"Finally official"
Liverpool sign Ozan Kabak - Can be a "future captain of a team"
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Liverpool have signed Schalke center-back Ozan Kabak. The Turkish striker arrives in what was a last-minute dash by the Reds to sign another center back on Deadline Day. Liverpool were desperate to add defenders after losing Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, and Joel Matip to injuries. As a result, the club added first Ben Davies earlier on Monday and now Kabak on a loan-to-buy deal.
The Reds will pay €1.1 million upfront to loan the player and then have an option to make the deal permanent for around €20 million in the summer. Despite putting this deal together at the last moment, Liverpool have been tracking Kabak for some time. Transfermarkt first reported Liverpool's interest in Kabak last September. At the time, Liverpool took a wait and see approach as Schalke made significant demands in order for the transfer to go through. But on Sunday night the dynamic changed significantly when Shkodran Mustafi became available for Schalke on a free transfer.
All of a sudden the Monday Deadline Day was a race to get two deals across the line. Schalke got their man secured allowing Liverpool to secure the paperwork and complete a medical to complete a deal that will bring Kabak from Gelsenkirchen to Liverpool. “He’s really a big, big talent and we are really looking forward to working with him," Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said in a club statement on Monday.
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40 Daniele Rugani | Juventus to Cagliari | Market value: €10M
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Loan until the end of the season
39 Takumi Minamino | Liverpool to Southampton | Market value: €10M
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Loan until the end of the season
38 William | Wolfsburg to Schalke | Market value: €10M
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Loan until the end of the season
37 Irfan Can Kahveci | Basaksehir to Fenerbahce | Market value: €10M
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Fee: €7M
36 Joakim Maehle | KRC Genk to Atalanta | Market value: €10M
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Fee: €11M
35 Brenden Aaronson | Philadelphia Union to RB Salzburg | Market value: €10M
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Fee: €5.45M
34 Joshua King | Bournemouth to Everton | Market value: €11M
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Fee: ?
33 Emmanuel Dennis | Club Brugge to 1. FC Köln | Market value: €11M
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Loan until the end of the season
32 Shkodran Mustafi | Arsenal to Schalke | Market value: €12M
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Free transfer
31 Alfred Duncan | Fiorentina to Cagliari Calcio | Market value: €12M
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Loan fee: €1M
30 Shoya Nakajima | Porto to Al-Ain FC | Market value: €12M
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Loan until the end of the season
29 Gerard Deulofeu | Watford to Udinese | Market value: €12M
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Fee: ?
28 Demarai Gray | Leicester to Bayern Leverkusen | Market value: €12M
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Fee: €2M
27 Patrick Cutrone | Wolves to Valencia | Market value: €12M
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Loan until the end of the season
26 Pedro | Fiorentina to Flamengo | Market value: €12M
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Fee: €14M
25 Rolando Mandragora | Juventus to Torino | Market value: €12M
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Loan until the end of the season
24 Jean-Clair Todibo | FC Barcelona to OGC Nice | Market value: €12M
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Loan until the end of the season
23 Brian Rodríguez | Los Angeles FC to UD Almería | Market value: €12M
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Loan until the end of the season
22 Gedson Fernandes | Benfica to Galatasaray| Market value: €13.5M
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Loan fee: €0.5M
21 Papu Gómez | Atalanta to Sevilla | Market value: €15M
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Fee: €5.5M
20 Paulinho | SC Braga to Sporting | Market value: €15M
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Fee: €16M
19 Jean-Philippe Mateta | Mainz to Crystal Palace | Market value: €15M
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Loan fee: €3.5M
18 Carles Aleñá | FC Barcelona to Getafe | Market value: €15M
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Loan until the end of the season
17 Amad Diallo | Atalanta to Man United | Market value: €15M
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Fee: €21M + add-ons
16 Joe Willock | Arsenal to Newcastle | Market value: €16M
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Loan until the end of the season
15 Fikayo Tomori | Chelsea to AC Milan | Market value: €17M
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Loan until the end of the season
14 William Saliba | Arsenal to OGC Nice | Market value: €17M
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Loan until the end of the season
13 Ainsley Maitland-Niles | Arsenal to West Brom | Market value: €18M
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Loan until the end of the season
