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Premier League January winter transfer window top spenders revealed

Jan biggest spenders

Chelsea have spent more than any other current Premier League club during January transfer windows.

The winter window was introduced in 2002/03 and the Blues have spent an estimated £238.45m since then, according to transfermarkt.co.uk.

Former Blues boss Jose Mourinho signed Juan Cuadrado in January 2015 for £26.35m and spent nearly £50m on Nemanja Matic, Mohamed Salah and Kurt Zouma during the 2013/14 winter window.

In January 2011, Carlo Ancelotti coughed up £50m on Fernando Torres and £21.25m on David Luiz during his time at Stamford Bridge.

January transfer window totals

'Big six' domination

The 'big six' are all among the top six spenders, with Manchester City being the second-biggest January spenders with £144.59m, followed by Tottenham (£123.22m), Liverpool (£119.72m), Arsenal (£93.51m) and Manchester United (£93.47m).

Manchester City's new signings Welsh striker Craig Bellamy (L) and Dutch midfielder Nigel De Jong (R) pose for photographers with Manchester City manager M
Image: Man City splashed nearly £50m in January 2009, signing Nigel de Jong (right), Craig Bellamy (left), Wayne Bridge and Shay Given

At the other end of the scale, Burnley have only spent £14.29m over the last 14 winter windows, followed by West Brom on £15.44m - despite spending 10 of the last 14 years in the top flight.

Interestingly, Bournemouth spent nearly 90 per cent of their 14-year winter spending total during their inaugural Premier League season last year, splashing £19.5m on Benik Afobe (£11.5m) and Lewis Grabban (£8m).

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Players sold

Chelsea may have spent more than any other club, but they've also recouped the most during winter windows since 2003/04.

The Blues have sold £150.94m of talent in that time, followed by Liverpool (£92.67m), Tottenham (£54.90m) and Swansea (£46.46m).

Former Chelsea forward Oscar has joined Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG
Image: Oscar will join Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG during this coming January window

Chelsea sold midfielder Ramires to Chinese Super League side JS Suning for £21m in January this year and the Blues' income looks set to boom further following Oscar's proposed £60m move to China's Shanghai SIPG.

Bournemouth have recouped the least from January player sales with £1.64m, followed by Hull City (£2.32m), Leicester (£3.02m) and Burnley (£8.19m) - although all four clubs combined have only competed in 10 top flight seasons since 2003/04.

Net spending

In terms of net spending, Manchester City have spent more than any other club with £112.35m, spending £144.59m and recouping just £32.25m from player sales.

Once again, the 'big six' clubs are the six biggest net spenders, with Chelsea in second (£87.51m), followed by Arsenal (£78.32m), Manchester United (74.54m) and Tottenham (£68.32m).

Wilfried Bony of Swansea City celebrates as he scores their first goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Swansea and Crystal Palace
Image: Swansea have recorded a massive £23.97m surplus from January transfer sales, thanks to the £27m sale of Wilfried Bony to Man City last year

Only Swansea and West Brom have made a net profit from January transfers since 2003/04.

The Swans have made £23.97m over the last 14 years after selling Wilfried Bony to Manchester City for £27m in January last year and West Brom have made a £4.52m surplus over the same period.

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