The 10 biggest & most expensive January transfers ever, with Liverpool flop & Chelsea ace

4) Christian Vieri – Lazio to Inter Milan – £32m in 1999

Vieri arrived for a then world record transfer fee of £32m, and justified his price tag for the Milan giants, scoring 103 Serie A goals in 143 appearances.

3) Andy Carroll – Newcastle to Liverpool – £35m in 2011

One of football’s all-time worst transfers… Carroll cost Liverpool an astonishing £35m three years ago, but was shipped out last summer after scoring just six Premier League goals in 44 appearances.