In his latest Onside/Offside column, Luis Miguel Echegaray assesses the winter transfer window to make sense of who's in good shape and who is struggling.

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.

Despite spending over €200 million in the January transfer window, Manchester City rejected the opportunity to spend even further in the market.Txiki Begiristain and his recruitment colleagues made

Premier League clubs spent approximately £370 million ($459m) in this past transfer window, with Manchester City paying out £180m ($223m), nearly as much as the other 19-top flight teams.

It has become apparent as the 24/25 season has progressed that Manchester City were set to rebuild their squad. That process began during the January transfer window.