12 Krépin Diatta | Club Brugge to Monaco | Market value: €18M
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Fee: €20M
11 Willian José | Real Sociedad to Wolves | Market value: €20M
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Loan until the end of the season
10 Morgan Sanson | Olympique Marseille to Aston Villa | Market value: €20M
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Fee: €15.8M
9 Luka Jovic | Real Madrid to Eintracht Frankfurt | Market value: €20M
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Loan until the end of the season
8 Takefusa Kubo | Real Madrid to Getafe | Market value: €20M
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Loan fee: €1.25M
7 Arkadiusz Milik | Napoli to Marseille | Market value: €22M
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Loan until the end of the season
6 Saïd Benrahma | Brentford to West Ham | Market value: €22M
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Fee: €23.1M
5 Ozan Kabak | Schalke to Liverpool | Market value: €25M
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Loan fee: €1.1M
4 Dominik Szoboszlai | RB Salzburg to RB Leipzig | Market value: €25M
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Fee: €20M
3 Sebastién Haller | West Ham to Ajax | Market value: €30M
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Fee: €22.5M
2 Moussa Dembélé | Lyon to Atlético | Market value: €30M
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Loan fee: €1.5M
1 Martin Ødegaard | Real Madrid to Arsenal | Market value: €40M
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Loan fee: €2M
Klopp: Kabak has the potential to be a "future captain of team"
Klopp was full of praise for the 20-year-old defender. “When you go abroad in that young age, to another country and play for other clubs, he could have played in Turkey in each club he wants," Klopp said. "Goes then to Stuttgart, goes then to Schalke. He could have gone anywhere but he wanted to make football steps and we are a proper football step for him. He wants to learn but he can deliver already.”
Kabak, Mustafi & Co. - The biggest winter Deadline Day deals
25 Moisés Caicedo | Independiente del Valle -> Brighton | Market value: €5M
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Fee: €5M
24 Andraz Sporar | Sporting -> SC Braga | Market value: €5.5M
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Loan deal
23 Lucas Olaza | Boca Juniors -> Real Valladolid | Market value: €6M
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Loan deal
22 Viktor Kovalenko | Shakhtar Donetsk -> Atalanta | Market value: €6M
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Fee: €700K
21 Lászlo Bénes | Gladbach -> Augsburg | Market value: €6M
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Loan deal
20 Bryan Reynolds | FC Dallas -> AS Rom | Market value: €6M
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Loan deal (obligation to buy: €7.5M)
19 Josh Maja | Girondins Bordeaux -> Fulham | Market value: €6.5M
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Loan deal
18 Cenk Tosun | Everton -> Besiktas | Market value: €7M
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Loan deal
17 Jonjoe Kenny | Everton -> Celtic | Market value: €7M
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Loan deal
16 Adam Ounas | Napoli -> Crotone | Market value: €8M
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Loan deal
15 Kenny Lala | RC Strasbourg -> Olympiacos | Market value: €9M
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Fee: ?
14 Oussama Idrissi | Sevilla -> Ajax | Market value: €9M
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Loan deal
13 Joshua Zirkzee | Bayern Munich -> Parma | Market value: €9M
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Loan deal (option to buy: €15M)
12 Daniele Rugani | Juventus -> Cagliari | Market value: €10M
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Loan deal
11 Takumi Minamino | Liverpool -> Southampton | Market value: €10M
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Loan deal
10 Joshua King | Bournemouth -> Everton | Market value: €11M
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Fee: ?
9 Shkodran Mustafi | Arsenal -> Schalke | Market value: €12M
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Free transfer
8 Rolando Mandragora | Juventus -> Torino | Market value: €12M
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Loan deal
7 Jean-Clair Todibo | FC Barcelona -> OGC Nice | Market value: €12M
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Loan deal
6 Brian Rodríguez | Los Angeles FC -> UD Almería | Market value: €12M
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Loan deal (option to buy)
5 Gedson Fernandes | Benfica -> Galatasaray | Market value: €13.5M
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Loan fee: €500K
4 Paulinho | SC Braga -> Sporting | Market value: €15M
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Fee: €16M
3 Joe Willock | Arsenal -> Newcastle | Market value: €16M
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Loan deal
2 Ainsley Maitland-Niles | Arsenal -> West Brom | Market value: €18M
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Loan deal
1 Ozan Kabak | Schalke -> Liverpool | Market value: €25M
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Loan fee: €1.1M
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