Find the latest move news and top moves in Europe’s top leagues for the winter move window that opens on January 1.
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After arriving at Ajaccio (French Ligue 2) last August, Luxembourg’s Maxime Chanot will already pack his bags for MLS, according to L’Equipe. Not at New York City FC, where he played from 2016 to 2023, but at Los Angeles FC.
The foreign defender, who has just received U. S. citizenship, joins French World Cup winner Hugo Lloris and Olivier Giroud, who is also expected to end his career at the Californian club.
OM, ninth in Ligue 1 and going through a catastrophic season, announced on Tuesday the arrival of Frenchman Jean-Louis Gasset, who replaces Italian Gennaro Gattuso.
“It is a great honour for me to sign for this legendary club that is Olympique de Marseille. I can’t wait to start working with this organization to prepare for the upcoming games and give our best,” Gasset said. 70, quoted in an OM statement.
Belgian foreigner Thomas Meunier has signed with Trabzonspor from Borussia Dortmund, the top-flight Turkish club announced on Wednesday. “An agreement has been reached for the transfer of professional footballer Thomas André Meunier to our club on a flexible basis,” it announced on its website, specifying the length of the contract.
The 33-year-old Belgian right-back played for Club Brugge (2011-2016) and Paris Saint Germain (2016-2020) where he played for 4 years as a backup to Serge Aurier, who signed for Galatasaray at the beginning of February. In June 2020, he signed for Borussia Dortmund on a 4-year contract.
Based in Trabzon on the Black Sea, Trabzonspor is fourth in the Turkish Super Lig standings.
They had won the championship in 2022 after 38 years of waiting.
Olympique Lyonnais made official on Friday the arrival of Algerian striker Saïd Benrahma from West Ham, after filing an appeal with FIFA following the failure of the deal on Thursday night in the winter transfer window.
The 28-year-old, an Algerian foreigner (25 caps, 1 goal), has signed on loan for €5. 1 million until the end of the season, a contract with an option to buy of around €14. 4 million and a profit of 10%. – Participate in the capital gain in the event of a possible long-term transfer. The player had validated his medical on Thursday.
“Olympique Lyonnais is very pleased with the arrival of Saïd Benrahma, an experienced player with nearly 350 appearances under his belt at the highest level,” the club said in a statement. But his arrival was a long time coming, as OL were unable to complete the signing of the player before the end of the winter transfer window, pointing the finger at the London club’s duty. At the time, the club said it had “entered all administrative knowledge into FIFA’s compromised platform. “
Paris SG striker Hugo Ekitike, who has not played since August, has been loaned to Eintracht Frankfurt until the end of the season with an option to buy, the two clubs announced on Thursday. The two clubs managed to reach an agreement after a long time. It is in talks for a loan with a compulsory purchase option of around 30 million euros, a source close to the negotiations told AFP.
PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Axel Hellmann, coach of the German club, addressed the negotiations directly from Doha, where an assembly of the European Club Association (ECA), headed by the PSG president, was being held, according to the source. Recently sixth in the Bundesliga, PSG made the loan official on Thursday afternoon.
Arriving at PSG in the summer of 2022 and very little used, the 21-year-old striker has been playing since August 12 and Ligue 1 matchday 1 against Lorient (0-0). He has four goals and four assists in 33 games. The former Reims player travelled to Germany on Thursday afternoon to undergo a medical and signed his loan deal before 18:00, the end of the German transfer window.
Belgian foreign defensive midfielder Orel Mangala has been loaned to Lyon with an option to buy until the end of the season, OL announced on Thursday evening.
The loan is for an amount of 11. 7 million euros. The call option has been set at €17. 5 million, allowing for an additional €3. 5 million in bonuses and a 10% profit share on the capital gain from a potential long-term transfer.
The 25-year-old, who has a contract with Nottingham Forest until 2026, has 12 caps for the Red Devils.
Monaco announced late Thursday that it had loaned its 23-year-old Dutch foreign striker Myron Boadu to Dutch club Twente and its Belgian midfielder, Eliot Matazo, 21, to Belgian side Royal Antwerp.
Bought for €17 million in the summer of 2021 from Dutch side AZ Alkmaar, Boadu, a foreigner with the Netherlands (1 cap, 1 goal), was injured and never managed to identify himself in the Principality, where he played 68 games and scored ten goals. This season, the player, who has a contract with Monaco until June 2026, made 10 appearances and scored one goal. His loan to Twente, without an option, does not bear fruit, but the Dutch club will cover his salary again.
On the other hand, the loan of Eliot Matazo, with an option to buy, to Belgian club Royal Antwerp, is paying 250,000 euros, according to a source close to the matter.
FC Metz made official the arrival of Didier Lamkel Zé on Thursday. The striker is on loan from Hatayspor (Turkey) until the end of the season.
The Cameroonian foreigner knows perfectly the space of the Garnet since he moved to the club in the 2021-2022 season, where he managed to find the net 3 times in nine games and two months of competition.
Bayern Munich announced on Sunday the signing of French right-back Sacha Boey, until 2028, from Galatasaray, for a fee valued at 30 million euros.
