Transfer deadline: all the biggest deals of the day. How it happened
Luis Torres
Dailysports's expert
On February 3, 2025, the winter transfer window closed in the main Western European leagues, marking the deadline day of the transfer market. As usual, this was one of the busiest days, with clubs rushing to finalize deals they couldn’t complete throughout the past month.
Dailysports was with you throughout the day to ensure you didn’t miss any key transfers.
Main deadline day transfers
- ✍️ Marco Asensio. PSG ➡️ Aston Villa. Loan
- ✍️ Nico González. Porto ➡️ Manchester City. Transfer
- ✍️ Riccardo Sottil. Fiorentina ➡️ Milan. Loan
- ✍️ Warren Bondo. Monza ➡️ Milan. Transfer
- ✍️ Ismaël Bennacer. Milan ➡️ Marseille. Loan
- ✍️ Ben Chilwell. Chelsea ➡️ Crystal Palace. Loan
- ✍️ Axel Disasi. Chelsea ➡️ Aston Villa. Loan
- ✍️ Mathys Tel. Bayern ➡️ Tottenham. Loan
- ✍️ Victor Nelsson. Galatasaray ➡️ Roma. Loan
- ✍️ Cucho Hernández. Columbus ➡️ Betis. Transfer
- ✍️ Lloyd Kelly. Newcastle ➡️ Juventus. Loan
- ✍️ Carney Chukwuemeka. Chelsea ➡️ Borussia Dortmund. Loan
- ✍️ Nicolò Zaniolo. Galatasaray ➡️ Fiorentina. Loan
- ✍️ Santiago Giménez. Feyenoord ➡️ Milan. Transfer
- ✍️ Davide Calabria. Milan ➡️ Bologna. Loan
- ✍️ Daniel Svensson. Nordsjælland ➡️ Borussia Dortmund. Loan
- ✍️ Kosta Nedeljković. Aston Villa ➡️ RB Leipzig. Loan
- ✍️ James Ward-Prowse. Nottingham Forest ➡️ West Ham. Return from loan
Live updates:
🕛 00:50 Manchester City announced the signing of Nico González from Porto for €40 million. He signed a long-term contract with the club.
Milan completed two deals. Central midfielder Warren Bondo joined from Monza for €10 million, while winger Riccardo Sottil arrived on loan from Fiorentina.
Chelsea sent Axel Disasi on loan to Aston Villa, and Ben Chilwell will spend the rest of the season at Crystal Palace.
Mathys Tel has indeed left Bayern. The young Frenchman moved to Tottenham on loan with a buy option set at €55 million.
Algeria national team star Ismaël Bennacer joined Marseille on loan from Milan.
Betis completed the permanent transfer of Columbus Crew forward Cucho Hernández for €13 million.
Nicolò Fagioli left Juventus. The Italy international midfielder will spend at least six months at Fiorentina.
Roma strengthened their central defense with Victor Nelsson, who joined on loan from Galatasaray, while also reinforcing the left-back position with Anass Salah-Eddine from Twente.
Napoli secured a loan move for Milan forward Noah Okafor, with an option to buy.
Wolverhampton paid €18 million to Reims for Zimbabwe international central midfielder Marshall Munetsi.
🕛 00:00 Braga leader Bruma moves to Benfica for €6 million.
🕛 23:50 Tyrell Malacia has flown to the Netherlands to join PSV from Manchester United on loan.
🕛 23:35 Joao Felix has flown to Milan to complete his loan spell from Chelsea.
🕛 23:25 Ipswich have bought goalkeeper Alex Palmer from West Bromwich for £2m. The contract is for 3.5 years.
🕛 23:15 Tottenham want to include a buy-back option in their loan deal with Bayern for Matthijs Thel. Talks between the clubs are ongoing.
🕛 23:05 Joan Laporta says Barcelona were looking to strengthen on loan but it didn't work out. The transfer window is closed for the Catalans.
🕛 22:40 Eintracht have bought forward Michy Batshuayi from Galatasaray for €3m.
🕛 22:30 Bayern talent Adam Aznou has moved to Valladolid on loani until the end of the season with no buyout option.
🕛 22:18 Juventus have announced the loan of centre-back Lloyd Kelly from Newcastle. The Turin side have a right of redemption.
🕛 22:08 Joan Laporta: “There will be a surprise. We are trying to close one deal”.
