January transfer window: Premier League club-by-club guide to the final week

Aston Villa

John Percy: Paul Lambert's capture of Grant Holt finally added sorely needed experience to the squad while Ryan Bertrand's arrival on loan will hopefully be third time lucky in his hunt for a left-back. Lambert still wants a creative midfielder, but his move for Norwich's Wes Hoolahan appears doomed due to the bad blood that exists between the two clubs. Shifting Alan Hutton off the wage bill is a priority.

Panic rating: 4/10

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Cardiff City

Graham Clutton: As soon as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer arrived in south Wales, he dipped into the transfer market to sign the highly rated Norwegian trio of Mats Moller Dahli, Jo Inge Berget and Magnus Wolff Eikrem. Now Solskjaer has gone in once again with Wilfried Zaha, Fabio and Kenwyne Jones on their way too. Smacks of panic signings some might say but the trio will bring quality and ambition too. The task now is to piece a new look side together and to pick up the necessary points in february that will keep last season's Championship winners in with a chance pf avoiding the drop.

Panic rating: 7/10

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Chelsea

Matt Law: Chelsea have already been one of the busiest clubs this month and still have plenty of money in the bank from the 37 million sale of Juan Mata to Manchester United. The departures of Mata and Kevin De Bruyne have been offset by the arrivals of winger Mohamed Salah from FC Basel and central midfielder Nemanja Matic. A new striker may have to wait until the summer, but Chelsea could yet get drawn into a bidding war with United this week over Southampton's exciting young left-back Luke Shaw.

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January transfer window: Premier League club-by-club guide to the final week