January transfer window round-up: Aubameyang among the top deals

Sport360 staff 08:54 01/02/2018
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    • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

    Phew! We’ve just about caught our breath back after another epic January transfer window!

    There was no shortage of cash lavished throughout the 31 days in the month, with many top and record-breaking deals taking place.

    Here, we round-up the best and most notable transfers from across European football’s biggest leagues:

    ENGLAND

    – Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao to Manchester City – £57m – (Dh297m)
    – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal – £56m – (Dh292m)
    – Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal to Manchester United – swap deal
    – Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Manchester United to Arsenal – swap deal
    – Cenk Tosun from Besiktas to Everton – £27m – (Dh140m)
    – Lucas Moura from PSG to Tottenham – £25m – (Dh130m)
    – Theo Walcott from Arsenal to Everton – £25m – (Dh130m)
    – Guido Carrillo from Monaco to Southampton – undisclosed
    – Emerson Palmieri from Roma to Chelsea – £17.6m – (Dh91.7m)
    – Ross Barkley from Everton to Chelsea – £15m – (Dh78.2m)
    – Jurgen Locadia from PSV Eindhoven to Brighton and Hove Albion – £14m – (Dh73m)
    – Daniel Sturridge from Liverpool to West Bromwich Albion – loan
    – Gerard Deulofeu from Barcelona to Watford – loan
    – Joao Mario from Inter Milan to Southampton – loan
    – Andre Ayew from West Ham to Swansea – undisclosed
    – Badou Ndiaye from Galatasaray to Stoke – £14m – (Dh73m)
    – Andy King from Leicester to Swansea – loan

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 31: A dejected looking Alexis Sanchez of Manchester United during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium on January 31, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

    Alexis Sanchez was involved in a big swap deal.

    SPAIN

    – Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool to Barcelona – €160m – (Dh730m)
    – Diego Costa from Chelsea to Atletico Madrid – €60m – (Dh273m)
    – Vitolo from Sevilla to Atletico Madrid – €37.5m – (Dh171m)
    – Inigo Martinez from Real Sociedad to Athletic Bilbao – €32m – (Dh146m)
    – Roger Martinez from Jiangsu Suning to Villarreal – €32m – (Dh146m)
    – Francis Coquelin from Arsenal to Valencia – undisclosed
    – Yerry Mina from Palmeiras to Barcelona – €11.8m – (Dh53m)
    – Guilherme Arana from Corinthians to Sevilla – €11m – (Dh50m)
    – Marc Bartra from Borussia Dortmund to Real Betis – undisclosed
    – Hector Moreno from Roma to Real Sociedad – €6m – (Dh27.3m)
    – Roque Mesa from Swansea City to Sevilla – loan
    – Sandro Ramirez from Everton to Sevilla – loan
    – Giampaolo Pazzini from Verona to Levante – loan

    BARCELONA, SPAIN - JANUARY 28: Philippe Coutinho of FC Barcelona runs with the ball during the La Liga match between Barcelona and Deportivo Alaves at Camp Nou on January 28, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

    Saga of the window: Philippe Coutinho’s move to Barcelona.

    GERMANY

    – Manuel Akanji from Basel to Borussia Dortmund – €21.5m – (Dh98m)
    – Sandro Wagner from Hoffenheim to Bayern Munich – €13m – (Dh59m)
    – Mario Gomez from Wolfsburg to VfB Stuttgart – €3m – (Dh13m)
    – Admir Mehmedi from Bayer Leverkusen to Wolfsburg – undisclosed
    – Renato Steffen from Basel to Wolfsburg – undisclosed
    – Nigel de Jong from Galatasaray 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 to Schalke – loan
    – Marko Pjaca from Juventus to Schalke – loan

    DORTMUND, GERMANY - JANUARY 27: Manuel Akanji of Dortmund (left) during warmup before the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Sport-Club Freiburg at Signal Iduna Park on January 27, 2018 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)

    Manuel Akanji (left) made one of the major moves in Germany.

    ITALY

    – Bryan Dabo from Saint-Etienne to Fiorentina – undisclosed
    – Martin Caceres from Verona to Lazio – undisclosed
    – Rafinha from Barcelona to Inter Milan – loan
    – Lisandro Lopez from Benfica to Inter Milan – loan
    – Jonathan Silva from Sporting Lisbon to Roma – loan

    FERRARA, ITALY - JANUARY 28: Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento Rafinha of FC Internazionale in action during the serie A match between Spal and FC Internazionale at Stadio Paolo Mazza on January 28, 2018 in Ferrara, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

    Rafinha ended his Barcelona misery and joined Inter Milan.

    FRANCE

    – Pietro Pellegri from Genoa to Monaco – €25m – (Dh114m)
    – Martin Terrier from Lille to Lyon – €15m including bonuses (loaned to Strasbourg until end of season) – (Dh68m)
    – Diafra Sakho from West Ham United to Rennes – undisclosed
    – Lassana Diarra to Paris Saint-Germain – free
    – Yann M’Vila from Rubin Kazan to Saint-Etienne – free
    – Neven Subotic from Borussia Dortmund to Saint-Etienne – free
    – Leo Dubois from Nantes to Lyon – freedom of contract from July
    – Paul-Georges Ntep from Wolfsburg to Saint-Etienne – loan
    – Mathieu Debuchy from Arsenal to Saint-Etienne – loan

    Paris Saint-Germain's midfielder Lassana Diarra reacts during the French League Cup football semi-final match between Rennes and Paris Saint-Germain at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes on January 30, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images)

    Former Al Jazira man Lassana Diarra moved to PSG.

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