“It’s a dream come true for me. It’s an honour for me to be able to play for such an important club as Bayern,” Boey said in a club statement. “I’m looking forward to meeting my new team and being able to play with all those wonderful players in the future. “
The 23-year-old joins three Frenchmen in Thomas Tuchel’s squad: Kingsley Coman, Dayot Upamecano and Mathys Tel.
FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez announced on Saturday, after his team’s 3-5 home defeat to Villarreal, that he would leave the Catalan club at the end of the season.
“On June 30 I will leave the club, it’s a decision I made with the president, with the squad,” said the former midfielder in a press conference, after extending his contract until 2025. “I think the stage deserves a change of course, and as ‘Culer’ (editor’s note: nickname of the Barça fans), I can’t allow this situation to continue,” he added after his team’s latest poor performance.
The 2010 World Cup winner with Spain, who made a series of gestures of frustration on his bench and in front of the press, hopes that his departure will “calm the situation” of the club, which plays “with too much tension”.
Still third, the reigning champions are now 10 points behind arch-rivals Real Madrid (1st) and 8 points behind unexpected neighbours Girona (2nd) and hold only a small hope of retaining their crown.
Stade Rennais’ Serbian foreign midfielder Nemanja Matic has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Lyon, until June 30, 2026, for a fee of €2. 6 million, OL announced on Saturday. The old Matic (1. 94 m), a left-footed defensive midfielder, has solid experience with more than six hundred professional caps and 48 caps for the national team.
After making his debut in Serbia at Lazarevac in 2005 and at Kosice in Slovakia, he played in the Netherlands, at Vitesse Arnehm, before Benfica Lisbon and Chelsea (2014-2017), with whom he won 3 Premier League, one FA Cup and one League. He then moved on to Manchester United (2017-2022), then AS Roma (2022-2023), with a Europa League final, before signing for Rennes at the start of the season (19 games).
Belgian foreigner Leander Dendoncker has joined Napoli from English club Aston Villa on loan with an option to buy, the reigning Italian champions announced on Friday.
Dendoncker, 28, little used (15 games in all competitions, 289 minutes played) in midfield for Aston Villa, his club since 2022.
He is Napoli’s Belgian signing of the winter transfer window, after Cyril Ngonge, who arrived in mid-January from Verona, and the fourth of the month after Italian Pasquale Mazzocchi (Salernitana) and Ivorian Hamed Traoré (Bournemouth).
With no time left to play for a struggling Cologne side in the Bundesliga (currently second-to-last in the league), Mathias Olesen will have a change of scenery. And until next June, it is with the shirt of Yverdon, 8th in the Swiss first division, that it will be seen to see him evolve. Capped 18 times (1 but), Olesen came through the youth ranks of FC Köln in 2019, after a spell at Eintracht Trier.
Mathias Olesen’s record in Switzerland.
Former Italian foreigner Daniele De Rossi has been appointed AS Roma coach until the end of the current season, replacing Portuguese Jose Mourinho, who was sacked earlier in the day, the Italian top-flight club announced on Tuesday. First team coach until June 30, 2024,” the club wrote on its X account.
De Rossi, 40, wore the Roma shirt for 18 seasons between 2001 and 2019, before hanging up his boots in 2020 after a few months in Argentina with Boca Juniors. World Cup winner with Italy in 2006 (117 caps, 21 goals), the first The midfielder has a modest record with Roma: two editions of the Coppa Italia (2007, 2008) and the 2007 Italian Super Cup.
His formative career is equally modest: he was part of the coaching staff of the Italian national team for a few months (2021-22) and then managed between October 2022 and February 2023 SPAL, which then bet on the second division and was relegated to Serie C. at the end of the season.
Under his guidance, the Ferrara city club, Emilia-Romagna, played 17 matches and won three. After their tough defeat to AC Milan (3-1) on Sunday, AS Roma is ninth in the Italian championship. Mourinho had been in the rankings since July 2021: he led Roma to the first edition of the Europa Conference League (C4) in 2022 and led them to the Europa League final last season.
But Roma are lagging behind in the race for the name and even the Champions League qualification spots. They were also eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia by arch-rivals Lazio (1-0).
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) on Wednesday unveiled Dorival Junior as the Seleçao’s new coach, likely ending the soap opera over who will take the fate of the five-time world champion into their own hands. “Dorival Junior is the new coach of the Brazilian men’s national team,” the CBF said in a statement, announcing the former Sao Paulo FC coach’s presentation for Thursday in Rio de Janeiro.
The duration of the contract was not specified. According to local media, he is expected to run until the end of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The formalization of the position left vacant since the dismissal of Fernando Diniz last year. The week was expected after Sao Paulo FC announced the departure of Dorival Jr, their coach since April 2023, to sign for the national team.
Dorival Jr, 61, will succeed compatriot Fernando Diniz, 49, who since July 2023 has been coach of the national team and Fluminense Rio de Janeiro, with whom he won the 2023 Copa Libertadores.
Dorival Junior is Brazil’s new coach.
