Men’s transfer window January 2025: all deals from Europe’s top five leagues

Facundo Garcés

Defender

Colón to Alavés

Centre-back agreed to join La Liga side on a free in August and has already travelled to Vitória

Wellington

Defender

São Paulo to Southampton

Left-back with 150 first-team appearances will move to St Mary's when his contract expires in January

Nicolás Valentini

Defender

Boca Juniors to Fiorentina

Out-of-contract centre-back agreed terms and completed medical with Viola in the summer

Claudio Echeverri

Midfielder

River Plate to Manchester City

Highly-rated midfielder will become City player on 1 Jan after signing a year ago, and is expected to join senior squad

David Zec

Defender

NK Celje to Holstein Kiel

Club with Bundesliga's worst defensive record move for centre-back who has impressed in Conference League

Louie Barry

Forward

Stockport County to Aston Villa

Villa recall young striker who has excelled at Stockport this season, and could sell him on to Championship side in January

Yang Min-hyeok

Winger

Gangwon FC to Tottenham Hotspur

K-League's young player of the year who has earned comparisons to Son will officially join club on 1 January

Diego Gómez

Midfielder

Inter Miami to Brighton

Promising playmaker recently named Paraguay's male athlete of the year was unveiled at Amex before home game with Crystal Palace

Naby Keïta

Midfielder

Werder Bremen to Ferencvaros

Former Liverpool midfielder has not played for Werder since April and heads to Hungary with purchase option

Florent Sanchez

Midfielder

Lyon to Orléans

After loan spells in Netherlands and Belgium, OL decide to let academy player leave permanently for third-tier side

Bajung Darboe

Winger

Los Angeles FC to Bayern Munich

Bayern sign promising US youth international as part of 'talent pathway' between the two clubs agreed last year

Robin Risser

Goalkeeper

Strasbourg to Red Star

Young goalkeeper joins second-division side on loan to gain match practice

Mario Balotelli

Forward

Free agent to Genoa

Former Manchester City striker joins Serie A strugglers having been without a club since leaving Adana Demirspor in July