German centre-back Robert Huth joined Leicester City on a short-term loan from Stoke City on Monday, in a low-key start to transfer deadline day for Premier League clubs.

Huth, 30, has fallen out of favour at Stoke after injury problems and he now follows goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and striker Andrej Kramaric in joining bottom club Leicester during the January transfer window.

"I'm not expecting to walk in the team. I have to prove my worth," Huth told the Leicester website.

"I have watched enough Leicester games to be happy to come here, certainly the 5-3 win against Manchester United. And they beat Stoke at home, which was an upset for Stoke."

The final day of the transfer window has become a major event in the British football calendar due to a number of headline-grabbing last-minute deals in recent years.

Robinho, Fernando Torres, Mesut Ozil and Radamel Falcao are among the players to have completed spectacular deadline-day moves, but the current transfer period has bucked the trend.

Wilfried Bony's move from Swansea City to Manchester City for a reported initial fee of £25 million ($37.6 million, 33.2 million euros) is the biggest deal to have been completed so far.

Prior to Monday's final day of transfer business, English top-flight teams had spent £15 million less on new players than at the same stage last year, according to financial analysts Deloitte.

But total spending over the entirety of the 2014-15 campaign already represents a new record.

"While the summer window saw a record level of transfer spending, so far we have seen spending in January being slightly more reserved," said Dan Jones from Deloitte's Sports Business Group.

"However, 2014-15 is still a record season for Premier League spending, with clubs having spent over £900 million, significantly ahead of the previous record of £760 million."

Brazilian midfielder Anderson's underwhelming seven-and-a-half-year spell at Manchester United appears to be at an end, after team-mate Juan Mata revealed that the 26-year-old is returning to his homeland.

"I want to wish good luck to my friend Anderson, who is back to football in his native Brazil. All the best, my friend!" Mata wrote on his blog.

British press reports claimed Anderson, who spent time on loan at Fiorentina last season, was in talks over a move to Brazilian club Internacional.

Newcastle United full-back Davide Santon seemed set to rejoin former club Inter Milan on loan after saying he was "happy to return to Inter" in a Facebook post that was subsequently deleted.

Meanwhile, Sunderland's Greek midfielder Charis Mavrias has joined Panathinaikos on loan for the remainder of the season.