Rumour Reel: Transfer Recap

A flick through the transfer news of the day

Tuesday brings the start of a brand-new month. Have you stuck to your New Year’s resolutions? No, neither have we. It’s also the end of ‘silly season’, or the January transfer window for work purposes. Isn’t that a relief? We take a glance at how some of the Premier League sides handled their business.

Chelsea

So, Chelsea didn’t splash £40m on a player from the Scottish leagues, one they could have picked up for a handful of spare change from neighbours Fulham back in the summer. Imagine that. One man who did make headlines was Costa, but not how we all thought. He’s still at Chelsea – until the summer at least – and thanked fans for their support by missing what would’ve been a match-winning penalty at Anfield. Nice.

Liverpool

The Reds could’ve done with a couple of new faces to tighten up their push for a top-four finish, but they remained rather quiet in the closing stages of Monday. The only real piece of business coming out of Anfield saw defender Mamadou Sakho travel to London to sign for Crystal Palace on-loan for the remainder of the campaign. Big Sam could certainly do with his help too.

Man Utd

Another club happy to sit out of the limelight during the madness and the only crumbs of comfort United threw to journalists, usually rushed off their feet at this time of year, was a statement from Jose Mourinho assuring fans that their leading scorer Wayne Rooney would not be leaving this season. He was linked to a move to the Chinese Super League – weren’t we all – and I am sure that one will resurface in the summer. Ashley Young also kept his peg in the changing room, which was more of a surprise.