The winter transfer window is now closed for Premier League clubs and we have taken a look at the key takeaways from the past month

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.

Manchester City and Aston Villa made big moves just before the midseason transfer window closed on Monday. Four-time defending Premier League champion City secured a late deal for Porto midfielder Nico Gonzalez for a reported $61.

Manchester City are closing in on the signing of Porto midfielder Nico Gonzalez before Monday's transfer deadline with a view to boosting Pep Guardiola's faltering midfield. Gonzalez has a release clause in his contract understood to be worth $61.

Manchester City have signed Spanish midfielder Nico Gonzalez from Primeira Liga side Porto on a four-and-a-half-year contract, the Premier League club announced on Monday.

It was City's one wish for this window, yet instead they have strengthened elsewhere, while their midfield has looked weaker and weaker