Transfer deals - January 2015.




Wilfried Bony celebrates scoring for Swansea
12 January 2015 Last updated at 13:11 GMT
The January transfer window opened in England, Scotland and Wales on Saturday, 3 January and will close again on Monday, 2 February at 23:00 GMT.
Signings confirmed in September, October, November and December can be found on previous transfers pages.
Most expensive signing: Manchester City's £28m purchase of Swansea's Ivory Coast striker Wilfried Bony.
Busiest club: Mansfield Town have signed seven players so far.
Busiest Premier League club: Sunderland and Swansea City have signed two players each so far.
Transfers organised into Premier League, Football League, Scotland and global by the buying club, then listed in alphabetical order by the player's surname.

16 January

Premier League

Jermain Defoe [Toronto - Sunderland] Undisclosed
Andrej Kramaric [FC Rijeka - Leicester] £9m

Football League

Raul Albentosa [Eibar - Derby] Undisclosed
Stephen Bywater [Millwall - Doncaster] Free
Jonson Clarke-Harris [Rotherham - MK Dons] Loan
Diego Fabbrini [Watford - Millwall] Loan
Zeki Fryers [Crystal Palace - Rotherham] Loan
Bradley Garmston [West Brom - Gillingham] Loan
Jake Gray [Crystal - Cheltenham] Loan
Ryan Hedges [Swansea - Leyton Orient] Loan
Olly Lee [Birmingham - Plymouth] Loan
Jamie McAllister [Kerala Blasters - Exeter] Free
Alfie Potter [Oxford - AFC Wimbledon] Free
Lewis Price [Crystal Palace - Crawley] Loan
Freddie Sears [Colchester - Ipswich] Undisclosed

Scotland

Gary Mackay-Steven [Dundee United - Celtic] Free*

Global

None
*To be completed on 1 July

15 January

Premier League

None

Football League

Adam Barrett [Gillingham - Southend] Free
Jake Cassidy [Wolves - Southend] Loan
David Connolly [Portsmouth - AFC Wimbledon] Free
Billy Daniels [Coventry - Notts County] Undisclosed
Anthony Griffith [Shrewsbury - Carlisle] Free
Scott Loach [Rotherham - Peterborough] Loan
Liam McAlinden [Wolves - Fleetwood] Loan
Paul McCallum [West Ham - Portsmouth] Loan
Conor Sammon [Derby - Rotherham] Loan
George Saville [Wolves - Bristol City] Loan
Josh Scowen [Wycombe - Barnsley] Undisclosed
James Tavernier [Wigan - Bristol City] Loan
Gozie Ugwu [Unattached - Yeovil] Free
Stephen Warnock [Leeds - Derby] Undisclosed
Anthony Wordsworth [Ipswich - Crawley] Loan

Scotland

Cameron Burgess [Fulham - Ross County]

Global

Javi Guerra [Cardiff - Malaga] Loan

14 JANUARY

Premier League

Wilfried Bony [Swansea - Manchester City] £28m

Football League

Benik Afobe [Arsenal - Wolves] Undisclosed
Jamar Loza [Norwich - Yeovil] Loan
Joe Riley [Bolton - Bury] Free

Scotland

Yoann Arquin [Unattached - St Mirren]

Global

None

13 JANUARY

Premier League

Carles Gil [Valencia - Aston Villa] £3.2m
Yaya Sanogo [Arsenal - Crystal Palace] Loan

Football League

Matty Blair [Fleetwood - Mansfield] Free
Will Hayhurst [Preston - Notts County] Free
Cameron McGeechan [Norwich - Cambridge] Loan
Lee Molyneux [Crewe - Tranmere] Free
Reuben Noble-Lazarus [Barnsley - Rochdale] Free
Evandro Rachoni de Lima [Unattached - Crawley] Free
Rob Taylor [Mansfield - Tranmere] Undisclosed

Scotland

George Hunter [Spartans - St Johnstone]

Global

Oussama Assaidi [Liverpool - Al Ahli Club] Undisclosed
Bjorn Sigurdarson [Wolves - FC Copenhagen] Loan

12 JANUARY

Premier League

None

Football League

Febian Brandy [Rotherham - Rochdale] Free
Shaun Cummings [Reading - Millwall] Undisclosed
Ryan Harley [Swindon - Exeter] Free
Sam Johnstone [Manchester United - Preston] Loan
Isak Ssewankambo [NAC Breda - Derby] Free
Kwame Thomas [Derby - Notts County] Loan
Danny Ward [Huddersfield - Rotherham] Undisclosed

