Chelsea's outrageous January spending has dwarfed that of every team in Europe's three top leagues combined, as their £159million winter outlay is £100m more than Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga put together.
While the Blues - bankrolled by billionaire owner Todd Boehly - spent £88m alone on Ukrainian Mykhailo Mudryk, their counterparts in Italy, France and Germany have been far more modest in their spending.
Serie A has seen the smallest total transfer spend of the three, with just £7.9m, while Ligue 1 teams have been slightly more ambitious to the tune of £9.