The 10 most expensive winter signings in history
The winter market traditionally serves clubs to make small adjustments to their squads, and also for players who were not being counted on by their coaches to have a second chance. Therefore, being halfway through the season, there are usually fewer transfers than in the summer and usually of lesser importance.
Although this does not mean that no money is being spent or that there are no million-dollar deals, as you can see on our page every day. In fact, in 2017 the biggest winter transfer in history was closed, the sale of Oscar from Chelsea to Shanghai SIPG for €60M.
Following this transfer of the Brazilian, we wanted to take a look at what are currently the 10 most expensive moves in the history of this winter market. And we have two Spanish players as protagonists, such as Juan Mata and Fernando Torres, who occupy the top positions.
1. Oscar (from Chelsea to Shanghai SIPG, in 2017): €60M
2. Fernando Torres (from Liverpool to Chelsea, in 2011): €58.5M
3. Alex Teixeira (from Shakhtar Donetsk to Jiangsu Suning, in 2016): €50M
4. Juan Mata (from Chelsea to Manchester United, in 2014): €44.73M
5. Jackson Martínez (from Atlético de Madrid to Guangzhou Evergrande, in 2016): €42M
6. Andy Carroll (from Newcastle to Liverpool, in 2011): €41M
7. Lucas Moura (from Sao Paulo to PSG, in 2013): €40M
8. Julian Draxler (from Wolfsburg to PSG, in 2017): €40M
9. Edin Dzeko (from Wolfsburg to Manchester City, in 2011): €37M
10. Willian (from Shakhtar Donetsk to Anzhi, in 2013): €35M