The Coronavirus pandemic has dealt a huge blow to the financial conditions of all the clubs. The transfer market has also been affected as a result. On top of that, not many clubs go for their transfer targets in the winter transfer window unless there’s a crisis at the club.
As a result, a lot less money is spent during the winter transfer window than the summer transfer window. So here we take a look at the official FIFA list for the top 10 most expensive transfers in January 2021:
10. Arkadiusz Milik
Transfer: Napoli to Marseille
Price: £8m loan fee plus £2.7m in bonuses
9. Jeremie Frimpong
Transfer: Celtic to Bayer Leverkusen
Price: £9m deal which could reportedly rise to £11.5m
8. Dennis Man
Transfer: FCSB to Parma
Price: £11m
7. Joakim Maehle
Transfer: Genk to Atalanta
Price: £9m initially but will rise to a higher fee
6. Chris Smalling
Transfer: Manchester United to Roma
Price: £18m
5. Dominik Szoboszlai
Transfer: RB Salzburg to RB Leipzig
Price: Undisclosed but his release clause was in the region of £23m
4. Krepin Diatta
Transfer: Club Brugge to Monaco
Price: £17.3m initially but can rise up to £20m
3. Sebastien Haller
Transfer: West Ham to Ajax
Price: £20m
2. Diego Rosa
Transfer: Gremio to Manchester City
Price: £4.5m initially but can rise up to £21m
1. Amad Diallo
Transfer: Atalanta to Manchester United
Price: £19m initially along with £18m in add-ons, which make the total worth of the deal £37million
