With records falling and certain Premier League teams, like Spurs, among the world's largest spenders, the January transfer market is getting warmer.
The world's largest spending clubs in January
10. Monaco – £11m
Another one-off acquisition so far is Mika Biereth, a graduate of the Arsenal academy who came from Sturm Graz with the specific goal of "continuing the legacy of the strikers who have played here." Instead of referring to Guido Carrillo, he most likely meant Kylian Mbappe and Thierry Henry.
9. Brighton – £11m
Make fun of Chelsea for doubling the Seagulls' investment in the year on the incredibly talented, youthful, and South American Diego Gomez, who joins Brighton in January after Moises Caicedo and Alexis Mac Allister.
8. San Diego FC – £11.6m
San Diego has unavoidably been very busy assembling a team with Paddy McNair ahead of their MLS debut, but they have spent the majority of their funds on 29-year-old attacker Hirving Lozano of PSV fame.
7. FC Cincinnati – £14.9m
Cincy smashed the total MLS transfer record for Kevin Denkey, the top scorer in the Belgian Pro League who also made an impression with Cercle Brugge in the Conference League. So far, they have added Luca Orellano to their roster.
6. Tottenham – £15.8m
If he can cling onto his position, Ange Postecoglou has a big, goal-scoring, adolescent center-half in his future plans. However, Tottenham's urgent need for uninjured players has forced the arrival of another young attacker, Min-hyeok Yang, and the impressive goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky.
5. Wolves – £16.7m
After been extensively exposed by a harsh transfer policy that saw Wolves sell their most valuable assets and spend a small portion of those proceeds on young, terribly undeveloped talent, it was anticipated that Gary O'Neil would receive belated backing in the transfer market. Instead, center-half Emmanuel Agbadou is a great place to start, and Vitor Pereira has been allowed to work with whatever the owners provide him.
4. Aston Villa – £21.1m
Villa, who saw a gap in their attack similar to that of Donyell Malen and duly reimbursed Borussia Dortmund to replace it, spent more money on a single acquisition during the January 2025 transfer window than any other club in the globe.
3. Como – £24.4m
Thank you very much. Cesc Fabregas would definitely prefer not to be demoted from Serie A. Maxence Caqueret, Assane Diao, and Jean Butez were all drafted from Lyon, Real Betis, and Royal Antwerp, respectively, because that specific trapdoor is ominous enough. Now, it's only to get Marcus Rashford and Dele back together.
2. Palmeiras – £24.8m
The redesigned and "irresistible" Club World Cup next summer is "the biggest club tournament in the world," according to Paulinho, who traded Atletico Mineiro for the defending champions Palmeiras in one of the most costly transactions in Brazilian league history. Facundo Torres was also rather expensive.
1. Rennes – £28.6m
Seko Fofana returned from Saudi Arabia as a result of Rennes' concern of Ligue Un relegation, and Brice Samba surrendered in his Lens captaincy for a lower-level position.
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