Why Liverpool may have gained January advantage on Man City and Chelsea
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe January transfer window slammed shut at 11pm last night for English clubs across the Premier League and EFL. Notoriously a difficult month to make long term changes to your squad, many teams at the right end of the table have failed to spend huge money heading into the second half of the season.
Manchester City are no exception but they did manage to bring in Argentinian wonderkid Julian Alvarez from River Plate for £14.1m.
The striker will stay on loan at River until the summer. The only major exit from the Etihad Stadium was Ferran Torres who went for a cool £46.7m, plus add-ons, to Barcelona.
City's other departures came as loan exits for the likes of youngsters Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Tommy Doyle and Finley Burns while out-of-favour Patrick Roberts, Luka Ilic and Matt Smith joined Sunderland, Troyes and MK Dons respectively.
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