipswich, loan), Jan Zamburek (Wyborg), Patrick Gunarson (Viking), Marcus Fors (Hull City, loan) , Charlie Good (Sheffield United, on loan), Luka Racic (Kege, on loan)BRIGHTONThe Seagulls continued the practice of bringing in young players with great potential for small amounts of money and developing them. Poland has recently become more attractive to scouts from the club from Amex Stadium, a year and a half ago they brought Jakub Modera and Michal Karbownik, and they continued the “tradition” with the purchase of Kasper Kozlowski (the youngest debutant in the history of EUROs) for 11,000,000 which, however, they immediately forwarded him to their branch, the Belgian side Union.They also found a striker, support for Neil Maupey. It is Denis Undav, currently the best scorer of the Belgian championship with 18 goals and nine assists, for which they paid 8 million USD to Union, but left him at the club from Brussels. Undav will arrive in July, just when Danny Welbeck’s contract with the club expires.The Seagulls were also active in the South American market – they brought Moisés Caicedo from the Ecuadorian Independiente. Brighton achieved great success by protecting Yves Bissouma from the Villains and Tariq Lamptey from the Tottenham attacks, but they still have a hard job ahead of them to keep both of the players in July.Arrived: Kasper Kozlovski (Szczecin Plant, 12.5 million USD)Left: Jurgen Lokadia (Bochum, free), Kasper Kozlowski (Union, loan), Aaron Connolly (Middlesbrough, loan), Dan Burn (Newcastle, 17 million USD), Denis Undav (Union, loan)BURNLEYBurnley managed to make up for the departure of Chris Wood, their best scorer from the last four and a half years. Wout Weghorst – seems like a better, more advanced version of Wood. But that will be no consolation if they do not preserve its Premier League status. And since they did not bring anyone except the former Wolfsburg striker, there is every chance that Burnley will return to the Championship after six seasons.The Clarets did not want to stop with only a striker, the goal was to bring another winger, and they have already agreed on practically everything with Mislav Oršić but Dinamo Zagreb confirmed in an official statement that Orsic remains at the club. The people from Turf Moor called for Aaron Ramsey, but the Welshman himself contacted the club executives and thanked them for the offer.Arrived: Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg, 16 million USD)Left: Chris Wood (Newcastle, 34 million USD)Are we really surprised? Expect ‘significant’ outgoings to fund this summer. pic.twitter.com/Q4zoiUj579— ChelsTransfer (@ChelsTransfer) January 31, 2022 CHELSEAThe European champions had only one task – to find a replacement for the severely injured Ben Chilwell by the end of the season. After it did not end successfully with Lucas Digne – the Blues turned to their own player – Emerson.They sent offers to Lyon three times with the intention of terminating the loan and returning the Italian-Brazilian to Stamford Bridge, they even offered Olympique 4.5 million USD to agree to the proposal, but they refused to cooperate. In the end, the forgotten Kennedy returned from a loan from Flamengo. Due to the injury of Reece James, they were ready to enter into negotiations with Barcelona over Sergio Dest, whom Xavi is not counting on, but they gave up on the idea because the English right-back is recovering at the expected pace and will return to the pitch by mid-February.A huge problem for Chelsea are central defenders. Antonio Rudiger, Cesar Azpilicueta, and Andreas Christensen have entered into the last six months of their contracts and have not yet resolved the situation with any of them. They will have to sit at the negotiating table with Southampton because the Saints want to buy Armando Broja, although the English media point out that Thomas Tuchel is counting on the Albanian striker in the future.Arrived: Kennedy (Flamengo, return from loan)Left: Lewis Baker (Stoke, free)CRYSTAL PALACEAlthough Patrick Vieira emphasized that he would like to welcome a few experienced, mature players – it was quite peaceful at Selhurst Park. There was an opportunity to bring Donny van de Beek on loan, Manchester United finally showed a desire to let him go, but the London club did not seize the chance for two reasons. First, they did not want to cover the entire salary of the Dutch midfielder until the end of the season; Second, Everton joined the battle for the player’s signature, complied with the Red Devils’ requests, and snatched Van de Beek.The search for the attacker ended with the buyout of Jean-Philippe Mateta from Mainz.Arrived: Jean-Philippe Mateta (Mainz, redemption 12.5 million USD)Left: /Dele All-in for Everton! Two former England midfielders arrive – one to manage, the other to playEVERTONThe injuries of Abdoulaye Doucouré and Fabian Delph set off an alarm on Goodison. The club worked on bringing in midfielder for Rafa Benitez, but in the meantime, he was fired, so there was uncertainty whether anyone would come, because the management did not bring a