Premier League
A to Z of Premier League January transfer deals
The January transfer window has slammed shut and the Premier League has seen some mega deals throughout the month, with Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and cash-rich Newcastle all involved
Deadline day is over and the January transfer window has slammed shut.
All 20 Premier League clubs have been busy doing deals to various degrees throughout the month, with cash-rich Newcastle splashing the cash for the first time since their Saudi Arabian-backed takeover, while Liverpool ‘s owners got their wallets out and spent £50million on Luis Diaz from Porto.
Meanwhile, Manchester United want-away Donny van de Beek got his wish, joining Everton until the end of the season, becoming new manager Frank Lampard ‘s first signing.
Aston Villa also stole the spotlight for a time under Steven Gerrard, bringing Philippe Coutinho back to English football and picking up left-back Lucas Digne in one of the window’s shrewdest signings.
And Christian Eriksen also made a fantastic return by joining Brentford only seven months after suffering cardiac arrest for Denmark at Euro 2020.
Here is every done deal from the window.
Arsenal
IN – Lino Sousa (West Bromwich Albion, undisclosed), Auston Trusty (Colorado Rapids, undisclosed)
OUT – Harry Clarke (Hibernian, loan), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Roma, loan), Folarin Balogun (Middlesbrough, loan), Dejan Iliev (contract terminated), Sead Kolasinac (Marseille, mutual consent), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Lincoln City, loan), Pablo Mari (Udinese, loan), Karl Hein (Reading, loan), Tyreece John-Jules (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Calum Chambers (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Ryan Alebiosu (Crewe Alexandra, loan), Nikolaj Moller (Den Bosch, loan), Auston Trusty (Colorado Rapids, loan), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona, free)
Aston Villa
IN – Philippe Coutinho ( Barcelona, loan), Lucas Digne ( Everton, £25m), Kerr Smith (Dundee United, £2m), Robin Olsen (Roma, loan), Calum Chambers (Arsenal, undisclosed)
OUT – Keinan Davis (Nottingham Forest, loan), Wesley (Internacional, loan), Aaron Ramsey (Cheltenham Town, loan), Caleb Chukwuemeka (Livingston, loan), Anwar El Ghazi (Everton, loan), Sebastian Revan (Hereford, loan), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (Stoke City, loan), Cameron Archer (Preston North End, loan), Arjan Raikhy (Grimsby Town, loan), Louie Barry (Swindon Town, loan), Matt Targett ( Newcastle United, loan)
Brentford
IN – Jonas Lossl (FC Midtjylland, loan), Christian Eriksen (free agent)
OUT – Nathan Shepperd (Dundalk, undisclosed), Jan Zamburek (Viborg FF, undisclosed), Joe Adams (Dundalk, undisclosed), Lachlan Brook (Adelaide United, loan), Patrik Gunnarsson (Viking, undisclosed), Joel Valencia (Alcorcon, loan), Dominic Thompson (Ipswich Town, loan), Mads Bidstrup (Nordsjaelland, loan)
Brighton
IN – Kacper Kozlowski (Pogon Szczecin, undisclosed), Deniz Undav (Union Saint-Gilloise, £5.8m)
OUT – Aaron Connolly (Middlesbrough, loan), Kacper Kozlowski (Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, loan), Leo Skiri Ostigard (Genoa, loan), Jurgen Locadia (VfL Bochum, undisclosed), Taylor Richards (Birmingham City, loan), Christian Walton (Ipswich Town, undisclosed), Fynn Talley (Gosport Borough, loan), Gary Dicker (retired), Adam Desbois (Leatherhead, loan), Ryan Longman (Hull City, £700k), Deniz Undav (Union Saint-Gilloise, loan), Dan Burn (Newcastle, £13m)
Burnley
