January 2025 Transfers

Transfers Completed on February 3 and Beyond

European Leagues

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Premier League

Monday, February 3

• 🇫🇷 AFC Bournemouth signed forward Eli Junior Kroupi (18) from Ligue 2 club FC Lorient for €12.0 million; Kroupi penned a five-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2030.

  • Note: Bournemouth loaned the Frenchman back to Lorient for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

• 🇫🇷 Aston Villa signed defender Axel Disasi (26) from EPL club Chelsea FC on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

  • Note: Aston Villa will pay Chelsea a loan fee worth €6.0 million.

• 🇪🇸 Aston Villa signed forward Marco Asensio (26) from Ligue 1 club PSG on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

• 🇬🇷 Brighton & Hove Albion signed forward Stefanos Tzimas (19) from 2. Bundesliga club FC Nuremburg for a package fee worth approximately €27.0 million; Tzimas penned a five-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2030.

  • Note: Brighton loaned the Greek international back to Nuremburg for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

• 🇫🇷 Chelsea FC signed midfielder Mathis Amougou (19) from Ligue 1 club AS Saint-Étienne for €15.0 million; Amougou penned an eight-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2033.

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crystal Palace signed defender Ben Chilwell (28) from EPL club Chelsea FC on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

• 🇦🇷 Everton FC signed midfielder Carlos Alcaraz (22) from Brazilian Série A club CR Flamengo on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €15 million.

• 🇪🇸 Manchester City signed midfielder Nico González (23) from Primeira Liga club FC Porto for €60.0 million; González penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

  • Note: The Spanish international’s arrival at City represents the City’s third-largest purchase in the January transfer window history; the move also ties Porto’s largest sale in club history, level with that of Otávio’s move to Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr in summer 2023.

• 🇩🇰 Manchester United signed defender Patrick Dorgu (20) from Serie A club US Lecce for a package fee worth approximately €35.0 million; Dorgu penned a five-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2030.

  • Note: Dorgu’s signing is the second-highest signing of a Danish player in history, trailing only that of Manchester United forward Rasmus Højlund, whose transfer from Serie A club Atalanta to EPL club Manchester United club totalled €73.9 million.

• 🇫🇷 Tottenham Hotspur signed forward Mathis Tel (19) from Bundesliga club Bayern Munich on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €60.0 million.

• 🇮🇪 West Ham United signed forward Evan Ferguson (20) from EPL club Brighton on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

• 🇧🇫 Wolverhampton Wanderers signed defender Nasser Djiga (22) from Super Liga Srbije club Red Star Belgrade for €12.0 million; Djiga penned a five-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2030.

• 🇿🇼 Wolverhampton Wanderers signed midfielder Marshall Munetsi (28) from Ligue 1 club Stade Reims for €18.0 million; Munetsi penned a three-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2028.

Thursday, February 6

• 🇧🇷 Fulham FC signed forward/midfielder Willian (36) on a free transfer; Willian penned a six-month contract valid until June 2025.

  • Note: The former Brazilian international returns to Fulham after a six-month spell at Greek Super League club Olympiacos before having his contract terminated by mutual consent on January 1, 2025.

🇮🇹 Serie A

Monday, February 3

• 🇲🇽 AC Milan signed forward Santiago Giménez (23) from Eredivisie club Feyenoord for €32.0 million; Giménez penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

• 🇵🇹 AC Milan signed forward João Félix (25) from EPL club Chelsea FC on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

• 🇮🇹 ACF Fiorentina signed midfielder Nicolò Fagioli (20) from Serie A club Juventus FC on a six-month loan with a mandatory purchase option worth approximately €16.5 million.

  • Note: Fiorentina will pay Juventus a loan fee worth approximately €2.0 million.

• 🇮🇹 ACF Fiorentina signed midfielder Cher Ndour (20) from Ligue 1 club PSG for €5.0 million; Ndour penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

• 🇮🇹 ACF Fiorentina signed defender Nicolò Zaniolo (25) from Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray on a six-month loan with a mandatory purchase option worth €15.5 million.

  • Note: Fiorentina will pay Galatasaray a loan fee worth €3.2 million.

• 🇩🇰 AS Roma signed defender Victor Nelsson (26) from Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €12.0 million.

  • Note: Roma will pay Galatsaray a loan fee worth €1.0 million.

• 🇦🇹 Atalanta BC signed defender Stefan Posch from Serie A club Bologna FC on a six-month loan with a purchase option; details regarding the amount associated with the purchase option are not disclosed.

  • Note: Atalanta will pay Bologna a loan fee worth €1.0 million.

