There were a number of potential moves that failed to materialise into anything concrete over the last few days. Perhaps most notably, Alejandro Garnacho ends the month at Manchester United, despite strong links between the Argentine and both Chelsea and Napoli.

A busy winter transfer window comes to a close on Monday when teams across Europe's top five leagues will have to finalize deals that they hope will improve their squads during the second half of the season.

Manchester City and Aston Villa made big moves just before the midseason transfer window closed on Monday. Four-time defending Premier League champion City secured a late deal for Porto midfielder Nico Gonzalez for a reported $61.