Scotland

None

Global

Kevin Foley [Wolves - FC Copenhagen] Free
Matija Nastasic [Man City - Schalke] Loan

10 JANUARY

Premier League

None

Football League

Gary Gardner [Aston Villa - Nottingham Forest] Loan
Joe Pigott [Charlton - Southend] Loan
Courtney Senior [Brentford - Wycombe] Loan
Alex Wynter [Crystal Palace - Colchester] Undisclosed
Matt Young [Sheffield Wednesday - Carlisle] Loan

Scotland

None

Global

Xherdan Shaqiri [Bayern Munich - Inter Milan] Undisclosed

9 JANUARY

Premier League

None

Football League

Blair Anderson [Basford United - Crawley] Undisclosed
Marcus Bean [Colchester - Wycombe] Free
Jordan Clarke [Coventry - Scunthorpe] Undisclosed
Tom Flanagan [MK Dons - Plymouth] Loan
David Ferguson [Sunderland - Blackpool] Undisclosed
Adam Hammill [Huddersfield - Rotherham] Loan
Alex Henshall [Ipswich - Blackpool] Loan
Tomas Kalas [Chelsea - Middlesbrough] Loan
Miguel Layun [Granada - Watford] Undisclosed
John Lundstram [Everton - Leyton Orient] Loan
Stefan Maierhofer [SC Wiener Neustadt - Millwall] Free
Aaron Martin [Yeovil - Coventry] Free
Frank Nouble [Ipswich - Coventry] Free
Connor Oliver [Sunderland - Blackpool] Undisclosed
Michael Raynes [Oxford - Mansfield] Free
Miguel Layun
Watford's Miguel Layun played for Mexico at the World Cup
Alex Revell [Rotherham - Cardiff] Undisclosed
Alefe Santos [Derby - Notts County] Loan
Saer Sene [New York Red Bulls - Blackpool] Free
Adam Smith [Leicester - Mansfield] Loan
Danny Ward [Huddersfield - Rotherham] Loan
Darren Ward [Swindon - Crawley] Loan
Joe Widdowson [Bury - Dagenham & Redbridge] Free

Scotland

None

Global

Marcello Trotta [Fulham - Avellino] Undisclosed

8 JANUARY

Premier League

Michael Keane [Manchester United - Burnley] Undisclosed **

Football League

Lewis Baker [Chelsea - Sheffield Wednesday] Loan
Jack Barmby [Leicester - Rotherham] Loan
Joel Byrom [Preston - Northampton] Free
Rory Donnelly [Swansea - Tranmere] Loan
Callum Elder [Leicester - Mansfield] Loan
Grant Hall [Tottenham - Blackpool] Loan
Tom Hopper [Leicester - Scunthorpe] Loan
Noel Hunt [Leeds - Ipswich] Free
Jermaine Hylton [Redditch - Swindon] Free
Steve Jennings [Port Vale - Tranmere] Free
Todd Kane [Chelsea - Nottingham Forest] Loan
Milan Lalkovic [FK Mlada Boleslav - Barnsley] Free
Matt Macey [Arsenal - Accrington] Loan
John Marquis [Millwall - Gillingham] Loan
Stefan Maletic [Achilles '92 - Burton] Undisclosed
Josh Morris [Blackburn - Fleetwood] Loan
Jacob Murphy
Jacob Murphy joined Scunthorpe after Blackpool sent him back to Norwich early from a loan spell
Jacob Murphy [Norwich - Scunthorpe] Loan
Adedeji Oshilaja [Cardiff - AFC Wimbledon] Loan
Ben Pearson [Manchester United - Barnsley] Loan
Liam Ridgewell [Portland Timbers - Wigan] Loan
Jon Stead [Huddersfield - Bradford] Loan
Matt Tubbs [Bournemouth - Portsmouth] Free
George Waring [Stoke - Barnsley] Loan

Scotland

None

Global

Etien Velikonja [Cardiff - Lierse] Loan
** To go through later this month

7 JANUARY

Premier League

Victor Valdes [Unattached - Manchester United] Free
Philipp Wollscheid [Bayer Leverkusen - Stoke] Loan