• 🇮🇹 Bologna FC signed defender Davide Calabria (28) from Serie A club AC Milan on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

  • Note: Calabria’s contract expires at the end of the 2024-25 season, likely signifying the end of his 18-year stay at the club, within the junior and senior ranks.

• 🇬🇷 Como 1907 signed forward Anastasios Douvikas (25) from LaLiga club Celta Vigo for €15.0 million; details regarding the length of Douvikas’s new contract are not disclosed.

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Juventus FC signed defender Lloyd Kelly (26) from EPL club Newcastle United on a six-month loan with a mandatory purchase option worth €17.2 million.

• 🇲🇦 SS Lazio signed midfielder Reda Belahyane (20) from Serie A club Hellas Verona for €9.5 million.

• 🇨🇭 SSC Napoli signed forward Noah Okafor (24) from Serie A club AC Milan on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €23.0 million.

  • Note: Napoli will pay AC Milan a loan fee worth €2.0 million.

🇩🇪 Bundesliga

Monday, February 3

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Borussia Dortmund signed midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka (21) from EPL club Chelsea FC on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

• 🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund signed goalkeeper Diant Ramaj (23) from Eredivisie club Ajax for €5.0 million; Ramaj penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

  • Note: After signing, Dortmund immediately loaned Ramaj to Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

• 🇧🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt signed forward Michy Batshuayi (31) from Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray for a package fee worth approximately €3.5 million; Batshuayi penned a two-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2027.

• 🇧🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt signed defender Arthur Theate (24) from Ligue 1 club Stade Rennais for a package fee worth approximately €19.0 million; Theate penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

• 🇷🇸 RB Leipzig signed defender Kosta Nedeljković from EPL club Aston Villa on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth approximately €15.0 million.

• 🇳🇴 TSG Hoffenheim signed defender Leo Østigård from Ligue 1 club Stade Rennais on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

• 🇩🇪 VfB Stuttgart signed defender Finn Jeltsch (18) from 2. Bundesliga club FC Nuremburg for a package fee worth approximately €12.0 million; Jeltsch penned a five-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2030.

• 🇵🇹 Werder Bremen signed forward André Silva (29) from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

🇫🇷 Ligue 1

Monday, February 3

• 🇱🇾 AS Monaco signed midfielder Moatasem Al-Musrati (28) from Turkish Süper Lig club Besiktas on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €10.0 million.

  • Note: Monaco will pay Besiktas a loan fee worth €1.0 million.

• 🇩🇿 Marseille signed midfielder Ismaël Bennacer (27) from Serie A club AC Milan on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €12.0 million.

  • Marseille will pay Milan a loan fee worth €1.0 million.

• 🇧🇦 Marseille signed defender Amar Dedić (22) from Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €10.0 million.

  • Note: Marseille will pay Salzburg a loan fee worth €1.5 million.

• 🇨🇮 Montpellier HSC signed defender Bamo Meïte from Ligue 1 club Marseille on a six-month loan without a purchase option worth €8.0 million.

• 🇦🇷 RC Strasbourg signed defender Valentín Barco (20) from EPL club Brighton on a six-month loan; details regarding a purchase option are not disclosed.

• 🇨🇦 Stade Rennais signed midfielder Ismaël Koné (22) from Ligue 1 club Marseille on a six-month loan with a purchase option; details regarding the amount associated with the purchase option are not disclosed.

  • Note: Stade Rennais will pay Marseille a loan fee worth €1.0 million.

• 🇯🇴 Stade Rennais signed forward Mousa Tamari (27) from Ligue 1 club Montpellier HSC for €8.0 million; Tamari penned a three-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2028.

• 🇫🇷 Stade Rennais signed defender Anthony Rouault (23) from Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart for a package fee worth approximately €15.0 million; Rouault penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

🇪🇸 LaLiga

Monday, February 3

• 🇪🇸 Getafe CF signed defender Juan Bernat (31) on a free transfer; Bernat penned a six-month contract valid until June 2025.

  • Note: The Spaniard spent the first half of the 2024-25 season with Villarreal on loan from Ligue 1 club PSG. In January 2025, the 31-year-old's contract at PSG was terminated, and he subsequently joined Villarreal on a free transfer. However, both Bernat and Villarreal had agreed to a contract termination, after which he agreed to sign with Getafe.

• 🇨🇴 Real Betis signed forward Cucho Hernández (25) from MLS club Columbus Crew for a package fee worth approximately €16 million; Hernández penned a five-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2030.

