The usual late flurry of activity at the end of the January transfer window, with over 30 players changing clubs in the last two days. Valencia were the most active of those, competing the signings of Keita, Araújo and Senderos to add to that of Vargas, and finding homes for Banega, Canales, Guardado, Postiga and Pabón. No movements at all for Barcelona and Real Madrid, although Atlético have finally been able to bring back Diego from Wolfsburg, letting Oliver Torres and Guilavogui go out on loan to Villarreal and Saint Etienne respectively. Rayo Vallecano, Levante and Málaga have also strengthened their squads in the last few days, and in the second division Deportivo and Mallorca have made important new signings. For details of all of those and more please see below. (01.02.14)
Colour coding: Green - deals ostensibly completed, but still not closed, or player on trial; Blue - deals closed now, but will take place at a later date; Red - deals closed but subsequently cancelled.
Player (Country) | Old club | New club | Position/Comments | |
Banega (ARG) |
Valencia |
Newell's Old Boys (ARG) |
MF Move to Atlético thwarted by signing of Diego, so has agreed last minute loan back to Argentina. | |
Jeffren | Sporting Lisbon (POR) | Valladolid | MF Ex Barcelona midfielder returns to Spain. No further details available at the moment. | |
Gomis (FRA) | Levante | Nantes (FRA) | MF Has hardly featured since joining in the summer, so agrees to rescind contract and return to France. | |
Senderos (SWI) |
Fulham (ENG) |
Valencia |
DF Not sure whether Otamendi deal can be completed, so have signed Swiss defender as plan B. Ricardo Costa may leave? | |
Joan Román | Barcelona B | Villarreal | FW Young forward had spell at Man City, and has been loaned out to Villarreal to replace Hernán Pérez. | |
Camara (GUI) | Sochaux (FRA) | Mallorca | MF Have signed Guinean international left winger on loan until the end of the season. | |
Otamendi (ARG) | Porto (POR) | Valencia | DF Pizzi almost got ahead of many big clubs to bring international defender to Mestalla, but couldn't agree loan deal on time. | |
Welliton (BZL) | Spartak Moscow (RUS) / Sao Paulo (BZL) | Celta | FW Gave up waiting for Israel's Damari, and have taken Brazilian striker on loan until summer. | |
Oliver Torres |
Atlético Madrid |
Villarreal |
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Diego (BZL / ITA) |
Wolfsburg (GER) |
Atlético Madrid |
MF Will be returning to Atleti at last! Loan deal until summer, and then will be free agent. | |
Guilavogui (FRA) | Atlético Madrid | Sant Etienne (FRA) | MF Concerned about his place in World Cup squad, and have accepted his request to move back to France on loan. | |
Araújo (BZL) | Cruzeiro (BZL) | Valencia | FW Have signed the striker Pizzi wanted to replace Postiga! Paid €3.5 Mio for 50% of his rights. | |
Yakovenko (UKR) | Fiorentina (ITA) | Málaga | MF Fourth signing this winter for Schuster! Joins on loan to end of season, but no buy out option. | |
Víctor Casadesús | Mallorca | Levante | FW Has agreed to leave Mallorca, and signs 30 month contract at Levante. No indication if transfer fee involved or not. | |
Mohamed Sissoko (FRA) | No club | Levante | MF Had no luck at Valladolid, but decides to take up 6 month contract at Levante instead. | |
Thievy (CAM / FRA) | Espanyol | West Bromwich Albion (ENG) |
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Andersen (DEN) | Betis | Go Ahead Eagles (HOL) | GK Drew the short straw to make room for Adán. Didn't have time to sell him, so moves to Holland on loan deal. | |
Hernán Pérez (PAR) | Villarreal | Olympiacos (GRE) | MF Has agreed to join Michel in Greece, replacing Weiss, who moves on. Reported fee of around €2 Mio. | |
Iñigo Pérez |
Mallorca |
Athletic Bilbao |
MF Loan period ended early as he is suffering from stress, and will be returning to San Mamés. | |
Iriney (BZL) | Granada / Watford (ENG) | Mallorca | MF Another deal involving the Granada constellation! Loan at Watford ended early to lend him on to islanders. | |
Sammir (CRO) | Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) | Getafe | MF Had agreed terms to sign in summer, but in the end he has rescinded contract and will be joining with immediate effect. | |
Stevanovic (BOS) | Sevilla / Elche | Alavés | MF Returned to Sevilla after unsuccessful loan deal, and will try his luck in 2nd division on loan again. | |
Rudy (POR) | Deportivo | Os Belenenses (POR) | FW Someone had to go to make room for new signings. Has agreed to return to Portugal. | |
Juanjo | Ponferradina | Tenerife | FW Ex Racing forward leaves Ponfe to take up offer from Canary Islanders, his 8th team to date. | |
Marc Martínez | Elche B | Deportivo | GK Returns to old club as cover during a couple of months for injured Lux. Will then go on to Depor B. | |
Gálvez | Rayo Vallecano | Werder Bremen (GER) | DF Defender has announced he will be moving to German club when contract ends in summer. | |
Pau Cendros | KAA Gent (BEL) | Alcorcón | DF Ex Mallorca full back will be returning to Spain after 2 years in Belgium to replace Nagore. | |
Keita (MAL) |
Dalian Aerbin (CHN) |
Valencia | MF Ex Sevilla & Barça midfielder turned down other others to return to La Liga. Signs for 6 months, with option of one season more. | |
Canales | Valencia | Real Sociedad |
MF Asked to leave after not featuring much, and have agreed transfer to Basque side for fee of around €3.5 Mio. Signs 4 year deal. | |
