“Circus of the extra class”
The agreement between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea FC had long been reached, the medical check completed and the contracts signed. Nevertheless, as of Wednesday morning after Deadline Day, winger Hakim Ziyech is not on loan for the French champions in the second half of the season. The background is apparently formal carelessness on the part of the Blues, which is reminiscent of the famous fax machine that went on strike when Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting failed to move from HSV to 1. FC Köln in January 2011.
Like French media – ao “RMC Sports” and “L’Equipe‘ – according to reports, Chelsea sent the wrong document several times, reportedly three times. As a result, PSG could not register Ziyech with the French league association LFP. “Basically, Chelsea were only thinking about buying Enzo Fernández, so they weren’t necessarily very attentive to the deal with PSG for Ziyech,” tweeted Bruno Salomon from Radio France.
Fernández, Cancelo, Sabitzer & Co.: The top transfers on Deadline Day in January
These are the biggest transfers on Deadline Day!
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In this gallery, arrivals and departures are taken into account and listed according to market value or transfer fee, whichever is higher. Status: Wednesday, February 1, 06:00
Zidan Sertdemir | Bayer Leverkusen -> Nordsjaelland | Market value: €2 million
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fee unknown
Eder Balanta | Club Brugge -> Schalke 04 | Market value: €2 million
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loan
Koray Günter | Hellas Verona -> Sampdoria | Market value: €4.5 million
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loan
Denis Suarez | Celta Vigo -> Espanol | Market value: €5 million
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Rental for €200,000
Shon Weissman | Real Valladolid -> Granada FC | Market value: €5 million
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Loan with obligation to buy under conditions
Keylor Navas | PSG -> Nottingham | Market value: €5 million
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loan
Naouirou Ahamada | VfB Stuttgart -> Crystal Palace | Market value: €5.5 million
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Transfer fee: €12 million
Harry Souttar | Stoke City -> Leicester City | Market value: €6 million
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Transfer fee: €17 million
Haris Seferovic | Benfica -> Celta Vigo | Market value: €6 million
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loan
Philip Max | PSV -> Eintracht Frankfurt | Market value: €6 million
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€2m loan with option to buy or mandatory to buy
Selim Amallah | Standard Liège -> Real Valladolid | Market value: €6.5 million
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€1m fee + €1m in bonuses
Thorgan Hazard | BVB -> PSV Eindhoven | Market value: €9 million
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loan
Florian Thauvin | Unemployed -> Udinese Calcio | Market value: €10 million
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Free transfer
Sofiane Boufal | Angers SCO -> Al Rayyan SC | Market value: €10 million
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Transfer fee: €6 million
Marquinhos | Arsenal -> Norwich City | Market value: €10 million
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loan
Diego Llorente | Leeds Utd -> AS Roma | Market value: €12 million
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Rental for €500,000
Sergi Canos | Brentford -> Olympiacos | Market value: €12 million
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loan
Antonin Barak | Hellas -> Fiorentina | Market value: €12 million
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Purchase option drawn for €8.5 million
Saša Lukic | Torino -> Fulham | Market value: €13 million
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Transfer fee: €9.10 million
Djed Spence | Tottenham -> Rennes Stadium | Market value: €13 million
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loan
Bertrand Traore | Basaksehir -> Aston Villa | Market value: €14 million
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Loan canceled after injury
Hector Bellerin | FC Barcelona -> Sporting | Market value: €15 million
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fee unknown
Vitinha | SC Braga->Marseille | Market value: €15 million
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Transfer fee: €32 million
Albert Sambi Lokonga | Arsenal -> Crystal Palace | Market value: €15 million
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loan
Ilya Zabarnyi | Dynamo Kyiv -> Bournemouth | Market value: €15 million
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Transfer fee: at least €22.7 million
Terem Moffi | Lorient -> Nice | Market value: €15 million
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€2.5m loan with €22.5m obligation to buy
Marcel Sabitzer | FC Bayern -> Manchester United | Market value: €20 million
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loan
Pedro Porro | Sporting -> Tottenham | Market value: €25 million
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Loan with purchase obligation of €45m
Jorginho | Chelsea -> Arsenal | Market value: €35 million
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Transfer fee: €14.8 million
Enzo Fernandez | Benfica -> Chelsea | Market value: €55 million
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Transfer fee: €121 million
João Cancelo | Man City -> Bayern Munich | Market value: €70 million
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€70m loan with option to buy
Ultimately, the documents arrived after the official transfer deadline and the federation rejected Ziyech as the new PSG player. It is said that the capital club announced an appeal for Wednesday. “But as of now, the deal is off the table,” wrote the transfer expert Fabrizio Romano. The portal “The Athletic“Quoted a source within Parisians, who declined to be named so as not to jeopardize relations with Chelsea, as “circus of the extra class”.
Actually, PSG Ziyech wanted to borrow from Chelsea until the end of the season, probably without a purchase option. At Stamford Bridge, Morocco’s World Cup star has been in greater demand in recent weeks than in the first half of the season. Given the 33-strong squad after total transfer spending of 611 million euros and just one winter departure (Jorginho to Arsenal), including newcomers João Félix (23), Noni Madueke (20) and Mykhaylo Mudryk (22), who are in Ziyech’s regular positions can accrue, but it can at least be doubted whether this will remain so.
Chelsea in a new dimension: Highest transfer spend in a season
13 PSG | 2017/18 | Additions: 5 | Expenditure: 238 million euros
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Transfer balance: -140 million euros
As of February 1, 2023
12 United | 2022/23 | Additions: 6 | Expenditure: 243 million euros
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Transfer balance: -230 million euros
11 Chelsea | 2020/21 | Additions: 7 | Expenditure: 247 million euros
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Transfer balance: -191 million euros
10 Atlético Madrid | 2019/20 | Additions: 10 | Expenditure: 247 million euros
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Transfer balance: +62 million euros
9 Real Madrid | 2009/10 | Additions: 8 | Expenditure: 259 million euros
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Transfer balance: -170 million euros
8 Juventus | 2018/19 | Additions: 9 | Expenditure: 260 million euros
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Transfer balance: -147 million euros
7 Chelsea | 2017/18 | Additions: 10 | Expenditure: 261 million euros
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Transfer balance: -66 million euros
6 PSG | 2018/19 | Additions: 6 | Expenditure: 262 million euros
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Transfer balance: -148 million euros
5 FC Barcelona | 2019/20 | Additions: 8 | Expenditure: 299 million euros
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Transfer balance: -146 million euros
4 Man City | 2017/18 | Additions: 10 | Expenditure: 318 million euros
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Transfer balance: -226 million euros
3 Real Madrid | 2019/20 | Additions: 9 | Expenditure: 356 million euros
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Transfer balance: -219 million euros
2 FC Barcelona | 2017/18 | Additions: 7 | Expenditure: 380 million euros
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Transfer balance: -148 million euros
1 Chelsea | 2022/23 | Additions: 16 | Expenditure: 611.5 million euros
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Transfer balance: -543.7 million euros | Plus about 17.5 million euros for coach Graham Potter
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