Английн Премьер лигийн клубүүд энэ оны нэгдүгээр сарын шилжилт хөдөлгөөний цонхоор нийт 400 сая фунт стерлинг зарцуулж, бүрэлдэхүүндээ томоохон шинэчлэлтүүдийг хийлээ. Пеп Гвардиолагийн “Манчестер Сити” энэ удаад илүү хурдтай, шууд тоглолтын хэв маягийг эрхэмлэж, шинэ тоглогчдод 80 сая фунт зарцуулсан нь үр дүнгээ өгч эхэлжээ. Харин “Вест Хэм” шинэ дасгалжуулагч Нуну Эспирито Сантогийн тактикт нийцсэн шинэ багийг бүрдүүлж чадсан байна.
Өвлийн цонхны ялагчид:
- Манчестер Сити: “Борнмут”-аас 62.5 сая фунтээр ирсэн Антуан Семеньо хэдийнэ 5 гоол оруулж, багийнхаа хамгийн үр дүнтэй довтлогч болоод байна. Мөн хамгаалагч Марк Гүэхи ирснээр “Сити” лигийн хамгийн бага гоол алдсан баг болов.
- Вест Хэм: Тати Кастелланосыг 26 сая фунтээр авсан нь довтолгоог эрчимжүүлж, тэрбээр 12 тоглолтод 4 гоол оруулжээ. Мөн хамгаалалт нь сайжирч, 12 тоглолтын 5-д нь хаалгаа “хуурай” манаж чадлаа.
- Брайтон: Паскал Гроссыг ердөө 1.7 сая фунтээр эргүүлэн авчирсан нь багийн тоглолтыг эрс сэргээсэн “ухаалаг” наймаа болов.
Эргэлзээтэй болон хохирогчид:
- Тоттенхэм: Конор Галлагерийг 34.7 сая фунтээр авсан ч багийн тоглолтын дүр төрх тодорхойгүй, тогтворгүй хэвээр байна.
- Кристал Палас: Шинэ тоглогчдод 83 сая фунт зарцуулсан ч лигийн хүснэгтийн байрлалд ахиц гарсангүй. Ялангуяа 35 сая фунтын үнэтэй Брэннан Жонсон одоогоор гоол оруулж амжаагүй байна.
Нөгөө талд “Ноттингем Форест” Витор Перейрагийн удирдлага дор гайхалтай эргэлт хийж, Европын лигийн хагас шигшээд шалгарсан бол “Астон Вилла” лигт бүдэрсэн ч Европын тавцанд амжилтаа хадгалсаар байна. “Борнмут” од тоглогч Семеньог алдсан ч 19 настай Райаныг 24.7 саяар авсан нь эхний тоглолтуудад 2 гол, 1 дамжуулалт өгсөн ирээдүйтэй наймаа болсныг мэргэжилтнүүд онцолж байна.
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As we reach a crucial juncture of the season, the £400million ($540m) that Premier League clubs spent in the January transfer window is having a cascading effect throughout the table.
Some bought opportunistically, addressing needs exposed by a shift in style or an injury crisis. Others, after freeing up finances and clearing surplus, invested to give their manager the profiles needed. A few acted out of desperation.
The Athletic analyses the winners and losers from the January window.
Pep Guardiola’s shift to faster, more direct football this season exposed gaps in his squad. Before January, City often looked short on quality and depth compared to Arsenal, particularly on the bench. They responded by spending around £80m on two proven Premier League players, suited to the new style.
Antoine Semenyo arrived from Bournemouth for £62.5m on January 10 and has started every league game. Since joining, his five Premier League goals are the most of any City player, with eight goals and three assists across all competitions. He wins more possessions in the final third than any City player and attempts the most dribbles. The directness Guardiola wanted, Semenyo provides.
Marc Guehi, signed from Crystal Palace for £20m, addressed a defence stretched thin by injuries to Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias, and John Stones, which had left City pairing 20-year-old Max Alleyne with (then) 21-year-old Abdukodir Khusanov. Guehi has not lost a game since his debut on January 24. No team has conceded fewer goals (eight) or faced fewer shots on target (35) in that period.
West Ham’s January was less an upgrade and more a rebuild. With just 14 points from 22 games, a league-high 43 goals conceded, and only one clean sheet, they needed a different shape — and a side that fits the profile of mid-season appointment Nuno Espirito Santo.
