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Championship ins and outs: All the deals from the January transfer window

Middlesbrough's John Obi Mikel during the FA Cup fourth round match at Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday January 26, 2019. See PA story SOCCER Middlesbrough. Photo credit should read: Richard Sellers/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.
Image: John Obi Mikel joined Middlesbrough on a free transfer

Who has your team signed in January? Who's been shipped out? A comprehensive guide to every major deal done this transfer window...

Aston Villa

IN: Lovre Kalinic, (Gent, loan), Kourtney Hause, (Wolves, loan), Frederic Guilbert (Caen), Tom Carroll, (Swansea, loan), Tyrone Mings (Bournemouth, loan)

OUT: Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (Cambridge, loan), Callum O'Hare (Carlisle, loan), Corey Blackett-Taylor (Walsall, loan), James Bree (Ipswich, loan), Jake Doyle-Hayes (Cambridge, loan), Scott Hogan (Sheffield United, loan), Harry McKirdy (Newport, loan), Frederic Guilbert (Caen, loan)

Lovre Kalinic in action during the UEFA Nations League, Group A4 match against England at Wembley Stadium
Image: Lovre Kalinic joined Aston Villa from Gent

Birmingham City

IN: Kerim Mrabti (Djurgardens)

OUT: Kyle McFarlane (Barrow, loan), Steve Seddon (AFC Wimbledon, loan), Greg Stewart (Aberdeen, loan), Jake Weaver (Kidderminster, loan), Viv Solomon-Otabor (Portsmouth, loan)

Blackburn Rovers

IN: Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest), Brad Lyons (Coleraine), Harry Chapman (Middlesbrough), Louie Annesley (Lincoln Red Imps)

OUT: Oliver Byrne (Stevenage, loan), Sam Hart (Southend, loan), Brad Lyons (St Mirren, loan), Lewis Mansell (Partick Thistle, loan), Joe Grayson (Grimsby, loan), Scott Wharton (Bury, loan), Paul Downing (Doncaster, loan)

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Bolton Wanderers

IN: Remi Matthews (Norwich), Callum Connolly (Everton, loan)

OUT: Joe Muscatt (Salford City, loan)

Brentford

IN: Jaden Brissett (Norwich), Frederik Hammar (Akropolis IF), Gustav Mongensen (AGF Aarhus)

OUT: Ryan Woods (Stoke), Alan Judge (Ipswich), Chris Mepham (Bournemouth), Nico Yennaris (Beijing Sinobo Guoan) Canice Carroll (Swindon, loan), Josh Clarke (Burton, loan), Reece Cole (Macclesfield, loan)

Derby County

IN: Ashley Cole (free agent), Andy King (Leicester, loan)

OUT: Callum Guy (Blackpool), Joe Ledley (free agent), Kyle McAllister (St Mirren, loan), Timi Elsnik (Northampton, loan), Jacob Butterfield (Bradford, loan), Jonathan Mitchell (Shrewsbury, loan)

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Image: Ashley Cole joined Derby until the end of the season

Hull City

IN: Liam Ridgewell (Portland Timbers, free), Marc Pugh (Bournemouth)

OUT: Charlie Andrew (Bradford Park Avenue, loan)

Ipswich Town

IN: Janoi Donacien (Accrington), Simon Dawkins (free), James Collins (free), Alan Judge (Brentford), Callum Elder (Leiceseter, loan), Will Keane (Hull, loan), Collin Quaner (Huddersfield, loan), James Bree (Aston Villa, loan)

OUT: Shane McLoughlin (AFC Wimbledon, free), Danny Rowe (Lincoln, loan), Janoi Donacien (Accrington, loan), Jordan Roberts (Lincoln, loan)

Leeds United

IN: Kiko Casilla (Real Madrid), Mateusz Bogusz (Ruch Chorzow)