IN – Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg, £12m)
OUT – Jacob Bedeau (Morecambe, loan), Anthony Glennon (Barrow, loan), Chris Wood (Newcastle United, £25m)
Chelsea
IN – Travis Akomeah ( Watford, free), Dylan Williams (Derby County, undisclosed)
OUT – Jamie Cumming (MK Dons, loan), Lewis Baker (Stoke City, undisclosed), Juan Castillo (Charlton Athletic, loan), Tariq Uwakwe (Crewe Alexandra, undisclosed), Tino Anjorin ( Huddersfield Town, loan)
Crystal Palace
IN – Killian Phillips (Drogheda United, undisclosed), Joshua Addae (Langley, undisclosed)
OUT – Jake O’Brien (Swindon Town, loan), Jacob Montes (RWD Molenbeek, loan), Jay Rich-Baghuelou (Accrington Stanley, undisclosed), James Taylor (Tonbridge Angels, loan), Oliver Webber (Portsmouth, undisclosed), Luke Dreher (Bromley, loan), Robert Street (Newport County, loan), Jack Roles (released), Jean-Philippe Mateta (Mainz, undisclosed)
Everton
IN – Vitaliy Mykolenko (Dynamo Kyiv, undisclosed), Nathan Patterson (Rangers, undisclosed), Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa, loan), Donny van de Beek ( Manchester United, loan), Dele Alli (Tottenham, free)
OUT – Lucas Digne (Aston Villa, £25m), Ellis Simms (Heart of Midlothian, loan)
Leeds
IN – Mateo Fernández (Espanyol, undisclosed)
OUT – Ryan Edmondson (Port Vale, loan), Cody Drameh ( Cardiff City, loan), Josh Galloway (FC United of Manchester, loan), Bobby Kamwa (Dunfermline Athletic, loan)
Leicester
IN – None
OUT – Jacob Wakeling (Barrow, loan), Filip Benkovic (Udinese, mutual consent), Josh Eppiah (Northampton Town, loan), Kasey McAteer (Forest Green Rovers, loan), Ali Reghba (Chabab Riadhi Belouizdad, undisclosed)
Liverpool
N – Luis Diaz (Porto, £37.5m)
OUT – Tony Gallacher (St. Johnstone, released), Morgan Boyes (Livingston, released), Liam Hughes (Stalybridge Celtic, loan), Nathaniel Phillips (Bournemouth, loan)
Man City
IN – Julian Alvarez (River Plate, £14m)
OUT – Ferran Torres (Barcelona, £55m), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Stoke City, loan), James Trafford (Bolton Wanderers, loan), Tommy Doyle (Cardiff City, loan), Patrick Roberts (Sunderland, undisclosed), Finley Burns (Swansea City, loan), Julian Alvarez (River Plate, loan)
Man Utd
IN – None
OUT – Teden Mengi (Birmingham City, loan), Ethan Laird ( Bournemouth, loan), Axel Tuanzebe (Napoli, loan), Anthony Martial (Sevilla, loan), Amad Diallo (Rangers, loan), Reece Divine (Walsall, loan), Donny van de Beek (Everton, loan)
Newcastle
IN – Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid, £12m), Chris Wood (Burnley, £25m), Bruno Guimaraes (Lyon, £35m), Matt Targett (Aston Villa, loan), Dan Burn (Brighton, £13m)
OUT – Rosaire Longelo (Accrington Stanley, undisclosed), Joe White (Hartlepool United, loan), Freddie Woodman (Bournemouth, loan), Elliot Anderson (Bristol Rovers, loan)
Norwich
IN – None
OUT – Isak Thorvaldsson (Briedablik, free), Thomas Dickson-Peters (Gillingham, loan), Tyrese Omotoye (Carlisle United, loan), Bali Mumba (Peterborough United, loan), Rocky Bushiri (Hibernian, loan), Gassan Ahadme (Burton Albion, undisclosed), Onel Hernandez (Birmingham City, loan), Josh Martin (Doncaster Rovers, loan), Sebastian Soto (Livingston, loan), Jordan Hugill (Cardiff City, loan), Todd Cantrell (Bournemouth, loan)
Southampton
IN – None
OUT – Sam McQueen (retired), Jack Bycroft (Dorchester Town, loan), Dan Nlundulu (Cheltenham Town, loan), Jeremi Rodriguez (Burgos, loan), Caleb Watts (Crawley Town, loan), Kayne Ramsay (Ross County, loan), Dynel Simeu (Carlisle United, loan)
Tottenham
