Top 5: Premier League signings of the January transfer window

Saido Berahino to Stoke City

Stoke have signed West Brom striker Saido Berahino for a fee of £12m on a five-and-a-half-year deal.

With the current climate in modern day football, huge sums of money are being thrown about, so £12m for a talent with the calibre of Berahino has got to be worth the risk.

A lack of match fitness may cause some concern, but manager Mark Hughes has said we shall see him introduced into the team as soon as possible.

Stoke have been unable to find that 20-goal a season striker, with Wilfried Bony and Bojan Krkic failing to live up to expectations, but in Berahino, they may have just found that man.

The signing is an attempt to add a different aspect to Stoke’s game. The Potters tend to play with a target man, with the likes of Peter Crouch or Jonathan Walters spearheading the attack.

Depending on the position Berahino is played, the ex-West Brom man could offer his new club a fast paced and fresh dimension in attack.

In the 2014-15 season, Berahino scored 14 goals in 32 starts for the Baggies at only 21-years-old.

If he can find this sort of form for his new club, it will prove to be a superb signing by boss Hughes.