In his latest Onside/Offside column, Luis Miguel Echegaray assesses the winter transfer window to make sense of who's in good shape and who is struggling.

Ed: As usual, a disappointing lack of ambition from the senior management to push hard for promotion. They blame the transfer activity in the summer for a lack of funds, but that activity has produced no significant improvement. What happened to the proceeds of the sales of Semenyo, Scott and Conway?

Manchester City achieved what they set out to do in the January transfer window. They signed Omar Marmoush, Nico Gonzàlez, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis to strengthen Pep Guardiola’s squad.

Manchester City had a busy January transfer window. Overall, they made six signings and Claudio Echeverri will join Pep Guardiola’s squad next month as he is currently on international duty with the Argentina under-20 squad at the South American under-20 Championships.