# List of Italian football transfers winter 2023–24

The 2023–24 Italian football winter transfer window runs from 2 January to 8pm on 1 February 2024. This list includes transfers featuring at least one club from either Serie A or Serie B that were completed after the end of the summer 2023 window and before the end of the winter 2023-24 window on 1 February. Some contracts were already signed and announced before the window opening.

## Transfers

All players and clubs without a flag are Italian.
Legend
* Those clubs in Italic indicate that the player already left the team on loan on this season or a new signing that immediately left the club.
| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
| 27 December 2023 | Eljif Elmas | Napoli | RB Leipzig | Undisclosed |
| 29 December 2023 | Andrea Bertolacci | Cremonese | Karagümrük | Loan |
| 30 December 2023 | Albin Ekdal | Spezia | Djurgården | Free |
| 2 January 2024 | Isak Hien | Hellas Verona | Atalanta | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2024 | Silvan Hefti | Genoa | Montpellier | Loan |
| 2 January 2024 | Farès Ghedjemis | Rouen | Frosinone | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2024 | Mattia Tordini | Lecco | Padova | Loan |
| 2 January 2024 | Francesco Bombagi | Catanzaro | Mantova | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2024 | Tobías Reinhart | Temperley | Reggiana | Free |
| 3 January 2024 | Karlo Lulić | Frosinone | Bari | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2024 | Michele Avella | Frosinone | Brescia | Loan |
| 4 January 2024 | Doudou Mangni | Lecco | Alessandria | Loan |
| 4 January 2024 | Nicola Mosti | Modena | Juve Stabia | Loan |
| 4 January 2024 | Loris Bacchetti | Feralpisalò | Casertana | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2024 | Nana Welbeck | Catanzaro | Catania | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2024 | Eduard Duțu | Fiorentina | Virtus Francavilla | Loan |
| 5 January 2024 | Pasquale Mazzocchi | Salernitana | Napoli | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2024 | Tajon Buchanan | Club Brugge | Internazionale | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2024 | Henri Salomaa | Lecce | Lecco | Loan |
| 5 January 2024 | Eyob Zambataro | Lecco | Torres | Loan |
| 5 January 2024 | Emanuele Cicerelli | Lazio | Catania | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2024 | Alessandro Vimercati | Juve Stabia | Südtirol | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2024 | Alessandro Vimercati | Südtirol | Renate | Loan |
| 5 January 2024 | Luca Valzania | Cremonese | Ascoli | Loan |
| 6 January 2024 | Dean Huijsen | Juventus | Roma | Loan |
| 6 January 2024 | Lautaro Giannetti | Vélez Sarsfield | Udinese | Free |
| 6 January 2024 | Jasmin Kurtić | Universitatea Craiova | Südtirol | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2024 | Alessandro Celli | Ternana | Catania | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2024 | Lovro Štubljar | Empoli | Domžale | Loan |
| 8 January 2024 | Kevin Bonifazi | Bologna | Frosinone | Loan |
| 8 January 2024 | Filippo Terracciano | Verona | Milan | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2024 | Filippo Scaglia | Como | Südtirol | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2024 | Giacomo Faticanti | Lecce | Ternana | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2024 | Riccardo Baroni | Modena | AlbinoLeffe | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2024 | Matteo Ahmetaj | Bari | Recanatese | Loan |
| 9 January 2024 | César Falletti | Ternana | Cremonese | Undisclosed |
| 9 January 2024 | Franco Carboni | Internazionale | Ternana | Undisclosed |
| 9 January 2024 | Niccolò Corrado | Ternana | Modena | Loan |
| 9 January 2024 | Ange N'Guessan | Torino | Ternana | Loan |
| 9 January 2024 | Luca Vignali | Como | Spezia | Loan |
| 9 January 2024 | Szymon Żurkowski | Spezia | Empoli | Loan |
| 9 January 2024 | Cristian Shiba | Südtirol | Recanatese | Loan |
| 10 January 2024 | Corentin Louakima | Roma | Lecco | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2024 | Michele Camporese | Feralpisalò | Cosenza | Loan |
| 10 January 2024 | Yayah Kallon | Verona | Bari | Loan |
| 10 January 2024 | Lucien Agoumé | Internazionale | Sevilla | Loan |
| 10 January 2024 | Eddie Salcedo | Internazionale | Lecco | Loan |
| 10 January 2024 | Daniel Maldini | Milan | Monza | Loan |
| 10 January 2024 | Giuseppe Cuomo | Südtirol | Vicenza | Loan |
| 11 January 2024 | Radu Drăgușin | Genoa | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2024 | Djed Spence | Tottenham Hotspur | Genoa | Loan |
