Here are all the transfers from the English Premier League ( English Premiership) that took place in the winter transfer window ( January- February 2009). All transfers specified here are for the current season ( 2008-09) and have at least one Premier League club involved. Loan returns have specifically not been mentioned.
The biggest spenders have obviously been Manchester City and Tottenham, two teams expected to qualify for Europe, but who were struggling in the bottom half of the table when the window opened. Both Spurs and City have spent close to £50m each. Liverpool and Chelsea have not made any significant signings though. Manchester United and Arsenal have one big money signing each.
List of Arsenal transfers winter 2008-2009
Andrei Arshavin- From Zenit St.Petersburg to Arsenal ( £15m fee)
Rui Fonte- From Arsenal to Crystal Palace ( loan )
Rene Steer- From Arsenal to Gillingham ( loan )
Abu Ogogo- From Arsenal to Barnet ( loan till the end of the season)
Paul Rodgers- From Arsenal to Northampton ( loan )
Gavin Hoyte- From Arsenal to Watford ( loan )
Jay Simpson- From Arsenal to West Bromwich Albion ( loan )
Henri Lansbury- From Arsenal to Scunthorpe ( loan )
List of Aston Villa transfers winter 2008-2009
Emile Heskey- From Wigan Athletic to Aston Villa ( £3.5m)
Arsenio Halfhuid- From Excelsior to Aston Villa ( £150,000)
Wayne Routledge- From Aston Villa to Queens Park Rangers ( £600K)
Sam Williams- From Aston Villa to Walsall ( Loan)
List of Blackburn Rovers transfers winter 2008-2009
Matt Derbyshire- From Blackburn to Olympiakos ( Six Month Loan)
Gael Givet- From Olympique Marseille to Blackburn Rovers ( Loan till the end of the season)
El Hadji Diouf- From Sunderland to Blackburn Rovers ( £2m)
Nick Blackman- From Macclesfield to Blackburn ( £750K)
Frank Fielding- From Blackburn to Rochdale ( loan)
Sergio Peter- From Blackburn to Sparta Prague ( £500k)
Eddie Nolan- From Blackburn to Preston ( £250k)
Jamie Clarke- From Blackburn to Rotherham United ( Free)
List of Bolton Wanderers transfers winter 2008-2009
Kevin Nolan- From Bolton to Newcastle ( Fee- £4m)
Mark Davies- From Wolves to Bolton Wanderers ( £2m)
Sebastien Puygrenier- From Bolton to Zenit St Petersburg (Loan)
Heidar Helguson- From Bolton to Queens Park Rangers (£1m)
Ariza Makukula- From Benfica to Bolton (Loan)
List of Chelsea transfers winter 2008-2009
Jimmy Smith- From Chelsea to Leyton Orient (Loan)
Sergio Tejera- From Chelsea to Real Mallorca ( Loan with an option to make the move permanent in the summer)
Vincenzo Camilleri- From Chelsea to Reggina (Free)
Gokhan Tore- From Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea
Carl Magnay- From Chelsea to MK Dons (Loan)
Lee Sawyer- From Chelsea to Coventry (Loan)
Carlo Cudicini- From Chelsea to Tottenham Hotspur ( Free)
Scott Sinclair- From Chelsea to Birmingham (Loan)
Ben Sahar- From Chelsea to De Graafschap (Loan)
Ricardo Quaresma- From Inter Milan to Chelsea ( Loan)
Jack Cork- From Chelsea to Watford (Loan)
Wayne Bridge- From Chelsea to Manchester City (£12m)
List of Everton transfers winter 2008-2009
John Ruddy- From Everton to Crewe (Loan)
Lee Molyneux- From Everton to Southampton (Free)
Jo- from Manchester City to Everton (Loan)
Seamus Coleman- From Sligo Rovers to Everton (£250K)
Lukas Jutkiewicz- From Everton to Huddersfield Town ( Loan till the end of the season)
List of Fulham transfers winter 2008-2009
Julian Gray- From Coventry City to Fulham
Adrian Leijer- From Fulham to Norwich (Loan)
Leon Andreasen- From Fulham to Hannover96
Giles Barnes- From Derby County to Fulham (Loan)
Jimmy Bullard- From Fulham to Hull City ( £5m)
Hamouer Bouazza- From Fulham to Birmingham (Loan)
Lee Cook- From Fulham to Queens Park Rangers ( £500k)
T J Moncur -From Fulham to Wycombe (Free)
Olivier Dacourt- From Inter Milan to Fulham (Loan)
Seol Ki-Hyeon- From Fulham to Al-Hilal (Loan)
Andranik Teymourian- From Fulham to Barnsley (Loan)
List of Hull City transfers winter 2008-2009
Jimmy Bullard- From Fulham to Hull City ( £5m)
Kamil Zayatte- From Young Boys to Hull (£2.5m)
Manucho- From Manchester United to Hull (Loan)
Kevin Kilbane- From Wigan to Hull City (£1.5m)
Dean Windass- From Hull to Oldham (Loan)
Yann Ekra- From Hull to Panionios (Loan)
Stelios Giannakopoulos- From Hull City to Larissa
List of Liverpool transfers winter 2008-2009
Victor Palsson-From AGF Aarhus to Liverpool
Krisztian Nemeth- From Liverpool to Blackpool (Loan)
Craig Lindfield- From Liverpool to Accrington Stanley (Loan)
Jody Brouwer- From Liverpool to RKC Waalwij ( Loan)
Jermaine Pennant- From Liverpool to Portsmouth (Loan)
Peter Gulacsi- From Liverpool to Hereford United (Loan)
Adam Hammill- From Liverpool to Barnsley (Loan)
Robbie Keane- From Liverpool to Tottenham Hotspur (£12m)
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