• 🇪🇸 Valencia CF signed midfielder Iván Jaime (24) from Primeira Liga club FC Porto on a six-month loan with a purchase option; details regarding the amount associated with the purchase option are not disclosed.

🇧🇪 Belgian Pro League

Monday, February 3

• 🇮🇪 Standard Liège signed goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu (22) from EPL club Southampton FC on a six-month loan; details as to whether the loan includes a purchase option are not disclosed.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EFL Championship

Monday, February 3

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Burnley FC signed forward Marcus Edwards (26) from Primeira Liga club Sporting CP on a six-month loan with a purchase option; details regarding the amount associated with the purchase option are not disclosed.

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Middlesbrough FC signed forward/midfielder Samuel Iling-Junior (21) from EPL club Aston Villa on a six-month loan; details as to whether the loan contains a purchase option are not disclosed. 

  • Note: Iling-Junior spent the first half of the 2024-25 season on loan at Serie A club Bologna FC following a summer 2025 transfer to Villa from Serie A club Juventus FC.

• 🇳🇬 Middlesbrough FC signed forward Kelechi Iheanacho (28) from LaLiga club Sevilla FC (28) on a six-month loan; details as to whether the loan contains a purchase option are not disclosed. 

• 🇺🇸 Watford FC signed defender Caleb Wiley (20) from EPL club Chelsea FC on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

🇹🇷 Turkish Süper Lig

Wednesday, February 5

• 🇨🇴 Galatasaray signed defender Carlos Cuesta (25) from Belgian Pro League club KRC Genk for €8.0 million; Cuesta penned a three-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2028.

• 🇬🇦 Galatasaray signed midfielder Mario Lemina (31) from EPL club Wolverhampton Wanderers for €2.5 million; Lemina penned a one-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2026, with the option of one additional year.

Non-European Leagues

🇲🇽 Liga MX

Thursday, February 6

• 🇪🇸 CF Monterrey signed defender Sergio Ramos (38) on a free transfer; Ramos penned a one-year contract valid until December 2025.

  • Note: Ramos, who has been out of contract since July 2024, spent the 2023-24 season with LaLiga and boyhood club Sevilla FC.

🇺🇸 Major League Soccer

Tuesday, February 4

• 🇨🇮 Atlanta United signed forward Emmanuel Latte Lath from EFL Championship club Middlesbrough FC for €21.3 million; Latte Lath penned a four-year contract valid until December 2028.

  • Note: Latte Lath's signing represents the highest transfer fee for an incoming player in MLS history, eclipsing that of Togolese forward Kévin Denkey, who arrived at FC Cincinnati in December 2024 from Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge for €15.3 million.

Transfers Completed Before February 3

European Top Five Leagues

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Premier League

Wednesday, January 1

• 🇵🇾 Brighton & Hove Albion Hotspur signed forward Diego Gómez (21) from Major League Soccer (MLS) club for €13.0 million; details regarding the contract length of Gómez‘s contract at Brighton remain undisclosed.

Thursday, January 2

• 🇺🇸 AFC Bournemouth signed defender Matai Akinmboni (18) from MLS club D.C. United for a package fee worth approximately €2.5 million; details regarding the contract length of Akinmboni’s contract at Bournemouth remain undisclosed.

Sunday, January 5

• 🇨🇿 Tottenham Hotspur signed goalkeeper Antonín Kinský (21) from Czech First League club Slavia Praha for €10.0 million; Kinský penned a six-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2031.

Thursday, January 9

• 🇫🇷 Southampton FC signed defender Joachim Kayi Sanda (18) from Championnat National club Valenciennes FC for €5.0 million; Kayi Sanda penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

• 🇨🇮 Wolverhampton Wanderers signed defender Emmanuel Agbadou (27) from Ligue 1 club Stade Reims for €18.0 million; Agbadou penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Wednesday, January 15

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ipswich Town signed forward Jaden Philogene (22) from fellow EPL club Aston Villa for €23.7 million; Philogene penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Saturday, January 18

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crystal Palace signed midfielder Romain Esse (19) from EFL Championship club Millwall FC for €14.2 million; Esse penned a five-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2030.

Monday, January 20

• 🇺🇿 Manchester City signed defender Abdukodir Khusanov (20) from Ligue 1 club RC Lens for €40.0 million; Khusanov penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

  • Note: Khusanov is the first Uzbek player to compete in the EPL since its inception in 1992.

Tuesday, January 21

• 🇪🇸 Aston Villa signed defender Andrés Garcia (21) from Segunda División club Levante UD for €7.0 million; details regarding the contract length of Garcia’s contract at Aston Villa remain undisclosed.

