Chelsea splashed a British record £106.8m transfer fee for the acquisition of Benfica’s World Cup winning midfielder Enzo Fernandez in the deadline-day madness of January transfer window. Moreover, the Argentine became Chelsea’s stunning eighth signing of this window, taking their total spending to a whopping £290.7m. The Blues were the highest spenders across Europe as they look to overturn their reeling form in the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Chelsea also shipped out Jorginho to Arsenal for £10m plus £2m in add-ons as the Gunners found no breakthrough in their Moises Caicedo pursuit despite tabling two bids of £60m and £70m. Elsewhere, Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo joined Bayern Munich on loan with an option to buy for £61m, as the Bavarians sent Marcel Sabitzer to Manchester United on a loan deal until the end of the season./
January window – Chelsea record spenders; Ziyech late drama collapses move to PSG; Navas joins Nottingham Forest
The January transfer window was not only headlined by Chelsea’s spending spree, but also by a number of other deals. While the Blues did ship out Jorginho, they however messed up Hakim Ziyech’s loan move to PSG in an epic story. As per multiple reports, both the teams had signed all the paperwork to get the deal over the line in time. However, Chelsea apparently sent the ‘wrong’ documents when it came to registration process which finally collapsed the move.
PSG are furious with the Blues’ unprofessional behaviour and are set to appeal in the LFP [French governing body for Ligue 1] in order to find a solution. Meanwhile, PSG also sent their second-choice goalkeeper Keylor Navas on loan to Nottingham Forest until the end of the season. Tottenham too did some crazy business in the last hours, terminating Matt Doherty’s contract who joined Atletico Madrid. They then brought Sporting CP’s Pedro Porro as his replacement for an initial loan until the summer, when his move will be made permanent for £39.7m.
Here are all the deals that took place this month across Europe’s top-five leagues:
Enzo Fernandez – Benfica to Chelsea, £106.8m
Mykhaylo Mudryk – Shakhtar to Chelsea, £88.5m
Cody Gakpo – PSV Eindhoven to Liverpool, £50m
Anthony Gordon – Everton to Newcastle, £45m
Benoit Badiashile – Monaco to Chelsea, £35m
Noni Madueke – PSV to Chelsea, £29m
Leandro Trossard – Brighton to Arsenal, £27m
Malo Gusto – Lyon to Chelsea, £26.3m
Jakub Kiwior – Spezia to Arsenal, £20m
Danny Ings – Aston Villa to West Ham, £15m
Jorginho – Chelsea to Arsenal, £12m
Pedro Porro – Sporting Lisbon to Tottenham, loan
Arnaut Danjuma – Villarreal to Tottenham, loan
Chris Wood – Newcastle to Nottingham Forest, loan
Wout Weghorst – Burnley to Manchester United, loan
Joao Felix – Atletico Madrid to Chelsea, loan
David Datro Fofana – Molde to Chelsea, undisclosed
Andrey Santos – Vasco da Gama, undisclosed
Keylor Navas – Paris Saint-Germain to Nottingham Forest, loan
Joao Cancelo – Manchester City to Bayern Munich, loan
Marcel Sabitzer – Bayern Munich to Man Utd, loan
Weston McKennie – Juventus to Leeds, loan
Cedric Soares – Arsenal to Fulham, loan
Diogo Monteiro – Servette to Leeds, undisclosed
Antoine Semenyo – Bristol City to Bournemouth, £10.5m
Darren Randolph – West Ham to Bournemouth, undisclosed
James Bree – Luton to Southampton, undisclosed
Daniel Bentley – Bristol City to Wolves, undisclosed
Maximo Perrone – Velez Sarsfield to Man City, undisclosed
John Duran – Chicago Fire to Aston Villa, undisclosed
Craig Dawson – West Ham to Wolves, £3.3m
Dango Ouattara – Lorient to Bournemouth, £20m
Pablo Sarabia – Paris Saint-Germain to Wolves, £4.4m
Danilo – Palmeiras to Nottingham Forest, undisclosed
Georginio Rutter – Hoffenheim to Leeds, £35.5m
Mario Lemina – Nice to Wolves, undisclosed
Alex Moreno – Real Betis to Aston Villa, £13.3m
Carlos Alcaraz – Racing Club to Southampton, £12m
Jack Butland – Crystal Palace to Manchester United, loan
Mislav Orsic – Dinamo Zagreb to Southampton, £8m
Romeo Beckham – Inter Miami to Brentford, loan
Kevin Schade – Freiburg to Brentford, loan
Jamie Mullins – Bohemians to Brighton, undisclosed
Max Wober – Red Bull Salzburg to Leeds, £11m
Matheus Cunha – Atletico Madrid to Wolves, loan
Luizao – Sau Paulo to West Ham, free
Gustavo Scarpa – Palmeiras to Nottingham Forest, free
Garang Kuol – Central Coast Mariners to Newcastle, £300,000
Facundo Buonanotte – Roasario Central to Brighton, undisclosed