Transfer Wrap - January 2015

Well here we go again, no new players in and a heap of fringe players out. These transfer windows are no longer a source of potential excitement as we wait for new players to be signed. Actually, they are less like a window and more like an exit door at the moment. Most of the younger players we have loaned out have been no where near the first team this season so if they get first team action at Rangers it can only be a good thing as far as I am concerned. The lack of incoming players has always been a source of frustration and anger and that is set to continue as the season enters it's later stages. For the record here is what transpired for all clubs.

Newcastle Unitd

In - Sveet Fuchall

Out
Hatem Ben Arfa Released
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (Roma) Undisclosed
Davide Santon (Inter Milan)

Kevin Mbabu, Remie Street, Harris Vuckic, Gael Bigirimana, Shane Ferguson - (Rangers)

Arsenal

In

Krystian Bielik (Legia Warsaw)

Gabriel (Villarreal)

Out
Lukas Podolski (Inter Milan) Loan
Matt Macey (Accrington Stanley) Loan

Yaya Sanogo (Crystal Palace) Loan
Benik Afobe (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Undisclosed
Joel Campbell (Villarreal) Loan

Aston Villa

In
Carles Gil (Valencia) Undisclosed
Scott Sinclair (Man City) Loan

Out
Darren Bent (Derby County) Loan
Jordan Graham (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Undisclosed
Gary Gardner (Nottingham Forest) Loan
Daniel Johnson (Preston North End) Undisclosed
Chris Herd (Wigan Athletic) Loan

Burnley

In
Michael Keane (Manchester United) Undisclosed

Out
Alex Cisak (Leyton Orient) Loan

Chelsea

In
Juan Cuadrado (Fiorentina) Undisclosed

Out
Fernando Torres (AC Milan) Undisclosed
Mark Schwarzer (Leicester City) Free
Lewis Baker (Sheffield Wednesday) Loan
Todd Kane (Nottingham Forest) Loan
John Swift (Swindon Town) Loan
Alex Kiwomya (Barnsley) Loan
Tomas Kalas (Middlesbrough) Loan
Marko Marin (Anderlecht) Loan
Nathan Chalobah (Reading) Loan
Mohamed Salah (Fiorentina) Loan
Stipe Perica (Udinese) Loan
Andre Schurrle (Wolfsburg) Undisclosed

Crystal Palace

In
Yaya Sanogo (Arsenal) Loan
Jordon Mutch (QPR) Undisclosed
Shola Ameobi (Unattached) Free
Pape Souare (Lille) Undisclosed (subject to work permit)
Andreas Breimyr (Bryne) Undisclosed
Wilfried Zaha (Manchester United) Undisclosed
Lee Chung-yong (Bolton Wanderers) Undisclosed

Out
Andrew Johnson Released
Zeki Fryers (Rotherham United) Loan
Jake Gray (Cheltenham Town) Loan
Lewis Price (Crawley Town) Loan
Barry Bannan (Bolton Wanderers) Loan

Everton

In
Aaron Lennon (Spurs) Loan

Out
Hallam Hope (Bury) Undisclosed
Mason Springthorpe (Fleetwood Town) Loan
Chris Long (Brentford) Loan
Samuel Eto'o (Sampdoria) Undisclosed

Hull

In

Out
Thomas Ince (Derby County) Loan

Leicester City

In
Mark Schwarzer (Chelsea) Free
Andrej Kramaric (HNK Rijeka) Undisclosed
Robert Huth (Stoke City) Loan

Out
Jack Barmby (Rotherham United) Loan
Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) Loan
Callum Elder (Mansfield Town) Loan
Adam Dawson (Bristol Rovers) Loan

Liverpool

In

Out
Kevin Stewart (Cheltenham) Loan
Lloyd Jones (Cheltenham) Loan
Jack Dunn (Cheltenham) Loan
Oussama Assaidi (Al Ahli) Undisclosed
Suso (AC Milan) Undisclosed
Connor Randall (Shrewsbury Town) Loan
Sheyi Ojo (Wigan Athletic) Loan

Man City

In
Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) Undisclosed

Out
Sinan Bytyqi (SC Cambuur) Loan
Matija Nastasic (Schalke 04) Loan
Devante Cole (MK Dons) Loan
Jordy Hiwula (Walsall) Loan
Scott Sinclair (Aston Villa) Loan

Man Utd

In
Victor Valdes (Unattached) Free
Sadiq El Fitouri (Unattached) Salford City

Out
Ben Pearson (Barnsley) Loan
Sam Johnstone (Preston North End)
Michael Keane (Burnley) Undisclosed
Will Keane (Sheffield Wednesday) Loan
Marnick Vermijl (Sheffield Wednesday) Undisclosed
Jesse Lingard (Derby County) Loan

QPR

In
Mauro Zarate (West Ham United) Loan
Ryan Manning (Galway United) Free

Out
Jordon Mutch (Crystal Palace) Undisclosed

Southampton

In
Eljero Elia (Werder Bremen) Loan
Filip Djuricic (Benfica) Loan
Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea) Undisclosed

Out
Artur Boruc (Bournemouth) Loan extension
Jos Hooiveld (Millwall) Loan
Jack Cork (Swansea City) Undisclosed

Stoke

In
Philipp Wollscheid (Bayer Leverkusen) Loan

Out
Ryan Shotton (Derby County) Undisclosed
George Waring (Barnsley) Loan
Maurice Edu (Philadelphia Union) Undisclosed
Robert Huth (Leicester City) Loan

Sunderland

In
Jermain Defoe (Toronto) Undisclosed

Out
Scott Harrison (Hartlepool) Undisclosed
Jozy Altidore (Toronto) Undisclosed
Charis Mavrias (Panathinaikos) Loan
Cabral Released

Swansea

In
Nelson Oliveira (Benfica) Loan
Matt Grimes (Exeter City) Undisclosed
Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur) Undisclosed
Jack Cork (Southampton) Undisclosed

Out
Rory Donnelly (Tranmere Rovers) Loan
Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) Undisclosed
Ryan Hedges (Leyton Orient) Loan

Spurs

In

Out
Milos Veljkovic (Charlton Athletic) Loan
Grant Hall (Blackpool) Loan
Dominic Ball (Cambridge United) Loan
Kyle Naughton (Swansea City) Undisclosed
Nathan Oduwa (Luton Town) Loan
Jordan Archer (Millwall) Loan
Benoit Assou-Ekotto Released
Aaron Lennon (Everton) Loan

West Brom

In
Callum McManaman (Wigan Athletic) Undisclosed

Out
Bradley Garmston (Gillingham) Loan
Luke Daniels (Scunthorpe United) Undisclosed

West Ham

In
Doneil Henry (Apollon Limassol) Undisclosed

Out
Mauro Zarate (Queens Park Rangers) Loan
Ricardo Vaz Te Released
Paul McCallum (Portsmouth) Loan
Sean Maguire (Accrington Stanley) Loan
Blair Turgott Released
Matthias Fanimo Released

 

Well there it is.. One thing that stands out is that clubs seem to be shedding a lot of players to lower division English clubs and abroad. It's interesting to see Spurs and Liverpool were also clubs not to open the cheque book this window. Maybe the financial fairplay rules are having an effect??

Anyway, it is as you were (minus a few players) for Newcastle and it will be interesting to see how the rest of the season plays out. We can only hope that we are not hit with too many injuries over the last stretch of games. We have Abied, Aarons and DeJong on the cusp of being fit enough to get a start in the first team again so there is a sliver of light at the the end of the tunnel.