The winners and losers of Liverpool's January transfer window

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Fans had been hoping that Arne Slot would have been given the opportunity to add to his squad over the window with several players named as potential targets.

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But the likes of Omar Marmoush and Nico Gonzalez joined Manchester City instead while Amar Dedic, Patrick Dorgu and Stefanos Tzimas also ended up elsewhere.

FSG and sporting director Richard Hughes also had to field enquiries for players like Darwin Nunez, Trent Alexander-Arnold and, reportedly, Federico Chiesa.

But Liverpool’s squad remained largely intact following the window with some fringe players departing as the only significant business.

Calvin Ramsay, Kaide Gordon and Stefan Bajcetic all swapped one loan club for another while Jayden Danns and Dominic Corness also left on a temporary basis.

Marcelo Pitaluga and Thomas Hill waved goodbye - albeit permanently - and the Reds also lost a promising academy prospect in Luca Furnell-Gill to Tottenham.

Here we run through some winners and losers of Liverpool’s January transfer window.

Winner - James McConnell

The 20-year-old midfielder used the PSV clash in the Champions League last week to audition for his Anfield future and passed it with flying colours.

McConnell was so impressive in his tenacious midfield role that Arne Slot was suitably convinced to keep him around for the rest of the season rather than send him out on loan.

His promotion appears to have come at the expense of Tyler Morton but having waited six months for his opportunity, McConnell is certainly not looking back now.

Hopefully he gets more game time as the season goes on and Ryan Gravenberch earns a few minutes’ rest at the base of midfield.

Loser - Tyler Morton

As mentioned above, McConnell’s integration to the first team will probably be to the detriment of homegrown midfield colleague Morton.

The 22-year-old was earmarked for a first-team role last summer having returned from a successful loan spell at Hull City. But Slot never seemed quite convinced by Morton despite his promising talent and he has had to kick his heels waiting for opportunities that are unlikely to come.

He missed out on a dream transfer to Bayer Leverkusen last summer while the Reds fielded several loan enquiries for January.

At the 11th hour, Middlesbrough attempted to add Morton to the ranks on a permanent basis for a £10m fee, which was declined by Liverpool. He remains on the club’s books for the second half of the season with his career very much in limbo.

Winner - Jayden Danns

Seemingly half of the Championship wanted 19-year-old striker Jayden Danns on loan in January.

The homegrown forward has made a name for himself in cup competitions for the senior Liverpool side and was seen as a good option to bolster several sides’ promotion bids.

It was Sunderland who ultimately won the race with Danns now set to join one of the second tier’s most exciting and dynamic outfits.

He has since returned to Anfield for treatment on an injury but should make his way back to the North East in a matter of weeks to link up with his new teammates.

Following an injury-disrupted year, Danns will get exactly what he needs - first-team football - and has ALSO managed to bag himself a new Liverpool contract this winter.

Loser - Richard Hughes

Richard Hughes’ priority last summer and again heading into January was securing new contracts for Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk. None of those have been secured as yet.

While being distracted by contract negotiations, Hughes could only watch as priority targets moved on elsewhere. Furthermore, his reluctance to let Tyler Morton leave last summer knocked £10m off his asking price.

Hughes’ only incoming transfer of the season has been Federico Chiesa, teetering on the precipice of being called a flop signing.

The sporting director has a lot of work to do next summer to rearrange the squad in anticipation of departures for his all-star trio. He hasn’t yet demonstrated at Liverpool that he has the capability of moulding a successful squad for Arne Slot.

Time will tell.

Winner - Stefan Bajcetic

Stefan Bajcetic was part of a new Liverpool-influenced way of doing things at Red Bull Salzburg but that went south very quickly.

Bobby Clark has been unable to perform at a consistent level while Pep Lijnders lost his job just before Christmas. That left Bajcetic in an awkward position, potentially spending the second half of a loan spell at a club whose manager didn’t sign him.

But he has been rescued from that uncertainty with Liverpool recalling the midfielder from his loan and sending him to Las Palmas instead. It will be familiar surroundings for the Spanish youngster, who got his La Liga career off to a decent start earlier this week.

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