It’s the final day in the January transfer window, and we’re bringing you a running blog today where we’ll be bringing you all of the news you need to hear about all of the signings across the globe.
Be sure to keep on returning to this running blog throughout the day to stay updated, as well as visiting WorldSoccerTalk.com for the latest stories.
Also, if you have any transfer deadline day questions, be sure to post them in the comments section below.
Premier League
Arsenal
• Arsenal sign Kim Kallstrom on loan until end of season
• Arsene Wenger says that Julian Draxler will stay at Schalke
• Emmanuel Frimpong has joined Barnsley
• Arsenal offered Lazio a £2million loan fee in the hope of signing Miroslav Klose, but Lazio rejected offer
• Arsenal defender Daniel Boateng joins Hibernian on loan
• Watford have signed Arsenal forward Park Chu-Young on loan until the end of the season
#Afc board were happy to meet #Schalke fee for Draxler & keen this month to avoid summer battle, but AW valuation lower & unwilling to budge
— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) January 31, 2014
Aston Villa
• Aston Villa target Wes Hoolahan staying at Norwich
• Aston Villa’s Nathan Delfouneso joins Coventry on loan
Cardiff City
• Wilfried Zaha has officially joined on loan until the end of the season.
• Fabio has joined Cardiff City in a permanent move
• Blackburn have signed Cardiff City’s Craig Conway
• F.C. København sign Andreas Cornelius from Cardiff City
Chelsea
• Mohamed Salah is pictured above wearing a Chelsea shirt
• Chelsea confirm the signing of St Etienne defender Kurt Zouma
• Chelsea agree to loan Gael Kakuta to Italian club Lazio
Crystal Palace
• Crystal Palace have signed Wolves goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
• Crystal Palace have confirmed a deal with Celtic to sign Joe Ledley
• Crystal Palace have signed Blackburn’s Scott Dann
• Ivan Ramis has failed a medical, so he won’t be joining Crystal Palace after all
• Crystal Palace officially complete loan move for Tom Ince despite late bid from Stoke City
• Jason Puncheon signs with Crystal Palace on a four and half year permanent deal
Everton
• Everton have signed 17-year-old goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek from Sparta Prague on a 2.5-year deal
• Everton defender Johnny Heitenga has completed a move to Fulham
Fulham
• Fulham have completed the signing of Olympiacos striker Konstantine Mitroglou. Listen to Greek soccer expert Morgan Green discussing Mitroglou on this week’s World Soccer Talk Podcast.
• Fulham have signed Lewis Holtby on loan until the end of the season
• Fulham defender Aaron Hughes has joined QPR
• Dimitar Berbatov has finalized a deal to join AS Monaco on loan
• Philippe Senderos has joined Valencia on a permanent deal.
• Everton defender Johnny Heitenga has completed a move to Fulham
Hull City
• Nottingham Forest sign Jack Hobbs from Hull City
• Danny Graham has joined Middlesbrough on loan.
Liverpool
• Levante have announced the signing of former Liverpool midfielder Mohamed Sissoko on a short-term contract
• Manchester City have rejected a loan offer from Liverpool for defender Micah Richards
• Liverpool’s deal for Yevhen Konoplyanka has fallen through. Another frustrating transfer signing that could have been for the Reds. Reportedly the clubs were unable to agree a fee for the player.
• Here’s the reaction from Konoplyanka’s agent:
Absolutely gutted, can't put it in to words.
— James Lippett (@JamLipp78) January 31, 2014
Manchester City
• BBC Sport reports that “No progress has been made with interest in Porto pair Eliaquim Mangala and Fernando. Porto’s asking price was understood to be prohibitive at well in excess of £40m and the deals may be revisited in the summer.”
A loan move was never on the cards for me it had nothing to do with wages just simply a chance to win 4 trophy’s with #City this season
— Joleon Lescott (@JoleonLescott) January 31, 2014
Manchester United
• Manchester United’s Wilfried Zaha has officially joined on loan until the end of the season.
