The best Championship signings this January transfer window - ranked
Shane Long will spend the remainder of the season with Bournemouth | Naomi Baker/Getty Images
Combine the maddest league in the world with the most frantic month of the footballing calendar, and usually you re treated to an absolute explosion of activity -
usually.
The 2021 January transfer window was hardly one to remember, though, with the confirmed spending between the 24 second-tier clubs amounting to little over £5m - but that s not to say there wasn t some quality business done.
Managers saw their powers of persuasion pushed to the max as they were forced to work on shoestring budgets, so let s take a look at the best Championship signings from the mid-season window.