Who Won, Lost and Broke Even [And Lost The Plot] during the Transfer Window.

Who Won:

Chelsea: Blues fans must be delighted. Okay, there's an element of risk in paying 50m for a striker who's done little in the past year, but despite buying yachts, art and world cups, Roman still seems interested in Chelsea.

Liverpool: Replacing an in form Torres would be almost impossible, but he hasn't been happy for months and they got 50m for him. There's no guarantee Suarez and Carroll will work out, but they'll enable The Reds to move on.

Aston Villa: Sure, it's hard to say Bent is worth 24m without laughing, but he scores EPL goals, and that's what Villa need. Makoun and Bradley could be good buys and Villa fans will be happy Lerner is now investing. Martin O'Niell perhaps less so.

Bolton: They may have only signed Sturridge on loan, but Coyle managed to keep Cahill and Elmander.

Blackburn: No one has left, they've made a couple of promising signings and managed to avoid signing Ronaldinho.

Blackpool: They may get less for Charlie Adam in the summer, but he should keep them up.

Man City: Bought Dzeko.


Who Lost:

Wolves: They don't have any money and it showed. Even Kenny Miller turned them down.

Everton: When your window highlight is keeping Phil Neville you know you're in trouble. Will miss Pienaar.

Newcastle: While they may have got top dollar for Carroll, they didn't have a replacement lined up. An 8 point buffer should be enough, but you need to score goals to stay up.

West Brom: It's hard to see how bringing in Vela from Arsenal will stop the free fall.

ManU: No damage done, but it's yet another window in which they haven't bought a top player.

Arsenal: Considering how their opponents are playing this season but preparing for next, the Gunners might not get a better chance to win the league. So, when even Huddersfield are taking advantage of your defensive weaknesses, surely it's time to do something. Would buying, say, Hangeland, have really broken the bank and ruined the youth policy?


Who Broke Even:

Stoke: As always, Pullis was pretty active during the window. He offloaded a couple of average players and brought in a couple of average players.

Wigan: Didn't strengthen but managed to hold on to N'zogbia.

Birmingham: Brought in Bentley but lost no one.

Fulham: Brought in Gudjohnsen but lost no one.

Sunderland: Lost Bent but got bags of dosh for him.


Who Lost The Plot A Bit:

West Ham: Buying seasoned EPL players seems a sensible way out of a relegation battle, but for a debt-ridden club to spend a fortune on the wages of Bridge and Keane seems a tad desperate.

Spurs: It's not difficult to sum up Spurs - really strong in midfield, could perhaps do with a top striker, certainly weak in defence. So what does Harry do? Brings in Pienaar and just misses out on Adam. Odd.