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The January transfer window is sometimes viewed as make or break for a Premier League club. Whether it's bringing in additional reinforcements to aid a title bid, tightening up a defence to seal a top-four finish, or signing a goalscorer to ease the threat of relegation, there's always a deal to be done for the right price. Some January transfers have worked out extraordinarily well - Nemanja Vidic to Manchester United and Virgil van Dijk to Liverpool two that stand out - but not all bits of mid-season business go to plan. Many actually turn out pretty poorly, either because they're panic buys that really don't fit the bigger picture, or because there's just so much pressure to perform and hit the ground running. Here, 90min takes a look at seven of the worst pieces of January business in Premier League history. Fernando Torres Carlo Ancelotti unveiling Fernando Torres / Dean Mouhtaropoulos/GettyImages Year: 2011 Transfer : Liverpool to Chelsea - £50m When Chelse...

"Before Barcelona I was a machine," Robert Lewandowski reflected earlier this season, "here I have become more human." For years at Borussia Dortmund and then throughout his entire Bayern Munich tenure, Lewandowski was the high-spec example of the ultimate goalscorer. Constantly in search of another software update, no gain was too marginal for a striker who does concentration exercises on his days off and eats pudding before his main course because sugars digest quicker than protein. However, the sands of time are beginning to be catching up even to the man hailed by Pep Guardiola as "the most professional player I've ever met". Lewandowski toiled away at the tip of Barcelona's blunt attack for 90 ineffective minutes against Shakhtar Donetsk in a limp 1-0 Champions League defeat on Tuesday. It was his sixth consecutive club appearance without a goal, Lewandowski's longest scoring drought in more than 12 years. Robert Lewandowski has failed to ...

FROM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM - Manchester United were halfway to a Premier League win at Tottenham on Thursday night before throwing two points down the drain. Jadon Sancho managed to break the deadlock early on, cutting onto his right foot and being afforded the time to wind up a shot to find the far corner of the net. Just before half-time, Erik ten Hag's team had a second. Bruno Fernandes' long ball over the top was brought down by Marcus Rashford, who skinned Eric Dier before firing home. But Man Utd collapsed after the break. Pedro Porro pulled one back for Spurs shortly following the restart and then Son Heung-min scored the decisive equaliser with ten minutes remaining. A Game of two halves, eh? Here were Man Utd's best and worst performers on the night according to 90min's player ratings. Man Utd's best player vs Tottenham Bruno Fernandes: 8/10 Oh, what could have been for Tottenham. In the summer of 2019, Spurs battled Man Utd for the signing of Fern...