The major deals on the deadline day across europe included:

Serie A:
- Valeri Bojinov has returned to Italy and moved on loan to Leece after failing to win over the fans at Sporting Lisbon.
- Simone Padoin has moved from Atalanta to Juventus.
- Angelo Palombo has signed for Inter Milan on loan from Sampdoria.
- Former Sunderland midfielder Sulley Muntari crosses the Milan divide to join AC from Inter.
- Inter Milan complete loan signing of Fredy Guarin from Porto.
- AC Milan have signed 21 year old Brazilian forward Lucas Roggia on loan from Internacional for the rest of the season.
- Fiorentina sign exciting 18 year old prospect Kenneth Zohore from Copenhagen.
- Juventus have secured the signing Dutch wonderkid Ouasim Bouy from Ajax.
- Genoa have signed Ciro Immobile for £6.7m from Juventus.
- Genoa have signed Porto mdifedler Fernando Belluschi on loan for the rest of the season.
- Lazio’s move for Keisuke Honda was rejected by CSKA Moscow after the the bid was deemed to low.
La Liga:
- Former Barcelona midfielder Victor Sanzhez joins Espanyol from Neuchatel Xamax
- Espanyol have signed Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho on loan from Inter Milan.
Ligue 1:
- Lucho Gonzalez to return to former club Porto from Marseille on a 4 year deal.
- PSG sign Thiago Motta from Inter for €10m.
Bundesliga:
- Egyptian striker Mohamed Zidan has returned to former club Mainz after a frustrating spell at Dortmund.
- SC Freiburg sign Croatian striker Ivan Santini on loan as they look to replace Papiss Cisse.
- Exciting South Korean prospect Koo Ja-Cheol has moved on loan to Augsburg from Wolfsburg after failing to cement a first team place.
Elsewhere:
- Polish International Ebi Smolarek has returned to Holland with ADO Den Haag after a spell in Qatar with Al-Khor Sports.
- Alexander Hleb and Colin Kazim-Richards have both agreed terms with Olympiakos.
- Striker Yannick Djalo joins Benfica signs 4 year contract after moving from Sporting Lisbon.