• Manchester United defender Fabio has joined Cardiff City in a permanent move
• Manchester United may bring in as many as five players in the summer, says Manchester Evening News
• Tom Thorpe has joined Championship side Birmingham City on loan until the end of the season
• David Moyes’ plan for a Nani and Andros Townsend swap deal with Tottenham was rejected, reports The Daily Mirror
• Manchester United youngster Tyler Blackett has made his second loan move of the 2013/14 season, this time joining Birmingham City.
• Federico Macheda has joined Birmingham on loan from Manchester United.
Newcastle
• Papiss Cisse turns down big money move to Trabzonspor
Norwich City
• When Norwich’s Wes Hoolahan was asked whether he would be clearing his locker at the club, he allegedly replied “I hope so. This is a f****** s******* club” (see above back cover from one of the tabloids in England today)
• Norwich has received a third bid for Wes Hoolahan from Aston Villa. However, a fourth bid for the player has been received from West Bromwich Albion. No deal transpired however.
Southampton
• Southampton’s Jason Puncheon has signed with Crystal Palace on a four and half year permanent deal
• Juventus have confirmed the signing of Dani Osvaldo from Southampton.
Stoke City
• Brek Shea has extended his loan deal with Barnsley for another two months
• Stoke City’s bid for Lee Cattermole has fallen through
• Sunderland accused of making ‘cheeky’ bid for Stoke’s Geoff Cameron
• Stoke City believe they’ve captured the loan signing of Jonathan Pitroipa from Stade Rennais
Sunderland
• Sunderland sign Liam Bridcutt from Brighton in a £2.5million deal on a 3.5-year contract
• Sunderland’s Alfred N’Diaye goes out on loan to Real Betis until the end of the season
• Sunderland midfielder David Vaughan has transferred to Nottingham Forest
• Modibo Diakite has joined Fiorentina on loan until the end of the season.
• Kilmarnock take Sunderland’s David Moberg Karlsson on loan
• Sunderland rule out sale of defender Phil Bardsley
• Jozy Altidore’s agent says there’s no truth to the American striker being loaned to PSV.
“Jozy is happy at Sunderland, and is very happy with Gus (Poyet) as a manager. He is looking forward to tomorrow’s derby with Newcastle.”
• Sunderland accused of making ‘cheeky’ bid for Stoke’s Geoff Cameron
• Stoke City’s bid for Lee Cattermole has fallen through
• Danny Graham has joined Middlesbrough on loan.
Swansea City
• Swansea City have £2.5m bid for Leicester City star Jeffrey Schlupp rejected
• Swansea’s Rory Donnelly has joined Coventry City on loan
• Swansea have enquired to Tottenham about bringing Nacer Chadli on loan from Spurs
• ‘Swansea is interesting but if he stays at Tottenham he can be somebody’ says Nacer Chadli’s agent, saying that the player wants to stay at Spurs
• Swansea have made their fourth signing of the window with Jay Fulton joining from Falkirk
• Swansea have been linked with a move for goalkeepers Jack Butland and Reading’s Alex McCarthy
• Tottenham’s Nacer Chadli tempted by Swansea loan with promise of preferred central role
• The deal for Nacer Chadli seems to have ended with the player not going to Swansea.
• Swansea sign Marvin Emnes on loan from Middlesbrough — Swansea’s fifth signing of the window
Tottenham
• Lewis Holtby has joined Fulham on loan until the end of the season
• Spurs manager Tim Sherwood has confirmed that the club will not be signing any players today
• Tim Sherwood has revealed that he has rejected chairman Daniel Levy’s offers to strengthen Tottenham’s squad in the January transfer window.
• David Moyes’ plan for a Nani and Andros Townsend swap deal with Tottenham was rejected, reports The Daily Mirror
• ‘Swansea is interesting but if he stays at Tottenham he can be somebody’ says Nacer Chadli’s agent, saying that the player wants to stay at Spurs
• Tottenham’s Nacer Chadli tempted by Swansea loan with promise of preferred central role
• The deal for Nacer Chadli seems to have ended with the player not going to Swansea.
