The January transfer is often a minefield of incomings and outgoings as clubs look to recall players from loan spells while others give in to the temptation of panic buying with season objectives under threat.
Most clubs, particularly in the Championship, are still suffering from the Covid hangover. Therefore Bristol City and their rivals have to be frugal with any business completed with a close eye on Financial Fair Play limits.
The Robins have completed one signing during this window in goalkeeper Nikita Haikin coming in on a free transfer who replaces Dan Bentley following his move to Wolves. Manager Nigel Pearson is hoping to bring at least one more through the door as he targets a new forward following Antoine Semenyo's switch to Bournemouth.
There have been other names linked with a move to Ashton Gate including the likes of AFC Wimbledon's Jack Currie and Crystal Palace's Jake O'Brien - both young defenders with the club keep to build for the future. With the transfer window fast approaching its conclusion, there's going to be plenty of twists and turns up until Tuesday's 11pm deadline.
Here's a list of all the Championship transfers completed so far...
Birmingham
Ins
Kevin Long (Burnley, undisc)
Reda Khadra (Sheffield United, loan)
Outs
Przemyslaw Placheta (Norwich, end of loan)
Jonathan Leko (Mk Dons, undisc)
Blackburn Rovers
Ins
Sorba Thomas (Huddersfield, loan)
Outs
George Hirst (Leicester, end of loan)
James Brown (Doncaster, loan)
Blackpool
Ins
Josh Bowler (Nottingham Forest, loan)
Andy Lyons (Shamrock Rovers, £340,000)
Tom Trybull (SV Sandhausen, free)
Morgan Rogers (Manchester City, loan)
Charlie Goode (Brentford, loan)
Curtis Nelson (Cardiff, free transfer)
Outs
Callum Wright (Plymouth, undisc)
Theo Corbeanu (Wolves, end of loan)
Grant Ward (Bristol Rovers, free)
Rhys Williams (Liverpool, end of loan)
Bristol City
Ins
Nikita Haikin (free agent)
Outs
Ryley Towler (Portsmouth, undisc)
Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth, £9m)
Stefan Bajic (Valenciennes, loan)
Dan Bentley (Wolves, undisc)
Burnley
Ins
Lyle Foster (KVC Westerlo, £9m)
Hjalmar Ekdal (Djurgarden, £2m)
Ameen Al-Dakhil (Sint-Truiden, undisc)
Michael Obafemi (Swansea, loan)
Outs
Ashley Westwood (Charlotte, free)
Kevin Long (Birmingham, undisc)
Matt Lowton (Huddersfield, loan)
Will Norris (Peterborough, loan)
Luke McNally (Coventry, loan)
Bobby Thomas (Barnsley, loan)
Dara Costelloe (Bradford, loan)
Wout Weghorst (Manchester United, loan)
Cardiff City
Ins
N/A
Outs
Max Watters (Barnsley, loan)
Ollie Tanner (York City, loan)
Curtis Nelson (Blackpool, free)
Coventry City
Ins
Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Arsenal, loan)
Josh Wilson-Esbrand (Man City, loan)
Sean Maguire (Preston, free)
Luke McNally (Burnley, loan)
Outs
Todd Kane (Charlton, loan)
Martyn Waghorn (Huddersfield, loan)
Huddersfield Town
Ins
Florian Kamberi (FC Winterthur, free)
Anthony Knockaert (Fulham, loan)
Matt Lowton (Burnley, loan)
Joseph Hungbo (Watford, loan)
Martyn Waghorn (Coventry, loan)
Outs
Sorba Thomas (Blackburn, loan)
Hull City
Ins
Aaron Connolly (Brighton, loan)
Malcolm Ebiowei (Crystal Palace, loan)
Outs
Billy Chadwick (Boston, loan)