Guardado (MEX) | Valencia | Bayer Leverkusen (GER) | MF Mexican flanker moves on loan to Germany to end of season, with buy out option at end of contract. | |
Postiga (POR) | Valencia | Lazio (ITA) | FW Arrival of Vargas means he will play even less, so has agreed to loan move to end of season. | |
David Rodriguez | Celta | Brighton (ENG) | FW Striker has agreed terms to rescind contract, and will be joining Oscar García's side in Championship. | |
Bellvis | Celta | Ponferradina | DF Another who was not in Luis Enrique's plans. Agrees to end contract 6 months earlier, and expected to move to Ponferradina. | |
Lell (GER) | Levante | No club | DF German full back has agreed terms to leave club, but not sure yet where he will go. | |
Nong (CAM) | Levante | Recreativo | FW Young striker still has over two years to go on contract, but agrees to 6 month loan to gain experience. | |
Sanabria (PAR) | Barcelona B | Sassuolo (ITA) | FW 17 year old striker had agreed move to Roma with loan back to Sassuolo, but FIFA rules didn't allow it, so sold directly for €4.5 Mio + variables. | |
Borja López | Mónaco (FRA) | Rayo Vallecano | DF Young ex Sporting central defender returns to Spain on loan to get playing time. | |
Longo (ITA) | Inter Milan / Hellas Verona (ITA) | Rayo Vallecano | FW Had period on loan at Espanyol last year, and Rayo got ahead of Levante for new 6 month loan deal. | |
Rescaldani (ARG) |
Vélez Sarsfield (ARG) |
Málaga |
FW Paid €350,000 to take striker to end of season, with €0.7 Mio option to extend contract for four more years. | |
N'Diaye (FRA) | Sunderland (ENG) / Eskisehirspor (TKY) | Betis | MF Loan period to Turkey ended early for family reasons, and joins Betis to end of season as cover for injured Xavi Torres. | |
Ibrahim Sissoko (IVC) | Wolfsburg (GER) / Saint Etienne (FRA) | Deportivo | MF Has taken some time, but finally agreed to end loan in France early and join Depor on new loan deal. | |
Lopo | Getafe | Deportivo | DF Agrees to rescind contract at Getafe and returns to old club to replace Kaká, who left. 5th signing this winter for Depor! | |
Sergio Tejera | Espanyol | Alavés | MF Aguirre has hardly given ex Chelsea & Mallorca midfielder a chance, so reluctantly agrees new loan deal to Alavés. | |
Alcatraz García (COL) | Valladolid | No club | DF Alcatraz released early (must be a funnier line there somewhere)! Rescinds contract to return home. Next to leave Ebert & Osorio? | |
Echaide | Osasuna | Hércules | DF Hasn't been able to win first team place after retruning from loan to Huesca, so agrees to move out again until the summer. | |
Gato Silva (CHL) | Osasuna | Guangzhou (CHN) | MF Reported to be paying €2 Mio to take "the cat" to China, a boost for club's depleted funds, but a key man to lose. | |
Yebda (ALG) | Granada | Udinese (ITA) | MF Reported to be returning to Italy to get more playing time, although will probably be loaned on somewhere | |
Edgar | Almería / Jaén | Tenerife | MF Loan to Jaén ended early, and moves to home town club on another loan to end of season. | |
Dani Sotres | Racing Santander | Recreativo | GK Yet another to leave the sinking ship! Spain's U21 keeper moves to 2nd division side. Rubén loaned to Huesca to make room. | |
Mamadou Koné (IVC) | Racing Santander | Osasuna | FW Rumours that he had signed already, but young striker said he will stick with his colleagues and hold out to summer, when he will move to Pamplona. | |
Spas Delev (BUL) | Las Palmas | No club | FW Striker signed two year deal last summer, but has agreed to rescind contract as not in coach's plans. No news yet as to where he will go. | |
Generelo |
Elche |
Mallorca |
MF Contract runs out this summer, and agrees to take up offer of move to islands as has not played much since helping Elche win promotion last year. | |
Gunino (URU) | CA Fénix (URU) | Córdoba | DF Went back to home country last summer after loan spell at Almería, but returns to Spain on another loan deal this winter. | |
Sutil / Joselu |
Sabadell / Córdoba |
Jaén | FW Jaén pick up two rejects to strengthen their attack, the former after rescinding contract, and the latter on loan. | |
Aragoneses | Tenerife | Cádiz | GK Veteran keeper decided to leave after losing his place to Roberto, and has agreed to join 2B club to end of season. | |
Antonio Adán |
Cagliari (ITA) |
Betis |
GK Ex Madrid keeper moved recently to Italy, but has asked to be released to sign for Betis. Who will leave to make room? | |
Pabón (COL) | Valencia | Sao Paulo (BZL) | FW Has hardly played since joining in the summer, and have agreed 18 month loan for him at Brazilian club. | |
Amrabat (MOR / HOL) | Galatasaray (TKY) | Málaga | FW Have signed striker on loan with buy out deal, although deal still to be offcially confirmed. | |
Garry Mendes Rodrigues (CVE / HOL) | Levski Sofia (BUL) | Elche | MF Have signed Cape Verde international. Some confusion over playing name & length of contract? Loan deal with option for 4 year buy-out? | |
Nwankwo Obiora (NIG) | Cluj (ROM) | Córdoba | MF Have signed Nigerian international, but no further details as yet. Did have a brief spell at Murcia 3 years ago. | |
Babín (FRA) | Alcorcón | Granada | DF Has apparently agreed terms to join Granada at the end of the season. | |
Casado | Rayo Vallecano | Málaga | DF Left back was let go by Rayo after picking up serious injury last spring, but agreed terms to join Málaga a few weeks ago. |