The winter transfer window has closed with a number of clubs hoping to have made the signings that will make the difference for them between now and May.
Eddie Howe, boss of Championship leaders AFC Bournemouth, said keeping his squad intact through the mid-season transfer window had been “as good as a new signing for us”.
Howe admitted his relief after confirming no enquiries had been made for any of the club’s prized assets.
A deadline day which had promised much – with Cherries heavily linked with a move for Birmingham City winger Demarai Gray – ended with no incomings or outgoings.
JANUARY TRANSFERS CLUB-BY-CLUB
BIRMINGHAM
Ins: Lloyd Dyer (Watford, loan)
Outs: David Edgar (Huddersfield, loan), Denny Johnstone (Cheltenham, loan), Mark Duffy (Chesterfield, loan)
BLACKBURN
Ins: Jason Steele (Middlesbrough, free), Jay Spearing (Bolton, loan)
Outs: Josh Morris (Fleetwood, loan), Leon Best (Brighton, loan), Jake Kean (Oldham, loan), Jordan Slew (Released), Jack O'Connell (Brentford, undisclosed), Anthony O'Connor (Plymouth, free)
BLACKPOOL
Ins: Grant Hall (Tottenham, loan), Saer Sene (New York Red Bulls, free), Alex Henshall (Ipswich, loan), David Ferguson (Sunderland, free), Connor Oliver (Sunderland, free), Niall Maher (Bolton, loan), Joe Rothwell (Manchester United, loan), Tom Aldred (Accrington, undisclosed), Islam Feruz (Chelsea, loan)
Outs: Bobby Grant (Shrewsbury, loan), Joan Oriol (released), Edu Oriol (released), Chris Eagles (released), Jacob Mellis (Oldham, loan) Jonathan Legear (released), Ishmael Miller (Huddersfield, free)
BOLTON
Ins: Adam Le Fondre (Cardiff, loan), Rochinha (Benfica, loan), Ben Amos (Manchester United, loan), Simeon Slavchev (Sporting Lisbon, loan), Barry Bannan (Crystal palace, loan), Filip Twardzik (Celtic, undisclosed), Saidy Janko (Man Utd, loan)
Outs: Joe Riley (Bury, free), Medo Kamara (Maccabi Haifa, loan), Paddy Kenny (Ipswich, free), Hayden White (Notts County, loan), Niall Maher (Blackpool, loan) Sanmi Odelusi (Coventry, loan), Jay Spearing (Blackburn, loan), Kaiyne Woolery (Notts County, loan), Keith Andrews (MK Dons, loan), Conor Wilkinson (Oldham, loan), Lee Chung-Yong (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Andy Kellett (Man Utd, loan)
BOURNEMOUTH
Ins:
Outs: Jayden Stockley (Luton, loan), Matt Tubbs (Portsmouth, free)
BRENTFORD
Ins: Lewis Macleod (Rangers, undisclosed), Josh Robert (QPR, undisclosed), Chris Long (Everton, loan), Jack O'Connell (Blackburn, undisclosed)
Outs:
BRIGHTON
Ins: Greg Halford (Nottingham Forest, loan), Leon Best (Blackburn, loan), Beram Kayal (Celtic, undisclosed)
Outs: Adrian Colunga (Granada, loan)
CARDIFF
Ins: Scott Malone (Millwall, undisclosed), Alex Revell (Rotherham, undisclosed), Lee Peltier (Huddersfield, undisclosed), Stuart O'Keefe (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Eoin Doyle (Chesterfield, Matty Kennedy (Everton, undisclosed), Conor McAleny (Everton, loan)
Outs: Etien Velikonja (Lierse, loan), Adedeji Oshilaja (AFC Wimbledon, loan), Javi Guerra (Malaga, loan), Adam Le Fondre (Bolton, loan), John Brayford (Sheffield United, undisclosed), Inge Berget, Guido Burgstaller, Kim Bo-Kyung (all released), Tommy O'Sullivan (Port Vale, loan), Daniel Johnson (Stevenage, loan)
CHARLTON
Ins: Marko Dmitrovic (Ujpest, undisclosed), Tony Watt (Standard Liege, undisclosed), Milos Veljkovic (Tottenham, loan), Christophe Lepoint (Gent, undisclosed)
Outs: Nick Pope (Bury, loan), Joe Pigott (Southend, loan), George Tucudean (Steaua Bucharest, loan)
DERBY
Ins: Darren Bent (Aston Villa, loan), Stephen Warnock (Leeds, free), Isak Ssewankambo (NAC Breda, undisclosed), Raul Albentosa (Eibar, undisclosed), Tom Ince (Hull, loan), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United, loan)
Outs: Alefe Santos (Notts County, loan), Conor Sammon (Rotherham, loan), Kwame Thomas (Notts County, loan), Tom Naylor (Burton, loan), Paul Coutts (Sheffield United, undisclosed), Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United, free), Ivan Calero (Burton, loan)
FULHAM
Ins: Jazz Richards (Swansea, loan)
Outs: Cameron Burgess (Ross County, loan), Josh Passley (Portsmouth, loan), Mark Fotheringham (released), Bryan Ruiz (Levante, loan), Chris David (FC Twente, loan), Thomas Eisfeld (VfL Bochum, loan)
