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

Cameron Smith

• Updated: 4 Feb 2025 09:50 CST
• 3 min read

Aston Villa earned the most amount of money from sales of any club in world football during the 2025 January transfer window.

The Premier League club accepted a blockbuster €77 million bid from Al-Nassr for young striker Jhon Duran and also sold Jaden Philogene to Ipswich for €23.7m and Diego Carlos to Fenerbahce for €10m.

Aston Villa's income of €110.7m means that they made €400,000 more than second-placed side FC Porto, who also offloaded a star player to Saudi Arabia. Galeno joined Al-Ahli for €50m on Saudi Deadline Day, while Nico Gonzalez moved to Man City for €60m. Fran Navarro headed to Braga on loan for a €300,000 fee.

Eintracht Frankfurt occupy third place as they notably sold Omar Marmoush to Man City for an initial €75 million, while they also offloaded Jens Petter Hauge to Bodo/Glimt for €3.5m.

They are ahead of Napoli, who are fourth courtesy of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s €70m move to Paris Saint-Germain and the €1m loan fee paid by Fiorentina to sign Michael Folorunsho on a temporary deal until the end of the campaign.

READ MORE: The 10 most expensive January transfers of all time

PSG come in at fifth thanks to the surprising permanent sale of Xavi Simons to RB Leipzig for €50m. They also sold Cher Ndou for €5m and received a €3.6m loan fee for Randal Kolo Muani.

Ligue 1 rivals RC Lens also make the list after selling Abdukodir Khusanov to Man City for €40m and Brice Samba to Stade Rennais for €14m.

Botafogo rocketed up the standings when they sold Luiz Enrique to Russian side Zenit for a whopping €33m, while also offloading Junior Santos, Tiquinho Soares and Carlos Alberto.

Palmeiras occupy eighth place. The Brazilian giants sold Vitor Reis to Man City and Rafael Navarro to Colorado for a combined price of €41.5m.

Stade Reims raised the ninth-highest revenue by selling Emmanuel Agbadou and Marshall Munetsi to Wolves for a combined €38m. Amine Salama joined Torino on loan for a €200,000 fee.

The aforementioned Zenit complete the top 10 after selling Claudinho to Al-Sadd, Artur to Botafogo and Wilson Isidor to Sunderland for a total of €36m.

READ MORE: The 10 biggest spenders of the January transfer window

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