Ranking Newcastle and every other Premier League club’s January transfer business

Premier League clubs went crazy on deadline day as several star names made last-minute moves to pastures new.

Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang and Dele Alli’s transfers to Barcelona and Everton were the headline deals but clubs across the division were active until the dying embers of the window.

Newcastle completed deals for five players last month, with Brighton’s Dan Burn and Aston Villa’s Matt Targett last through the door at St James’ Park.

However, many clubs did not make a single signing - a throwback to how Newcastle would traditionally operate under the previous regime.

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Lucas Digne (Everton, £25m), Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona, loan), Robin Olsen (Roma, loan), Calum Chambers (Arsenal, undisclosed)

Anwar El Ghazi (Everton, loan), Matt Targett (Newcastle, loan), Wesley (Internacional, loan), Keinan Davis (Nottingham Forest, loan), Cameron Archer (Preston, loan), Louie Barry (Swindon, loan), Caleb Chukwuemeka (Livingston, loan), Aaron Ramsey (Cheltenham, loan), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (Stoke, loan), Jed Steer (Luton, loan), Kaine Kesler Hayden (MK Dons, loan), Tyreik Wright (Colchester, loan)

Villa took the league by surprise with a string of stellar signings. Nobody forecasted superstar Coutinho’s arrival at the start of the window and, in Digne, they have signed one of the Premier League’s best left-backs.

New manager Steven Gerrard clearly has pulling power due to his playing career and they used that to their advantage last month.

Bruno Guimaraes (Lyon, £35m), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid, £12m), Chris Wood (Burnley, £25m), Dan Burn (Brighton, undisclosed), Matt Targett (Aston Villa,