HUDDERSFIELD
Ins: David Edgar (Birmingham, loan), Ishmael Miller (Blackpool, free)
Outs: Jon Stead (Bradford, loan), Danny Ward (Rotherham, undisclosed), Adam Hammill (Rotherham, loan), Lee Peltier (Cardiff, undisclosed), Martin Paterson (Orlando City, loan), Matt Crooks (released), Jordan Sinnott (released), Paul Dixon (Dundee United, free), Daniel Carr (Dagenham, loan)
IPSWICH
Ins: Noel Hunt (Leeds, free), Freddie Sears (Colchester, undisclosed), Paddy Kenny (Bolton, free)
Outs: Frank Nouble (Coventry, free), Anthony Wordsworth (Crawley, loan), Jack Marriott (Colchester, loan), Balint Bajner (Notts County, free)
LEEDS
Ins: Sol Bamba (Palermo, loan), Granddi Ngoyi (Palermo, loan), Edgar Cani (Catania, loan)
Outs: Noel Hunt (Ipswich, free), Stephen Warnock (Derby, free), Jason Pearce (Wigan, undisclosed), Michael Tonge (Millwall, loan), David Norris (released)
MIDDLESBROUGH
Ins: Adam Forshaw (Wigan, undisclosed)
Outs: Charlie Wyke (Carlisle, undisclosed), Luke Williams (Coventry, loan)
MILLWALL
Ins: Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe, undisclosed), Dan Harding (Nottingham Forest, loan), Stefan Maierhofer (unattached), Shaun Cummings (Reading, undisclosed), Diego Fabbrini (Watford, loan), Jos Hooiveld (Southampton, loan), Michael Tonge (Leeds, loan), Jordan Archer (Tottenham, loan)
Outs: Josh Wright (Leyton Orient, free), Paul Robinson (Portsmouth, free), Scott Malone (Cardiff, undisclosed), John Marquis (Gillingham, loan), Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers, free), Stephen Bywater (Doncaster, free), Scott McDonald (released), Callum Webb (Kingstonian, loan)
NORWICH
Ins: Tony Andreu (Hamilton)
Outs: Carlton Morris (York, loan), Jacob Murphy (Scunthorpe, loan), Jamar Loza (Yeovil, loan), Kyle Lafferty (Caykur Rizespor)
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Ins: Todd Kane (Chelsea, loan), Gary Gardner (Aston Villa, loan)
Outs: Dan Harding (Millwall, loan), Greg Halford (Brighton, loan), Louis Laing (Motherwell, loan)
READING
Ins: Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea, loan), Jure Travner (unattached), Ayegbeni Yakubu (Al Rayyan, free)
Outs: Shaun Cummings (Millwall, undisclosed), Craig Tanner (AFC Wimbledon, loan), Royston Drenthe (Kayseri Erciyesspor, free)
ROTHERHAM
Ins: Jack Barmby (Leicester, loan), Danny Ward (Huddersfield, undisclosed), Adam Hammill (Huddersfield, loan), Conor Sammon (Derby, loan), Zeki Fryers (Crystal Palace, loan), Jack Hunt (Crystal Palace, loan)
Outs: Alex Revell (Cardiff, undisclosed), Febian Brandy (released), Michael Tidser (released), Jonson Clarke-Harris (MK Dons, loan), Joe Skarz (released)
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Ins: Lewis Baker (Chelsea, loan), Will Keane (Man Utd, loan), Sergiu Bus (CSKA Sofia, undisclosed), Marnick Vermijl (Man Utd, undisclosed), Lewis McGugan (Watford, loan), Melo (Moreirenses, undisclosed)
Outs: Matt Young (Carlisle, loan), Caolan Lavery (Chesterfield, loan), Mani Dieseruvwe (Chesterfield, free)
WATFORD
Ins: Ben Watson (Wigan, undisclosed)
Outs: Diego Fabbrini (Millwall, loan), Lloyd Dyer (Birmingham, loan), Uche Ikpeazu (Doncaster, loan), Gabriel Tamas (Steaua Bucharest, free), Lewis McGugan (Sheff Wed, loan)
WIGAN
Ins: Liam Ridgewell (Portland Timbers, loan), Chris Herd (Aston Villa, loan), Jason Pearce (Leeds, undisclosed), Billy McKay (Inverness, undisclosed), Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool, loan), Gaetan Bong (Olympiakos, free), Leon Clarke (Wolves, loan)
Outs: Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City, free), Oriol Riera (Deportivo La Coruna, loan), James Tavernier (Bristol City, loan), Ben Watson (Watford, undisclosed), Shaun Maloney (Chicago Fire, undisclosed), Callum McManaman (West Brom, undisclosed), Ivan Ramis (Levante, free), Adam Forshaw (Middlesbrough, undisclosed), Fraser Fyvie (released), Andy Delort (Tours, loan)
WOLVES
Ins: Benik Afobe (Arsenal, undisclosed)
Outs: Kevin Foley (FC Copenhagen, free), Bjorn Sigurdarson (FC Copenhagen, loan), Ashley Carter (Chesterfield, loan), Leon Clarke (Wigan)
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