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Agence France-Presse

South China Morning Post rounds up some of the most notable deals to have happened in Europe as the January window slammed shut on Wednesday:
English Premier League
- Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao/ESP to Manchester City – £57 million (HK$633 million, US$80.9 million)
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund/GER to Arsenal – £56 million
- Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal to Manchester United – swap deal
- Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Manchester United to Arsenal – swap deal
- Cenk Tosun from Besiktas/TUR to Everton – £27 million
- Lucas Moura from PSG/FRA to Tottenham – £25 million
- Theo Walcott from Arsenal to Everton – £25 million
- Guido Carrillo from Monaco/FRA to Southampton – undisclosed
- Emerson Palmieri from Roma/ITA to Chelsea – £17.6 million
- Ross Barkley from Everton to Chelsea – £15 million
- Juergen Locadia from PSV Eindhoven to Brighton and Hove Albion – £14 million
- Daniel Sturridge from Liverpool to West Bromwich Albion – loan
- Gerard Deulofeu from Barcelona/ESP to Watford – loan
- Joao Mario from Inter Milan/ITA to Southampton – loan
- Andre Ayew from West Ham to Swansea – undisclosed
- Badou Ndiaye from Galatasaray/TUR to Stoke – £14 million
- Andy King from Leicester to Swansea – loan
- Islam Slimani from Leicester to Newcastle – loan
Spanish Primera Liga
- Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool/ENG to Barcelona – €160 million (HK$1.55 billion)
- Diego Costa from Chelsea/ENG to Atletico Madrid – €60 million
- Vitolo from Sevilla to Atletico Madrid – €37.5 million
- Inigo Martinez from Real Sociedad to Athletic Bilbao – €32 million
- Roger Martinez from Jiangsu Suning/CHN to Villarreal – €15 million
- Francis Coquelin from Arsenal/ENG to Valencia – undisclosed
- Yerry Mina from Palmeiras/BRA to Barcelona – €11.8 million
- Guilherme Arana from Corinthians/BRA to Sevilla – €11 million
- Marc Bartra from Borussia Dortmund/GER to Real Betis – undisclosed
- Hector Moreno from Roma/ITA to Real Sociedad – €6 million
- Roque Mesa from Swansea City/ENG to Sevilla – loan
- Sandro Ramirez from Everton/ENG to Sevilla – loan
- Giampaolo Pazzini from Verona/ITA to Levante – loan
German Bundesliga
- Manuel Akanji from Basel/SUI to Borussia Dortmund – €21.5 million
- Sandro Wagner from Hoffenheim to Bayern Munich – €13 million
- Mario Gomez from Wolfsburg to VfB Stuttgart – €3 million
- Admir Mehmedi from Bayer Leverkusen to Wolfsburg – undisclosed
- Renato Steffen from Basel/SUI to Wolfsburg – undisclosed
- Nigel de Jong from Galatasaray/TUR to Mainz – free
- Leon Goretzka from Schalke to Bayern Munich – freedom of contract from July
- Mark Uth from Hoffenheim to Schalke – freedom of contract from July
- Abdul Rahman Baba from Chelsea/ENG to Schalke – loan
- Marko Pjaca from Juventus/ITA to Schalke – loan
Italian Serie A
- Bryan Dabo from Saint-Etienne/FRA to Fiorentina – undisclosed
- Martin Caceres from Verona to Lazio – undisclosed
- Rafinha from Barcelona/ESP to Inter Milan – loan
- Lisandro Lopez from Benfica/POR to Inter Milan – loan
- Jonathan Silva from Sporting Lisbon/POR to Roma – loan
French Ligue 1
- Pietro Pellegri from Genoa/ITA to Monaco – €25 million 
- Martin Terrier from Lille to Lyon – €15 million including bonuses (loaned to Strasbourg until end of season)
- Diafra Sakho from West Ham United/ENG to Rennes – undisclosed
- Lassana Diarra to Paris Saint-Germain – free
- Yann M’Vila from Rubin Kazan/RUS to Saint-Etienne – free
- Neven Subotic from Borussia Dortmund/GER to Saint-Etienne – free
- Leo Dubois from Nantes to Lyon – freedom of contract from July
- Paul-Georges Ntep from Wolfsburg/GER to Saint-Etienne – loan
- Mathieu Debuchy from Arsenal/ENG to Saint-Etienne – loan


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English Premier League

Transfer window slams shut across Europe: round-up of the biggest January deals across the continent

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang completed a big-money move to the English Premier League with Arsenal, while the Gunners’ French forward Olivier Giroud swapped Arsenal red for Chelsea blue on transfer deadline day. Photo: AFP

epa06481615 Former Genoa's player Pietro Pellegri poses for photographers during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa CFC and Udinese Calcio at Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa, Italy, 28 January 2018. EPA-EFE/SIMONE ARVEDA

epa06458021 Atletico Madrid's Brazilian-Spanish striker Diego Costa during a Spanish league La Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Girona at Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, 20 January 2018. EPA-EFE/BALLESTEROS

Metz' Cameroonese defender Georges Mandjeck (bottom) vies for the ball with Saint-Etienne's French midfielder Bryan Dabo during the French L1 football match between Metz (FCM) and Saint-Etienne (ASSE) at the Saint-Symphorien Stadium in Longeville-les-Metz, eastern France, on January 17, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / PATRICK HERTZOG

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - FC Barcelona vs Deportivo Alaves - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - January 28, 2018. Barcelona's Philippe Coutinho. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo

Tottenham Hotspur's new Brazil midfielder Lucas Moura gestures to fans on the pitch at half-time during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium in London, on January 31, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. /

epa06479158 Bayern Munich's Sandro Wagner celebrates after scoring the 5-2 lead during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and TSG Hoffenheim 1899 in Munich, Germany, 27 January 2018. EPA-EFE/LUKAS BARTH (EMBARGO CONDITIONS - ATTENTION: Due to the accreditation guidelines, the DFL only permits the publication and utilisation of up to 15 pictures per match on the internet and in online media during the match.)

epa06444267 FC Barcelona's defender Yerry Mina (C), midfielder Paulinho (L) and defender Nelson Semedo (R) attend a training session in Barcelona, Spain, 16 January 2018. FC Barcelona will face Espanyol in their Spanish King's Cup round of 8 second first soccer match on 17 January 2018. EPA-EFE/Alejandro Garcia

Transfer window slams shut across Europe: round-up of the biggest January deals across the continent

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English Premier League

most of the big money changed hands in the English Premier League