Transfers – Van de Beek, Lo Celso, Slimani – The 26 facts to remember from the last day of the transfer window

Everton welcome Van de Beek

The Everton club are welcoming Dutch international midfielder Donny van de Beek from Manchester United on loan until the end of the season.

  • Our opinion : Very good news for a club that recovers a player, who needs to revive

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Lo Celso returns to Spain

A time announced on the side of Olympique Lyonnais, Giovani Lo Celso is well loaned by Tottenham until the end of the season, but in Spain and more precisely in Villarreal. The former Parisian had already experienced a loan, but at Betis in 2018-2019.

  • Our opinion : A player who needs playing time and who necessarily has a lot to contribute.

It’s over for Slimani at OL

Olympique Lyonnais announces that it has reached an agreement with Algerian international striker Islam Slimani for the termination of his contract. A contract that ran until June 2022. Slimani returns to Sporting CP.

  • Our opinion : A player who seems never to have succeeded in finding his place within the club, hence this outcome.

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Valencia get Gil on loan

Bryan Gil will end this current season with Valencia, following being loaned by Tottenham, where he was clearly lacking playing time. A loan without an option to buy.

  • Our opinion : A very young player who surely wants to show his true worth.

Pena loaned to Galatasaray

Number three in the hierarchy of FC Barcelona goalkeepers, Iñaki Peña, now 22 years old and trained with the Catalan club, is on loan to the Turkish club Galatasaray.

  • Our opinion : A loan that will certainly not give him more playing time.

Crivelli is committed to Saint-Etienne

Enzo Crivelli, now 26, is joining AS Saint-Etienne, in the form of a loan with an option to buy, until the end of this current season, from Basaksehir .

  • Our opinion : A player who may not necessarily have the right to make mistakes in a club in great difficulty.

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Sacko strengthens Saint-Etienne

The Malian international defender Falaye Sacko, now 26, arrives on the side of Saint-Etienne, in the form of a loan without option to buy and from Vitoria Guimaraes.

  • Our opinion : A player who arrives with his experience and who will know how to benefit a sick defense and team.

Belaili arrives in Brest

Stade Brestois has formalized the arrival, for the next six months, of Algerian international Youcef Belaïli, now 29 years old. The player arrives free following breaking his contract with Qatar SC.

  • Our opinion : A very nice catch for the French club.

Reinildo leaves Lille for Atlético

Atlético de Madrid and Lille have reached an agreement concerning the Mozambican left-back Reinildo Mandava, now 28 years old. The latter signs a contract until 2025.

  • Our opinion : To see if he will have as much playing time.

Bordeaux offers Ahmedhodzic

The Girondins de Bordeaux welcome the Bosnian central defender Anel Ahmedhodzic (22), who arrives from Malmö, in the form of a loan with an option to buy. The player had been announced for a time in Reims.

  • Our opinion : A very good pick for a club which will inevitably have the ambition to recover in the second half of the season.

Otavio is set on his future

The Girondins de Bordeaux club have announced that they have reached a pre-agreement with Atlético Mineiro for the loan of Brazilian midfielder Otavio, now 27, until June 2022.

  • Our opinion : A player who clearly needed to find a second wind elsewhere.

Reims communicates on Ekitike

Ardently courted by Newcastle, Hugo Ekitike will stay in Reims until the end of the season. The club has since communicated on the subject, and in particular the president Jean-Pierre Caillot: “It is true that we have received very good offers for Hugo during this transfer window. Our desire has always been to keep him at least for a full season. He too was keen not to skip the stages, wanting to register a little longer in the club project, that of his training club which he joined at the age of 11. We share the feeling that there is still a piece of history to write together.”

  • Our opinion : A news that can only delight the club and its president.

Julian Alvarez signs for City

The Cityzens formalized this Monday the signing of Julian Alvarez, the striker of River Plate. The 22-year-old Argentina international has signed up until June 2027 and will remain at River Plate until this summer on a loan deal.

  • Our opinion : The future 9 that City haven’t had since Aguero?

Mateta bought by Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace has announced that it has exercised the purchase option for Jean-Philippe Mateta. A purchase option amounting to eleven million euros. The 24-year-old French striker was on loan from Mainz.

  • Our opinion : A great proof of confidence for a player who is gaining momentum in January.

Newcastle is loaned Targett…

Matt Targett arrives, in the form of a loan, and from the club of Aston Villa, to take the direction of Newcastle, where he will play until the end of this current season.

  • Our opinion : A club that has clearly not been idle in this transfer window.

… et engage Burn

The Newcastle club announces the arrival of a new player, in the person of Dan Burn. The central defender arrives from Brighton and signs a contract until June 2024, once morest the sum of around fifteen million euros.

  • Our opinion : The club tried everything to strengthen in central defense.

Wout Weghorst signed for Burnley

Wout Weghorst leaves Wolfsburg following 144 games and 70 goals to join Burnley in the Premier League. Although the amount of the transfer of the Dutch international has not been revealed, several media mention an amount of around 15M€. The duration of his contract is three and a half years.

  • Our opinion : Not a sporting evolution but he probably blew up his salary.

Zakaria joins Juventus

Swiss international midfielder Denis Zakaria leaves Borussia Mönchengladbach and takes over the management of Juventus Turin. The two clubs have reached an agreement, for a contract which runs until 2026.

  • Our opinion : A real change of dimension for the player.

Mihaila loaned to Atalanta

After Jeremie Boga, Atalanta Bergamo welcomes a new winger, in the person of the Romanian Valentin Mihaila. The latter, only 21 years old, is loaned with option to buy by Parma.

  • Our opinion : An interesting shot and a player to follow.

Kevin Nsona has signed up with Hertha Berlin

The young striker from Caen (19) signed his new contract until June 2026 with Hertha Berlin, even though his current contract ended this summer. He will discover his first foreign club.

  • Our opinion : A potential good pickaxe for Hertha.

Lorient enlists Koné

Lorient welcomes a new player in the person of Malian striker Ibrahima Koné, now 22, who arrives from the Norwegian club Sarpsborg 08. He signs a four and a half year contract, ie until June 2026.

  • Our opinion : To see if the player will be able to give new impetus to the attack at half mast of the club.

Troyes is loaned Ugbo

The Troyes club has formalized the arrival of its fourth recruit in this winter transfer window, namely Canadian striker Ike Ugbo. ESTAC and KRC Genk have reached an agreement on a loan with an option to buy.

  • Our opinion : A transfer window that seems interesting for a club that really needed to strengthen.

Pandev bounces back in Parma

Goran Pandev has found a new club, namely Parma, which now plays in Serie B, following the end of his lease at Genoa. The legendary Macedonian striker (or winger), now 38, started his professional career in 2000.

  • Our opinion : One last freelance before hanging up?

Boutaib, from Le Havre to Paris FC

Now 34, Moroccan striker Khalid Boutaib is leaving Le Havre, for whom he has been playing since 2020, and is joining Paris FC for a season and a half.

  • Our opinion : Not really good news for the Norman club, which is losing one of its top scorers and strengthening a competitor.

Jordan Tell in Grenoble

Free of any contract following an amicable separation with Clermont, Jordan Tell signed up with Grenoble in Ligue 2.

  • Our opinion : A good pick for a club in bad shape in the league.

Benito relaunches in Switzerland

FC Sion has formalized the arrival of Loris Benito. The Swiss international has signed up until 2023. A new club for the one who has been free since the termination of his lease with the Girondins de Bordeaux last August.

  • Our opinion : An ideal club for a player who is therefore looking to relaunch.

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