Open since January 1, the winter transfer window closed on Tuesday evening. Several clubs, like OM or PSG, have waited for this final stretch to finalize their files.
• OM hold their major transfer in attack with Vitinha
After having already completed the arrivals of Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta Bergamo) and Azzedine Ounahi (Angers), Olympique de Marseille hit hard on this last day of the transfer window by offering the services of promising striker Vitinha. Aged 22, the Portuguese arrives from Braga and joins the Marseille club until June 2027. According to our information, the amount of the transfer is 32 million euros, bonus included. If these are lifted, Vitinha could therefore become the most expensive rookie in the history of OM ahead of Dimitri Payet, bought just over 29 million euros in January 2017.
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In recent hours, OM had reached an agreement with the Portuguese striker, who wanted to come to Marseille even if it meant refuse offers from England. Braga will also recover 10% of a resale of Vitinha and even has a buyout option reserved for it. This redemption “clause”, which amounts to 60 million euros, is only valid for the Lusitanian formation. From his full name Vítor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira, Vitinha therefore reinforces the Marseille attacking sector after the departures of Bamba Dieng (Lorient) and Luis Suarez (Almeria).
• PSG in the wait for Ziyech after an incredible miss from Chelsea
In this home stretch, no file will have been easy for Paris Saint-Germain. While Milan Skriniar, who has already agreed to come to the capital this summer, will finally stay at Inter Milan for the end of the season, the arrival on loan of Hakim Ziyech seemed to be completed at the end of the evening by the Parisian leaders. In failure in the Cherki case, retained by OL, the Ile-de-France club had negotiated to the end with Chelsea to obtain the arrival of the Moroccan attacking midfielder, on loan without an option to buy until the end of the season. … but this transfer could finally be cancelled!
Chelsea thus sent the documents too late to register the transfer. The Blues repeatedly sent the wrong document. PSG will appeal, probably tomorrow, to the LFP, citing the inconsistency of Chelsea.
A way out found in Navas by PSG
Another file closed on the wire by the PSG, but this time very valid, that of Keylor Navas. As indicated by Fabrizio Romano, and confirmed by RMC Sport, the Parisian club and Nottingham Forest have reached an agreement for the loan of the Costa Rican goalkeeper. The latter had also reached an agreement with the club promoted in the Premier League. Navas flew to England on Tuesday evening. Sergio Rico will now be Gianluigi Donnarumma’s understudy at PSG.
• OL strengthen in attack with the arrival of Jeffinho
After losing Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (Troyes), Karl Toko Ekambi (Rennes), Romain Faivre (Lorient) and Tetê (Leicester), Lyon was forced to strengthen in attack. It is now done. While he had already enlisted Amin Sarr (21) from Heerenveen (Netherlands), the Rhone club added a new attacking element to its workforce in the person of Jeffinho.
The 23-year-old Brazilian striker leaves Botafogo, a club which also belongs to John Textor, and joins OL until 2027. The amount of the transfer is 10 million euros, plus 2.5 million in bonuses. In Lyon, Jeffinho will have his first experience in Europe. The right-hander, playing mainly on the left side, has played 24 league games this season, for two goals and three assists.
• Jorginho leaves Chelsea and signs with rivals Arsenal
By dint of buying players, the Blues, the main animators of this winter transfer window, had to end up making room in their workforce. In the hard at Chelsea, where, despite 25 appearances, he no longer seemed indispensable, Jorginho (31) signed up with London rivals Arsenal until June 2024. The transfer would bring in around 13.5 million euros. euros to the Blues.
Arrived at Chelsea in July 2018 at the same time as his mentor from Naples, Maurizio Sarri, Jorginho quickly became an essential part of the Blues. In four and a half years at Chelsea, the Italian international with 46 caps won the Europa League in 2019 before being one of the major architects of the coronation in the Champions League in 2021. The same year, with a title with Italy at the Euro, Jorginho finished third in the Ballon d’Or standings. At Arsenal, he comes to strengthen a workforce that believes more and more in the coronation in the Premier League.
• Rennes offers a player from Tottenham
Stade Rennais had to scramble to find a replacement for captain Hamari Traoré, who suffered a torn calf and should be out until mid-March. In the final hours of this transfer window, the Reds and Blacks set their sights on Djed Spence, a 22-year-old English right-back playing at Tottenham.
Very little used this season by Antonio Conte, the promising player comes to Brittany to save playing time and show himself. He is on loan until the end of the season.