Football transfer window quiz: how much do you know about January sales?

Who became a legend? Who didn’t score? And who caused a kerfuffle?

Virgil van Dijk became the most expensive player signed by a Premier League club in the January window when he left Southampton for Liverpool earlier this month. Who held the record before Van Dijk?

Edin Dzeko

Juan Mata

Andy Carroll

Fernando Torres

Liverpool signed Andy Carroll from Newcastle after Torres left for Chelsea. How many goals did Carroll score for the club before joining West Ham in 2013?

4

11

23

40

Which American joined a Premier League club in January 2007 and went on to play in a European final without ever winning a trophy in Europe?

Landon Donovan

Jozy Altidore

Clint Dempsey

Claudio Reyna

Who was the most expensive signing of the January 2015 transfer window? Clue: he is now playing for the club he left in that window.

David Luiz

Wilfried Bony

Paul Pogba

Diego Costa

Who signed for Manchester United in January 2006 and was subbed off at half-time in his debut – a 3-1 derby defeat at Manchester City – feeling as if Premier League football was “like being in a washing machine”?

Louis Saha

Nemanja Vidic

Patrice Evra

Diego Forlán

Julien Faubert was loaned out by West Ham in January 2009 to which club?

Besiktas

Sunderland

Bordeaux

Real Madrid

David Unsworth left Sheffield United for Wigan in January 2007. Why was this transfer to become controversial?

It emerged that he had signed for Aston Villa the day before but went to Wigan instead

He scored a penalty on the final day of the season to keep Wigan up and relegate Sheffield United

He played for Wigan in the FA Cup when cup tied and Wigan were thrown out of the competition

An interview was released that weekend in which Unsworth said he would never play for Wigan

West Ham signed three forwards – Benni McCarthy, Mido and Ilan – on deadline day in January 2010. Between them, they made 33 appearances for the club; which one managed to score a goal?

Benni McCarthy

Mido

Ilan

From which club did Chelsea sign David Luiz in 2011 and Nemanja Matic in 2014?

Paris Saint-Germain

Palmeiras

Benfica

Shakhtar Donetsk

Manchester United set a new British transfer record when they signed Andy Cole from Newcastle in January 1995. Which player went the other way as part of the deal?

Lee Sharpe

Gabriel Obertan

Nicky Butt

Keith Gillespie

9 and above.

You are a credit to yourself.

5 and above.

Meh. Not bad, but not great.

1 and above.

Rubbish. Do you hibernate through January?

2 and above.

Rubbish. Do you hibernate through January?

3 and above.

Rubbish. Do you hibernate through January?

4 and above.

Rubbish. Do you hibernate through January?

6 and above.

Meh. Not bad, but not great.

7 and above.

Pretty good.

8 and above.

Pretty, pretty, pretty good.

0 and above.

Rubbish. Do you hibernate through January?

10 and above.

You are a credit to yourself.

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