World Soccer - UK (2021-03)

“I’m not confident [he’ll stay], but I’m hopeful...

I still don’t see Leo Messi in another shirt

other than the Barca shirt”

EUROPE

Milan signed formerJuventus and

Croatia strikerMARIO MANDZUKIC

as a free agent. MeanwhileSAMI

KHEDIRAleftJuventus to join Hertha

Berlin andDEANDRE YEDLINexited

Newcastle United for Galatasaray,

bothonfreetransfers.

Bayer Leverkusen completed a trio

of signings from British clubs, adding

Celtic defenderJEREMIE FRIMPONG,

Leicester wingerDEMARAI GRAYand

Manchester United full-backTIMOTHY

FOSU-MENSAH. Celtic signed Everton

right-backJONJOE KENNYon loan

as a replacement.

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman discusses Lionel Messi’s future withThe Athletic

JANUARY2021 TRANSFERROUND-UP

Permanent...

Said Benrahma

Ajax new boy...

Sebastien Haller

Top talent...

Nicolo Rovella

£22.9m Dominik Szoboszlai

RB Salzburg

to RB Leipzig

£20.25mSebastien Haller

West Ham United to Ajax

£20m Said Benrahma*

Brentford to

West Ham United

£16.2m Nicolo Rovella**

Genoa toJuventus

£16m Morgan Sanson

Marseille to Aston Villa

£15m Gerard Deulofeu

Watford to Udinese

£12.4m Pedro

Fiorentina to Flamengo

£11.7m Dennis Man

FCSB to Parma

£11.7m Krepin Diatta

Club Brugge to Monaco

£11.5m Jeremie Frimpong

Celtic to Bayer

Leverkusen

£9m Antonio Sanabria

Real Betis to Torino

£9m Joakim Maehle

Genk to Atalanta

£8.1m Carlos Fernandez

Sevilla to Real Sociedad

£8.1m Kouadio Kone**

Toulouse to Borussia

Monchengladbach

£7.65m Filip Stevanovic**

Partizan Belgrade to

Manchester City

£7.2m Elia Petrelli

Juventus to Genoa

£6.3m Irfan Kahveci

Istanbul Basaksehir

to Fenerbahce

£5.85m Lucas Verissimo

Santos to Benfica

£5.5m Papu Gomez

AtalantatoSevilla

£5m Joshua King

Bournemouth to Everton

£4.91m Brenden Aaronson

Philadelphia Union

to RB Salzburg

£4.91m Mark McKenzie

Philadelphia Union to Genk

£4.5m Aleksandr Kokorin

Spartak Moscow

to Fiorentina

£4m Moises Caicedo

Independiente del Valle

to Brighton

£3.6m Bas Dost

Eintracht Frankfurt

to Club Brugge

(*Loan deal made permanent)

(**Remaining at club on loan)

LOAN DEALS

Martin Odegaard

Real Madrid to Arsenal

Moussa Dembele

Lyon to Atletico Madrid

Arkadiusz Milik

Napoli to Marseille

Luka Jovic

Real Madrid to

Eintracht Frankfurt

Takefusa Kubo

Real Madrid to Getafe

Willian Jose

Real Sociedad to Wolves

Ainsley Maitland-Niles

Arsenal to West Bromwich Albion

Fikayo Tomori

Chelsea to Milan

Joe Willock

Arsenal to Newcastle United

Jean-Philippe Mateta

Mainz to Crystal Palace

Carles Alena

Barcelona to Getafe

Mbaye Diagne

Galatasaray to West

Bromwich Albion

Patrick Cutrone

Wolves to Valencia

Jean-Clair Todibo

Barcelona to Nice

Daniele Rugani

Juventus to Cagliari

Ruben Vinagre

Wolves to Famalicao

Rabbi Matondo

Schalke to Stoke City

Mat Ryan

Brighton to Arsenal

Cenk Tosun

Everton to Besiktas

Henry Onyekuru

Monaco to Galatasaray

Filip Benkovic

Leicester to OH Leuven

Danny Drinkwater

Chelsea to Kasimpasa

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

THEWORLD THIS MONTH

Loaned out...

Jesse Lingard

Veteran striker...

Mario Mandzukic