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The five best Premier League January signings of the 21st century
The January transfer window is nearly upon us and Premier League clubs will have the opportunity to strengthen their ranks mid-season.
Plenty of English top-flight clubs could do with reinforcements in what is turning out to be an incredibly competit✃ive campaign domestically a🐻nd in Europe.
For i♔nstance, Manchester City need a midfielder to cover for Rodri, Arsenal are still without an out-and-out No. 9, and Manchester United have a new manager on board who may want to revamp his squad.
Admittedly, the January transfer window isn’t usually known for its game-c🐼hanging signings. After all, the top clubs won’t want to part company with their stars until at least the end of t🌄he season.
However, there have been🔥 some incredible January signings over the years that have done just that for their respect🍬ive teams.
TBR Football looks at five January signings that have been a revelation for their respective Premier League teams since the tu🌠rn of the century.
5 – Gary Cahill (Bolton to Chelsea, 2012)
Gary Cahill joined Chelsea from relegation-battling Bolton W🃏anderers in 2012 f𓆏or a mere £7million.
Things weren’t smooth right away as Andre Villas-Boas, the mana🦹ger who signed him, was sacked less than two months af🧔ter the defender joined.
However, Cahill shone under Roberto Di Matteo as Chelsea pulled off an unlikely triumph in the Champions Leᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚague ಌthat year.
Cahill won won a total o🎉f eight trophies with Chelsea and was named in the PFA Team of the Year on three occasio💞ns, as well as winning 61 England caps.
4 – Patrice Evra (Monaco to Manchester United, 2006)
One of two brilliant defensive Manchester United signings made in January 2006, Patrice Evra cost the Red Devils just £5.5million.
The French full-ba🌃ck had a shaky star🦩t to life at Old Trafford, being hauled off at half-time on his debut, though he later revealed .
Evra kicked on and went on to b♎ecome ⛦a first-team fixture at Man United, making over 350 appearances for the club and winning a multitude of trophies at Old Trafford.
He lifted the Champions League, five Premier League titles, three League Cups and the FIF♋A Club World Cup while playing for the Red Devils.
3 – Luis Suarez (Ajax to Liverpool, 2011)
Liverpool spent around £22.7million to sign Luis Suarez from Ajax, the Uruguayan arriving along with Andy Carroll as Fernando Torres’ replacements𒈔.
Though Carroll’s time at Anfield wasn’t particularly fruitful, Suarez was a revelation for the Reds, as he became one of the Premier League’s most lethal strike🅰rs.
Suarez registered a staggering 82 goals and 34 assists from 133 appearances for Liverpool, including 𒅌31 Premier League goals in the 2013/14 season.
That tally was enough to win him the Premier League Player of♔ the Season award, as welꦏl as the Golden Boot and the European Golden Shoe.
2 – Nemanja Vidic (Spartak Moscow to Manchester United, 2006)
Man Unཧited saw off competitﷺion from rival clubs around Europe to sign Nemanja Vidic from Spartak Moscow in 2006 for £7million.
The Serbia international quickly became a fan favourite due to his no-nonsense demeanour and willingness to put his body on the🐼 line.
Vidic helped the Red Devils five Pre♛mier League titles and three Champions League finals, lifting the hallowed trophy in 2008.
🎐Not only was Vidic a game-changer for Man United, but he was an absolute bargain. Had he cost £70million, he’ꦦd have still been worth it.
1 – Virgil van Dijk (Southampton to Liverpool, 2018)
At number one on our list is Virgil van Dijk, w🐠hꦅo joined Liverpool from Southampton back in January 2018.
Jurgen Klﷺopp reinvested much of the Philippe Coutinho money in the Van Dijk signing, the Reds paying the Saints around £75million for his services.
Van Dijk has done so✨ well for Liverpool that this transfer fee now seems a bargain.
He helped transform a previo𓆏usly rickety Reds defence and, within a few years, they would win all the major club trophies available to a Premier Lꦰeague team.
Van Dijk was named the Premier League and UEFA Player of the Year for 2018-19, and his absence was👍 felt when out for much of the 2020-21 campaign.