• 🇧🇷 Manchester City signed defender Vitor Reis (19) from Brazilian Série A club Palmeiras for €37.0 million; Reis penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

• 🇩🇰 Southampton FC signed midfielder Albert Grønbæk (23) from Ligue 1 club Stade Rennais on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €15.0 million.

Thursday, January 23

• 🇪🇬 Manchester City signed forward Omar Marmoush (25) from Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt for a package fee worth approximately €80.0 million; Marmoush penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

  • Note: Before arriving in Manchester, Marmoush led Bundesliga in goals and goal contributions with 15 goals and 10 assists in 17 league matches; the Egyptian international produced 20 goals and 14 assists in 27 matches across all competitions, namely Bundesliga, DfB Pokal and UEFA Europa League.

Friday, January 24

• 🇮🇹 Brentford FC signed defender Michael Kayode (20) from Serie A club ACF Fiorentina on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €17.5 million; Brentford paid Fiorentina a €500,000 loan fee.

Monday, January 27

• 🇺🇸 Manchester City signed defender Christian McFarlane (18) on a free transfer; details regarding the contract length of McFarlane’s contract at Manchester City remain undisclosed.

  • Note: McFarlane arrives from MLS club New York City FC (NYCFC), with which he spent the last three seasons. During that period, McFarlane appeared in 16 matches for the club’s first team. NYCFC are one of several affiliate clubs of City, which are under the ownership of City Football Group, a British-based holding company.

Tuesday, January 28

• 🇸🇱 Manchester City signed defender Juma Bah (18) from LaLiga club Rayo Valladolid for €6.0 million; details regarding the contract length of Bah’s contract at Manchester City remain undisclosed.

  • Note: Manchester City loaned Bah to Ligue 1 club RC Lens for the remainder of the 2024-25 season, replacing Uzbek defender Khusanov, who arrived at City eight days prior.

Friday, January 31

• 🇮🇪 Brighton & Hove Albion signed defender Eiran Cashin (23) from EFL Championship club Derby County for €10.8 million; Cashin penned a five-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2030.

Sunday, February 2

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa signed forward Marcus Rashford (27) from EPL club Manchester United on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth approximately €48.0 million.

• 🇦🇹 Tottenham Hotspur signed defender Kevin Danso (26) from Ligue 1 club RC Lens for on a six-month loan with a mandatory purchase option worth approximately €25.0 million.

🇮🇹 Serie A

Tuesday, January 7

• 🇪🇸 Como 1907 signed forward Assane Diao (19) from LaLiga club Real Betis for €10.0 million; Diao penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Saturday, January 11

• 🇩🇰 SSC Napoli signed midfielder Philip Billing (28) from EPL club AFC Bournemouth on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth approximately €10.0 million.

Sunday, January 12

• 🇫🇷 Como 1907 signed midfielder Maxence Caqueret (24) from Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais for a package fee worth approximately €18.0 million; Caqueret penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Monday, January 13

• 🇩🇪 SS Lazio signed midfielder Arijon Ibrahimović (19) from Bundesliga club Bayern Munich on a six-month loan with a mandatory purchase option worth €8 million.

Wednesday, January 15

• 🇵🇹 Juventus FC signed defender Alberto Costa (21) from Primeira Liga club Vitória SC for a package fee worth approximately €16.3 million; Costa penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Sunday, January 19

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Como 1907 signed midfielder Dele Alli on a free transfer; Alli penned a one-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2026.

  • Note: The former English international has been without since June 2023. Alli last played a competitive professional match on February 26, 2023 for Turkish Süper Lig club Beskitas, while being on loan from EPL club Everton FC.

Monday, January 20

• 🇫🇷 Genoa CFC signed forward/midfielder Maxwell Cornet (22) from EPL club West Ham United on a six-month loan; details as to whether the deal contains a purchase option are not disclosed.

Thursday, January 23

• 🇳🇱 AS Roma signed defender Devyne Rensch (22) from Eredivisie club Ajax for a package fee worth approximately €6 million; Rensch penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

• 🇫🇷 Juventus FC signed forward Randal Kolo Muani (26) from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

Friday, January 24

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 AC Milan signed defender Kyle Walker (34) from EPL club Manchester City on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €5.0 million.

Monday, January 27

• 🇵🇹 Juventus FC signed defender Renato Veiga (21) from EPL club Chelsea FC on a six-month loan without a purchase option; Juventus paid Chelsea a €4 million loan fee.

Thursday, January 30

• 🇲🇰 Torino FC signed midfielder Eljif Elmas (25) from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €18.0 million.