The imposing Austrian defender Christian Schoissengeyr (1. 95 m) has just signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with FC Differdange, current leaders of the BGL league. Christian Schoissengeyr, 29, played in the past for Sturm Graz in Austria. Vienna and the most recently for NK Domzale (Slovenia).
Sao Paulo FC coach Dorival Junior will be Brazil’s new coach, the club announced in a statement on Sunday, which was not broadcast through the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Taking charge of the Brazilian national team “is a personal dream come true,” the coach said in a club statement. He was set to replace Fernando Diniz, who was sacked on Friday just six months after his arrival at the helm of the team. The Brazilian national team lacks results.
Portugal’s Fernando Santos, a legend in Portugal for leading the Seleçao to the title of European Nations Champion in 2016 in France, was appointed coach of Turkish club Besiktas Istanbul on Sunday.
Fernando Santos, 69, arrives at Besiktas after a brief stint in 2023 as coach of Poland, who failed to qualify for Euro 2024 and will have to play in the play-offs.
He succeeds Riza Çalımbay, who resigned a few weeks ago.
Prior to Poland, Santos coached Greece from 2010 to 2014 and Portugal from 2014 to 2022. Under his leadership, the Portuguese won Euro 2016 by beating France 1-0 at home in the final.
Santos controlled AEK and Panathinaikos Athens, FC Porto and Benfica Lisbon, among others.
Inter Milan have signed Canadian foreign midfielder Tajon Buchanan from Club Brugge (Belgian 1st division), the Italian championship leader announced on Friday. Buchanan, 24, has signed a contract with Inter until 2028. The amount of the operation has already been specified, but the specialized press values it at ten million euros.
Buchanan, who played in the last World Cup of 2022 with Canada (35 caps, four goals), joined Club Brugge in January 2022 and has made 67 appearances in all competitions for the Belgian club, including six last season in the Champions League.
The match between FC Metz and Habib Maïga is over, as the Lorraine club proved on Thursday evening. The midfielder, who arrived in 2018, went to Hungary where he will play for Ferencvaros.
In five-and-a-half years at Metz, Maïga has achieved two promotions in Ligue 1, adding to his name as a French Ligue 2 champion. A cornerstone of the Metz game, Habib Maïga played 140 times with the shirt adorned with the Cross of Lorraine. .
Habib Maïga, here fighting with Mbappé, has left his mark on FC Metz’s history.
It’s official: Georges Mikautadze is returning to FC Metz, Ajax Amsterdam announced. The Dutch club made the Georgian striker’s loan official on Thursday afternoon. “Ajax, FC Metz and Georges Mikautadze have reached an agreement on the player’s loan to FC Metz, the French club,” Ajax said in a statement.
“The loan goes into effect and runs for one season until June 30, 2024. The loan agreement also includes an option to buy for FC Metz. The 23-year-old striker’s contract with Ajax is valid until June 30, 2028. The striker joined the Dutch club in the summer and made his Ajax debut on September 3.
The Moselle club showed the news on their platforms. “I’m pleased to be back in the colours of Metz and I can’t wait to get back on the pitch in this shirt, in front of our fans,” said the FC Metz striker.
AS Monaco, who announced on Tuesday night the transfer of their Portuguese striker Gelson Martins (centre in the photo) to Olympiakos, are also awaiting the arrival of German Thilo Kehrer, 27, on loan from West Ham. At the end of his contract in June 2024 with Monaco, Gelson Martins, a Portuguese foreigner who was acquired for €30 million in the 2019 winter transfer window, has been sold for €3 million to Greek club Olympiakos, who have made their headquarters official. .
In total, Gelson Martins (21 caps for Portugal) has made 129 appearances (16 goals and 14 assists) for Monaco, totalling 103 in Ligue 1. But this season, the Principality club no longer counted on him. At the same time, Monaco are waiting for the 27-year-old to arrive on loan with an option to buy of around €10 million, according to a source close to the matter. German defender Thilo Kehrer.
Capable of playing as a central defender or right-back, the former Paris Saint-Germain player has been playing for West Ham since last season. He won the last Europa Conference League there. Little used this season through the English club (12 games played, adding 4 in the Premier League), the German foreigner (27 caps) will soon arrive in Monaco to pass the medical and finalize his arrival.
Wayne Rooney was sacked as Birmingham City manager on Tuesday after a run of poor results in England’s second tier, the club that appointed the former striker announced in October.
The 38-year-old former Manchester United and England star has recorded just two wins in 15 games since his appointment. Monday’s 3-0 loss to Leeds, his ninth as manager, proved fatal.
“Despite the efforts, the effects have not lived up to the expectations expressed at the beginning,” a statement from the club read. “Therefore, the board considers a change in leadership to be the most productive thing for the club. “
Birmingham, whose minority shareholder is NFL legend Tom Brady, has fallen from No. 6 to No. 20 since Rooney’s arrival and will now have to fight relegation.
Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti (pictured) has extended his contract with Real Madrid until June 2026, the Madrid club announced in a statement on Friday.
The 64-year-old Ancelotti, who is shaping up to be coach of the Brazilian national team, will nevertheless be linked to Real Madrid until “June 30, 2026,” according to the club’s website.