🕛 22:03 Borussia Dortmund have announced the loan of Carney Chukwuemeka from Chelsea. The buyout option is €40 million.
🕛 22:00. Former Bayern Munich defender Juan Bernat, who is owned by PSG, has signed a contract with Getafe until the end of the season. It remains unknown on what rights the transfer took place.
🕛 21:50. Tottenham are rumoured to have finally cooled their interest in Axel Disassi, but Aston Villa, who are in talks with Chelsea, are interested in his services.
🕛 21:40. Wolverhampton will be without defender Thomas Christensen. The sum of 15 million euros proved unconvincing for Udinese to part with their player.
🕛 21:30. Today we mostly see only loan signings. Thus, Aston Villa have loaned PSG winger Marco Asensio until the end of the season.
🕛 21:10. Former Roma, Fiorentina and Torino striker Andrea Belotti has moved to Portuguese side Benfica on loan from Como.
🕛 21:00. The transfer window in Germany has officially closed. The window in France will be open until 23:00 CET on 3 February, while in England, Italy and Spain it will be open until midnight on the night of 3-4 February CET.
🕛 20:50. There will be no transfer of Alejandro Garnacho from Manchester United in the winter transfer window. The Argentine remains in Ruben Amorim's team.
🕛 20:40. Ismael Bennacer is already very close to a move to Marseille. One million euros on loan from Milan, 12 million for a potential buyout and three million in bonuses.
🕛 20:30. Former Cologne and Borussia Dortmund striker Anthony Modeste has decided to sign a contract with Intercity. This team is ranked 20th in their group of the third-strongest Spanish division.
🕛 20:10. Feyenoord have found a replacement for Santiago Gimenez, who moved to Milan today. The Dutch grandee is targeting the transfer of his compatriot Stefano Carrillo from Mexican side Santos Laguna.
🕛 20:00. Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Saint-Etienne midfielder Mathis Amougou. The 19-year-old has played for the French national team at Under-18 level and is set to join Chelsea in a deal worth more than £10million.
🕛 19:50. Porto have made an enquiry about West Ham striker Luis Guilherme. So far, there is no concrete offer.
🕛 19:40. Celtic have made an offer to Crystal Palace for Jeffrey Schlupp on loan. The clubs are close to reaching an agreement.
🕛 19:30. Manchester United defender Tyrell Malacia is close to moving to PSV on loan.
🕛 19:10. Centre-back Naser Djiga, 22, is undergoing a medical at Wolverhampton ahead of his move from Serbian club Crvena Zvezda.
🕛 19:00. Southampton have refused to let go of their defender Jan Bednarek. The offer from Roma has been rejected by the Saints.
🕛 18:45. Tottenham are trying to revive the topic of acquiring Axel Disasi from Chelsea. However, the French centre-back is unwilling to consider the idea of such a move.
🕛 18:30. Chelsea are seriously interested in Manchester City's 19-year-old Nico O'Reilly. However, the Citizens would like a clause in his contract to be activated. This is not expected to be an ongoing theme.
🕛 18:20. With the impending sale of Nico Gonzalez, Porto could acquire Pablo Torre from Barcelona at the end of the window.
🕛 18:15. Ismael Bennacer has agreed a full deal with Olympique Marseille, but Milan will only let him go if a new player replaces him.
🕛 18:00. Milan and Fiorentina have reached a consensus on a loan deal with a purchase option for Viola winger Riccardo Sottil. However, before giving the final "green light," Fiorentina’s management wants to secure a replacement.
🕛 17:50. It appears that Aston Villa are unlikely to allow Leon Bailey to depart during this transfer window. Both Manchester United and Tottenham have inquired about the winger.
🕛 17:40. Transfer prospect. RB Leipzig have signed 18-year-old French Caen forward Tidiam Gomis for one million euros.
🕛 17:30. Former Roma and Atalanta midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo has returned to Italy. Fiorentina rented the player from Turkish Galatasaray until the end of the season.
🕛 17:10. Newcastle defender Lloyd Kelly's move to Juventus is dependent on him getting his work visa in Italy in time. Kelly himself is not very confident that the transfer will happen.
🕛 17:00. Wolverhampton will sell their ex-captain Mario Lemina to Turkish side Galatasaray. It is rumoured that Wolves will receive three million euros for him.