Andy Cannon (Wrexham, undisc)
Randell Williams (Bolton, undisc)
Brandon Fleming (Oxford United, loan)
Dogukan Sinik (Antalyaspor, loan)
Luton Town
Ins
Cody Drameh (Leeds, loan)
Outs
James Bree (Southampton, £800,000)
Cameron Jerome (Bolton, free)
Matt Macey (Portsmouth, loan)
Middlesbrough
Ins
Cameron Archer (Aston Villa, loan)
Outs
Massimo Luongo (Ipswich, free)
Millwall
Ins
Aidomo Emakhu (Shamrock Rovers, undisc)
Outs
Isaac Olaofe (Stockport, undisc)
Besart Topalloj (Bromley, loan)
Benik Afobe (Hatta, free)
Norwich
Ins
Przemyslaw Placheta (Birmingham, end of loan)
Outs
Aaron Ramsey (Aston Villa, end of loan)
Jordan Hugill (Rotherham, free)
Daniel Barden (Maidstone, loan)
Todd Cantwell (Rangers, undisc)
Preston North End
Ins
Thomas Cannon (Everton, loan)
Liam Delap (Man City, loan)
Outs
Sean Maguire (Coventry, free)
Mikey O'Neill (Grimsby, loan)
QPR
Ins
Jamal Lowe (Bournemouth, loan)
Outs
Macauley Bonne (Charlton, free)
Joe Walsh (Dorking, loan)
Olamide Shodipo (Lincoln, loan)
Conor Masterson (Gillingham, loan)
Reading
Ins
N/A
Outs
N/A
Rotherham
Ins
Sean Morrison (no club, free)
Jordan Hugill (Norwich, free)
Leo Fuhr Hjelde (Leeds, loan)
Conor Coventry (West Ham, loan)
Tarique Fosu (Brentford, loan)
Outs
Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Arsenal, end of loan)
Scott High (Huddersfield, end of loan)
Tolaji Bola (Bradford, loan)
Jamie McCart (Leyton Orient, loan)
Sheffield United
Ins
William Osula (Derby, end of loan)
Outs
Reda Khadra (Brighton, end of loan)
Joe Starbuck (Boston, loan)
Jordan Amissah (Burton, loan)
Jake Eastwood (Rochdale, loan)
Stoke City
Ins
Bersant Celina (Dijon, loan)
Ki-Jana Hoever (Wolves, loan)
Matija Sarkic (Wolves, loan)
Outs
Liam Delap (Manchester City, end of loan)
Will Goodwin (Cheltenham, undisc)
Tarique Fosu (Brentford, end of loan)
Aden Flint (Sheffield Wednesday, loan)
Joe Bursik (Club Brugge, end of loan)
Harry Clarke (Arsenal, end of loan)
Sunderland
Ins
Pierre Ekwah (West Ham, undisc)
Isaac Lihadji (Lille, undisc)
Joe Gelhardt (Leeds, loan)
Outs
Jay Matete (Plymouth, loan)
Ellis Simms (Everton, end of loan)
Leon Dajaku (FC St. Gallen, loan)
Swansea City
Ins
Morgan Whittaker (Plymouth, end of loan)
Outs
Jordon Garrick (Forest Green Rovers, undisc)
Brandon Cooper (Forest Green Rovers, loan)
Fin Stevens (Brentford, end of loan)
Michael Obafemi (Burnley, loan)
Nathanael Ogbeta (Peterborough, loan)
Watford
Ins
Ismael Kone (Montreal, £8.8m)
Jorge Cabezas (Real Cartagena, undisc)
Joao Ferreira (Benfica, undisc)
Leandro Bacuna (no club, free)
Matheus Martins (Udinese, loan)
Britt Asombalonga (Adana Demirspor, free)
Ryan Porteous (Hibernian, £500,000)
Outs
Jorge Cabezas (Independiente Medellin, loan)
Joseph Hungbo (Huddersfield, loan)
William Troost-Ekong (Salernitana, loan)
West Brom
Ins
N/A
Outs
N/A
Wigan Athletic
Ins
Steven Caulker (Karagumruk, free)
Miguel Azeez (Arsenal, loan)
Christ Tiehi (Slovan Liberec, loan)
Outs
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen, loan)
Nathan Broadhead (Everton, end of loan)
Rarmani Edmonds-Green (Huddersfield, end of loan)
Josh Stones (Ross County, loan)
SIGN UP: For our daily Robins newsletter, bringing you the latest from Ashton Gate
READ NEXT