Football League

Junior Brown [Oxford - Mansfield] Free
Scott Malone [Millwall - Cardiff] Undisclosed
Jake Reeves [Swindon - AFC Wimbledon] Free
Paul Robinson [Millwall - Portsmouth] Free
Steven Gerrard in action for Liverpool
Steven Gerrard will be LA Galaxy team-mates with Robbie Keane
Ricky Ravenhill [Northampton - Mansfield] Free
Jayden Stockley [Bournemouth - Luton] Loan
Jason Taylor [Cheltenham - Northampton] Free
Freddie Veseli [Ipswich - Port Vale] Free

Scotland

None

Global

Steven Gerrard [Liverpool - LA Galaxy] Free **
Oriol Riera [Wigan - Deportivo La Coruna] Loan
** To go through in July 2015

6 JANUARY

Premier League

Mark Schwarzer [Chelsea - Leicester] Free
Mauro Zarate [West Ham - QPR] Loan

Football League

Andy Butler [Sheffield United - Doncaster] Undisclosed
Tom Conlon [Peterborough - Stevenage] Undisclosed
Marko Dmitrovic [Ujpest - Charlton] Undisclosed
Alex Nicholls [Northampton - Exeter] Free
David Noble [Oldham - Exeter] Free
Tony Watt
Charlton's Tony Watt scored a winner for Celtic against Barcelona in 2012
Nick Pope [Charlton - Bury] Loan
Michael Richens [Peterborough - Stevenage] Undisclosed
Anthony Stewart [Wycombe - Crewe] Undisclosed
Tony Watt [Standard Liege - Charlton] Undisclosed
Josh Wright [Millwall - Leyton Orient] Free

Scotland

Franck Dja Djedje [Free agent - Hibernian] Undisclosed

Global

None

5 JANUARY

Premier League

None

Football League

Neil Etheridge [Oldham - Charlton] Free
Lukas Podolski
Lukas Podolski will play under Roberto Mancini at Inter Milan
Jordan Graham [Aston Villa - Wolves] Undisclosed
Dan Harding [Nottingham Forest - Millwall] Loan
Ashley Hunter [Ilkeston - Fleetwood] Undisclosed
Billy Kee [Scunthorpe - Mansfield] Loan
Bobby Olejnik [Peterborough - York] Loan

Scotland

None

Global

Hatem Ben Arfa [Newcastle United - Nice] Free
Lukas Podolski [Arsenal - Inter Milan] Loan

4 JANUARY

Scotland

Kostadin Gadzhalov [Dobrudzha Dobrich - Dundee] Free
Simon Murray [Arbroath - Dundee United] £50,000

3 JANUARY

Premier League

Doneil Henry [Apollon Limassol - West Ham] Undisclosed

Football League

Mani Dieseruvwe [Sheffield Wednesday - Chesterfield] Loan
Alex Kiwomya
Barnsley loan signing Alex Kiwomya is the nephew of ex-Ipswich and QPR striker Chris
Scott Harrison [Sunderland - Hartlepool] Loan
Alex Kiwomya [Chelsea - Barnsley] Loan
Mason Springthorpe [Everton - Fleetwood] Loan
John Swift [Chelsea - Swindon] Loan

Scotland

Alex Harris [Hibernian - Dundee] Loan
Martin Boyle [Hibernian - Dundee] Loan
Lee Lynch [Limerick - Hamilton] Free

Global

None

2 JANUARY

Premier League

Matt Grimes [Exeter - Swansea] £1.75m*

Football League

Darren Bent [Aston Villa - Derby] Loan*
Darren Bent
Derby's Darren Bent previously played under Rams boss Steve McClaren for England
Rakish Bingham [Mansfield - Hartlepool] Loan*
Greg Halford [Nottingham Forest - Brighton] Loan*
Ricky Holmes [Portsmouth - Northampton] Loan*
Brendan Moloney [Yeovil - Northampton] Loan*
Scott Shearer [Crewe - Burton] Loan*
Aaron Tshibola [Reading - Hartlepool] Loan*

Scotland

Craig Curran [Unattached - Ross County]

Global

None

1 JANUARY

Football League

Seamus Conneely [Unattached - Accrington]
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
Preston signing Sylvan Ebanks-Blake had no club between the summer and New Year's Day
Jack Dunn [Liverpool - Cheltenham] Loan*
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake [Unattached - Preston]
Hallam Hope [Everton - Bury] Undisclosed*
Lloyd Jones [Liverpool - Cheltenham] Loan*
Kevin Stewart [Liverpool - Cheltenham] Loan*
Ryan Shotton [Stoke - Derby] Undisclosed*
Jason Taylor [Cheltenham - Northampton] Loan*
* To go through on 3 January

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