Top 10 most expensive contracts in the Premier League in the winter transfer period

Premier League clubs often shop and spend heavily in the summer transfer window. However, there are still cases where they are willing to spend a large amount of money during the winter transfer period and sell players at extremely high prices. Below are the 10 most expensive transfer deals in tournament history in January.

Top 10 most expensive Liverpool winter contracts

10. FERRAN TORRES

Ferran Torres was a smart signing for Man City in the summer of 2020, when they recruited him from Valencia for only £20.8 million. Despite his great potential, Torres still doesn't have many opportunities to play against other players like Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden. After 18 months at Etihad Stadium, the former Valencia striker joined Barcelona for £55 million. In fact, Man City earned more than twice the old price to get the Spanish midfielder.

9. BRUNO FERNANDES

Bruno Fernandes has been considered one of Man United's best signings in the Premier League era. The Red Devils have been interested in the Portuguese creative midfielder for a long time and they finally secured Bruno's services in January 2020 after spending £55 million on Sporting Lisbon. That is a very cheap number compared to Bruno Fernandes' contribution to this club with 69 goals and 59 assists after 210 matches.

8. PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG

The last contract of Arsene Wenger's era came on the last day of the January 2018 transfer window. The Gunners' star at that time, Alexis Sanchez, was sold to Man United and they immediately brought in Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for a fee of up to 56 million pounds. The Gabon international immediately scored 10 goals in his first 14 matches for the Gunners. After that, he scored 22 goals in the Premier League season 2019/20 and shared the Premier League top scorer award with Liverpool star pair Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah. In February 2022, Arsenal and Aubameyang agreed to terminate the contract.

7. AYMERIC LAPORTE

In January 2018, The Citizens were in the Premier League title race and Pep Guardiola decided to add another quality player to strengthen the defense. Therefore, Man City broke its transfer record by recruiting midfielder Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao for 57 million pounds. Although he once made his mark, his lack of stability made Laporte later only a secondary choice at Etihad Stadium. Finally, he went to Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr Club for 23.6 million pounds.

6. CHRISTIAN PULISIC

When Chelsea signed Pulisic from Dortmund for a fee of £58 million in January 2019, former CEO Marina Granovskaia described him as "one of the most sought-after talents in Europe". Unfortunately, Pulisic has never met expectations. Looking deeper, it was the injury that hindered Pulisic from developing at Chelsea. He missed 53 matches due to injury, an average of 13 matches/season. Most of Pulisic's 145 appearances for Chelsea were as a substitute. Now, Pulisic is in Milan and making a strong impression.

5. OSCAR

Oscar is one of the most promising talents in the Premier League after Chelsea recruited him from Internacional in 2012 for £25 million with variables. The Brazilian midfielder spent 5 years with Chelsea from 2012 to 2017, scoring 38 goals and providing 36 assists in 203 matches. After that, Oscar surprised everyone by joining Shanghai Port (China) and Chelsea earned 60 million pounds. One of the Blues' most profitable deals.

4. MYKHAYLO MUDRYK

Previously, Chelsea spent more than 275 million pounds on transfer deals in the summer of 2022, but they continued to attract attention with a large contract in January 2023. The Blues surpassed Arsenal to win the signature of Mykhaylo Mudryk after paying 62 million pounds to Shakhtar Donetsk. So far, Mudryk has only 3 goals and 4 assists in 35 matches for the Blues. The Ukrainian star's contribution is not commensurate with the amount of money the Blues spent to buy him.

3. VIRGIL VAN DIJK

Virgil van Dijk is one of Liverpool's best deals under the guidance of coach Jurgen Klopp. Initially, experts believed that 75 million pounds was too much for a defender, but van Dijk quickly changed everyone's mind when he became one of the factors that brought about the Champions League championship last year. 2019 as well as the Premier League title the following year for Liverpool. Now, he is still one of the top midfielders in the world.

2. ENZO FERNANDEZ

By 2023, Enzo Fernandez is the most expensive transfer contract during the Todd Boehly era. After outstanding performances at the 2022 World Cup with Argentina, Chelsea spent 105 million pounds to recruit him from Benfica to upgrade the midfield and improve his position in the rankings after a bad start under his leadership. by Graham Potter. Up to now, although Enzo has had shining moments, he has still not been able to elevate Chelsea's midfield and show an important role in the club's playing style.

1. PHILIPPE COUTINHO

Philippe Coutinho is one of the most successful deals Liverpool have ever made, signing the Brazilian from Inter Milan for £8.5 million in 2013, before selling to Barcelona for a whopping five years' profit. Later. Barcelona had to spend 105 million pounds to recruit the Liverpool star and this number could increase to 142 million pounds based on bonus terms. Unfortunately, although Coutinho's contributions are not bad, Barca is still not patient with him. They loaned this player to a number of clubs before selling him outright to Aston Villa for only £17 million.