Transfer window slams shut across Europe: round-up of the biggest January deals across the continent
most of the big money changed hands in the English Premier League
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
Spanish Primera Liga
- 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
- 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
German Bundesliga
- Manuel Akanji from Basel/SUI to Borussia Dortmund – €21.5 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
- 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
- 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