Friday, January 31

• 🇮🇹 AC Monza signed midfielder Gaetano Castrovilli (27) from Serie A club SS Lazio on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

• 🇫🇷 Como 1907 signed forward Jonathan Ikone (26) from Serie A rivals ACF Fiorentina on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €8.0 million.

• 🇪🇸 Como 1907 signed defender Álex Valle (20) from LaLiga club FC Barcelona on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

Saturday, February 1

• 🇮🇹 Atalanta BC signed midfielder Daniel Maldini (26) from Serie A rivals AC Monza for a package fee worth approximately €13.0 million; Maldini penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

  • Note: AC Milan, Maldini’s former and hometown club, will receive 50% — approximately €6.5 million — of the transfer fee.

• 🇵🇱 Inter Milan signed midfielder Nicola Zalewski (23) from Serie A club AS Roma on a six-month loan without a purchase option worth €8.0 million.

  • Note: Inter will pay Roma a loan fee worth €600,000 million.

Sunday, February 2

• 🇮🇹 Torino FC signed midfielder Cesare Casadei (22) from EPL club Chelsea FC for €13.0 million; Casadei penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

  • Note: Casadei’s transfer includes a sell-on clause, though the total amount is not disclosed.

🇩🇪 Bundesliga

Thursday, January 2

• 🇦🇷 Bayer Leverkusen signed forward Alejo Sarco (18) on a free transfer; Sadiq penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

  • Note: The 18-year-old played the 2024 season — the first of his career — with Argentine Primera División club Vélez, producing six goals and one assist in 14 matches across all competitions.

• 🇳🇬 TSG Hoffenheim signed forward Gift Orban (22) from Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais for a package fee worth approximately €12.0 million; Orban penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Friday, January 10

• 🇩🇪 RB Leipzig signed defender Ridle Baku (26) from Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg for €4.5 million; Baku penned a two-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2027.

Thursday, January 16

• 🇺🇸 Holstein-Kiel signed defender John Tolkin (22) from MLS club New York Red Bulls (RBNY) for €2.5 million; details regarding the contract length of Tolkin’s contract at Holstein-Kiel remain undisclosed.

  • Note: Tolkin, a homegrown player from RBNY’s academy, played a crucial role in that club’s run to the 2024 MLS Cup final, which they lost against LA Galaxy by a 2-1 score.

Friday, January 17

• 🇩🇰 VfL Wolfsburg signed forward Andreas Skov Olsen (25) from Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge for €14 million; Olsen penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Tuesday, January 21

• 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich signed midfielder Tom Bischof (19) on a free transfer.

  • Note: Bischof, one of Germany’s most promising young players and who currently plays for fellow Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim, will join the Bavarian club in July 2025 after his contract at Hoffenheim expires. Details regarding Bischof’s contract a Bayern Munich remain undisclosed.

Friday, January 24

• 🇫🇷 Eintracht Frankfurt signed forward Elye Wahi (22) from Ligue 1 club Olympique Marseille for a package fee worth approximately €29.0 million; Wahi penned a five-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2030.

  • Wahi’s base transfer fee of €26.0 million represents the most expensive signing in Frankfurt’s history, eclipsing those of Luca Jović (€22.3 million) and fellow French forward Hugo Ekitike (€16.5 million).

Monday, January 27

• 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich signed goalkeeper Jonas Urbig (21) from 2. Bundesliga club FC Köln for a package fee worth approximately €10.0 million; Urbig penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

• 🇩🇰 VfL Wolfsburg signed defender Mads Roerslev (25) from EPL club Brentford FC on a six-month loan with a purchase option; details regarding the amount associated with the purchase option are not disclosed.

Tuesday, January 28

• 🇩🇪 FC Augsburg signed forward Mergim Berisha (26) from Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim on a six-month loan with a purchase option; details regarding the amount associated with the purchase option are not disclosed.

• 🇫🇷 FSV Mainz signed forward Arnaud Nordin (26) from Ligue 1 club Montpellier HSC for €1.0 million; Nordin penned a three-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2028.

Wednesday, January 29

• 🇦🇷 Bayer Leverkusen signed midfielder Emiliano Buendia (28) from EPL club Aston Villa on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €20.0 million.

Thursday, January 30

• 🇳🇱 RB Leipzig signed midfielder Xavi Simons (21) from Ligue 1 club PSG for a package fee worth approximately €80.0 million; Simons penned a two-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2027.

  • Note: Simons spent the last one-and-a-half seasons on loan at Leipzig from the French capital club. This transfer converts the Dutch international into a permanent player for Leipzig.

