THE WORLD THIS MONTH
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
EUROPE
SINISA MIHAJLOVIC, who coached
the Serie A side in the 2008-09 season,
returned to Bologna after they sacked
Filippo Inzaghi.Hanover replaced Andre Breitenreiter
with THOMAS DOLL, while Augsburg
appointed former Germany goalkeeper
JENS LEHMANN as assistant coach.
Ex-international midfielder THOMAS
HITZLSPERGER was appointed sporting
director of Stuttgart.Without a club since leaving LA
Galaxy in November, 38-year-old
defender ASHLEY COLE rejoined
former England and Chelsea team-mate
Frank Lampard, who is now manager of
Championship side Derby County.Bottom of the Premier League,
Huddersfield Town appointed JAN
SIEWERT as manager following David
Wagner’s decision to stand down.€64m Christian Pulisic (B Dortmund,
Ger, to Chelsea, Eng)
€47m Leandro Paredes (Zenit, Rus,
to Paris Saint-Germain, Fra)
€42m Paulinho (Barcelona, Spa, to
Guangzhou Evergrande, Chn)
€35m Shoya Nakajima (Portimonense,
Por, to Al Duhail, Qat)
€35m Lucas Paqueta
(Flamengo, Bra, to Milan, Ita)
€35m Krzysztof Piatek
(Genoa, Ita, to Milan, Ita)
€24m Miguel Almiron (Atlanta
United, USA, to Newcastle
United, Eng)
€ 21 .2m Dominic Solanke (Liverpool,
Eng, to Bournemouth, Eng)
€ 20 .5m Jonny Otto (Atletico Madrid,
Spa, to Wolves, Eng)
€20m Marek Hamsik (Napoli, Ita,
to Dalian Yifang, Chn)
€17.3m Brahim Diaz (Man City, Eng,
to Real Madrid, Spa)
€17 m Emiliano Sala (Nantes, Fra,
to Cardiff City, Eng)
€ 16 .5m Stefano Sturaro (Juventus,
Ita, to Genoa, Ita)€15 m Leonardo Balerdi (Boca, Arg,
to Borussia Dortmund, Ger)
€15 m Wilmar Barrios (Boca Juniors,
Arg, to Zenit, Rus)
€15 m Giorgian De Arrascaeta
(Cruzeiro, Bra, to Flamengo, Bra)
€15 m Amadou Haidara (RB Salzburg,
Aut, to RB Leipzig, Ger)
€14 m Diego Lainez (Club America,
Mex, to Real Betis, Spa)
€ 13 .6m Chris Mepham (Brentford,
Eng, to Bournemouth, Eng)
€ 13 .2m Gonzalo Martinez (River Plate,
Arg, to Atlanta United, USA)
€ 13 .1m Maximiliano Meza
(Independiente, Arg, to
Monterrey, Mex)
€ 12 .5m Mousa Dembele (Tottenham,
Eng, to Guangzhou R&F, Chn)
€12 m Benik Afobe
(Wolverhampton Wanderers,
Eng, to Stoke City, Eng)
€12 m Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan,
Rus, to Zenit, Rus)
€12 m Marouane Fellaini
(Manchester United, Eng, to
Shandong Luneng, Chn)€12 m Manolo Gabbiadini
(Southampton, Eng, to
Sampdoria, Ita)
€12 m Hamed Junior Traore
(Empoli, Ita, to Fiorentina, Ita)
€11 m Fode Ballo-Toure (Lille, Fra,
to Monaco, Fra)
€11 m Ozan Kabak (Galatasaray, Tur,
to Stuttgart, Ger)
€11 m Rabbi Matondo
(Manchester City, Eng, to
Schalke, Ger)
€11 m Maximilian Wober (Ajax, Hol,
to Sevilla, Spa)
€ 10 .6m Victor Davila (Necaxa, Mex, to
Pachuca, Mex)
€10.6m Orbelin Pineda (Guadalajara,
Mex, to Cruz Azul, Mex)
€10 m Alphonso Davies (Vancouver
Whitecaps, USA, to Bayern
Munich, Ger)
€10 m Vincente Iborra (Leicester
City, Eng, to Villarreal, Spa)
€10 m Aleksandar Prijovic (PAOK,
Gre, to Al Ittihad, Sau)
€10 m Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Shakhtar
Donetsk, Ukr, to Zenit, Rus)Former Liverpool and Switzerland
centre-back STEPHANE HENCHOZ was
appointed coach of Neuchatel Xamax.PAUL HECKINGBOTTOM replaced
Neil Lennon at Hibernian, while BRIAN
RICE took charge of Scottish Premiership
strugglers Hamilton Academical.Sacked in December, JAVIER
CALLEJA returned to La Liga strugglers
Villarreal after they axed his replacement,
Luis Garcia.Czech coach MICHAL BILEK replaced
Stanimir Stoilov in charge of Kazakhstan’s
national side.“Piatek’s a guy of few words.
He’s a bit like Robocop. All he says
is ‘I want to score, I want to score’”
Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso pays
tribute to his new signingReturn...Sinisa
MihajlovicMonterrey...MezaMilan...PaquetaPSG...ParedesJANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW TOP DEALS
Jose’s man
...Rui Faria