Transfer deadline day live updatesTransfer deadline day 2022: After a whirlwind transfer deadline day, the January window slammed shut on Monday with a lot of big signings taking place. Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona to Aston Villa), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal to Barcelona), Dele Alli (Tottenham to Everton), Lucas Digne (Everton to Aston Villa) and Donny van de Beek (Manchester United to Everton) are just some of the big names who made the switch this time around.
The other big signings are Christian Eriksen to Brentford FC while Manchester City signed Julian Alvarez from River Plate. Tanguy Ndombele sealed a loan move to Lyon from Tottenham and Burnley signed Wout Weghorst to replace Chris Wood.
Tottenham also completed the double signings of Dejan Kulusevski on loan and Rodrigo Bentancur on a permanent deal from Juventus with the Italian club signing Denis Zakaria from Borussia Mönchengladbach. Spurs also confirmed that Giovani Lo Celso has joined Spanish side Villareal on loan. Newcastle, meanwhile, added a fourth signing to their squad after sealing a loan move for Aston Villa’s Matt Targett.
Wolfsburg reacted to its dramatic fall in fortune with a flurry of activity as the winter transfer window closed in Germany. The Volkswagen-backed club was one of the Bundesliga’s busiest in the last days of transfers as it sold top goal-scorer Wout Weghorst, moved on other players, and brought in two more to replace them. Read
Central midfielder Tanguy Ndombele has returned to former club Lyon until the end of the season in a pay loan from English Premier League side Tottenham. Lyon said it was paying Tottenham 1.42 million euros and it has an option to sign him on a permanent move at the end of June 2022. Read
Threatened by relegation and now having the richest owners in world football, Newcastle was always likely to be the English Premier League’s most active club in the January transfer window. Five players have moved to St James’ Park this month at a cost of more than $120 million as the club’s Saudi ownership made its presence felt in the first transfer window since largely funding the 300-million-pound ($409 million) takeover of Newcastle in October. Read
Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey left Juventus on loan to join Scottish champion Rangers on transfer deadline day. The 31-year-old Ramsey has another year left on his contract in Turin but a title win for Rangers would likely pave the way for direct entry to the Champions League group stages and raise the possibility of a more permanent transfer. Read
With a thumbs up to the camera, Christian Eriksen revealed the team for his return to soccer, almost eight months after collapsing from cardiac arrest at the European Championship. “I’m happy to announce that I’ve signed for Brentford Football Club,” Eriksen said in Monday’s social media video. “I can’t wait to get started.” Read
It was a mix of good news and bad news for Barcelona at the end of the winter transfer window. The Catalan club was close to making official the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after reaching a deal with the Arsenal striker just before the deadline, but it couldn’t get disgruntled forward Ousmane Dembele to leave and will likely have to stay with the France forward until his contract ends in June. Read
Tino Anjorin has returned from his loan spell at Lokomotiv Moscow and will spend the rest of the season at Huddersfield Town in the Championship.
Neco Williams joins Fulham on loan from Liverpool, the deal was completed and signed just before the end of the window.
Jermain Defoe completes his comeback to Sunderland.
After a lot of drama, Barcelona has managed to rope in Arsenal forward Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang on the deadline day.
Midfielder Dele Alli will get the chance to rejuvenate his flagging career at Everton after joining the Merseyside club in a deadline day deal from Tottenham Hotspur on Monday. In a late-night announcement, Everton said he had signed a two-and-a-half year contract. Alli has fallen out of favour at Tottenham who he joined as a teenager in 2015 from MK Dons, struggling to hold down a place in the first team for the past season and a half.Alli's arrival completed a busy day for Everton who had earlier confirmed the appointment of Frank Lampard as manager and the loan signing of Dutch midfielder Donny van de Beek from Manchester United until the end of the season.
Newcastle continued their signing spree as they sealed the loan deal for Matt Targett from Aston Villa.