The January transfer window is a tricky period for any football club. There is always a temptation to bolster the squad midway through the season, yet there is also a fear that the business might prove to be a disaster.
In the Premier League, there have been some big successes; think Luis Suarez to Liverpool from Ajax in 2011 or Patrice Evra to Manchester United from Monaco back in 2006. Yet it is a time of year when we tend to remember more clearly the men who did not live up to their winter price tags, such as Fernando Torres to Chelsea (£50 million) and Andy Carroll to Liverpool (£35 million).