permanent manager until the last day of the transfer window, and interim manager Duncan Ferguson did not want to bring in players that would not be to the liking of his successor.In the end, the writing of some British media turned out to be correct – Frank Lampard became the new coach of the Toffees and he asked for guarantees that he will get new players signed on the last day of the transfer window. And he got them. Everton took Donny van de Beek from Palace, thanks to Lampard who personally contacted the Dutchman and convinced him to come to Liverpool. Also, close to midnight Dele Alli put pen-to-paper – at first, the transfers will cost Everton nothing but after Alli plays 20 matches, Everton will have to pay Tottenham 13.5 million USD, while the whole deal could amount to 45 million USD in the future.Before Lampard came, Everton – still without a sports director – brought Vitaliy Mykolenko as a replacement for Lucas Digne, and on the opposite side of the pitch – Nathan Peterson from Rangers as a potential successor to Seamus Coleman. Anwar El Ghazi came on loan from Villa to intensify the competition among the winger. Like Arsenal, they contacted Real Madrid on the last day with the intention of borrowing Luka Jovic – unsuccessfully.Arrived: Vitaliy Mykolenko (Dynamo Kiev, 26.5 million USD), Nathan Patterson (Rangers, 15.7 million USD), Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa, loan), Dele Ali (Tottenham, ‘free’), Donny van de Beek (Manchester United, loan)Left: Lucas Digne (Aston Villa, 34 million USD)LEEDSThe management of the club from West Yorkshire did a massive job in preserving their Premier League status by rejecting West Ham’s offers for Calvin Phillips and Rafinha. At Eland Road, they thought it would be insane to sell any of the two at this point. Moreover, Marcelo Bielsa did not want to let Crysencio Summerville go to Hamburg either, because he did not want unnecessary activities on the market (the option in case he left was Liverpool’s Takumi Minamino).The great wish of the Peacocks was the offensive midfielder of Salzburg Brenden Aronson – Leeds sent two offers to the Austrian champions, the footballer himself wanted a transfer to the Premier League, but the club owned by Red Bull refused because they want to have the American available in the second part of the season especially for their duel against Bayern in the Champions League.However, they have been following the 21-year-old football player in Leeds for a long time, which is why they will return in July with a new offer. Then Salzburg will be open for negotiations.Arrived: /Left: /LIVERPOOLThe Reds had no plans to do anything this January. However, the Reds were activated by – Tottenham. The London club contacted Porto with an offer for Luis Diaz, who was followed by Liverpool for a long time. Liverpool executives asked for information when the Portuguese club receives an offer for the Colombian arrival – and they quickly offered the same amount. The second part of the job was easier. Jurgen Klopp personally contacted Diaz via a video call. Diaz was with the national team and the German told him that he wants him at Anfield, and Diaz told the Porto executives that he wanted to go to Liverpool, not Tottenham. The Reds will have to pay a fixed part of 45 million USD in the next three years, while they will pay 22.5 million of bonuses in the next five years.Shortly after the Diaz deal was made official, Liverpool shifted their focus on another long-time footballer on the radar, the talented Fabio Carvalho from Fulham, whom they see as a serious pledge for the future. However, their 11.2 million USD offer was late, they did not manage to finish the paperwork on time, so they will have to bid for the Portuguese in July when they will face severe competition on the transfer market.The moment you’ve been waiting for…Luis Diaz is a RED 🔴 #VamosLuis pic.twitter.com/wl9koUlPgl— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 30, 2022 They tried to make some money and put Nate Phillips up for sale with a price of 20 million USD, but only Watford came out with a specific offer of a loan with a mandatory buyout of 9 million USD if the Hornets stay in the league. In the end, Phillips ended up on a loan with Bournemouth.Arrived: Luis Diaz (Porto, 50 million USD), Rhys Williams (Swansea, return from loan)Left: Neco Williams (Fulham, loan), Nate Phillips (Bournemouth, loan 2.25 million USD)We are delighted to confirm that we have completed the signing of Julian Alvarez from River Plate ✍️⬇️ DETAILS ⬇️— Manchester City (@ManCity) January 31, 2022 MANCHESTER CITYCity did a great job securing the signature of Julian Alvarez, one of the most talented strikers in the world, in January already. At Etihad, they have a tradition of collecting talents from all over the world and then forwarding them to their branches. With Alvarez, the case is different – he will stay with River Plate until December at the latest, if the Argentine club qualifies for the final of the Copa Libertadores, after which he will join the first team because City