2019 january transfer news

Here are some of the major transfer news stories from January 2019:

Premier League

• Chelsea sign Gonzalo Higuaín from Juventus on loan until the end of the season, with an option to buy for £31.3m. (January 23)
• Chelsea also sign Christian Pulisic from Borussia Dortmund for £58m, with the winger joining the club in the summer. (January 2)
• Arsenal sign Denis Suárez from Barcelona on loan until the end of the season. (January 22)
• Manchester United sign Alexis Sánchez from Arsenal for £20m, with the Chilean winger signing a four-and-a-half-year contract. (January 22)
• Everton sign Cenk Tosun from Beşiktaş for £20.5m. (January 2)
• West Ham United sign Fabián Balbuena from Corinthians for £4.2m. (January 31)
• Wolverhampton Wanderers sign Willy Boly from Porto for £2.6m. (January 31)

La Liga

• Barcelona sign Kevin-Prince Boateng from Sassuolo on loan until the end of the season. (January 29)
• Atlético Madrid sign Vitolo from AS Roma for £36m. (January 22)
• Real Madrid sign Álvaro Odriozola from Real Sociedad for £30m. (January 28)
• Valencia sign Denis Cheryshev from Villarreal on loan until the end of the season. (January 31)

Bundesliga

• Borussia Dortmund sign Thorgan Hazard from Borussia Mönchengladbach for £30m. (January 3)
• Bayern Munich sign Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona for £7.8m, with the Brazilian midfielder signing a five-and-a-half-year contract. (January 8)
• RB Leipzig sign Yussuf Poulsen from Red Bull Salzburg for £11.5m. (January 31)

Serie A

• Juventus sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid for £88m, with the Portuguese forward signing a two-year contract. (July 16, but announced in January)
• Roma sign Gonzalo Villar from Real Valladolid for £10.5m. (January 31)
• Napoli sign Hirving Lozano from PSV Eindhoven for £36m. (January 26)

Other leagues

• Paris Saint-Germain sign Mauro Icardi from Inter Milan on loan until the end of the season. (January 29)
• Manchester City sign Douglas Luiz from Girona for £10m. (January 30)
• Tottenham Hotspur sign Lucas Moura from Paris Saint-Germain for £25m. (January 31)

Note: The transfer window closed on January 31, 2019, for most European leagues, but some leagues had different closing dates.