He European winter market culminated this Tuesday and the Argentine players had a strong role within the three main leagues in Europe (Spain, France and England). ten footballers They had an outstanding participation and will play for a different team during the final stretch of the season.
The First Division of Spain was the league that signed the most Argentines in this transfer market, with ocho. However, none of the main clubs such as Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atlético de Madrid chose to have a new player from our country.
Despite the rumors about a possible departure of Almada, the Argentine will continue at Atlético de Madrid until the end of the season – Credits: @PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU
For its part, England ficho a of the new Argentine players while France and the Netherlands added only one player. On the other hand, the leagues of Germany and Italy They were not reinforced with any new players from Argentina.
Getafe became the team with more Argentines signed within his squad in the winter market. Zaid Romero and Luis Vázquez They arrived from Belgium until the end of the season on loan. The first arrived -without a purchase option- to the Spanish club after having little prominence in Bruges. The former Boca forward, who already scored a goal in his debut, will also play until June 30 and the Madrid team will have the opportunity to buy your pass and Anderlecht.
In turn, Girona He also moved in the winter market and reached an agreement with Manchester City so that Claudio Echeverri He is on loan until the end of the season. He Devil He comes from playing six months at Bayer Leverkusen, where he only played six games. Although he flirted with the possibility of returning to River Plate, the English club decided sell it to a City Group team in search of the player being able to relaunch his short career.
Thiago Fernández It was a protagonist of the winter market in Europe. After being released in Vélez, where he rejected a contract renewal, he went to Villarreal and signed a contract until June 2031. However, the Yellow Submarine He loaned it for six months to Real Oviedowhich is in the last position of the League, with the aim of adding filming after being without activity for a long time (its last game had been in December 2024, when he suffered a serious knee injury).
The only world champion who changed teams in this transfer market was Guido Rodriguez. After accumulating only 177 minutes of play, the former River player terminated his contract with West Ham to go to Valenciawhich aims to maintain the category, until the end of the season. However, he was still unable to make his debut for the Spanish club due to gastroenteritis.
An Argentine who was under the radar and will play again for a first division team in Spain is Gustavo Albarracin19-year-old midfielder from Córdoba. Trained in Workshops, he returned to Deportivo Alavés -where he was sold 6 months ago- after having been loaned to Huesca. Until now, the technician The thing Coudet He has not decided whether he will have him or whether he will be loaned to another team abroad.
The transfer market in the Premier League had Argentine movements. One of the best signings in the league in the winter transfer market was Valentin Taty Castellanos. West Ham le pago 29 million euros (33.4 million dollars) to Lazio to have the services of the Mendoza native and signed him a contract until June 2030.
“I am very happy because It is a very important challenge for me. I come to contribute, to try to help the team as much as I can. Every game is a battle, and I am here to contribute that, to try to contribute that energy, that fighting spirit that I have inside, so that each match is as important and as hard as possible,” highlighted the Argentine striker in his presentation with the Hammers. Castellanos has already played five games for West Ham and scored one goal, against QPR, in the FA Cup.
Taty Castellanos and a step forward in his career: arrival at West Ham
The second footballer to change clubs in the Premier League was Facundo Goodnight. The footballer who belongs to Brighton & Hove Albion had been loaned to Chelsea to play the entire season. However, given the lack of opportunities at the London club, the Seagulls They cut off the loan and sent it to Leeds United until June 30, where he already added minutes in two games.
In this way, it became the third Argentine footballer to represent the club that Marcelo Bielsa led for three and a half years. Previously, Alejandro Sabella and Federico Bessone had done it, although the former Rosario Central player will be the first in doing it in the Premier League.
The former Central player only played 518 minutes during his stay at Chelsea – Credits: @ADRIAN DENNIS
Ligue 1 has a new Argentine: Aaron Anselmino. The former Boca player was in Borussia Dortmund during the last six months and was picked up by Chelsea who loaned him to Strasbourg Racing.
According to German media, when he received the email confirming his early return to Chelsea, he left crying from the Dortmund facilities. He did not want to leave, since he had earned the respect of the coaching staff, the support of the locker room and the affection of the fans, especially after go through a complex semester marked by injuries.
Aaron Anselmino has a new challenge: Racing de Strasbourg; He will be a partner of Valentín Barco and Joaquín Panichelli in the French club
This is the first time that Chelsea has loaned players to the French team, with whom share the same owner: Todd Boehly, owner of the investment consortium BlueCo. In this season, without counting Anselmino, there are four players which are owned by the English team, but play in Strasbourg Racing: Mike Penders, Ben Chillwell, Mathis Amougou and David Datro Fofana.
Anselmino will be a partner of two Argentines: Valentín Barco and Joaquín Panichelli.
After several weeks of negotiations to leave for Europe, Maher Carrizo will play for Ajax, that he paid to Vélez Sarsfield 7 million dollars for 50% of the pass, with the possibility for the Dutch club to acquire the remaining 40% in the future.
The Argentine footballer signed a contract until June 2030 and will wear the dorsal N° 7 during your stay in the Netherlands. “Maher is a young player with enormous potential. You will have the opportunity to acclimatize and adapt to the current level. He will play for Jong Ajax, but he will also have his opportunities at Ajax 1, where he can continue to develop as a substitute,” said Marijn Beuker, Director of Football Affairs.
After rejecting River Plate, Carrizo seemed to have everything in place to become a new player of the Central Jutland from Denmark. However, the transfer ended up falling through at the last minute. The footballer’s intention to emigrate to Europe was key for him Vélez will accept Ajax’s offer a few hours before the end of the winter market in Europe.
