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None of the PREMIER League’s top three teams made a major signing in the winter transfer window.
There are definitely arguments for why this is a good thing, but it’s also easy to accuse them all of lacking ambition or taking a big risk when there are still a lot of games left in the season.
Liverpool is six points clear at the top with a game in hand, but the Reds are also always on the brink of a defensive injury crisis and could use reinforcements at center-back and left-back, while a quality midfield addition to give Ryan Gravenberch a rest would be welcome, too.
With league title number 20 within reach, a couple of extra bodies could have lightened the load and eased the fear of a potentially disastrous collapse.
Meanwhile, Arsenal are simply dying for a new striker. The gap to Liverpool is wide but not insurmountable. However, without a proven goalscorer to lead the line, it looks less likely that the Gunners can cross that chasm.
Then there’s Nottingham Forest, the PREMIER League’s surprise package who could book themselves a spot in the European Cup competition for the first time in forty years.
The 5-0 defeat to Bournemouth was a warning about complacency, although they rallied around spectacularly to smash seven past Brighton & Hove Albion the following week.
The Tricky Trees just keep on finding ways to win, but some fresh blood would have helped to secure an ambition that could be life-changing for the East Midlands outfit.
