January is the mid-season transfer window for European football leagues. This window is eagerly awaited by all teams in European leagues in order to bolster their squads. The window allows teams to replace injured players, which is why this transfer market timeline is so important. Major deals are usually made in the summer, while teams focus on resolving immediate issues during the winter phase. Some of Europe's biggest teams were quite active during the just-closed January transfer. Let's take a look at the significant January 2022 transfer window signings.

Major Deals in the 2022 January Transfer Window  

Almost 700 deals were done during the January 2022 football transfer window in Europe. This window saw over 800 million dollars in transactions, which is definitely a large number. The following are some of the most notable signings of top European leagues in the January 2022 football transfer window.

England (Premier League)

Dele Alli's transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Everton was one of the biggest moves of the January window. Besides, Manchester City's Julian Alvarez, Aston Villa's Philippe Coutinho, Newcastle United's Kieran Trippier, and Tottenham Hotspur's Rodrigo Bentancur were also notable transfers in the winter window.

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Major Transfers (England) in January window 2022

Date	Player	From	To	Fee
January 31	Dele Alli	Tottenham Hotspur	Everton	Undisclosed
January 31	Dan Burn	Brighton & Hove Albion	Newcastle United	Undisclosed
January 31	Jean-Philippe Mateta	Mainz	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed
January 31	Donny van de Beek	Manchester United	Everton	Loan
January 31	Matt Targett	Aston Villa	Newcastle United	Loan
January 31	Rodrigo Bentancur	Juventus	Tottenham Hotspur	19 million euros
January 31	Dejan Kulusevski	Juventus	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan
January 31	Julian Alvarez	River Plate	Manchester City	Undisclosed
January 31	Christian Eriksen	N/A	Brentford	Free
January 11	Philippe Coutinho	Barcelona	Aston Villa	Loan
January 13	Lucas Digne	Everton	Aston Villa	Undisclosed
January 30	Luis Diaz	Porto	Liverpool	Undisclosed
January 30	Bruno Guimaraes	Olympique Lyonnais	Newcastle United	42.1 million euros
January 13	Chris Wood	Burnley	Newcastle United	Undisclosed
January 7	Kieran Trippier	Atletico Madrid	Newcastle United	Undisclosed
January 1	Vitalii Mykolenko	Dynamo Kiev	Everton	Undisclosed
January 4	Nathan Patterson	Rangers	Everton	Undisclosed
January 31	Wout Weghorst	Vfl Wolfsburg	Burnley	Undisclosed
January 27	Callum Chambers	Arsenal	Aston Villa	Undisclosed

 Source: https://www.espn.in/soccer/transfers

Spain (La Liga)

Adama Traore's January transfer from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Barcelona was one of the most significant in the Spanish La Liga. In addition, Anthony Martial of Sevilla, Ferran Torres of Barcelona, and Giovani Lo Celso of Villarreal were also important transfers during the winter window.

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Major Transfers (Spain) in January window 2022

Date	Player	From	To	Fee
January 31	Giovani Lo Celso	Tottenham Hotspur	Villarreal	Loan
January 3	Ferran Torres	Manchester City	Barcelona	Undisclosed
January 25	Anthony Martial	Manchester United	Sevilla	Loan
January 29	Adama Traore	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Barcelona	Loan
January 3	Rafinha	Paris Saint-Germain	Real Sociedad	Loan
January 28	Ilaix Moriba	RB Leipzig	Valencia	Loan
January 21	Sergio Rico	Paris Saint-Germain	Mallorca	Loan

 Source: https://www.espn.in/soccer/transfers

Italy (Serie A)

Dusan Vlahovic's transfer from Fiorentina to Juventus was the most expensive in the January transfer window. Juventus also signed Federico Gatti and Denis Zakaria In January.

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Major Transfers (Italy) in January window 2022

Date	Player	From	To	Fee
January 28	Dusan Vlahovic	Fiorentina	Juventus	70 million euros
January 31	Denis Zakaria	Borussia Moenchengladbach	Juventus	Undisclosed
January 31	Federico Gatti	Frosinone	Juventus	Undisclosed
January 28	Robin Gosens	Atalanta	Inter Milan	Loan
January 8	Axel Tuanzebe	Manchester United	Napoli	Loan
January 8	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	Arsenal	AS Roma	Loan
January 12	Sergio Oliveira	Porto	AS Roma	Loan
January 20	Pablo Mari	Arsenal	Udinese	Loan

 Source: https://www.espn.in/soccer/transfers

Germany (Bundesliga) and France (Ligue 1)

Neither the German nor the French leagues saw a lot of transfer activity in January. The most noteworthy was Hatem Ben Arfa, who joined French team Lille for free.

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Major Transfers (Germany and France) in January window 2022

Date	Player	From	To	Fee
January 30	Sardar Azmoun	Zenit St. Petersburg	Bayer Leverkusen	Free
January 31	Romain Faivre	Brest	Olympique Lyonnais	Undisclosed
January 31	Tanguy Ndombele	Tottenham Hotspur	Olympique Lyonnais	Loan
January 18	Sead Kolasinac	Arsenal	Olympique Marseille	Free
January 19	Hatem Ben Arfa	N/A	Lille	Free

 Source: https://www.espn.in/soccer/transfers

Bottom Line

Juventus completed the biggest signing among the top European clubs in the winter transfer window of 2022, bringing in Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina. Fiorentina replaced Vlahovic with a young striker from FC Basel. FC Barcelona completed three major transfers in January, all of whom came from England. The Premier League's Aston Villa, Everton, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, and Manchester City all made major signings this window. However, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 teams did not engage in a lot of activity in the January 2022 transfer window.

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