2024-02-02 05:23:00
The January 2024 transfer window that was officially closed last night (Thursday), admittedly, was one of the weakest transfer windows in history. The combination between the lack of interest on the part of the Saudi League and Chelsea who were active last summer, the non-decision of Kylian Mbappe who is currently without a contract this summer and the Asian and African championships led to the fact that we saw very few moves.
Fans have described this transfer window as the weakest ever, with the numbers speaking for themselves – after the English teams spent £2.44 billion in the summer, this time there was only £96.2 million, around £700 less than six months ago. Peter Smith, Football Correspondent of “Sky,” he tried to explain.
“Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Newcastle did not sign anyone. Everton’s points deduction for violating the Fair Play rules led to fear and froze the market to some extent. They concentrated on sales more than they concentrated on buying players. The teams They will spend big in the summer.”
Despite the stagnation in England, the leading league in the world, in Spain they actually treated the winter as a positive window. The “AS” wrote that “the situation of Spanish football has improved in the last month. The league spent three times this year compared to the previous January, when Barcelona and Granada were the biggest spenders.” If so, perhaps, this is the pendulum of football – sometimes teams buy players, sometimes they sell them.
Even so, there were a number of interesting transitions. The most interesting of all is perhaps that of Jadon Sancho, who was loaned from Manchester United to Borussia Dortmund until the end of the season in an attempt to restore his career. Another interesting question is Timo Werner to Tottenham from R.B. Leipzig. The two biggest transfers, those of Vitor Rocca to Barcelona and Brian Zaragoza to Bayern Munich, are ones that were already closed before the winter itself.
4 of the 10 most expensive signings of the window were from the Brazilian league to Europe, while only one transfer, that of Alif Almas, was between two leagues from the top 5. We also saw a particularly high amount of inquiries.
This has been without a doubt the worst transfer window of all time
— Out of Context Football Manager (@nocontextfm1) February 1, 2024
I’m on the floor man it’s deadline day today and no one cares, this is easily the worst January transfer window of all time for everyone ????
— Mod (@CFCMod_) January 31, 2024
Worst transfer window since the transfer window was invented. The end.
— Luke Edwards (@LukeEdwardsTele) February 2, 2024
No way it’s deadline day and none of us knew, this has to be the worst transfer window of all time????
— Trey (@UTDTrey) January 31, 2024
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The large passages of the window:
1. Vitor Roca (18-year-old striker) from the Brazilian Atlético to Barcelona – 40 million euros
2. Sasha Bowie (23-year-old right back) from Galatasaray to Bayern Munich – 30 million euros
3. Rado Dragushin (21-year-old defender) from Genoa to Tottenham – 25 million euros
4. Alif Elmes (midfielder, 24) from Naples to Leipzig – 24 million euros
5. Renan Lodi (25-year-old defender) from Marseille to Al-Hilal – 23 million euros
6. Adam Wharton (19-year-old midfielder) from Blackburn to Crystal Palace – 21.1 million euros
7. Lucas Peraldo (20-year-old defender) from Sao Paulo to PSG – 20 million euros
8. Gabriel Moscardo (18-year-old midfielder) from Corinthians to PSG – 20 million euros
9. Arthur Vermeeren (18-year-old midfielder) from Antwerp to Atletico Madrid – 18 million euros
10. Marcos Leonardo (20-year-old striker) from Santos to Benfica – 20 million euros
Other notable transitions:
Gift Urban (21-year-old striker) magnet to Lyon – 12 million euros
Jordan Henderson from El Itifac to Ajax – free transfer
Claudio Acciberri from River Plate to Manchester City
The outstanding questions:
Jadon Sancho from Manchester United to Dortmund
Calvin Phillips from Manchester City to West Ham
Carlos Alquers from Southampton to Juventus
Gio Reina from Dortmund to Borussia Dortmund
Gonzalo Gedesh from Wolves to Villarreal
Timo Werner from Leipzig to Tottenham
Pablo Fornales from West Ham to Real Betis
Oral Mangala from Nottingham Forest to Lyon
Sergio Havildon from Tottenham to Brentford
Kalcher Soyuncu from Atletico Madrid to Fenerbahce
Fabio Carvalho from Liverpool to Hull City
Vitenia from Marseille to Genoa
Hugo Aktika from PSG to Eintracht Frankfurt
Anesh Unal from Getafe to Bournemouth
Facuando Pelestri from Manchester United to Granada
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