estimates that he already has the necessary quality.However, it is not expected for him to be the main striker in the near future, but an alternative to some big signing like Erling Haaland, Alexander Isak or someone else. They will also look for a replacement for Ferran Torres, on whom they earned over 20 million USD by selling him to Barcelona. Allegedly, before the start of the transfer window, Raheem Sterling was open for a transfer to Barcelona on loan, but Torres jumped in, so Sterling will think about his next steps, parting or continuing cooperation with the Citizens.Arrived: Julian Alvarez (River Plate, 19 million USD),Left: Ferran Torres (Barcelona, 62 million USD), Patrick Roberts (Sunderland, free), Julian Alvarez (River Plate, loan), Luka Ilic (Troyes)The biggest positive from this window? Ed Woodward is no longer employed by Man United. HALLE-FRIGGIN-LUJAH. 🍻— Ryan. 🔰 (@Vintage_Utd) February 1, 2022 MANCHESTER UNITEDThe club pointed out that they will become active only if some of their July targets were available in January. Ralf Rangnick was open for one or two purchases, Amadou Haidara would be one of them, but United did not enter into negotiations with Leipzig. However, sources close to the club point out that he is satisfied with his current team.Due to the situation with Mason Greenwood, it was speculated that United could go after Ousmane Dembele, but there was no contact between the two clubs. With 29 players available and only 25 vacancies, Rangnick had to make some cuts. Van de Beek was allowed to look for playing minutes elsewhere, Rangnick was willing to allow Jesse Lingard to do the same, but the management blocked his departure. Phil Jones did not get the guarantees that he will play in Bordeaux, so he stayed at Old Trafford, Anthony Martial was sent to Seville in an attempt to revive his career, while Amad Diallo will gain experience at Rangers.Arrival: /Left: Axel Tuanzebe (Napoli, loan, 675,000), Anthony Martial (Sevilla, loan), Amad Diallo (Rangers, loan), Donny van de Beek (Everton, loan)NEWCASTLEWith great ambitions and a lot of money at their disposal, Newcastle came out blazing. They dreamed of massive signings, superstars – but since they did not learn from the example of Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain (when they got their money injections), they learned a lesson on their own.In each line of the team, they planned at least one top signing at St. James’ Park. They dreamed of an impenetrable wall made up of Diego Carlos,, Sven Botman, Issa Diop, they ended up with – Dan Burn. Brighton rejected the first two offers (11 million and 13.5 million USD) but gave in to the third of 17 million.On the left side, Lucas Digne, then Robin Gosens, then Mitchel Bakker, they ended up with – Matt Target on loan. In the attack, they bid for names such as Antonio Martial, Sardar Azmoun, Patrick Schick, Duvan Zapata, and they ended up with- the 30-year-old Chris Wood (for which they paid 34 million USD). The second striker, younger, more promising, did not come, although they negotiated with Reims about a job worth 45 million USD for 19-year-old Hugo Ekitike. The young striker weighed in for a long time and finally decided to continue his football development at the French club, which Reims later confirmed in a statement.There did some good work. According to reliable British media, Bruno Guimaraes was seen as the center of the future project. In support of the fact that the Magpies raised his salary four-fold (if he fulfills the conditions set in the agreement), it will be the most expensive signing in the history of the club (47 million + 9 million USD), while Lyon will receive 20% of the potential future transfer.If your moaning about Newcastle’s spending this January I’ll just leave this here for ya… ⚫⚪ #NUFC pic.twitter.com/PaKVsnCkvt— Kane Denton (@DentonKane) February 1, 2022 Kieran Trippier was also the first pick for the right flank and will be remembered as the first signing in the era of Arab owners.Newcastle experienced a great failure in its intention to hire an offensive midfielder. Norwich asked for 20 million USD for Todd Cantwell, a player whose contract expires in five months, while Manchester United tried to get 3.5 million USD for a Jesse Lingard loan, and at the end of the season he would be paid an additional 16 million USD – in case Newcastle stay in the league. In the finish, they tried to steal Van de Beek from Everton, but they were late, he was already doing his medicals at Finch Farm.All in all, Newcastle is the only club in Europe that ended the transfer window with over 100 million USD spent. And that will almost certainly be more than enough for them to preserve their Premier League status, because they brought four experienced Premier League players, aware of what kind of job awaits them, and a Brazilian to put their ideas into practice.Arrived: Bruno Guimaraes (Lyon, 47 million USD), Chris Wood (Burnley, 34 million USD), Kieran Tripie (Atletico Madrid, 17 million USD), Matt Target (Aston Villa, loan), Dan Burn (Brighton, 17 million