| 11 January 2024 | Jan Żuberek | Internazionale | Ternana | Loan |
| 11 January 2024 | Niccolò Pierozzi | Fiorentina | Salernitana | Loan |
| 11 January 2024 | Raffaele Celia | SPAL | Ascoli | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2024 | Vincenzo Millico | Ascoli | Foggia | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2024 | Gianluca Frabotta | Juventus | Cosenza | Loan |
| 11 January 2024 | Christian Travaglini | Sampdoria | Taranto | Loan |
| 11 January 2024 | Daniele Montevago | Sampdoria | Virtus Entella | Loan |
| 11 January 2024 | Mattia Vitale | Sampdoria | Monopoli | Loan |
| 11 January 2024 | Ludovico Gelmi | Atalanta | Monopoli | Loan |
| 12 January 2024 | Facundo Zabala | Venezia | Club Olimpia | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2024 | Jakob Pálsson | Venezia | Valur | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2024 | Ola Solbakken | Roma | Urawa Reds | Loan |
| 12 January 2024 | Ettore Gliozzi | Pisa | Modena | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2024 | Nicholas Bonfanti | Modena | Pisa | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2024 | Martin Hongla | Verona | Granada | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2024 | Berkan Kutlu | Genoa | Galatasaray | Loan return |
| 12 January 2024 | Alessio Brambilla | Cremonese | Gubbio | Loan |
| 12 January 2024 | Gabriele Boloca | Albenga | Ternana | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2024 | Davide Faraoni | Verona | Fiorentina | Loan |
| 13 January 2024 | Francesco Donati | Empoli | Arezzo | Loan |
| 13 January 2024 | Rade Krunić | Milan | Fenerbahçe | Loan |
| 15 January 2024 | Sebastian Breza | Bologna | Montréal | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2024 | Joaquín Sosa | Bologna | Montréal | Loan |
| 16 January 2024 | Santiago Pierotti | Colón | Lecce | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2024 | Jeremiah Streng | SJK | Ascoli | Loan |
| 17 January 2024 | Hamed Traorè | Bournemouth | Napoli | Loan |
| 17 January 2024 | Emil Bohinen | Salernitana | Genoa | Loan |
| 17 January 2024 | Toma Bašić | Lazio | Salernitana | Loan |
| 17 January 2024 | Alessandro Zanoli | Napoli | Salernitana | Loan |
| 17 January 2024 | Eric Lanini | Parma | Benevento | Loan |
| 17 January 2024 | Diego Malagrida | Sampdoria | Rimini | Loan |
| 17 January 2024 | Lorenzo Porcu | Sampdoria | Rimini | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2024 | Eddy Gnahoré | Ascoli | Dinamo București | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2024 | Filip Jagiełło | Genoa | Spezia | Loan |
| 17 January 2024 | Marco Ballarini | Udinese | Triestina | Loan |
| 17 January 2024 | Alessandro Livieri | Pisa | Cremonese | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Nadir Zortea | Atalanta | Frosinone | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Gastón Pereiro | Cagliari | Ternana | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Filippo Ranocchia | Juventus | Palermo | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2024 | Gian Marco Crespi | Juventus | Spezia | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2024 | Massimo Zilli | Cosenza | SPAL | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Bright Gyamfi | Potenza | Cosenza | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2024 | Marley Aké | Juventus | Yverdon | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Sauli Väisänen | Odense | Ascoli | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Agustín Álvarez | Sassuolo | Sampdoria | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Marcin Listkowski | Lecce | Lecco | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Zinedin Smajlović | Lecce | Lecco | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Joaquin Dalmasso | Foggia | Lecco | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2024 | Giacomo Beretta | Foggia | Lecco | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Marco Frigerio | Foggia | Lecco | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2024 | Lorenzo Pinzauti | Lecco | Renate | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Edgaras Dubickas | Pisa | Feralpisalò | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Filippo Faggi | Virtus Entella | Bari | Loan |
| 19 January 2024 | Mihajlo Ilić | Partizan | Bologna | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2024 | Cyril Ngonge | Verona | Napoli | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2024 | Devis Vásquez | Milan | Ascoli | Loan |
| 19 January 2024 | George Pușcaș | Genoa | Bari | Loan |
| 19 January 2024 | Federico Valietti | Genoa | Taranto | Loan |
| 19 January 2024 | Alberto Cerri | Como | Empoli | Loan |
