The January transfer window has seen the arrival of the likes of Nemanja Matic, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Luis Suarez in the past, all of which have gone on to either win Premier League titles and or become legends at their respective clubs.

However, January sadly becomes the time where teams tend to panic buy. With a lot of matches taking part during this period, teams buy players they perhaps don't really need. There are some famous examples, and some teams who do it regularly.

So why is January the month where awful players get bought into the league? Well, new managers, poor league positions, fan pressure and injuries play a key part in a club's decision to delve in to the winter window. They bring in players as stop gaps, to provide a short-term break to the team and to motivate the other players to do better.

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Yet it goes wrong way too often. One of the biggest examples of this must be Fernando Torres, who was bought by Chelsea for £50million after he had been scoring goals for fun at Liverpool. He did have his moments and scored some important goals, but he took 900 minutes to get off the mark in the end, and only scored 20 league goals over three and a half years at Stamford Bridge.

Whether this was down to Chelsea's system is up for debate, considering the success of their other strikers. What is sure, though, is as soon as he put on that blue shirt, he changed as a player, and defences stopped being scared of him. The standout moment of his demise has to be where he missed an open goal against Manchester United, illustrating how Torres had become a shadow of the player he once was.

Andy Carroll is another example, who was directly effected by that Torres transfer, and joined Liverpool for £35million on the same day. He looked to be a promising signing after scoring a number of goals for Newcastle. However, at Liverpool he was misused by Kenny Dalglish, who focused instead on the promise of Suarez. Then again, its hard to argue with the reasons why, due to Suarez taking centre stage and becoming one of the best strikers in the Premier League.

Carroll scored six goals over 18 months at Anfield, and was loaned out to West Ham before eventually being sold to the Hammers for £15m. At West Ham he has not been too consistent, largely due to injuries keeping him out.

Christopher Samba, another player who had a reputation of being a good, solid defender, was bought in by QPR for £12.5 million from Anzhi in 2013. The Loftus Road club were reportedly paying Samba £100k-a week, with the ultimate aim of stabling their leaky defence and keeping them in the Premier League. What followed was poor performance after poor performance, and led to QPR being relegated. Samba was sold straight back to Anzhi just six months after he arrived.

Kostas Mitroglou signed for Fulham in a £12m deal in 2014, as the Cottagers looked to spend their way out of relegation trouble. The kind of fee is silly money for a player not proven in any league other than Greece's top flight. It led to Mitroglou making just three appearances, scoring no goals and being loaned back to Olympiacos. Although he is still on the books at Fulham, he was a very poor buy and Fulham were relegated to the Championship.

Chelsea have a habit of buying players who cannot meet the needs of the Premier League, with Mohamed Salah bought in 2014 for £11m from Basel. Though he did score some goals for Chelsea, he was soon warming the bench and then loaned out to Fiorentina, where he had a fruitful spell and alerted potential suitors that he wasn't a flop after all. Chelsea then signed Juan Cuadruado from Fiorentina and sent Salah the other way, which turned out to be yet another poor January addition for the Blues.

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Cuadrado struggled to adapt in the league, with his playdoh like hair being more a talking point than his actual talent, and he was soon shipped out to Juventus on loan.

And last but not least, a player who has been forgotten is Afonso Alves, signed by Middlesbrough from Heerenveen for £12million.

He had been a great striker in Holland, and though he did score a few goals to begin with, his instincts in front of goal quickly turned dry and Middlesbrough were relegated. Alves was never the same striker again, and soon left the club.

Perhaps one of the main reasons why January transfers end up flopping is due to the fact teams panic buy: they look to fill the gap for a short-term, rather than looking at how that player will not only adapt to the English game, but fit in with the system and in most cases lead them to safety.

It goes to show that the January transfer window should perhaps be taken more seriously, with teams needing more in-depth knowledge to make sure there are more successes like Suarez, Vidic and Evra.

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