🕛 16:50. West Ham has loaned Brighton's striker Evan Ferguson untill the end of the season. The Hammers have an option to buy Irish forward.
🕛 16:40. Joao Felix is closing in on Milan, who are set to take him on loan from Chelsea. The clubs want to finalise the deal on terms that suit both sides. Serigio Conceição is in favour of the transfer.
🕛 16:30. AC Milan has finalized the deal with transfer of Feyenoord's striker Santiago Gimenez.
🕛 16:20. Pep Guardiola will have a new midfielder at his disposal. Manchester City are rumoured to pay Porto €60 million for Nico Gonzalez.
🕛 16:10. At the last moment, Bayern Munich forward Mathys Tel changed his mind. According to rumors, he will join Tottenham on loan, but Spurs will not have a purchase option.
🕛 16:00. The son of former Chelsea winger Florent Malouda, Aaron, has joined Nîmes on loan from Lille.
🕛 15:50. Wolverhampton’s transfer target Volodymyr Brazhko will remain at Dynamo Kyiv. Club president Ihor Surkis stated in an interview with Ukrainian media that the player will continue to help the team in Champions League qualification, which is more important for Dynamo than a short-term financial gain.
🕛 15:40. Bologna have signed AC Milan defender Davide Calabria on loan until the end of the season. It is not reported whether the Rossoblù have a purchase option.
🕛 15:30. Rennes completed another high-profile transfer on the final day of the window, signing Montpellier’s Jordanian winger Mousa Tamari.
🕛 15:10. Marseille have sent an offer to sign Juventus midfielder Nicolò Fagioli on loan with an obligation to buy tied to personal and team targets. Fiorentina, on the other hand, are only interested in a loan deal with an option to buy, so Marseille are leading the race for the 23-year-old.
🕛 15:000. Olympique Lyon has rejected successive attempts by Borussia Dortmund to transfer Rayan Cherki.
🕛 14:50. Napoli are working on the loan of Noah Okafor from Milan with a buyout option. This is an emergency option in case of a possible Allan Saint-Maximen transfer fiasco.
🕛 14:40. According to rumors, Chelsea forward Christopher Nkunku was not planning to leave the club on loan this winter. The only possible way for him to depart was a permanent transfer, but Bayern Munich and Manchester United did not make concrete offers.
🕛 14:30. Borussia Dortmund have loaned Danish Nordsjaelland left-back Daniel Svensson. The deal is until the end of the season, and the Bumblebees have the option to buy him out.
🕛 14:10. Rennes has brought French defender Anthony Rouault back to his home league. The 23-year-old moved to the Ligue 1 club from Stuttgart for 13 million euros.
🕛14:00. Brighton has signed 19-year-old forward Stefanos Tzimas from German Nuremberg for 25 million euros. It is noteworthy that yesterday, Nuremberg bought the player's contract from Greek PAOK for 18 million euros. Tzimas will spend the end of the season in the Second Bundesliga on loan.
🕛 13:40 West Ham has officially confirmed that James Ward-Prowse is returning from his loan spell at Nottingham Forest. The midfielder spent the first half of the season with Forest, but managed to feature in only 10 matches. Now, he rejoins the Hammers for the remainder of the campaign.
🕛 13:05 Marcus Edwards is set to play for Burnley, as the English club has secured him on loan with an option to buy from Sporting CP. Burnley has only teased the transfer with a cryptic post on X (formerly Twitter), but details of the deal have already leaked online.
🕛 12:45 Premier League transfer rumors: two veteran stars set for moves: two high-profile Premier League veterans are reportedly close to switching clubs. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) is expected to join Crystal Palace on loan until the end of the season. Jorginho will leave Arsenal this summer as a free agent and is set to join Flamengo ahead of the Club World Cup.
🕛 12:00 Aston Villa's right-back Kosta Nedeljkovic moves from England to Germany. RB Leipzig has signed the 19-year-old defender on loan until the end of the season, with an option to buy for €15 million. Villa originally signed Nedeljkovic a year ago for €7.6 million, but he struggled to establish himself in the Premier League.
🕛 11:50 Welcome, Dailysports readers! In this live blog, we’ll be tracking all the latest transfer activity worldwide, with a special focus on Premier League deadline-day deals. Let’s get started! 🚀
