We have reached February 1 and it is time to take stock of a historical window in the negative for the competition directed by Javier Tebas
the window of signings January 2023 in The league will be remembered for the historical bloodletting of Javier Tebas. The abusive financial fair play conditions, which are not applied in other leagues, have caused any middling team in England, Germany or even the Netherlands to be capable of removing the best footballers from teams in our league.
The proof is in the arrivals, that by names we can stay with Bryan Gil, Memphis Depay, Lucas Ocampos, Denis Suárez, Raúl de Tomás, Ayoze Pérez or Seferovic… All of them have arrived free, on loan or through a testimonial transfer. On the other hand, LaLiga has seen how key players such as Álex Moreno, Danjuma, Matheus Cunha or Rulli have flown in this transfer market of January 2023.
Another very clear symptom is top-level players who wanted to come and couldn’t due to Thebes restrictions. Amrabat was closed by Barcelona, Zaniolo with Sevilla, Aouar with Betis, Soyuncu with Atlético… operations all stopped by Thebes. Meanwhile, Chelsea have spent 360 million and no one has stopped them.
Summary of the transfer market for January 2023 in LaLiga: ups and downs
UD Almeria:
Added: Luis Suárez and Mariño
Low: Juan Nieto, Appiah, Pacheco and Iván Martos
Athletic Club:
Registrations:
Low: Asier Villalibre
Club Atletico Madrid:
Added: Pablo Barrios (first team record), Memphis Depay and Doherty
Out: Joao Felix, Felipe and Matheus Cunha
FC Barcelona:
Additions: Gavi (first team record)
Low: Gerard Piqué, Memphis Depay and Héctor Bellerín
Real Betis:
Added: Abner Vinicius and Ayoze Perez
Low: Alex Moreno, Loren Moron and Camarasa
Cadiz CF:
Added: Youba Diarra, Escalante, Roger Marti, Meré, Sergi Guardiola and Chris Ramos
Low: Tomas Alarcon, Lucas Pérez, Mabil and Antonio Blanco
Real Club Celta de Vigo:
Added: Seferovic
Low: Denis Suarez
Elche CF
Added: Lautaro Blanco, Pablo Machin (DT), Lisandro Magallán, José Ángel Carmona and Nteka
RCD Espanyol:
Added: Montes, Pierre-Gabriel, Denis Suárez, Pacheco and Gragera
Out: Lecomte, Raúl de Tomás and Pol Lozano
Getafe CF:
Added: Gonzalo Villar
Low: Dario Poveda
Girona CF:
Added: Tsygankov and Callenes
Low: Ureña, Terrats, Manu Vallejo and Sainz
RCD Majorca:
Added: Hadzikadunic, Agustinsson and Manu Morlanes
Low: Lago Junior, Russo, Javi Llabrés and Cufré
CA Osasuna:
Registrations:
Low: Roberto Torres, Juan Pérez and Kike Saverio
Vallecano Ray:
Added: Raúl De Tomás
Casualties: Baby and Nteka
real Madrid:
Added: Endrick (2024)*
Low:
*The Brazilian player will arrive at Real Madrid in the summer of 2024
Real society:
Registrations:
Casualties: Karrikaburu
Sevilla FC:
Added: Loïc Balde, Bryan Gil and Pape Gueye and Lucas Ocampos*
Low: Isco, Dolberg, Carmona, Pedro Ortiz, Thomas Delaney and Kike Salas
*Lucas Ocampos returns from his loan spell at Ajax Amsterdam
Valencia CF:
Registrations:
Out: Gennaro Gattuso (DT)
Real Valladolid:
Added: Cylen Larin, Darwin Machis, Amallah and Hongla
Out: Narvaez, Feddal, Sergi Guardiola and Weissman
Villarreal CF
Additions: Denis Suárez (he will arrive in June)
Low: Gerónimo Rulli, Danjuma and Manu Morlanes
The signings of January 2023 in LaLiga sow concern
The sensations transmitted from LaLiga de Tebas are increasingly worrying. With this desire to do things well and that nobody gets into debt, what he is getting is the opposite. The signings of January 2023 in LaLiga make it clear that the leap with the Premier League is already insurmountable.
If UEFA and FIFA do not intervene, the Super League promoted by Real Madrid and FC Barcelona will become a reality sooner rather than later. The greats of Spanish football cannot continue to see how any mid-table English team takes players away from them. Something clearly has to change.