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title: "Quiz: How much can you remember about Liverpool’s past January signings?"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2020-12-25T18:00:00Z"
modified: "2020-12-25T18:00:00Z"
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# Quiz: How much can you remember about Liverpool’s past January signings?

The January transfer window is fast approaching and [Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2020/12/22/liverpool-agree-fee-with-birmingham-for-calum-scanlon/) could well be involved in the market, with a central defender [seen by many as the priority](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2020/12/22/journalist-makes-claim-about-liverpool-completing-kabak-origi-swap-deal/) when it comes to potential incomings.

Conventional wisdom would tell you the mid-season window is best left alone for the most part – deals completed in January can [often end in tears](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/593029-january-transfer-window-review-ranking-the-10-worst-deals).

Whilst Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year for the mere mortal, the January transfer free-for-all is more akin to a [football agent’s favourite season](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/tough-inflated-market-agents-leeds-united-stars-have-their-say-january-transfer-window-1373007).

However, there have been exceptions to that rule, as the Reds can testify; after all, it was the winter window that Luis Suarez arrived at Anfield in almost a decade ago before going on to [break all kinds of records](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2052382-liverpools-luis-suarez-ties-premier-league-38-game-scoring-record) on his way to [scoring 82 goals in 133 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/luis-suarez/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/44352).

More recent history also reflects glowingly on Liverpool’s January transfer credentials as the reigning Premier League champions used the month-long window to [sign a certain Virgil van Dijk](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11669/11186626/liverpool-agree-deal-to-sign-virgil-van-dijk-from-southampton-for-75m) from Southampton three years ago.

Whilst those two turned out to be worthy acquisitions, exceptions to the unwritten rule perhaps, the arrivals and subsequent spells on Merseyside of [Andy Carroll](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2015356-analysing-why-west-ham-striker-andy-carroll-failed-at-liverpool) and [Steven Caulker](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/weirdest-transfers-british-football-history-liverpool-barcelona-real-madrid-inter) both testify to the ‘best left alone’ mentality.

With both the best and worst of Liverpool’s recent January business in mind, we’ve put together a quiz to see how well you remember the deals and the careers of the recent mid-season arrivals…