January transfer window: Who went where?

Stoke City smashed their transfer record to sign Porto midfielder Giannelli Imbula for £18.3 million, in an otherwise quiet transfer deadline day.

The 22-year-old signed a five-and-a-half year contract after what Potters chief executive Tony Scholes admitted was a race against time.

Imbula's arrival at the Britannia Stadium comes just five months after the club paid £12m to sign Xherdan Shaqiri from Inter Milan.

None of the current top eight clubs chose to strengthen their squads ahead of the title run-in, with leaders Leicester no doubt delighted to keep hold of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez.

Saido Berahino is staying at West Brom. Credit: PA

Saido Berahino resigned himself to staying at West Brom after the Baggiesflatly rejected a £21million bid from Newcastle.

Berahino had been expected to feature in the biggest deadline day deal but it soon became apparent West Brom were standing firm in their desire not to sell.

An ambitious bid from the Magpies fell short and just before 11pm Berahino took to Twitter to seemingly rule out the possibility of an imminent move elsewhere.

Referencing his social media outburst in the summer when he was denied a late move to Tottenham, Berahino wrote:

Leicester's only dealing was the exit of Yohan Benalouane to Fiorentina onloan.

Yohan Benalouane has left Leicester City for Fiorentina on loan. Credit: PA

Midlands Premier League club-by-club January transfers

  • Aston Villa

OUT: Callum Robinson (Preston, loan), Joe Cole (Coventry, free), Gary Gardner (Nottingham Forest, loan), Jed Steer (Huddersfield, loan), Joe Bennett (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Jose Angel Crespo (Rayo Vallecano, loan)

  • Leicester

IN: Demarai Gray (Birmingham, £3.75million), Daniel Amartey (FC Copenhagen, undisclosed)

OUT: Joe Davis (Fleetwood, undisclosed), Simonas Stankevicius (Zalgiris,undisclosed), Alie Sesay (Barnet, loan), Jak McCourt (Barnsley, undisclosed), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim, loan), Tom Lawrence (Cardiff, loan), Richie De Laet (Middlesbrough, loan), Yohan Benalouane (Fiorentina, loan)

Leicester signed Demarai Gray from Birmingham for £3.75million). Credit: PA

  • Stoke City

IN: Giannelli Imbula (Porto, £18.3million)

OUT: Steve Sidwell (Brighton, loan), Eddy Lecygne (Doncaster, loan)

  • West Bromwich Albion

IN: Sandro (QPR, loan), Alex Pritchard (Tottenham, loan)

OUT: Anders Lindegaard (Preston, loan), Andre Wright (Torquay, loan), Tahvon Campbell (Yeovil, loan), Adil Nabi (Peterborough, undisclosed)

Midlands Championship club-by-club January transfers

  • Birmingham City

IN: Will Buckley (Sunderland, loan), Diego Fabbrini (Watford, £1.5m), RyanShotton (Derby, loan), Luke Maxwell (Kidderminster, £75,000)

OUT: Alex Jones (Wellington Phoenix, loan), Demarai Gray (Leicester, £3.75m), Shane Lowry (Perth Glory, free), Wes Thomas (Bradford, loan)

Birmingham signed Diego Fabbrini from Watford for £1.5m Credit: PA

  • Derby County

IN: Abdoul Camara (Angers, undisclosed), Nick Blackman (Reading, undisclosed), Marcus Olsson (Blackburn, undisclosed), Luke Thomas (Cheltenham, undisclosed), Lewis Walker (Ilkeston, undisclosed)

OUT: Simon Dawkins (San Jose Earthquakes, undisclosed), Ryan Shotton(Birmingham, loan), Offrande Zanzala (Stevenage, loan), Alex Pearce (Bristol City, loan), Mason Bennett (Burton, loan), Kelle Roos (AFC Wimbledon, loan)

  • Nottingham Forest

IN: Gary Gardner (Aston Villa, loan), Bojan Jokic (Villarreal, loan)

OUT: Chris Burke (Rotherham, loan), Deimantas Petravicius (Stevenage, loan), Joe Worrall (Dagenham & Redbridge, loan)

  • Wolverhampton Wanderers

IN: Joe Mason (Cardiff, undisclosed), Aaron Collins (Newport, undisclosed),Will Randall (Swindon, undisclosed), Mike Williamson (Newcastle, undisclosed), Hakeem Odoffin (Barnet, undisclosed)

OUT: Benik Afobe (Bournemouth, undisclosed), Scott Golbourne (Bristol City, undisclosed), Jed Wallace (Millwall, loan), Zeli Ismail (Oxford, loan)