The Top 10 English Premier League transfer window deals

Giannelli Imbula: Porto to Stoke ($26.4 m)
Stoke set a new club transfer record for the second window running, having broken new ground in August when Xherdan Shaqiri joined from Inter Milan in a £12m deal. Imbula, 23, arrived from Porto after failing to settle following a close-season move from Marseille.

Oumar Niasse - Moscow to Everton (£13m)
Niasse, a 25-year-old Senegal international, arrived at Goodison Park on a four-and-a-half-year contract to provide competition for Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku. He was the Russian Premier League’s Player of the Year in 2015 and scored 13 goals in 23 appearances for Lokomotiv this season.

Jonjo Shelvey - Swansea to Newcastle (£12m)
After falling out of favour at the Liberty Stadium, 23-year-old former Kop player Shelvey swapped one relegation fight for another by pitching up at St James’ Park.

Andros Townsend - SPURS to Newcastle (£12m)
Another England international seeking to force his way into national coach Roy Hodgson’s plans for Euro 2016. Townsend’s final few months at White Hart Lane proved forgettable, with manager Mauricio Pochettino freezing him out after a row with a fitness coach, but Newcastle gave the 24-year-old winger a chance to get his career back on track in the north-east.

Benik Afobe - Wolves to Bournemouth (£10M)
A prolific goal-scorer in England’s lower leagues, Afobe scored 32 goals last season for first Milton Keynes Dons and then Wolves. The former Arsenal youth-team player was signed to bolster a Bournemouth attacking department that has lost both Callum Wilson and Max Gradel to long-term knee injuries.

Wahbi Khazri - Bordeaux to Sunderland (£9M)
Tunisia playmaker Khazri was one of five new players to join struggling Sunderland, who are bidding to haul themselves out of the relegation zone.

Steven Naismith - Everton to Norwich (£8.5 m)
Scotland international Naismith scored a hat-trick for Everton in a 3-1 victory over Chelsea in September, but elected to leave Goodison Park after making only 13 appearances this season. He found the net in his first game in a yellow shirt, drilling home a low shot in a madcap 5-4 home defeat by Liverpool.

Alberto Paloschi - Chievo to Swansea (£8m)
Another team seeking an attacking spark in the hope of avoiding relegation, Swansea boosted their options up front by signing 26-year-old Italian striker Paloschi. The move reunited Paloschi with newly appointed Swansea head coach Francesco Guidolin, for whom he played at Parma between 2008-10.

Mohamed Elneny - Basel to Arsenal (£5m)
Arsenal failed to sign a single outfield player during the close-season transfer window, but injuries to key midfielders promoted manager Arsene Wenger to sanction a move for Egyptian international Elneny.

Alexandre Pato - Corinthians to Chelsea (loan)
Once the great hope of Brazilian football, Pato returned to Europe after kickstarting an injury-plagued career in his homeland. The 26-year-old former AC Milan striker, signed to ease the burden on Diego Costa, described the move as “a dream”.