OUT: Samuel Amissah (FK Liepaja), Samu Saiz (Getafe, loan), Conor Shaughnessy (Hearts, loan), Paudie O'Connor (Bradford, loan), Pawel Cibicki (Elfsborg, loan), Will Huffer (Barnet, loan), Hadi Sacko (Ankaragucu, loan), Sam Dalby (Morecambe, loan), Tom Pearce (Scunthorpe, loan)

Middlesbrough

IN: George Saville (Millwall), John Obi Mikel (Tianjin TEDA, free), Rajiv van La Parra (Huddersfield, loan)

OUT: Nathan McGinley (Forest Green), Connor Ripley (Preston), Harry Chapman (Blackburn), Grant Leadbitter (Sunderland), George Miller (Barnsley), Martin Braithwaite (Leganes, loan), Luke Armstrong (Accrington, loan), Hayden Coulson (Cambridge, loan), Ben Liddle (Forest Green, loan), Sam Stubbs (Notts County, loan), Stephen Walker (MK Dons, loan)

 during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia group D match between Nigeria and Iceland at Volgograd Arena on June 22, 2018 in Volgograd, Russia.
Image: Middlesbrough signed Nigeria international Jon Obi Mikel

Millwall

IN: Ryan Leonard (Sheffield United), Tom Bradshaw (Barnsley), Alex Pearce (Derby, loan), Ben Marshall (Norwich, loan)

OUT: George Saville (Middlesbrough), Byron Webster (Scunthorpe), Jem Karacan (free), Lewis White (Concord Rangers, loan), Joe Wicks (Kingstonian, loan), James Brown (Lincoln, loan), Dan McNamara (Dover Atlhetic, loan), Sid Nelson (Tranmere (loan)

Norwich City

IN: Wiliam Hondermarck (Drogheda United), Akin Famewo (Luton), Philip Heise (Dynamo Dresden),

OUT: Remi Matthews (Bolton), Jaden Brissett (Brentford), Matt Jarvis (Walsall, loan), Simon Power (FC Dordrecht, loan), Ben Marshall (Millwall, loan), Timi Odusina (AFC Fylde, loan), Nelson Oliveira (Reading, loan), Tristan Abrahams (Yeovil, loan)

Nottingham Forest

IN: Yohan Benalouane (Leicester), Leo Bonatini (Wolve, loan), Pele (Monaco, loan)

OUT: Ben Brereton (Blackburn), Tim Erlandsson (Frej), Anel Ahmedhodzic (Malmo), Danny Fox (Wigan), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Lecce, loan), Gboly Ariyibi (Motherwell, loan), Jordan Smith (Mansfield, loan), Adam Crookes (Port Vale, loan), Jorge Grant (Mansfield, loan), Alex Iacovitti (Oldham, loan), Zach Clough (Rochdale, loan), Jason Cummings (Luton, loan), Toby Edser (Port Vale, loan), Virgil Gomis (Notts County, loan)

Preston North End

IN: Josh Ginnelly (Walsall), Brad Potts (Barnsley), Jayden Stockley (Exeter), Connor Ripley (Middlesbrough), Joe Rafferty (Rochdale)

OUT: Calum Woods (Bradford), Chris Maxwell (Charlton, loan), Connor Simpson (Carlisle, loan), Michael Howard (Stalybridge Celtic, loan), Ben Pringle (Tranmere, loan), Andy Boyle (Ross County, loan), Graham Burke (Gillingham, loan)

Exeter City's Jayden Stockley
Image: Jayden Stockley joined Preston from Exeter

Queens Park Rangers

IN: (None)

OUT: Idrissa Sylla (Zulte Waregem), Jack Williams (free), Kingsley Eshun (free), Hugo Cardoso (free), Seny Dieng (Dundee, loan), Paul Smyth (Accrington, loan), David Wheeler (MK Dons, loan), Odysseus Alfa (Atletico Baleares, loan), Aramide Oteh (Walsall, loan), Alex Baptiste (Luton, loan), Ilias Chair (Stevenage, loan), Sean Goss (St Johnstone, loan), Charlie Owens (Wycombe, loan)

