It was gone midnight on Wednesday morning by the time Hull City were finally able to announce their January business had been concluded. The late, late signing of Kamil Grosicki added a seventh and final new face to Marco Silva's squad, rounding off a month of unprecedented business.
Silva has taken full advantage of what could be his one and only transfer window in charge of City. A squad he inherited on Jan. 5 was deemed unfit for purpose by the Portuguese and so began an overhaul seldom witnessed midway through a Premier League season.
Centre forward Oumar Niasse was the first addition on loan from Everton, before Evandro, a playmaker formerly of Porto, and right-back Omar Elabdellaoui quickly followed.