ADAM LALLANA
£25m from Southampton 984mins
Liverpool’s biggest signing was unable to hit the ground running due to injury and has performed in fits and starts since, scoring against West Brom and Leicester.
DEJAN LOVREN
£20m from Southampton 1,533mins
Centre-back Lovren has not looked comfortable since arriving at Anfield and was dropped for four games following last month’s defeat at Crystal Palace.
LAZAR MARKOVIC
£19.8m from Benfica 559mins
At 20 and having played in weaker leagues, Markovic needs patience but there have been few glimmers and his red card against Basel was perhaps costly.
MARIO BALOTELLI
£16m from Milan 967mins
Yet to score in the Premier League and plainly not Brendan Rodgers’ first choice in the last transfer window, Balotelli’s major contribution has been to ignite a debate on the merits of shirt-swapping.
ALBERTO MORENO
£12m from Sevilla 1,268mins
Moreno has looked the most promising summer signing, although he has not been error-free. He, too, spent time out of the side after a tough start to November.
EMRE CAN
£9.75m from Bayer Leverkusen 369mins
Injury meant that Can did not start a game until 19 October. There have been promising signs since and a goal against Chelsea, while deflected, augured well.
RICKIE LAMBERT
£4m from Southampton 832mins
Lambert’s dream move seemed to have soured when he had to wait until October for a league start, but goals against Crystal Palace and Ludogorets gave hope that there may yet be a happy ending.