Reading

IN: Nelson Oliveira (Norwich, loan), Emiliano Martinez (Arsenal, loan), Matt Miazga (Chelsea, loan)

OUT: Tiago Ilori (Sporting CP), Leandro Bacuna (Cardiff), Ben House (Swindon, loan), Darren Sidoel (KSV Roeselare, loan), Lewis Ward (Forest Green, loan), George Legg (Boreham Wood, loan), Sam Smith (Shrewsbury, loan), Gabriel Osho (Bristol Rovers, loan), David Meyler (Coventry, loan), Marc McNulty (Hibernian, loan), David Edwards (Shrewsbury, free)

Leandro Bacuna is closing in on a move to Cardiff
Image: Leandro Bacuna left Reading for Cardiff

Rotherham United

IN: Matt Crooks (Northampton)

OUT: Reece McGinley (Crusaders, loan), Ben Purrington (Charlton, loan)

Sheffield United

IN: Jake Young (Guiseley), Oliver Norwood (Brighton), Kieran Dowell (Everton, loan), Gary Madine (Cardiff, loan), Scott Hogan (Aston Villa, loan)

OUT: Lee Evans (Wigan), Ryan Leonard (Millwall), Harvey Gilmour (Tranmere), Callum Semple (Ross County), Jordan Hallam (Scunthorpe), Tyler Smith (Doncaster, loan), Marcus Dewhurst (Guisley, loan), Daniel Lafferty (Peterborough, loan), Nathan Thomas (Carlisle, loan), Leon Clarke (Wigan, loan), Sam Graham (Central Coast Mariners, loan), Ricky Holmes (Gillingham, loan), Stephen Mallon (Central Coast Mariners, loan)

Sheffield Wednesday

IN: Omar Damba (RIASA), Dominic Iorfa (Wolves), Rolando Aarons (Newcastle, loan), Achraf Lazaar (Newcastle, loan)

OUT: (None)

Stoke City

IN: Benik Afobe (Wolves), Ryan Woods (Brentford), Danny Batth (Wolves), Sam Vokes (Burnley

OUT: Krisztofer Szereto (Ferencvaros), Ibrahim Afellay (free), Mohamed Diallo (free), Ryan Sweeney (Mansfield), Peter Crouch (Burnley), Josef Bursik (Telford United, loan), Mate Deczki (Hednesford Town, loan), Mark Waddington (Falkirk, loan), Harry Souttar (Fleetwood, loan), Tyrese Campbell (Shrewsbury, loan), Erik Pieters (Amiens, loan)

Benik Afobe
Image: Benik Afobe completed a permanent switch to Stoke

Swansea City

IN: (None)

OUT: Aaron Lewis (Doncaster, loan), Botti Biabi (Macclesfield, loan), Wilfried Bony (Al-Arabi, loan), Tom Carroll (Aston Villa, loan), Jefferson Montero (West Brom, loan), Ryan Blair (Dunfermline Athletic, loan)

West Bromwich Albion

IN: Mason Holgate (Everton, loan), Stefan Johansen (Fulham, loan), Jefferson Montero (Swansea, loan), Jacob Murphy (Newcastle, loan)

OUT: Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace), Oliver Burke (Celtic, loan), Kane Wilson (Exeter, loan), Sam Wilding (Leamington, loan), Dan Meredith (Maidstone United, loan), Alex Bradley (Burton, loan), Jack Fitzwater (Walsall, loan), Kyle Howkins (Port Vale, loan)

Wigan Athletic

IN: Ollie Crankshaw (Curzon Ashton), Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff), Danny Fox (Nottingham Forst), Lee Evans (Sheffield United), Leon Clarke (Sheffield United, loan) Beni Baningme (Everton, loan)

OUT: Max Power (Sunderland), Jordan Flores (Dundalk), Alex Bruce (Kilmarnock), Ollie Crankshaw (Curzon Ashton, loan), Joe Piggott (Altrincham, loan), Leonardo Lopes (Gillingham, loan), James Vaughan (Portsmouth, loan)

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