5 of the best January transfers in EPL history

#1 Nemanja Vidic

Manchester United v Hull City - Premier League

Spartak Moscow - Manchester United

Date of arrival - 5 January 2006

Transfer fee - £7m

Having been a part of the 'famous four' defense which conceded just one goal en-route Serbia's qualification for the 2006 World Cup, Nemanja Vidic earned himself a £7m transfer to Manchester United in January 2006, going on to form the best defensive partnership in Europe at the time with Rio Ferdinand.

The retired Serbian international earned widespread acclaim for his leadership, calmness, aerial ability as well as his positional awareness and was named club captain of The Red Devils at the start of the 2010/2011 season.

In his prime, Vidic was unarguably one of the best defenders in the world and his performances were rightly rewarded, with the 37-year-old being named into four PFA Teams of the Year (three consecutively), as well as winning the Premier League Player of the Season on two occasions (making him only the third player in history after Cristiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry to achieve the feat, and first defender to do so).

Vidic had a highly successful eight-year spell at United, winning a total of 15 trophies including five Premier League titles (three consecutively), the Champions League and multiple League Cups as well as playing himself into the hearts of the United faithful.

Vidic departed Old Trafford for Inter Milan in 2014 (retiring two years later due to a hernia), and is one of the greatest defenders ever to pull on a United shirt due to his penchant for leaving everything out on the field and his never-say-die attitude.