Transfer Window FPL round-up
The January transfer window closed at 11pm last night, here is a round-up of each club’s main transfers alongside thoughts on how it will affect their FPL potential.
ARSENAL
OUT – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Roma, loan), Sead Kolasinac (Marseille), Calum Chambers (Aston Villa), Pablo Mari (Udinese, loan)
FPL OPINION: Squad depth has disappeared for Mikel Arteta but the departure of Aubameyang could ensure more minutes for Gabriel Martinelli (£5.4m).
ASTON VILLA
IN – Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona, loan), Lucas Digne (Everton), Calum Chambers (Arsenal), Robin Olsen (Roma, loan)
OUT – Anwar El Ghazi (Everton, loan), Matt Targett (Newcastle, loan), Keinan Davis (Nottingham Forest, loan), Wesley (Internacional, loan)
FPL OPINION: A contender for most impressive January window, Coutinho (£7.0m) and Digne (£5.1m) have immediately put themselves on the radar for FPL managers. Loaning out Targett is questionable.
BRENTFORD
IN – Christian Eriksen (unattached), Jonas Lossl (Midtjylland)
OUT – Charlie Goode (Sheff Utd, loan)
FPL OPINION: Regardless of team, football fans are delighted to see Eriksen back in the game and – although it may take time to gain match fitness – he could yet find himself in some teams for Brentford’s good run of games. Could increase the appeal of Ivan Toney (£6.6m) and Bryan Mbeumo (£5.3m).
BRIGHTON
IN – Kacper Kozlowski (Pogon), Deniz Undav (Union SG)
OUT – Kacper Kozlowski (Union SG, loan), Dan Burn (Newcastle), Aaron Connolly (Middlesbrough, loan), Kjell Scherpen (Oostende, loan)
FPL OPINION: Burn was sold without a replacement, so Shane Duffy (£4.1m) could be back in the line-up.
BURNLEY
IN – Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg)
OUT – Chris Wood (Newcastle)
FPL OPINION: On paper, this is a like-for-like switch. Burnley have four games in hand, so there may feasibly be a time when Weghorst becomes an option.
CHELSEA
FPL OPINION: Nothing.
CRYSTAL PALACE
IN – Jean-Philippe Mateta (Mainz)
FPL OPINION: Quiet from Palace, although the loan of Mateta (£5.2m) was made permanent.
EVERTON
IN – Vitaliy Mykolenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Nathan Patterson (Rangers), Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa, loan), Donny van de Beek (Man United, loan), Dele Alli (Tottenham)
OUT – Lucas Digne (Aston Villa)
FPL OPINION: Deadline day brought two major signings plus a new manager. If Frank Lampard can rekindle the past glories of Alli (£6.2m), it could be a masterstroke. Mykolenko (£5.0m) replaces Digne, Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s (£7.9m) place isn’t under threat but we don’t yet know if Lampard rates Demarai Gray (£5.5m).
LEEDS
FPL OPINION: Nothing.
LEICESTER
OUT – Filip Benkovic (released)
FPL OPINION: Nothing.
LIVERPOOL
IN – Luis Diaz (Porto)
OUT – Nat Phillips (Bournemouth, loan), Neco Williams (Fulham, loan)
FPL OPINION: The huge question is how does the big-money arrival of Diaz affect Diogo Jota (£8.4m) and Sadio Mane (£11.7m)? Whilst Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) may still be prone from rotation, the combination of Diaz’s arrival and Roberto Firmino’s (£8.7m) return from injury will cast doubt over the other two.
MAN CITY
IN – Julian Alvarez (River Plate)
OUT – Ferran Torres (Barcelona), Julian Alvarez (River Plate, loan)
FPL OPINION: Alvarez is straight back to River and Torres has been injured for months. Nothing of note here.
MAN UNITED
OUT – Anthony Martial (Sevilla, loan), Axel Tuanzebe (Napoli, loan), Amad Diallo (Rangers, loan), Donny van de Beek (Everton, loan)
FPL OPINION: Several first-team outgoings but nothing that affects the main guys Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.5m) and Bruno Fernandes (£11.7m).
NEWCASTLE
IN – Bruno Guimaraes (Lyon), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Chris Wood (Burnley), Dan Burn (Brighton), Matt Targett (Aston Villa, loan)
OUT – Freddie Woodman (Bournemouth, loan), Matty Longstaff (Mansfield, loan), Jeff Hendrick (QPR, loan)
FPL OPINION: Newcastle were the stars of this window, with dozens of new names linked every day. Persuading Guimaraes (£5.0m) and Trippier (£5.0m) to move are massive coups, with Burn (£4.4m) and Targett (£4.7m) hoping to help improve their leaky defence. Having just kept a clean sheet at Leeds, maybe their back line could be worth an investment for their good run of games, although it’s risky. Despite adding Wood (£6.7m), supporters will be disappointed not to have added more attacking talent in their quest to escape relegation. Too much still depends on Allan Saint-Maximin (£6.7m) and Callum Wilson (£7.2m), when he returns.
NORWICH
OUT – Todd Cantwell (Bournemouth, loan), Onel Hernandez (Birmingham, loan)
FPL OPINION: The decline of Cantwell (£5.3m) has been unfortunate to see, to the point where they felt able to loan him out to the Championship.
SOUTHAMPTON
OUT – Sam McQueen (retired)
FPL OPINION: Nothing.
TOTTENHAM
IN – Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus), Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus, loan)
OUT – Dele Alli (Everton), Tanguy Ndombele (Lyon, loan), Bryan Gil (Valencia, loan), Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal, loan)
FPL OPINION: A very busy deadline day for Antonio Conte, with four midfielders out and two in. The roles of Harry Kane (£12.3m) and Son Heung-min (£10.6m) won’t be affected, although those with Lucas Moura (£6.5m) might be tempted to move on should Kulusevski prove to be a hit.
WATFORD
IN – Hassane Kamara (Nice), Samir (Udinese), Edo Kayembe (Eupen), Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux)
OUT – Pontus Dahlberg (Gillingham, loan)
FPL OPINION: Not much of an FPL impact expected here, with two additions to a defence that is yet to clean sheet and Kalu (£5.0m) likely a back-up option.
WEST HAM
FPL OPINION: Nothing.
WOLVES
IN – Chiquinho (Estoril), Hwang Hee-chan (RB Leipzig)
OUT – Adama Traore (Barcelona, loan)
FPL OPINION: The loan of Hwang Hee-chan (£5.4m) was made permanent, with Chiquinho (£5.5m) in to replace the departing Traore. With Wolves’ lacking in goals at either end, most were likely without their talent anyway.