Friday, January 31

• 🇪🇸 Bayer Leverkusen signed defender Mario Hermoso (29) from Serie A club AS Roma on a six-month loan; details as to whether the deal contains a purchase option are not disclosed.

• 🇩🇪 SC Freiburg signed forward/midfielder Jan-Niklas Beste (26) from Primeira Liga club SL Benfica for €8.0 million; Beste penned a five-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2030.

Saturday, February 1

• 🇨🇮 TSG Hoffenheim signed forward Bazoumana Touré (18) from Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF for €10.0 million; details regarding the contract length of Touré’s contract at Hoffenheim remain undisclosed.

🇫🇷 Ligue 1

Wednesday, January 1

• 🇵🇹 FC Nantes signed goalkeeper Anthony Lopes (34) on a free transfer; Lopes penned a six-month contract valid until June 2025, with an option of two additional seasons.

  • Note: The 34-year-old played the last 13.5 seasons with Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais.

• 🇨🇮 Stade Rennais signed midfielder Seko Fofana (29) from Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr for €20.0 million; Fofana penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

  • Note: The 29-year-old Ivorian international spent the last 1.5 seasons in Saudi Arabia, playing for Saudi Pro League clubs Al-Nassr and Al-Ettifaq. During that period, Fofana produced four goals and three assists in 48 matches across all competitions.

Tuesday, January 7

• 🇮🇹 Marseille signed defender Luiz Felipe (27) on a free transfer; Luiz Felipe penned a one-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2026.

  • Note: The 27-year-old arrives in Marseille following a mutual agreement with Al-Ittihad to a contract termination. Since arriving at the Jeddah-based club in September 2023, the former Italian international appeared in 28 matches across all competitions, including one Saudi Pro League match in 2024-25.

Wednesday, January 8

• 🇫🇷 Stade Rennais signed goalkeeper Brice Samba (30) for €15.0 million; Samba penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Saturday, January 11

• 🇩🇰 AS Monaco signed forward Mika Biereth (21) from Austrian Bundesliga club SK Sturm Graz for a package fee worth approximately €15.0 million; Biereth penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Wednesday, January 15

• 🇦🇷 Olympique Lyonnais signed midfielder Thiago Almada (23) from Brazilian Série A club Botafogo on a six-month loan; details as to whether the deal contains a purchase option are not disclosed.

  • Note: Almada arrived at Botafogo — a club under the same ownership as Lyon — from MLS club Atlanta United on January 10, 2024 for €19.5 million, which represents the largest transfer purchase in the club history.

Friday, January 17

• 🇬🇪 PSG signed forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (23) from Serie A club for a package fee worth approximately €75.0 million; Kvaratskhelia penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

  • Note: The star Georgian international played a crucial role in Napoli’s 2022-23 Serie A title, earning a position on the 2022-23 Serie A Team of the Year and winning the Serie A Most Valuable Player award.

Friday, January 24

• 🇮🇪 RC Strasbourg signed defender Andrew Omobamidele (22) from EPL club Nottingham Forest on a six-month loan; details as to whether the deal contains a purchase option are not disclosed.

Monday, January 27

• 🇯🇵 Stade Rennais signed forward Kyogo Furuhashi (30) from Scottish Premiership club Celtic FC for €12.0 million; Furuhashi penned a two-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2027.

  • Note: In return, Celtic also receive Portuguese midfielder Jota, who returns to Celtic after spending one-and-a-half season split between Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad and Stade Rennais.

Wednesday, January 29

• 🇸🇪 RC Lens signed forward Jeremy Agbonifo (19) from Allsvenskan/Swedish first division club BK Häcken on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €6.5 million.

Friday, January 31

• 🇫🇷 FC Nantes signed midfielder Francis Coquelin (33) on a free transfer; Coquelin penned a six-month contract valid until June 2025.

  • Note: The former French international arrived at Nantes after six months without a club. Before July 1, 2024, Coquelin spent five seasons from 2020-21–2023-24 and appeared in 107 matches across all competitions. During this period, Coquelin produced six goals and three assists.

• 🇫🇷 Marseille signed forward Amine Gouiri (24) from Ligue 1 club Stade Rennais for a package fee worth approximately €22.0 million; Gouiri penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

• 🇫🇷 Stade Rennais signed defender Lillian Brassier (25) from Ligue 1 club Stade Brestois on a six-month loan with a mandatory purchase option worth €12.0 million; Brassier penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029, effective as of July 1, 2025.

  • Note: Brassier spent the first half of the 2024-25 season on loan at Marseille, appearing in 12 league matches.

