The winter transfer window opens tomorrow, although the ongoing economic crisis in Spain means that once again little activity is expected over the next 31 days. Cash-strapped clubs are reticent to change their squads, and they are even thinking twice about a change of manager, Deportivo's Oltra only the third to fall since the start of the season. The new man in Coruña, Portugal's Domingos Pacienca, joins eight of his fellow countrymen at the club, and with Atlético's Silvio one of several possible new signings, that number could increase. Sevilla, Celta, Rayo, Valladolid and Villarreal have already lined up new squad members though, and the local press are filling their empty pages during the winter recess with rumours about possible transfers, with names such as Llorente, Villa, Negredo, Falcao and Monreal all hitting the headlines. Only time will tell whether any of those moves happens, but whatever the case clubs have until the end of January before the market closes once again. (31.12.12)
Player (Country) | Current club | New club | Position/Comments |
Domingos (POR) | No club | Deportivo | MG Ex Braga & Sporting Lisbon coach takes over from Oltra, who was fired. Joins 8 Portuguese players at club. |
Silvio (POR) | Atlético Madrid | Deportivo | DF Domingos knows him from time at Braga, and has agreed to bring him to Coruña on loan to end of season |
Roderick (POR) | Deportivo | Benfica (POR) | DF Benfica asked for loan period to be ended early. Only played 3 games since joining in summer. |
Stevanovic (BOS) | Vojvodina (SER) | Sevilla | MF Got ahead of several clubs to sign young flanker for reported fee of 1 Mio. Agreed 4 year deal. |
Bernardo | Sevilla | Sporting Gijón | DF Has hardly played since returning from loan at Racing, and moves on again to end of season. |
Demidov (NOR) | Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) | Celta | DF Ex Real Sociedad defender returns to Spàin on loan to end of season to replace injured Samuel. |
Daniel Larsson (SWE) | Malmö (SWE) | Valladolid | FW Signed striker on 42 month contract some time ago, but had to wait for Swedish league to finish. |
Ricardo | No club | Osasuna | GK Have taken back 41 year old keeper on 6 month contract due to injury to Riesgo. |
Jordi Figueras | Brugues (BEL) | Rayo Vallecano | DF Returns to club once again on loan after moving to Belgium a few months ago. |
Sueliton (BZL) | Rayo Vallecano | No club | DF Only played two cup games in 18 months at club, and has agreed terms with legal administrator to leave. |
Jonathan Pereira | Betis | Villarreal | FW Had fallen out with coach Pepe Mel, and agrees loan move back to old side. |
Farinós | No club | Villarreal | MF Has recovered from operation which forced him to leave Levante, and returns to old club. |
Joel | Atlético Madrid | Wigan (ENG) | GK Has not played since returning from Rayo loan spell in summer, and Martínez has taken him on trial. |
Floro Flores | Udinese / Granada | Genoa (ITA) | FW Italian forward has had disciplinary problems since summer signing, and loan period ended early. |
Akinsola (NIG) | Granada / Cartagena | Doxa (CYP) | FW Loan move to Cartagena ended early, and has been loaned on again to Cypriot side. |
Quini | Alcorcón | Racing Santander | FW Not played as much this season after several years at club, and agrees to join Gay on loan move. |
David Cortés / Javito | No club | Hércules | DF / MF Two more reinforcements to help them get off bottom of table after signing Mario Rosas and Redondo. |
D'Alessandro (ARG) | No club | Huesca | MG Veteran coach taken on to try and save team from relegation. Caretaker Royo stays on as assistant. |
José Aurelio Gay | No club | Racing Santander | MG Had problems finding a replacement when Fabri fired, but Gay agrees to take over after 2 years on dole. |
Atouba (CAM) | No club | Las Palmas | DF Veteran left back turns down other offers to join Canary Islanders. |
Rubén Suárez | Guizhou Renhe (CHN) | Almería | MF Ex Levante attacking midfielder returns to Spain after short spell in China. |
Ulloa (ARG) | Almería | Brighton (ENG) | FW Out of favour this season and reported to be signing for Gus Poyet's team in England. |
Armando | Vera Cruz (MEX) | Córdoba | DF Ex Levante and Barça B defender returns to Spain after 5 months in Mexico. |
Razak (GHA) | No club | Guadalajara | GK Ex Betis B keeper signed as emergency cover for injured Escalona. |