For the biggest clubs and leagues in Europe, the time for the transfer of the 2024-25 season has come.
The winter window closed at 11:00 p.m. (6 p.m. HE) in England, Italy and Spain on Monday, an hour earlier in France and even earlier in Germany. It remains open in some countries such as Turkey and the Netherlands, but there is little room for larger offers.
All games – clubs, players, managers and agents – will now be sitting and assessing. Some have obtained their wish and others not. Some have excelled in their movements during the summer, while others will deplore missed opportunities.
With this, let’s look at what happened during the window and carefully sort the results in winners and losers (with some that are seated between the two). Here’s who nailed her – and who didn’t do it.
Winners
Paris Saint-Germain
There is no doubt that won this window, because PSG won one of the best wingers in the world – KHVICHA KVARETSKHELIA – For costs of 60 million euros. The transfer of Georgia International was evaluated at duplicate which barely a few months ago, so they really succeeded in a coup and “Kvaradona” should have a major impact.
If that was not enough, the French champions also made a cool benefit of 46 million euros on the midfielder Xavi Simons‘Permanent switch to RB Leipzig for 50 million euros, moved to the defender Dear ndour in La Fiorentina, and also found a house for failure errors Redican creationwho was sent on loan to Juventus for the rest of the season.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa was among the most frequented clubs in Europe during this window and, in one go, they were able to solve all their problems of profit and sustainability rules (PSR).
A move of 77 million euros on the Saudi side Al Nassr for the 21 -year -old striker Jhon Durán Will help club finances for years, and they have done well to find permanent houses to Philogenic Jaden (Ipswich Town) and Diego Carlos (Fenerbahçe), as well as loans for Emiliano Buendía (Bayer Leverkusen), Kosta Nedeljkovic (RB Leipzig) and Samuel Shake-Junior (Middlesbrough).
Marcus Rashford (on loan from Man United) will replace Durán with the hope of rekindling his career, and Donyell Malen (25 million euros, Borussia Dortmund) should provide another option in advance. The move of late loan for PSG Marco Asensio is another arrival at low risk and with a strong reward to help villa to advance on several fronts by the end of the season.
A more experienced right back than Andrés García (8 million euros, Levante) could have been on the cards, but it was the signing of the loan of the central defender of Chelsea Axel is sung This villa has made a tour of the villa in the winners. If they had not signed someone to connect the gaps in their defense, it would have been bad.
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How Marcus Rashford can prove that he was not the problem at Manchester United
Mark Ogden breaks down the move of loan from Marcus Rashford to Aston Villa from his Childhood Club Manchester United.
Marcus Rashford
Rashford had not presented for Man United since his victory for the Europa League against Viktoria Plzen on December 12 in the concerns of head coach Ruben Amorim concerning the application of the attacker in training. And it will be a relief for him to have found a new club.
AC Milan, Dortmund and Barcelona were all in the running at various points, but Villa managed to persuade Rashford to join and also agreed to cover a substantial part of his salary (this is why United allowed him to leave) .
Rashford will have a lot to prove for the rest of the season, and what he does could very well define the rest of his career. For the moment, he will just be delighted to have come out of Old Trafford.
Dani Olmo
The fact that he can even play for Barcelona Dani Olmo A winner. At the beginning of January, it seemed that the summer signing of 60 million euros from Barça kicked his heels on the sidelines for the second half of the season, because the club’s financial problems prevented him from being scored with Laliga.
But a legal battle after the other followed, and as it stands, the Spain striker can play for the moment – although the Laliga chief, Javier Tebas, tries to change this.
Otherwise, it’s a little sorry for Barcelona, who failed to sign Rashford on loan and did not move Pau Victor,, Eric García,, Pablo Torre Or Ansu free On loan.
NEUTRAL
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Laurens: Man City should have had Nico González on January 1
Julien Laurens watches the midfielder from New Manchester City Nico González and explains why Pep Guardiola needed him a month ago.
Man
At first glance, spending more than 200 million euros to sign four players should qualify Man City as winners, right? Well, the problem is that, even if the city in difficulty certainly needed a new blood injection this window, the players they signed are not an excellent solution to their immediate problems.
Young defenders Abdukodir Khusanov (48 million euros, objective) and Vitor Reis (35 million euros, Palmeiras) are not yet really ready for the rhythm of the Premier League, although they can fill some of the gaps left by the city injuries. In advance, the club spent 60 million euros (plus another 10 million euros in additional modules) to sign an attacker in the form Omar Marmoush D’Eintracht Frankfurt, but they play it out of position as an attacker withdrawn (essentially a n ° 10) rather than a n ° 9 or largely on the left where it would be more comfortable.
The only obvious adjustment was the signature of the former defensive midfielder in Barcelona Nico Gonzalez From FC Porto and even, City was forced to overflow on an additional 20 million euros that they wanted, by paying its release clause of 60 million euros.
