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 beat Crystal Palace 1-0 to remain top of the Premier League as Arsenal and Manchester City came from behind to win on Saturday.
City were 3-2 victors over Fulham to stay one point behind Liverpool, alongside Arsenal who saw off Southampton 3-1.
Arne Slot has now won nine of his first 10 games since succeeding Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager, but was frustrated that the visitors invited a late onslaught from the winless Eagles.
Jota prodded the Reds into the lead from Cody Gakpo’s cross on nine minutes.
The Portuguese international was then guilty of missing two big chances to extend Liverpool’s advantage.
Palace failed to make them pay, but victory came at a cost for Slot as goalkeeper Alisson Becker limped off with a hamstring injury.
“If you score the second you break them mentally,” said Slot. “All the fans kept believing in a result because it was only 1-0, even though in my opinion we were the dominant team.”
Fresh from a dominant win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, Arsenal were expected to sweep aside winless Southampton.
But the Saints shocked the Emirates 10 minutes into the second half when Cameron Archer fired in his first Premier League goal since a summer move from Aston Villa.
The lead only lasted three minutes before Kai Havertz scored for the seventh consecutive home game.
Gabriel Martinelli was introduced after an hour and took just eight minutes to make his mark with a finish on the volley from Bukayo Saka’s cross.
Having set up Arsenal’s first two goals, Saka pounced on a loose ball to score the third himself.
Fulham’s outrageous opener
Rodri’s season-long absence due to a serious knee injury is expected to be a major blow to City’s chances of retaining the title for a fifth consecutive season.
But it was the Spaniard’s deputy Mateo Kovacic who scored twice to turn the game around for the champions at the Etihad.
The visitors had not lost since the opening night of the season at Manchester United and led thanks to Andreas Pereira’s finish from an outrageous backheel assist by Raul Jimenez.
Kovacic’s deflected effort quickly brought City level before a cleaner strike less than two minutes into the second half made it 2-1.
Jeremy Doku then smashed into the top corner from outside the box to give City a two-goal cushion, which they needed.
Rodrigo Muniz gave Fulham hope on 88 minutes, but City held out for a 17th consecutive win against the Cottagers.
West Ham eased the pressure on new boss Julen Lopetegui by ending a run of three home defeats to start the new season.
Michail Antonio, Mohammed Kudus, Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paqueta struck for the Hammers in a 4-1 win over Ipswich, who are still waiting for their first Premier League win 22 years.
There were six goals before half-time as Brentford beat Wolves 5-3 to leave the visitors still rooted to the foot of the table.
Leicester secured their first league win of the season as Facundo Buonanotte’s strike beat Bournemouth 1-0.
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag faces a huge match if he is to remain in charge when the Red Devils visit Aston Villa in the pick of Sunday’s action.
-AFP
Premier League
Premier League rejects City request to delay next season’s games after Club World Cup
The Premier League has rejected Manchester City’s request to postpone the first two games of the 2025-26 season to help the players recover after their FIFA Club World Cup campaign in the U.S., the club’s manager Pep Guardiola said on Friday.
City and Chelsea are the two English clubs who have qualified for the expanded month-long Club World Cup set to start on June 15. The Premier League’s season will begin in August.
An increasingly packed soccer calendar has been a concern among a growing number of players and managers. A report by global players’ union FIFPRO said some players get only 12% of the year to rest.
The Premier League did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
City midfielder Rodri said in September that players could be close to strike action over the time they are required to play. A knee ligament injury has since put him out for the season.
“I don’t know if we will play more games than the treble year (2022-23)… maybe we’ll play less games,” Guardiola told reporters.
“The Premier League has not allowed us to postpone the first two games for our recovery. Thank you so much. They don’t postpone these games so that will be the moment of, oh, what do we have to do?”
He said the Club World Cup will make it even more difficult for clubs to manage player workload.
-Reuters
Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said a decision about under-fire manager Erik ten Hag is not his call, and was reticent about whether he still has faith in the team’s boss amid their worst start to the Premier League season since 1986-87.
“I don’t want to answer that question,” Ratcliffe told the BBC. “I like Erik. I think he’s a very good coach but at the end of the day it’s not my call, it’s the management team that’s running Manchester United that have to decide how we best run the team in many different respects.
“That team that’s running Manchester United has only been together since June or July. They weren’t there in January, February, March or April — Omar (Berrada, CEO), (Sporting Director) Dan Ashworth — they only arrived in July.
“They’ve only been there . . . you can count it in weeks almost — they’ve not been there a long time so they need to take stock and make some sensible decisions.”
Ten Hag’s job was the subject of speculation for much of last season en route to the team’s lowest Premier League finish of eighth. After an FA Cup final victory over Manchester City and an end-of-season review, however, Ten Hag signed a new contract to extend his stay at Old Trafford until 2026.
“Our objective is very clear, we want to take Manchester United back to where it should be, and it’s not there yet, obviously, that’s very clear,” Ratcliffe said.
Ten Hag continues to plead for patience from fans with the team languishing 13th in the Premier League table, having lost three of their six opening games. They were headed towards defeat by Porto in the Europa League on Thursday before Harry Maguire scored a last-gasp goal to salvage a 3-3 draw.
-Reuters
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