IN – Rodrigo Bentancur ( Juventus, £15.8m), Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus, loan)
OUT – Kion Etete (Cheltenham Town, loan), Dilan Markanday (Blackburn Rovers, undisclosed), Jack Clarke (Sunderland, loan), Nile John (Charlton Athletic, loan), Tanguy Ndombele (Lyon, loan), Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal, loan), Bryan Gil (Valencia, loan), Dele Alli (Everton, free)
Watford
IN – Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, undisclosed), Hassane Kamara (Nice, £4m), Samir (Udinese, undisclosed), Edo Kayembe (KAS Eupen, undisclosed), Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux, undisclosed)
OUT – Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, loan), Pontus Dahlberg (Gillingham, loan), JJ McKiernan (Bohemians, loan), Ryan Cassidy (Bohemians, loan)
West Ham
IN – Callum Marshall (Linfield, undisclosed)
IN – Hayao Kawabe (Grasshoppers, undisclosed), Chiquinho (Estoril, undisclosed), Hwang Hee-Chan (RB Leipzig, undisclosed), Jung Sang-bin (Suwon Samsung Bluewings, undisclosed)
OUT – Theo Corbeanu (Milton Keynes Dons, loan), Lewis Richards (Harrogate Town, loan), Joe Young (Matlock Town, loan), Joe O’Shaughnessy (Hednesford Town, loan), Luke Matheson (Scunthorpe United, loan), Jack Scott (St. Patrick’s Athletic, loan), Leonardo Campana (Inter Miami, loan), Hayao Kawabe (Grasshopper, loan), Dion Sanderson (Queens Park Rangers, loan), Austin Samuels (Inverness Caledonian Thistle, undisclosed), Jung Sang-bin (Grasshopper, loan), Adama Traore (Barcelona, loan)
– Mirror
Liverpool will have to wait for a few more days to be crowned Premier League champions despite a 1-0 victory at Leicester City after Arsenal kept their slender hopes just about alive with a 4-0 romp at 10-man Ipswich Town on Sunday.
Trent Alexander-Arnold came off the bench to score Liverpool’s winner in the 76th minute at the King Power Stadium to restore their 13-point lead at the top with five games left.
While Liverpool can almost taste a record-equalling 20th English crown, Leicester’s defeat confirmed their relegation back to the Championship after just one season.
The Midlands club have now been relegated from England’s top flight a record 13 times.
Chelsea secured a massive win in their bid to qualify for the Champions League as they came from behind to beat Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage with Pedro Neto scoring in stoppage time.
The win pushed Chelsea above Nottingham Forest in to fifth place, the last spot for qualification to the Champions League, although Forest play at Tottenham Hotspur on Monday.
Chelsea have 57 points from 33 games, two behind third-placed Newcastle United and one behind Manchester City. Forest and Aston Villa are level with Chelsea on 57 points.
Wolverhampton Wanderers guaranteed their safety as they beat Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford. Pablo Sarabia’s stunning free kick wrapped up a fifth successive league win, the first time Wolves have achieved that in the top flight since 1970.
Liverpool were wasteful at Leicester with numerous chances going begging and Mohamed Salah suffering a frustrating afternoon including hitting both posts with an early shot.
Salah hit the woodwork again moments before the ball came out to Alexander-Arnold who fired a left-footed shot through the crowd to give his side the points — ripping off his shirt and celebrating wildly with the travelling fans.
“We just keep going, mentally we’re really strong,” manager Arne Slot, whose side could be crowned champions if Arsenal lose at home to Crystal Palace on Wednesday, told Sky Sports.
