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The rumour mill is still. The gossip columns are sparse. The Sky Sports News totaliser sits dormant. Fabrizio Romano seems to be tweeting more about deals that aren\u2019t happening than ones that are. The Athletic<\/em> has given David Ornstein<\/a> the month off (just kidding: we would never let him have any<\/em> time off).<\/p>\n This has been a quiet January transfer window.<\/p>\n There are nine days to go until the February 1 deadline and between the 20 clubs of the Premier League, there have been only six permanent purchases for actual money, for a total of around \u00a344million ($56m).<\/p>\n Five of those won\u2019t be doing much for their new employers in the short term, either.<\/p>\n Two are Brighton & Hove Albion\u2019s latest additions to their cache of promising youngsters \u2014 19-year-old Argentine defender Valentin Barco and 18-year-old Romanian winger Adrian Mazilu (whose move was agreed last summer and who has joined Vitesse on loan) for around \u00a310.4million combined. Brentford recruited 18-year-old Turkish midfielder Yunus Emre Konak and Luton Town signed Tom Holmes but loaned him straight back to third-tier Reading, both for undisclosed fees. Aston Villa did an \u00a38m deal for 18-year-old defender Kosta Nedeljkovic but immediately returned him on loan to Red Star Belgrade.<\/p>\n Then there\u2019s Radu Dragusin, the defender signed by Tottenham Hotspur from Genoa for \u00a325million, who is the only senior first-team player signed for a fee by a Premier League club<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n Spurs, the great transfer negotiators, are thus responsible for more than half of the money spent in this window.<\/p>\n There have been some loans \u2014 most notably Timo Werner, also to Spurs from RB Leipzig<\/a>, and, if it goes through, Manchester City\u2019s Kalvin Phillips to West Ham United<\/a> \u2014 for which money may have changed hands, but the most frequent type of transaction involving Premier League clubs this month has been them recalling youngsters from loans in the EFL.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t expect a flurry of transfers in the coming days either.<\/p>\n The Athletic<\/em> spoke to agents and other figures involved in the game, who confirmed it\u2019s not just a case of big moves simply failing to get over the line despite the best efforts of clubs. Late deals could still emerge but there isn\u2019t much in the pipeline, certainly in terms of incomings to the Premier League.<\/p>\n
\n Dragusin\u2019s move from Genoa is the only significant piece of January business (Giuseppe Bellini\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n