Done deal
The biggest transfer thriller on Deadline Day has found a positive end after all. As FC Barcelona announced on Wednesday morning, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joins the Catalans from Arsenal with immediate effect. The former Borussia Dortmund striker receives a contract running until June 2025, which includes an option for an early exit in the summer of 2023. In addition, an exit clause of €100 million has been set, the club announced. A transfer fee is not due after the 32-year-old dissolved his contract in London on Tuesday – most recently it was said that the Gunners were just happy to get Aubameyang completely off the payroll.
The Times reported that Arsenal had to pay their former captain almost £7 million to terminate his deal, which earned him £350,000 a week. The cash-strapped Catalans had been unable to raise additional money due to the hoped-for, but ultimately failed, departure of winger Ousmane Dembélé.
Ndombélé, Eriksen & Co. – The most valuable winter Deadline Day deals in 2022
Nathaniel Phillips | Liverpool -> Bournemouth | Market value: €8M
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Loan deal
Neco Williams | Liverpool -> Fulham | Market value: €8M
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Loan deal
Lys Mousset | Sheffield United -> US Salernitana | Market value: €8M
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Loan deal
Reinildo Mandava | LOSC Lille -> Atlético | Market value: €10M
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Fee: €3M
Freddie Woodman | Newcastle -> Bournemouth | Market value: €10M
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Loan deal
Galeno | Braga -> FC Porto | Market value: €12M
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Fee: €9M
Marcus Edwards | Vit. Guimarães -> Sporting | Market value: €13M
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Fee: €7.76M
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Arsenal -> FC Barcelona | Market value: €15M
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Free transfer
Christian Eriksen | Without club -> Brentford | Market value: €15M
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Free transfer
Romain Faivre | Stade Brest -> Olympique Lyon | Market value: €15M
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Fee: €15M
Matt Targett | Aston Villa -> Newcastle | Market value: €17M
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Loan deal
Todd Cantwell | Norwich -> Bournemouth | Market value: €20M
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Loan deal
Wout Weghorst | Wolfsburg -> Burnley | Market value: €20M
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Fee: €14M
Julián Álvarez | River Plate -> Man City | Market value: €20M
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Fee: €17M
On loan at River Plate until the summer
Giovani Lo Celso | Tottenham -> Villarreal | Market value: €22M
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Loan deal
Dele Alli | Tottenham -> Everton | Market value: €25M
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Free transfer
Donny van de Beek | Man United -> Everton | Market value: €25M
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Loan deal
Rodrigo Bentancur | Juventus -> Tottenham | Market value: €25M
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Fee: €19M
Denis Zakaria | Gladbach -> Juventus | Market value: €27M
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Fee: €8.6M
Bryan Gil | Tottenham -> Valencia | Market value: €28M
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Loan deal
Dejan Kulusevski | Juventus -> Tottenham | Market value: €30M
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Loan deal
Tanguy Ndombélé | Tottenham -> Olympique Lyon | Market value: €38M
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Loan deal
Aubameyang’s move to the Blaugranas gives him the opportunity to now feature for a club in Europe’s fifth top league. The Gabon international was previously active in Italy (AC Milan, without playing for the first team), France (Saint-Étienne, Monaco and Lille), Germany (BVB) and England (Arsenal) in his career.
In 2015, then still playing in the Bundesliga, Aubameyang stated in a L’Équipe interview: “I want to pass the limit of 20 league goals, because I hope to play for Real Madrid one day. I’ve always dreamed of Spain.” Now joins Barcelona’s arch-rivals in the last minutes of the January transfer window 2022. On Deadline Day, a real transfer thriller had developed before it became apparent in the evening that a deal between Arsenal and Barça would go through after all.
Saliba, Aubameyang & Co. – Arsenal’s record signings
William Saliba | 19/20 for €30M from AS Saint-Étienne
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 17/18 for €34M from Man United
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Martin Ødegaard | 21/22 for €35M from Real Madrid
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Shkodran Mustafi | 16/17 for €41M from Valencia
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Alexis Sánchez | 14/15 for €42.5M from FC Barcelona
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Granit Xhaka | 16/17 for €45M from Bor. M’gladbach
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Mesut Özil | 13/14 for €47M from Real Madrid
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Thomas Partey | 20/21 for €50M from Atlético
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Alexandre Lacazette | 17/18 for €53M from Olympique Lyon
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Ben White | 21/22 for €58.5M from Brighton
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 17/18 for €63.8M from BVB
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Nicolas Pépé | 19/20 for €80M from LOSC Lille
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