USD)Left: Freddie Woodman (Bournemouth, loan), Jeff Hendrick (QPR, loan), Mattie Longstaff (Mansfield Town, loan)NORWICHAll in all, a quiet month on Carrow Road. Since they are considered the most inefficient team in the Premier League, the idea was emerged in early January that Norwich could bring in a striker. However, the Canaries did not have enough money for a more serious purchase, on the other hand, bringing players from abroad would take time to adjust to Premier League football. As Josh Sargent did good in the meantime, and Adam Idah has shown that Dean Smith can count on him, the club from Norfolk made the decision to withdraw from the market.Given that there was interest in Max Aarons in June, they expected someone to knock on the door, but since no one showed up, the right back was taken of the transfer list. Todd Cantwell stayed put until the very end, but no one was ready to fulfill the request of 20 million USD for a player whose contract expires in six months. In the end, Bournemouth took him on loan until the end of the season, when they will be able to buy him back. And two and a half years ago, they asked for 40 million USD for that same player.Arrival: /Left: Todd Cantwell (Bournemouth, loan), Jordan Hughill (Cardiff, loan), Onel Hernandez (Birmingham, loan), Josh Martin (Doncaster, loan), Sebastian Soto (Livingston, loan), Bali Mumba (Peterborough loan)Southampton’s 2021/22 January Transfer Window:𝗜𝗡◉ Willy Caballero (free)𝗢𝗨𝗧◎ Sam McQueen (retired)◎ Daniel Nlundulu (loan)— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) February 1, 2022 SOUTHAMPTONMaybe the fans expected signings after the arrival of new owners, but the sports sector of Southampton thought differently. Ralph Hasenhuttl has emphasized countless times how satisfied he is with the width of the playing staff and the fact that, unlike last season, this year injuries have bypassed his team.Therefore, the Saints, as their nickname says, acted quietly and pulled back. They were watching, but for young, talented players, like Valentino Livramento but they didn’t find them. However, Willy Caballero arrived, but back in December, as a free agent, he signed a short-term contract until the end of the season, as an option due to the injury of Alex McCarthy.What awaits the leading people of Southampton are the negotiations with Chelsea over Armando Broja. The Albanian striker is playing great on loan at St. Mary’s, however, the Saints have no buyout option at the end of the season, so they will have to force Chelsea to sit at the negotiating table because they want to keep him permanently. However, Thomas Tuchel is also counting on him for the next season, how seriously we will see in July, when talks between the two clubs are expected.Arrived: Willy Caballero (free player)Left: Sam McQueen (retired)TOTTENHAMPractically since he arrived in London in early November, Antonio Conte noted on a weekly basis that Tottenham needs new signings. In the end, he got two, in the same package, sent from Turin two hours before the gong hit. Tottenham fans are angry, believing that by bringing Rodrigo Bentancour (21 million USD + 5.5 million USD) and Dejan Kulusevski (11 million USD loan + 39.5 million USD for the buyout), Fabio Paratici is only “laundering” money for his former club Juventus. And indeed, the question is where the Swedish football player will play, first of all, considering Conte’s formation with wing-backs, in which Kulusevski does not fit in at all. However, it should not be forgotten that the Italian expert wanted him at Inter before he ended up at Juventus.Spurs sign Rodrigo Bentancur ($27M) and Dejan Kulusevski (loan with option) on deadline day as Tanguy Ndombele, Bryan Gil, Giovani Lo Celso and Dele Alli are all headed out.Making moves 🔄 pic.twitter.com/sh1MrtW60j— B/R Football (@brfootball) January 31, 2022 Before he brought the mentioned duo, Tottenham checked everywhere. First, it was Adama Traore (allegedly not too happy with Conte’s idea to put him on the right wing-back) and when Barcelona called did not have a dilemma, then Liverpool stole Luis Diaz, Ousmane Dembele did not even think about moving to North London. In the end, even the seventh-league player Ollie Tanner said “no” to them, although he had good reasons because he is a former member of the Arsenal youth school and a guy who recently made fun of Harry Kane on social media. In the end, Middlesbrough said thanks for the offer on right back Jed Spence, while Brighton and Aston Villa did not even want to negotiate offers for Tariq Lamptey and Douglas Luiz.Steven Bergwijn stayed, he bought himself a second chance with those goals against Leicester, but Conte has certainly already done the first cut. Tanguy Ndombele, Dele Alli, Brian Gil and Giovanni Lo Celso have left the club, but Alli will certainly not return, while Gil will. The future of the remaining two depends on the decision of Lyon and Villarreal whether to buy them off. Although, as Lyon has to set aside over 70 million USD for Ndombele, it is clear that it won’t happen.Arrived: Rodrigo Bentancour (Juventus, 21 million USD), Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus, loan 11 million USD)Left: Tanguy Ndombele (Lyon, loan), Brian Gil (Valencia, loan), Giovanni Lo Celso (Villarreal, loan), Dele Alli (Everton, free)WATFORDAt Vicarage Road, they were more active than many of their Premier League counterparts. The primary goal was to strengthen the defense, the third-worst in the league, so in the opening week, they brought stopper Samir from Udinese (Pozzo family connection again) and left-back Hassane Kamara (Danny Rose crossed out, Adam Masina at AFCON), strengthened the wall in front of it and patched the departure of Imran Louza to AFCON by bringing in Edo Kayembe.Everything in Watford was planned on time and the signings for the coach were completed on time. However, the team was prepared according to the instructions of Claudio Ranieri, and he was fired a week before the end of the transfer window. Even Samuel Kalu, who came two days later to refresh the attack (Ismaila Sarr is injured), signed the contract while the Italian expert was on the bench. A day later, on January 25, Roy Hodgson sat on it. It was too late to shuffle it all again. It was only on the last day that they remembered that they needed a goalkeeper, they contacted Manchester United with the intention of bringing Dean Henderson two hours before the market closed, of course, they were rejected.Arrived: Samir (Udinese, 5.5 million USD), Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, 5.5 million), Edo Kayembe (Epen, 5.3 million USD), Hassane Kamara (Nice, 4.5 million USD), Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux, 3.4 million USD), Yasser Asprilla (Envigado, 3.4 million USD), Nicolas Nkulu (freeLeft: Pontus Dalberg (Gillingham, loan), Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, loan)Not everybody enjoys January transfer window – just remember this flopsWEST HAMThe London club showed ambition, maybe a bit too much, but they had to. In the end, the fans were disappointed. West Ham were connected with a lot of players during the transfer window, however, they started the offensive only in the last couple of hours. it is nothing new for their supporters, a year ago they were impatiently waiting until the very end, Jesse Lingard arrived three days earlier while Jarod Bowen on the day the market closed. This time the plan was the same, only the outcome was completely different.David Moyes needed another striker. Since Sebastian Haller left a year ago, West Ham have been unsuccessfully looking for a replacement in order to remove some burden from the back of Michael Antonio, the only real striker in the team, and sharpen the offensive line before the Champions League pursuit. To that end, on the last day of the transfer window, they launched an attack on Darwin Nunez (the Hammers were previously associated with Breretton Diaz, Hugo Ekitike, Jonathan David), ready to break the club record (Haller – 56 million USD) with an offer of 50 million USD plus bonuses – only for the Uruguayan to reject them, because he has other plans – he wants to go to a club that plays in the Champions League regularly.Moyes wanted another player in the midfield, Mark Noble has come of age so the Hammers tried – again, a record amount, this time 67.5 million USD for Leeds’ Calvin Phillips, they inquired about Rafinha along the way, but Leeds turned them down in both cases.In the end, the search for the defender ended unsuccessfully, one was needed after the injuries of Kurt Zouma and Angelo Ogbonna, they negotiated with Marseille for a long time regarding Duja Ćaleta-Cara, but they did not want to fulfill the French club’s request of 34 million USD to buy the Croatian stopper. They will have to continue the season with the same squad.Arrival: /Left: Frederik Alves (Brondby, 1.1 million USD)Back home! Traore returns to Camp NouWOLVERHAMPTONThe biggest question at Molinuxo was whether Adama Traore will continue to be a Wolves player after the end of the transfer window. The Spaniard said no to Tottenham and left home, to Barcelona, which will be able to buy him after the end of the five-month loan.Bruno Lage will certainly not miss him. He was not a starter, he was on the pitch from the first minute in 11 of 20 games played and scored only one goal, so his performance will not be irreplaceable. Therefore, the club from the West Midlands decided to rely on what they already have, and they have enough wingers. There are Daniel Podence, Francisco Trincao, Hwang Hi-Chan (bought the Korean off from Leipzig – 18 million USD), newcomer Chiquinho from Estoril, Pedro Neto will recover from the injury in about a month.They continued the practice of buying young players and forwarding them to Swiss side Grasshoppers, their branch.Arrived: Chiquinho (Estoril, 4 million USD), Sang-bin Jeong (Suwon Bluvings, 1.35 million USD), Hayao Kawabe Grasshoppers, 675,000 USD)Left: Adama Traore (Barcelona, loan), Bruno Jordao (Grasshoppers, loan), Hayao Kawabe (Grasshoppers, loan), Leonardo Campania (Miami, loan), Sang-bin Jeong (Grasshoppers, loan).
