Transfer deadline day verdicts: Odion Ighalo to Man Utd, Lamptey leaves Chelsea, Bennett to Leicester

The January transfer window can often go down as a bit of a damp squib as the big clubs, perennially linked with a plethora of moves, sit tight and wait for the summer when they feel they can negotiate better deals for better players.

However, a couple of struggling giants in Arsenal and Manchester United and the lifting of Chelsea's transfer ban has turbo-charged the market with all three managers keen to strengthen their squads in the mid-season window.

We offer an i verdict on the deals that did and did not happen