Taty Castellanos, signed from Lazio for £26m, has four goals in 12 league appearances, including a brace against Wolves in the third-fastest time in Premier League history (99 seconds). His pressing and movement up front have changed the dynamic around him. Jarrod Bowen has recorded seven of his eight assists this season in 2026 alone.
Taty Castellanos has been a catalyst for West Ham since signing in January (Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Crysencio Summerville has scored all five of his league goals in the same period. Castellanos has added goals and helped bring the best out of those around him. His clever movement in the box has created space for others.
The bigger shift has been in defence. Axel Disasi’s arrival on loan from Chelsea, and the form of Mads Hermansen, Konstantinos Mavropanos, and Jean-Clair Todibo, have given West Ham a spine they did not have before January. They have kept five clean sheets in 12 games since January 11, compared to one in 21 before. With Castellanos and Disasi in the side together, West Ham concede one goal per game, compared to 2.1 without them.
Tottenham offer a more cautionary tale. Conor Gallagher arrived from Atletico Madrid for £34.7m, but he has no clear role in a side that lacks identity. He has yet to win a Premier League game in a Spurs shirt. He has played under three managers since joining. After Matchweek 21, Spurs sat 14th, 14 points clear of the relegation zone; they are now 18th, two points from safety.
Vitor Pereira replaced Sean Dyche in February and has driven Nottingham Forest’s turnaround. He has the best points-per-game rate of any Forest manager since Nuno (1.3) and has guided them to a Europa League semi-final against Aston Villa. Forest have picked up eight points from losing positions since the start of the year and sit five points clear of Spurs. Lorenzo Lucca, on loan from Napoli, has added physicality, but one goal from seven appearances across all competitions tells its own story. The January window was quieter at Forest; the coaching change was louder.
Vitor Pereira is surely Nottingham Forest’s best signing of 2026 (Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
Aston Villa were the only side chasing a Champions League place to make significant moves, but their league form has declined. Their points-per-game have fallen from 2.05 before the window to 1.25 after, a 39 per cent decline. Douglas Luiz returned on loan from Juventus, but started mainly when Boubacar Kamara, Youri Tielemans, and John McGinn were all injured. Villa’s win percentage drops to 16 per cent with him in the side, though that has more to do with the absentees. The Europa League semi-final against Forest is either masking the damage or explaining where the focus has gone.
Tammy Abraham, signed from Besiktas for £18.1m, is the one positive: three goals and one assist in 377 minutes, including a stoppage-time winner against Sunderland. Manchester United and Chelsea changed managers mid-season and remain unsure where their projects stand, while Liverpool’s summer outlay meant none of the three made permanent January signings.
Bournemouth sold Semenyo and reinvested in 19-year-old Rayan for £24.7m. He has two goals and one assist in his first three Premier League appearances, the third teenager, after Robbie Keane and Anthony Martial, to register a goal or assist in each of their first three. He has since been called up to the Brazil senior squad.
Rayan has made an immediate impact since joining Bournemouth (Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
But Andoni Iraola did not replace Semenyo’s output. Instead, he rebuilt the side so it would not depend on it. Bournemouth’s goals per game dropped from 1.62 to 1.33 after January, yet their goals conceded halved, from 1.90 to 0.83. They have conceded more than once in only two of 12 unbeaten league games, against Liverpool and Manchester United, compared with 12 times in the previous 21.
Pascal Gross returned to Brighton from Borussia Dortmund for a paltry £1.7m and has reinfused their season. He came off the bench on his second debut to end a six-game winless run, and the change has lasted. Only Bruno Fernandes has played more passes into the box than Gross’s 119 since his first start, and he has three assists since rejoining.
Crystal Palace spent £83m and — statistically — have gone nowhere. At the start of January, they were 13th with a goal difference of minus one; they are still 13th with a goal difference of minus one. Brennan Johnson, signed for £35m, is yet to score. Jorgen Strand Larsen arrived on deadline day for a club-record £48m, having managed one league goal at Wolves all season. He has three league goals for Palace, but lacks much of what Jean-Philippe Mateta offers the side.
Mateta’s January move to Milan collapsed after a failed medical and, after a two-month absence, he returned in April to score twice against Newcastle — his first Premier League goals since New Year’s Day. He could yet fire them to UEFA Conference League glory, which, in a curious sort of way, would be a result of the January window.
