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In Pictures: January transfer window
English Premier League clubs brought out their cheque books for the January transfer window.
"If I have the chance to play, I will do my best for Chelsea and hopefully I can score" - Fernando Torres relishes the opportunity of playing against former side Liverpool this weekend after his record-breaking $80m move from Anfield to Chelsea [GALLO/GETTY]
Published On 4 Feb 2011
4 Feb 2011
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But the Liverpool fans he left behind weren(***)t impressed - burning his shirt as a parting gift [AFP]
This time last year Andy Carroll was a Championship striker with a four goal tally for the season. Now, in a $56 million move from Newcastle to Liverpool he becomes the eighth most expensive footballer of all time [GALLO/GETTY]
Tempestuous Uruguay international Luis Suarez joins Liverpool after signing a five-and-a-half-year contract, describing his move from Ajax as a (***)dream(***) [GALLO/GETTY]
Twenty-three-year-old Brazilian international David Luiz joins Carlo Ancelotti(***)s Chelsea in a deal worth $34.2m, which includes young Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic moving to Luiz(***)s former club Benfica. Don(***)t expect tabloid stories as Luiz is a devout Christian who names Kaka as his role model [GALLO/GETTY]
Stoke City striker Tuncay joins German club Wolfsburg for $7.3 million. The Turkish forward ends his four-year stint in English football to replace striker Edin Dzeko who joins Manchester City in a $44 million deal [GALLO/GETTY]
Sunderland midfielder Andy Reid has completed his move to Blackpool, creating more speculation over the future of Blackpool captain Charlie Adam, who handed in a transfer request last week after a bid for his services from Liverpool was rejected [GALLO/GETTY]
Nineteen-year-old Barcelona academy graduate Ruben Rochina is moving to the sunnier climes of Blackburn(***)s Ewood Park, in an undisclosed fee that is set to run until the summer of 2015 [GALLO/GETTY]
Having been left out in the cold by Manchester City manager Mancini, Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor joins Real Madrid on loan until the end of the season, to provide cover for the injured Gonzalo Higuain [GALLO/GETTY]
And Bosnian international striker Dzeko joins Manchester City to fill the gap [GALLO/GETTY]