Which teams have earned the most from sales in the January transfer window?

Cameron Smith

• 16 Jan 2025 11:00 CST
• 3 min read

Olympique Lyon have currently earned the most amount of money from sales of any club during the 2025 January transfer window.

The French giants have sold Maxence Caqueret to Como, Gift Orban to Hoffenheim and Jeffinho to Botafogo for a combined price of €29.3 million.

They are narrowly ahead of Borussia Dortmund, who are second courtesy of Donyell Malen’s €25m move to Aston Villa.

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Aston Villa are third after selling Jaden Philogene to Ipswich Town for €23.7m, with that money invested in the addition of the aforementioned Donyell Malen.

Meanwhile, Stade Reims sit in fourth place after offloading Emmanuel Agbadou to Wolverhampton Wanderers for €20m. Al-Nassr have also earned €20m in January; they sold Seko Fofana to Stade Rennais following his loan spell at Al-Ettifaq.

Slavia Prague have generated the sixth-highest revenue from sales in January, with the Czech Republic giants offloading Antonin Kinsky to Tottenham Hotspur and Aiham Ousou to Charleroi for a combined €18.3m.

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Atletico Mineiro are seventh after earning €18m through the sale of Paulinho to Palmeiras. Mauricio Lemos and Alan Kardec have also left the club, although they have departed on free transfers.

The sales of Diego Gomez to Brighton & Hove Albion, Leonardo Campana to New England Revolution and CJ dos Santos to San Diego have earned Inter Miami €15.5m, while Cercle Brugge have earned €15.3m by selling Kevin Denkey to Cincinnati.

Sturm Graz complete the top 10 following the sale of Mika Biereth to AS Monaco for €13m and Jusuf Gazibegovic to FC Koln for €2m.

The 10 clubs who have earned the most from sales during the 2025 January window