| 19 January 2024 | Daniel Frey | Cremonese | Pro Vercelli | Loan |
| 19 January 2024 | Axel Guessand | Udinese | Volendam | Loan |
| 19 January 2024 | Bartłomiej Drągowski | Spezia | Panathinaikos | Loan |
| 20 January 2024 | Josh Doig | Verona | Sassuolo | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2024 | Saba Goglichidze | Torpedo Kutaisi | Empoli | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2024 | Laurens Serpe | Spezia | Turris | Loan |
| 21 January 2024 | Matias Antonini | Taranto | Catanzaro | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2024 | Tiago Djaló | Lille | Juventus | €3.6M |
| 22 January 2024 | Luka Romero | Milan | Almería | Loan |
| 23 January 2024 | Panos Katseris | Catanzaro | Lorient | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2024 | Jayden Braaf | Verona | Fortuna Sittard | Loan |
| 23 January 2024 | Tijjani Noslin | Fortuna Sittard | Verona | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2024 | Elayis Tavşan | NEC | Verona | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2024 | Demba Seck | Torino | Frosinone | Loan |
| 23 January 2024 | Stefano Minelli | Feralpisalò | Novara | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2024 | Christian Acella | Cremonese | Giana Erminio | Loan |
| 24 January 2024 | Vivaldo Semedo | Udinese | Volendam | Loan |
| 24 January 2024 | Diego Falcinelli | Modena | Spezia | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2024 | Aleš Matějů | Palermo | Spezia | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2024 | Dimo Krastev | Fiorentina | Feralpisalò | Loan |
| 24 January 2024 | Riccardo Gagliolo | AEK Larnaca | Ascoli | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2024 | Matija Popović | Partizan | Monza | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2024 | Alessio Zerbin | Napoli | Monza | Loan |
| 25 January 2024 | Jacopo Petriccione | Crotone | Catanzaro | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2024 | Simone Pafundi | Udinese | Lausanne | 1-year loan |
| 25 January 2024 | Nicholas Gioacchini | St. Louis City | Como | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2024 | Matthias Braunöder | Austria Wien | Como | Loan |
| 25 January 2024 | Kelvin Amian | Spezia | Nantes | Loan |
| 25 January 2024 | Reda Belahyane | Nice | Verona | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2024 | Dani Silva | Vitória de Guimarães | Verona | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2024 | Salim Diakité | Ternana | Palermo | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2024 | Sekou Diawara | Udinese | Beerschot | Loan |
| 25 January 2024 | Filippo Sgarbi | Cosenza | Ternana | Loan |
| 26 January 2024 | Matías Viña | Roma | Flamengo | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2024 | Leander Dendoncker | Aston Villa | Napoli | Loan |
| 26 January 2024 | Koray Günter | Verona | Fatih Karagümrük | Loan |
| 26 January 2024 | Rúben Vinagre | Sporting CP | Verona | Loan |
| 26 January 2024 | Liam Kerrigan | Como | Novara | Loan |
| 26 January 2024 | Jean-Pierre Nsame | Young Boys | Como | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2024 | Giorgio Cittadini | Atalanta | Genoa | Loan |
| 26 January 2024 | Luca Liverani | Alessandria | Feralpisalò | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2024 | Hamza El Kaouakibi | Benevento | Südtirol | Loan |
| 26 January 2024 | Milan Đurić | Verona | Monza | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2024 | Kevin Haveri | Torino | Catania | Loan |
| 27 January 2024 | Franz Stolz | St. Pölten | Genoa | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2024 | Simone Simeri | Bari | Taranto | Loan |
| 28 January 2024 | Samuel Ballet | Winterthur | Como | Loan |
| 28 January 2024 | Edoardo Goldaniga | Cagliari | Como | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2024 | Marlon Mustapha | Como | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan |
| 29 January 2024 | Gabriel Strefezza | Lecce | Como | Loan |
| 29 January 2024 | Josip Brekalo | Fiorentina | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan |
| 29 January 2024 | Valerio Mantovani | Ternana | Ascoli | Loan |
| 29 January 2024 | Domingos Quina | Udinese | Vizela | Loan |
| 29 January 2024 | James Abankwah | Charlton Athletic | Udinese | Loan return |
| 30 January 2024 | Santiago Castro | Vélez Sarsfield | Bologna | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2024 | Angeliño | RB Leipzig | Roma | Loan |
| 30 January 2024 | Karim Zedadka | Swift Hesperange | Ascoli | Loan |
| 30 January 2024 | Riccardo Saponara | Verona | Ankaragücü | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2024 | Joshua Tenkorang | Cremonese | Foggia | Loan |