It may be around a year before these signatures can be judged correctly, but at the moment, it does not seem to be the answer.
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Laurens: Postoccoou changed the spirit of such after the initial rejection of spurs
Julien Laurens explains how a conversation with Ange Postcoglou created Mathys such as changing his mind and accepting a loan move to Tottenham.
Tottenham
Tottenham is in the midst of an injury crisis, especially for the defense, and the Angel Ange Postcoglou was quite vocal on the need to make reinforcements if they want to go from 14th place in the table in the second part of the season.
The signature of the rear center loan Kevin Danso (with a compulsory agreement of 25 million euros set for the summer) will strengthen them slightly, but an offer of 75 million euros to land the Crystal Palace Marc GuéhiWho was rejected, showed how much the club wanted to do. And they failed to add more coverage.
They needed a rescue goalkeeper and 21 years old Anton Kinsky Hit the floor while running while it was thrown into action on the part, but a prodigy of South Korea 18 years Yang Min-HyeokWho was then sent on loan to QPR, was not going to be sufficient in the attack zones.
Thus, making them switch them to the neutral losers was the signature of the day limit of the front of Bayern Mathys Tel On loan, with an option to sign definitively in summer. The club did well to persuade him to join, since he rejected a permanent move of 60 million euros last week, and he could make an immediate difference in attack.
Bournemouth
This concerns more who the club was able to keep its hand rather than it signed. Adolescent arrivals Matai Akinmboni,, Julio Soler,, Kai Crampton And Zain Silcott-Duberry This might not have an impact immediately because they are for the future, but Bournemouth will be delighted to have kept their main stars while they put pressure for a place in Europe this season.
While the loan comes out for Philip Billing (Napoli) and Max Aarons (Valencia) were punished, Bournemouth kept hands Milos arrives,, Illia Zabarnyi And Dean Huijsen – which all aroused the interest of some of the largest clubs in Europe. It is not an easy task.
Losers
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Ogden: PSR can prevail over Amorim on Garnacho Future
Mark Ogden thinks that Ruben Amorim wants Olejandro Garnacho to remain in Manchester United, but the board of directors is open to the sale of the front.
Manchester United
Will a 20-year-old back-back solve all Man United problems? The club did well to land very well noted Patrick Dorga For 30 million euros of LECCE and it is well suitable for the 3-4-2-1 training in Amorim, but they really needed more.
Loans for loans for Watered (Real Betis), Rashford (Aston Villa) and Tyrell Malacia (PSV) opened the room on the wage bill, but the signing of the 18 -year -old defender Ayden Heaven D’Arsenal was not going to put impulses that run to Old Trafford. An striker marking goals was necessary, while a serious injury to Lisandro Martinez could see them regret not adding more to their defensive ranks.
ARSENAL
Arsenal is the second best scorers in the Premier League, but they still needed to sign another avant-garde player if they want to challenge Liverpool for the title. Kai Havertz did well, with 15 goals in all competitions to date, but injuries to Bukayo of And Gabriel Jesus have left the team short of options in advance and that will not change now.
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Marcotti: Arsenal Title hopes to rest on Havertz Fitness
Gabriele Marcotti thinks that hopes for arsenal titles depend very much to keep Kai Havertz in shape for the rest of the season.
An attempted 40 million pounds sterling to sign the Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins was rejected, while links to such, Juventus from Bayern, Juventus’ Dusan Vlahovic And sports clubs Nico Williams came to nothing.
The club also lost the young defender Heaven against Man United for minimal remuneration, which they would not have liked.
Chélat
A strange window for the Blues with generally free spending, as a 19 -year -old midfielder Mathis Amougou (15 million euros from Saint-Etienne) and Trevoh Chalobah were the only enemies and the latter was a loan reminder of Crystal Palace. Links with Man United Alejandro Garnacho came to nothing and Chelsea would be interested in almost all the central attackers, but did not sign.
Leaving young midfielder Cesare Casadei In Torino, where they recovered the 15 million euros they paid to sign it in Internazionale in 2022, and there were a number of loan contracts for tastes of Renato Veiga (Juventus), Ben Chilwell (Crystal Palace) and João Félix (AC Milan). Do they feel better? Not really.
Christopher Nunku
Sources said to ESPN before the deadline that Chelsea forward Christopher Nunku was desperate to leave after playing only 419 minutes in the Premier League so far this season. But when the deadline has passed, the French international was still there.
The interests of Bayern Munich and Manchester United came to nothing, because the blues would have wanted at least 60 million euros for a permanent transfer and it is surprising that it did not move at the end. Although it seems that neither the player nor the club are interested in a short -term agreement.
He remains to be seen what he will play in the rest of the season, but a summer move is almost certainly on the cards.
