Leicester City have had varying degrees of success in the transfer window over the years.
Facundo Buonanotte has been the best Leicester signing this season by some distance as the Foxes brought in nine new faces on the summer.
But, after sacking Steve Cooper and replacing him with Ruud van Nistelrooy, the Foxes will be dipping into the market once again.
January can be a difficult time to complete deals given the shorter time frame and lack of options available, however, it hasn’t stopped Leicester in the past.
One some occasions, they’ve even had to pay healthy fees to bring players to the King Power Stadium, with some becoming a fan favourite and others struggling to adapt.
So, with that, here are some of the most expensive January transfers of all time.
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5 – Daniel Amartey – £6m
| Year joined: 2016 |
| Joined from: FC Copenhagen |
| Transfer fee: £6m |
Daniel Amartey joined Leicester at the perfect time as he arrived halfway through the title-winning season in January 2016.
Amartey was a highly-rated young talent in Denmark for Copenhagen before making the £6m move to England.
The utility man, who could play midfield, centre-back and right-back was a useful squad player during his time in the East Midlands and won the Premier League, FA Cup and Community Shield with the Foxes.
He was by no means an incredible signing, but one that did the job and gave his all when called upon.
4 – Andrej Kramaric – £9m
| Year joined: 2015 |
| Joined from: Rijeka |
| Transfer fee: £9m |
Andrej Kramaric was Leicester’s record signing in January 2015, six months after they’d paid a club-record fee to sign Leonardo Ulloa.
Sadly, unlike Ulloa, Kramaric was not a hit at the Foxes. He made 15 league appearances across two seasons and couldn’t even qualify for a Premier League winners’ medal after playing less than five games.
Kramaric is now outscoring Jamie Vardy ever since departing for Hoffenheim but it’s fair to say his time in England wasn’t a positive one and it’s no wonder he’s been ranked as one of Leicester’s worst January signings.
3 – Wilfred Ndidi – £15m
| Year joined: 2017 |
| Joined from: Genk |
| Transfer fee: £15m |
Wilfred Ndidi is one of three players still on the books at Leicester and eight years on from his move in 2017, is still an integral part of the first team.
Ndidi was given the mammoth task of replacing the N’Golo Kante-shaped hole in the side that they had failed to do in the summer and took to it like a duck to water.
His tenacious tackling, ability to cut out dangerous attacks and even pop up with the odd goal here and there, it’s never a surprise to see the Nigerian topping the leaderboard for tackles and ground duels won.
He’s a popular member of the squad and certainly one of Leicester’s best January signings of all time.
2 – Harry Souttar – £15m
| Year joined: 2023 |
| Joined from: Stoke City |
| Transfer fee: £15m |
Harry Souttar was one of three signings made in the 2023 January transfer window during a time when the Foxes were fighting relegation.
Souttar featured at the start but soon found himself on the fringes of the first team after falling out of favour under Brendan Rodgers.
The Australia international joined Sheffield United on loan at the start of the 2024/25 campaign and looked set to join permanently until Souttar posted a heartbreaking injury update confirming he would be out until the end of the season.
1 – Victor Kristiansen – £17m
| Year joined: January 2023 |
| Joined from: FC Copenhagen |
| Transfer fee: £17m |
The youngest of the January additions, Victor Kristiansen was also the most expensive of them all.
Kristiansen, like Amartey, joined from Copenhagen and the highly-rated full-back has been a consistent member of the first team in the 2024/25 season.
He joined at the same time as Souttar but left during the Championship title-winning season to play for Bologna, where they qualified for the Champions League.
Now back at Leicester, the Denmark international has been a regular and is set for big things in the future.