| 30 January 2024 | Tommaso Fumagalli | Giana Erminio | Como | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2024 | Giacomo Manzari | Sassuolo | Feralpisalò | Loan |
| 30 January 2024 | Romeo Giovannini | Modena | Virtus Entella | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Emanuele Valeri | Cremonese | Frosinone | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | Nemanja Radonjić | Torino | Mallorca | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Roko Jureškin | Pisa | Spezia | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Ádám Nagy | Pisa | Spezia | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Cristiano Piccini | 1. FC Magdeburg | Sampdoria | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | David Ankeye | Sheriff Tiraspol | Genoa | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | Christian Dalle Mura | Fiorentina | Ternana | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Carlos Alcaraz | Southampton | Juventus | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Dávid Ďuriš | Žilina | Ascoli | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Mirko Marić | Monza | Rijeka | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Eugenio Lamanna | Monza | Lecco | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | Dennis Curatolo | Internazionale | Pro Patria | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Ruslan Malinovskyi | Marseille | Genoa | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | M'Baye Niang | Adana Demirspor | Empoli | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | Triantafyllos Pasalidis | OFI Crete | Salernitana | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | Matteo Lovato | Salernitana | Torino | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Flavius Daniliuc | Salernitana | Red Bull Salzburg | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Erik Botheim | Salernitana | Malmö | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | David Zima | Torino | Slavia Prague | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | Filippo Nardi | Cremonese | Benevento | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Christian Pierobon | Verona | Juve Stabia | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | Tomáš Suslov | Groningen | Verona | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | Luca Giudici | Lecco | Feralpisalò | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | Vittorio Parigini | Feralpisalò | Lecco | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | Mario Ierardi | Vicenza | Lecco | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Álex Blanco | Como | Reggiana | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | Luca Ghiringhelli | Südtirol | SPAL | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Jonas Heinz | Südtirol | Fermana | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Marco Delle Monache | Sampdoria | Vicenza | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | Gregorio Tanco | Banfield | Spezia | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Andrea Belotti | Roma | Fiorentina | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Nicola Valente | Palermo | Padova | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Francesco Ardizzone | Lecco | Monopoli | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Joaquin Dalmasso | Lecco | Monopoli | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Matteo Battistini | Lecco | Crotone | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Brandon Soppy | Atalanta | Schalke 04 | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Vitinha | Marseille | Genoa | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | David Okereke | Cremonese | Torino | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Adam Masina | Udinese | Torino | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Emanuel Vignato | Pisa | Salernitana | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Marco Pellegrino | Milan | Salernitana | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Jordi Mboula | Verona | Racing Santander | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Bruno Amione | Verona | Santos Laguna | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Ajdin Hrustic | Verona | Heracles | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Fabien Centonze | Nantes | Verona | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Karol Świderski | Charlotte | Verona | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Jens Odgaard | AZ | Bologna | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Kazper Karlsson | Halmstad | Bologna | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Alem Nezirevic | Internazionale | Bologna | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Orji Okwonkwo | Bologna | Reggiana | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Sydney van Hooijdonk | Bologna | Norwich City | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Yann Karamoh | Torino | Montpellier | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Uroš Kabić | Red Star Belgrade | Torino | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Shon Weissman | Granada | Salernitana | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Iron Gomis | Kasımpaşa | Salernitana | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Kaleb Jiménez | Salernitana | Atalanta U23 | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Alessandro Mallamo | Atalanta U23 | Südtirol | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Giuseppe Di Serio | Atalanta U23 | Spezia | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Chaka Traorè | Milan | Palermo | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Yerry Mina | Fiorentina | Cagliari | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Gianluca Gaetano | Napoli | Cagliari | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Alessandro Bolzan | Roma | Cagliari | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Jacopo Simonetta | SPAL | Cagliari | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Jacopo Desogus | Cagliari | Gubbio | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Gianluca Contini | Cagliari | Virtus Francavilla | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | İsak Vural | Hammarby | Frosinone | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Etienne Camara | Udinese | Charleroi | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Marash Kumbulla | Roma | Sassuolo | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Tommaso Baldanzi | Empoli | Roma | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Ottavio Garau | Ternana | Juve Stabia | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Pietro Rovaglia | Ternana | Casertana | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Lorenzo Amatucci | Fiorentina | Ternana | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Riccardo Zoia | Vis Pesaro | Ternana | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Denis Franchi | Burnley | Ternana | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Damiano Pecile | Venezia | Vis Pesaro | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Dennis Johnsen | Venezia | Cremonese | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Luca Marrone | Lecco | Cremonese | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Lorenzo Di Stefano | Empoli | Modena | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Gabriele Guarino | Empoli | Modena | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Simone Santoro | Perugia | Modena | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Abdoul Guiebre | Modena | Perugia | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Luca Stanga | Lecco | Juve Stabia | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Gabriel Lunetta | Südtirol | Lecco | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Umberto Eusepi | Lecco | Monterosi | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Roberto Inglese | Parma | Lecco | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Antonino La Gumina | Sampdoria | Mirandés | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Ebrima Darboe | Roma | Sampdoria | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Simone Panada | Sampdoria | Atalanta U23 | Loan return |
| 1 February 2024 | Giuseppe Di Serio | Atalanta U23 | Spezia | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Mirko Antonucci | Spezia | Cosenza | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Andrea Rispoli | Cosenza | Crotone | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Fellipe Jack | Palmeiras | Como | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Diego Stramaccioni | Juventus | Reggiana | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2024 | Diego Stramaccioni | Reggiana | Juventus Next Gen | Loan |
| 2 February 2024 | Jérôme Boateng | Unattached | Salernitana | Free |
| 2 February 2024 | Elio Capradossi | Cagliari | Lecco | Free |
| 6 February 2024 | Pablo Galdames | Genoa | Vasco da Gama | Undisclosed |
| 9 February 2024 | Kostas Manolas | Unattached | Salernitana | Free |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 The player already played for his new club in the 2023–24 season, the deal turned from temporary to definitive.