Ranking the most game-changing transfers in Premier League history

The 'here we go' is on hold, the 'bombas' are done and dusted and the window panes are reverberating after being forcefully closed on Tuesday night.

Now comes the moment for new arrivals to make their mark on the pitch rather than the balance sheet.

Throughout the Premier League era there have been hordes of transfer hits and misses, but today we're looking at those signings who proved game-changing for their club and the competition, the ones who really moved the needle.

I've ranked my top 10 below. You can have your say in the comments.

You could make an argument for plenty of players who were left off this list. Thierry Henry is probably the one quibbled over the most, Arsene Wenger turning him from misfiring winger to one of the generation's greatest forwards.

But Arsenal had been champions 12 months before he arrived, and it took until Henry's third season for the Gunners to reclaim that crown.

You could point to Cristiano Ronaldo, who won a Ballon d'Or at Manchester United , or Wayne Rooney, who became the club's record goalscorer.

But a teenage Ronaldo took time to bed in, while Rooney, despite a debut hat-trick in Europe, had to wait until his third season for a Premier League winners' medal.