With January comes the transfer

As a season progresses in the world of football, teams with different pedigree try to reach the top of the table at different leagues all around the world. Barclays Premier League- one of the most exciting leagues in the world has been a surprise this season with Leicester City surprising the other giants of football with its brilliant form. It could not have been any better for Leicester's coach Raenieri as his team has performed consistently this season and have beaten many popular teams. As January has arrived Leicester has tried to strengthen their squad by signing midfielder Daniel Amartey from FC Copenhagen.

Determined to win the league and be a part of the champions league campaign, Leicester wants to leave no stone unturned. With Vardy getting goals regularly, Leicester can hope to be in the top four of the BPL table this season, if not winning the league.

Meanwhile Westham, who had been playing good this season have also strengthened their squad by signing full back Sam Byram from Leeds. Also West Ham United are hopeful of landing controversial Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli, according to the Brentwood Gazette. Reports from Italy suggest that AC Milan may terminate Balotelli's temporary loan deal and therefore he might be available. Thus, the other teams must be careful with the threat West ham would possess with Balotteli and Caroll in the penalty box.

The most expensive signing this January has been done by Newcastle United's signing of Shelvey from Swansea. This season has seen a dismal performance from the Newcastle team. With a dire need to stay on the premier league for the next season and prevent themselves from being relegated, they were forced to do this major signing. Hope this would bring a new spark of hope for them.

Elsewhere Chelsea has been trying their best to sign Alexander Pato in order to strengthen their squad for the European championship. With a poor performance in the league this season followed by the sacking of Mourinho, the newly shaped Chelsea under Hiddink would try their best to reach the quarter finals of Champions League. Pato had scored more than sixty goals for AC Milan in the 150 matches he played for them and has also lifted the Italian League in the year 2011 with them.

Brazilian Alex Teixeira has been a target of Liverpool this January. To add to the joy of Klopp and the Liverpool supporters, Alex himself has asked his club Shakhtar that he wants to leave the club this month itself. Shakhtar, meanwhile, had rejected a £24.6m bid for the 26-year-old last week but Liverpool is ready to put in more cash for Alex. Also Chelsea has an eye on him as they try to strengthen their squad this season. Alex has scored 22 goals for Shakhtar in 15 league games so far this season and Shakhtar are not ready to sell him until at least this summer. They value the 26-year-old at £38m and will not sell him for any other amount less than that.