“They enjoy playing football and it helps when you are playing for something special. Today (Alexander-Arnold) knows when it matters most he can just bring a bit more which is something all the top, top players have.”
DISTANT SECOND
If Arsenal avoid defeat by Palace, Slot’s side will seal the title if they beat Tottenham Hotspur at home next Sunday.
“We will focus on Tottenham and looking forward again to a home game and I think the stadium will be full,” Slot, who can become the first Dutch manager to win the English title, said. “It’s a nice game to look forward to.”
Liverpool have 79 points with Arsenal a distant second on 66. Arsenal may have their eyes now on a Champions League semi-final against Paris St Germain, but they showed against Ipswich they will not hand over the title to Liverpool.
Leandro Trossard opened the scoring early on and Gabriel Martinelli made it 2-0 after a delightful flick by Mikel Merino.
Ipswich were reduced to 10 men before halftime as Leif Davis crudely raked his studs down the back of Bukayo Saka’s calf and the second half was academic.
Trossard grabbed his second in the 69th minute and Ethan Nwaneri added a late fourth to leave Ipswich stuck in 18th place on 21 points. They will be relegated if they drop points again or 17th-placed West Ham United pick up one more point from their remaining five games.
Chelsea were heading for a damaging defeat at neighbours Fulham as the hosts led with Alex Iwobi’s 20th-minute goal.
Substitute Tyrique George equalised with an instinctive shot in the 83rd minute, his first Premier League goal, before winger Neto swivelled and unleashed a thunderous strike in stoppage time to send the away fans wild.
Manchester United reached the Europa League semi-final with an astonishing comeback win against French club Olympique Lyonnais on Thursday but their Premier League woes returned against Wolves.
They are in 14th place and have now lost eight Premier League home games this season, their most defeats at Old Trafford in a league campaign since 1962-63.
“Wolves scored in the only opportunity they had. we had many chances, and we didn’t score. If you don’t score goals, you are not going to win games,” manager Ruben Amorim said.
-Reuters
Egyptian outlet, Ahram, has reported that Mohamed Salah has signed a new contract with Liverpool, extending his stay at Anfield beyond the 2024-25 season as he prepares for what could be the final chapter of a storied career with the club.
While the terms of the agreement were not disclosed, British media reports indicate the 32-year-old forward has signed a two-year extension, keeping him at the club until at least 2027.
Salah, who joined Liverpool from AS Roma in 2017, has become a modern-day icon at Anfield.
The Egyptian international has scored 243 goals in 394 appearances—third on the club’s all-time scorers list—and has helped the Reds secure seven major trophies, including the Premier League and Champions League titles.
“I had my best years here,” Salah told the club’s website. “Hopefully it’s going to be 10. I signed because I believe we can still win big trophies together.”
He has maintained his prolific form this season, scoring 32 goals and providing 22 assists in 45 appearances across all competitions. His 27 Premier League goals currently lead the division.
During his time with Liverpool, Salah has won the Premier League Golden Boot three times, been named the PFA Players’ Player of the Year twice, and claimed two FWA Footballer of the Year awards.
Now entering the latter stages of his career, Salah remains focused on adding more silverware to his collection and further cementing his legacy at Liverpool.
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Leicester City’s Jeremy Monga, who became the second-youngest Premier League player when he made his senior debut in Monday’s 3-0 loss to Newcastle United, had to wear a blank shirt because it is sponsored by an online cryptocurrency gaming platform.
Britain’s Gambling Act 2005, which underwent a review in 2020, prohibits players under 18 from wearing kits displaying gambling sponsors. Monga, an England U16 international, made his senior debut at 15 years 271 days old.
Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri remains the youngest Premier League player in history, having debuted in the competition when he was 90 days younger than Monga.
Leicester, who suffered an eighth straight loss in the league without scoring a goal, are 19th in the standings, 15 points below the safety zone.
-Reuters
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