Sunday, February 2

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 LOSC Lille signed forward. Chuba Akpom (29) from Eredivisie club Ajax on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €12.5 million.

🇪🇸 LaLiga

Saturday, January 4

• 🇳🇬 Valencia CF signed forward Umar Sadiq (27) from league rivals Real Sociedad on a six-month loan with a purchase option; details as to whether the deal contains a purchase option are not disclosed.

Friday, January 10

• 🇨🇭 Sevilla FC signed forward Rubén Vargas (26) from Bundesliga club FC Augsburg for €2.5 million; Vargas penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Saturday, January 25

• 🇧🇷 Real Betis signed Antony (24) from EPL club Manchester United on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

Monday, January 27

• 🇳🇬 Sevilla FC signed forward Akor Adams (24) from Ligue 1 club Montpellier HSC for €5.5 million; Adam’s penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Friday, January 31

• 🇪🇸 UD Las Palmas signed midfielder Stefan Bajcetic (20) on a six-month loan; details as to whether the deal contains a purchase option are not disclosed.

Saturday, February 1

• 🇧🇷 Girona FC signed midfielder Arthur Melo (28) from Serie A club Juventus FC on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

• 🇨🇦 Villarreal CF signed forward/midfielder Tajon Buchanan (25) on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €13.0 million.

  • Note: Villarreal also pay Inter Milan a €1.0 million loan fee.

Other European Leagues

🇵🇹 Primeira Liga

Friday, January 31

• 🇧🇷 FC Porto signed forward William Gomes (18) from Brazilian Série A club São Paulo FC for €9.0 million; Gomes penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

🇳🇱 Eredivisie

Friday, January 3

• 🇧🇦 PSV Eindhoven signed forward Esmir Bajraktarević (19) from MLS club New England Revolution for a package fee worth approximately €6.0 million; Bajraktarević penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Thursday, January 9

• 🇨🇮 FC Utrecht signed forward Sébastien Haller (30) from Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund on a six-month loan; details regarding a purchase option have not been disclosed.

  • Note: Haller spent the first half of the 2024-25 season on loan at LaLiga club CD Leganés, appearing in nine matches across all competitions: eight in LaLiga and one in Copa del Rey.

Monday, January 20

• 🇵🇱 Feyenoord signed midfielder Jakub Moder (25) from EPL club Brighton & Hove Albion for €1.5 million; Moder penned a three-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2028.

🇧🇪 Belgian Pro League

Thursday, January 15

• 🇧🇷 RSC Anderlecht signed defender Adryelson (26) from Olympique Lyonnais on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €6.0 million.

🇷🇺 Russian Premier League

Monday, January 20

• 🇧🇷 Zenit St. Petersburg signed forward Luiz Henrique (24) from Brazilian Série A club Botafogo for €33.0 million; Henrique penned a four-year contract valid until December 2028.

🇹🇷 Turkish Süper Lig

Thursday, January 23

• 🇧🇷 Fenerbahce signed defender Diego Carlos (31) from EPL club Aston Villa for €10.0 million; Carlos penned a three-and-a-half year contract valid until June 2028.

Monday, January 27

• 🇧🇷 Fenerbahce signed forward Anderson Talisca (30) from Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr for an undisclosed fee; Talisca penned a one-and-a-half-year contract until June 2026.

Thursday, January 30

• 🇸🇰 Fenerbahce signed defender Milan Skriniar (29) from Ligue 1 club PSG on a six-month loan without a purchase option.

Sunday, February 2

• 🇪🇸 Galatasray signed forward Álvaro Morata (32) from Serie A club AC Milan on a one-year loan until January 2026 with a purchase option worth approximately €9 million.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EFL Championship

Friday, January 10

• 🇫🇷 AFC Sunderland signed midfielder Enzo Le Fée (24) from Serie A club AS Roma on a six-month loan with a purchase option worth €23.0 million.

Monday, January 23

• 🇮🇪 Sheffield United signed forward Tom Cannon (22) from EPL club Leicester City for €11.9 million; Cannon penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Select Major Signings outside of Europe (involving known players and/or clubs from major leagues in Europe and the Americas)

🇦🇷 Argentine Primera División

Friday, January 17

• 🇪🇸 Boca Juniors signed midfielder Ander Herrera (35) on a free transfer; Herrera penned a two-year contract valid until December 2026.

