Around two-thirds of Premier League spending this January 2025 transfer window came from Manchester City. Meanwhile local rivals United looked to loan out high earners.

Omar Marmoush’s blockbuster switch from Eintracht Frankfurt to Manchester City was arguably the biggest transfer of the winter window, as another market slams shut. The Egyptian international was one of several big-money arrivals into Pep Guardiola’s first-team squad at the midway stage of the season as Txiki Begiristain and his colleagues looked to get their 2025 squad rebuild off to a flying start.

Manchester City easily topped the spending charts in the January transfer window with the signing of Spanish midfielder Nico Gonzalez on Deadline Day to complete a busy month for the ailing Premier League champions.

Manchester City achieved what they set out to do in the January transfer window. They signed Omar Marmoush, Nico Gonzàlez, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis to strengthen Pep Guardiola’s squad.

Manchester City had a busy January transfer window. Overall, they made six signings and Claudio Echeverri will join Pep Guardiola’s squad next month as he is currently on international duty with the Argentina under-20 squad at the South American under-20 Championships.