• QPR launch a 28-day loan bid for Jermain Defoe, which was OK’d by Ryan Nelsen but denied by #THFC chairman Daniel Levy
West Brom
• West Bromwich Albion have made a loan bid for Norwich’s Wes Hoolahan
• West Brom get Thievy Bifouma on loan from Espanyol with option to buy
West Ham United
• West Ham have completed Colombia international Pablo Armero loan signing
• Partick Thistle have signed West Ham’s George Moncur on loan
• Sam Allardyce says that it looks like West Ham United have missed out on signing Joleon Lescott
• Modibo Maiga has joined QPR on loan from West Ham United.
Razvan Rat’s contract with West Ham will be paid up tonight and he’ll go. WH have had some good No8’s. He’s not one of them.
— Lee Clayton (@LeeClayton_) January 31, 2014
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Championship
Barnsley
• Arsenal’s Emmanuel Frimpong has joined Barnsley
Birmingham City
• Manchester United youngster Tyler Blackett has made his second loan move of the 2013/14 season, this time joining Birmingham City.
• Federico Macheda has joined the club on loan from Manchester United.
Blackburn
• Blackburn have signed Cardiff City’s Craig Conway
Bolton
• Bolton Wanderers sign Yannick Bastos from FC Differdange
• Bolton have signed Liam Trotter on loan from Millwall until the end of the season.
Nottingham Forest
• Sunderland midfielder David Vaughan has transferred to Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers
• QPR’s Adel Taarabt has joined AC Milan on loan until the end of the season
• Guilherme Dellatorre has joined QPR
• QPR have signed Kevin Doyle on loan
• Watford sign Samba Diakite on loan from QPR
• Will Keane is having a medical at QPR in hopes of a move to Loftus Road
• Michael Mancienne to QPR: Transfer in sight for Hamburg man as agents jet in
• Modibo Maiga has joined QPR on loan from West Ham United.
• QPR launch a 28-day loan bid for Jermain Defoe, which was OK’d by Ryan Nelsen but denied by #THFC chairman Daniel Levy
Watford
• Watford sign Samba Diakite on loan from QPR
• Watford have signed Arsenal forward Park Chu-Young on loan until the end of the season
Wigan Athletic
• Wigan Athletic have completed the signing of striker Martyn Waghorn from Leicester City on a deal until the end of the season.
• Wigan Athletic have signed Leicester City striker Martyn Waghorn on loan.
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Serie A
AC Milan
• QPR’s Adel Taarabt has joined AC Milan on loan until the end of the season
Fiorentina
• Sunderland defender Modibo Diakite has joined Fiorentina on loan until the end of the season.
Juventus
• Juventus have confirmed the signing of Dani Osvaldo from Southampton.
Lazio
• Helder Postiga has joined Lazio on loan.
Napoli
• Napoli have completed the signing of centre-back Henrique for an undisclosed fee from Brazilian outfit Palmeiras on a three-year deal
• Napoli have signed Ghoulam from Saint-Étienne.
Real Sociedad
• Real Sociedad sign Sergio Canales from Valencia
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Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen
• Andres Guardado has been loaned to Leverkusen from Valencia
Kaiserslautern
• Srdjan Lakic joins Kaiserslautern
Nurnberg
• José Campana joins 1.FC Nürnberg on loan
Werder Bremen
• Werder Bremen sign Ludovic Obraniak on a two-and-a-half-year deal
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La Liga
Levante
• Levante have announced the signing of former Liverpool midfielder Mohamed Sissoko on a short-term contract
• Levante UD sign Víctor Casadesús on a three-and-a-half-year deal
Real Betis
• Sunderland’s Alfred N’Diaye goes out on loan to Real Betis until the end of the season
Roma
• Rafael Toloi joins As Roma on loan
Valencia
• Andres Guardado has been loaned to Leverkusen from Valencia
Villarreal
• Hernán Pérez joins Olympiacos from Villarreal
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NASL
New York Cosmos
• New York Cosmos have signed Norwegian forward Mads Stokkelien
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Major League Soccer
Chicago Fire
• Chicago Fire name former U.S. international Clint Mathis assistant coach
LA Galaxy
• LA Galaxy sign Swedish midfielder Stefan Ishizaki
Toronto FC
• QPR launch a 28-day loan bid for Jermain Defoe, which was OK’d by Ryan Nelsen but denied by #THFC chairman Daniel Levy
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