Looking back on a chaotic deadline day for Serie A sides

The transfer deadline day is always a chaotic part of transfer windows and yesterday was no less. While the Premier League was rather silent, the Serie A was awash with chaos and quick deals being done across the league.

Milan, Roma and Fiorentina were highly active. La Viola confirmed three signings – Cher Ndour, Nicolo Zaniolo and Nicolo Fagioli, with the midfielder arriving late in the dat after a series of talks with Juventus.

Milan brought in four signings – including Santiago Gimenez. Warren Bondo arrived as Ismael Bennacer joined Marseille. Riccardo Sottil joined from Fiorentina and Joao Felix also joined on loan from Chelsea.

The drama didn’t end there as Roma sealed three moves and work was primarily done on deadline day. Victor Nelsson arrived from Galatasaray after a move for Saba Goglichidze didn’t take off. Lucas Gourna-Douath arrived from Salzburg and earlier in the day, Anass Salah Eddine had joined from Twente.

At the same time, Juventus were left in a rush to complete a move for Lloyd Kelly. Paperwork issues, at one point, risked the move from going through. The move was confirmed late in the day.

Lazio sealed moves for Verona’s Reda Belahyane and Vejle’s Oliver Provstgaard and there could have been more moves, if they had moved on other players.

Napoli, interestingly enough, could not seal a move for Pietro Comuzzo and had to bring in a temporary replacement for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Noah Okafor arrived from Milan after having failed a medical with RB Leipzig earlier in the window.

Meanwhile in Bergamo, Atalanta sealed a move for Stefan Posch, who had been seeking a move away from Bologna and he finally joined Gian Piero Gasperini’s side.

Torino, who were in a constant rush throughout January, finally landed a striker in Amine Salama, who arrived on loan from Reims. Veteran Cristiano Biraghi, who was out of favour at Fiorentina, also joined Il Toro on a loan deal with the option to buy.

Kaustubh Pandey I GIFN