Panic buys in January

Transfer activity in the mid-season window is often likened to panic buying.

This season, teams in the bottom half of the Premier League standings were heavily involved in the January window as they looked to boost their hopes of avoiding relegation.

Newcastle United signed six players while bottom club Queens Park Rangers broke their transfer record twice to snap up French striker Loic Remy from Marseille (eight million pounds) and former Blackburn Rovers centre-back Christopher Samba from Anzhi Makhachkala (£12.5 million).

Other clubs in the Premier League stayed away from big-money signings in the winter transfer market, also with an eye on UEFA’s Financial Fair play rules which come into effect in season 2014-15.

January signings

Arsenal
Nacho Montréal from Malaga − £10m.

Aston Villa
Yacouba Sylla from Clermont Foot − £2m.

Chelsea
Demba Ba from Newcastle United − £6.5m.

Everton
John Stones from Barnsley − £3m.

Fulham
Chris David from FC Twente – £2m. Emmanuel Frimpong from Arsenal − loan. Urby Emanuelson from Milan − loan. Stanislav Manolev from PSV Eindhoven − £1m.

Liverpool
Daniel Sturridge from Chelsea – £12m. Philippe Coutinho from Inter − £8.5m.

Manchester City
None.

Manchester United
Wilfried Zaha from C. Palace − £15m.

Newcastle United
Massadio Haidara from Nancy – undisclosed. Mathieu Debuchy from Lille − £7m. Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa from Montpellier − £6.7m. Yoan Gouffran from Bordeaux − £2.5m. Moussa Sissoko from Toulouse − £1.8m. Kevin Mbabu from Servette – undisclosed.

Norwich
Luciano Becchio from Leeds United – swap deal for Steve Morison. Kei Kamara from Sporting KC on loan.

QPR
Tal Ben Haim − unattached. Loic Remy from Marseille − £8m. Yun Suk-Young from Chunnam Dragons − £1m. Jermaine Jenas from Tottenham − £1.2m. Christopher Samba from Anzhi Makhachkala - £12.5m.

Reading
Stephen Kelly from Fulham − £2.5m. Nick Blackman from Sheff. United; Hope Akpan from Crawley.

Southampton
Vegard Forren from Molde FK − £3.5m.

Stoke City
Jack Butland from Birmingham − £3.5m. Brek Shea from FC Dallas − £2.5m.

Sunderland
Alfred N’Diaye from Bursaspor − £2m. Kader Mangane from Al Hilal ASC − loan. Danny Graham from Swansea City − £5m.

Swansea
Roland Lamah from CA Osasuna  − loan.

Tottenham Hotspur
Lewis Holtby fromSchalke 04 − £1.5m.

West Bromwich Albion
Yassine El Ghanassy from Gent − loan. Gonzalo Reyes from Not-tingham Forest − loan.

West Ham United
Sean Maguire from Waterford − £500,000. Marouane Chamakh from Arsenal − loan. Joe Cole from Liverpool − free. Wellington Paulista from Cruzeiro − loan. Emanuel Pogatetz from Wolfsburg − loan.

Wigan Athletic
Angelo Henriquez from Manchester United − loan. Roger Espinoza from Sporting Kansas − free. Joel Robles from Atletico Madrid − loan. Paul Scharner from Hamburg − loan.