  • Note: On January 17 — the same day as Herrera’s transfer to Boca Juniors, Herrera and Athletic Club mutually agreed to a contract termination. In two stints with Athletic Club — from July 2011 to June 2014 and from January 2023 to January 2025 — 35-year-old appeared in 189 appearances across all competitions for the Bilbao-based club, helping the club win the 2023-24 Copa del Rey and reaching the final of the Copa del Rey and UEFA Europa League finals in 2013-14.

• 🇦🇷 River Plate signed forward Sebastián Driussi (28) from MLS club Austin FC for €9.8 million; Driussi penned a four-year contract valid until December 2028.

Monday, January 20

• 🇦🇷 River Plate signed defender Gonzalo Montiel (28) from LaLiga club Sevilla FC for €4.5 million; Montiel penned a four-year contract valid until December 2028.

Tuesday, January 21

• 🇨🇷 Newell’s Old Boys signed goalkeeper Keylor Navas (38) on a free transfer; Navas penned a two-year contract valid until December 2026.

  • Note: The former Costa Rican international and three-time UEFA Champions League winner has been without a club since July 2024 following the expiration of his last contract at Ligue 1 club PSG, with which he played for five seasons from 2019-20 to 2023-24.

🇧🇷 Brazilian Série A

Monday, January 20

• 🇧🇷 Fortaleza EC signed defender David Luiz (37) on a free transfer; Luiz penned a two-year contract valid until December 2026.

  • Note: The former Brazilian international spent the 2024 season with league rivals CR Flamengo, appearing in 36 matches in all competitions and scoring three goals.

Wednesday, January 29

• 🇧🇷 CR Flamengo signed defender Danilo (33) on a free transfer; Danilo penned a two-year contract valid until December 2026.

  • Note: The former Brazilian international had agreed with former club Juventus to a contract termination. The 33-year-old spent the last five-and-a-half seasons at the Turin-based club. During that period, Danilo appeared in 213 matches in all competitions, producing nine goals and 14 assists.

Friday, January 31

• 🇧🇷 Santos FC signed forward/midfielder Neymar (32) on a free transfer; Neymar penned a one-year contract valid until December 2025.

  • Note: The Brazilian international had agreed with former club Al-Hilal to a contract termination. The 32-year-old spent the last one-and-a-half seasons at the Riyadh-based club, during which he appeared in seven matches in all competitions and produced one goal and three assists.

🇲🇽 Liga MX

Monday, January 13

• 🇨🇴 Club León signed midfielder James Rodríguez (33) on a free transfer; Rodríguez penned a one-year contract valid until December 2025.

  • Note: The Colombian international had arrived in Mexico following a contract termination with LaLiga club Rayo Vallecano, with which he played from August 2024 to December 2025. During his tenure, Rodríguez appeared in seven matches across all competitions — LaLiga and Copa del Rey — producing one assist.

Saturday, January 25

• 🇵🇱 Cruz Azul signed midfielder Mateusz Bogusz (23) from MLS club Los Angeles FC for €8.5 million; Bogusz penned a two-year contract valid until December 2026.

🇺🇸 Major League Soccer

Friday, January 17

• 🇨🇮 Charlotte FC signed forward/midfielder Wilfred Zaha (32) from Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray on a one-year loan through December 2025, with a loan extension option until June 2026.

Friday, January 31

• 🇵🇾 Atlanta United signed forward/midfielder Miguel Almiron (30) from EPL club Newcastle United for a package fee worth approximately €14.4 million; Almiron penned a three-year contract valid until December 2027.

  • Note: Almiron returns to Atlanta after spending two seasons — 2017 and 2018 — with the Georgia-based club, during which he played a crucial role in the club’s MLS Cup title in 2018.

🇶🇦 Qatar Stars League

Thursday, January 30

• 🇲🇦 Al-Duhail SC signed forward/midfielder Hakim Ziyech (31) on a free transfer; Ziyech penned a two-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2027.

  • Note: Ziyech and Galatasaray, his former club, had agreed to a contract termination after spending the last one-and-a-half seasons at the Istanbul-based club. During this period, the Moroccan international appeared in 33 matches, and produced eight goals and eight assists.

🇸🇦 Saudi Pro League

Wednesday, January 29

• 🇧🇪 Al-Ahli signed defender Matteo Dams (20) from Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven for €9.0 million; Dams penned a four-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2029.

Friday, January 31

• 🇧🇷 Al-Ahli signed forward Galeno (27) from Primeira Liga club FC Porto for €50.0 million; Galeno penned a three-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2028.

• 🇨🇴 Al-Nassr signed forward Jhon Durán (21) from EPL club Aston Villa for a package fee worth approximately €80.0 million; Durán penned a five-and-a-half-year contract valid until June 2030.