From Neymar to Duran: How have the January switch window signings carried out on their debuts?

The 2025 January switch window noticed some main names make strikes on the planet of males’s soccer.

Be it Neymar’s homecoming in Brazil or Jhon Duran’s massive cash switch to the Saudi Professional League, many of those gamers have already donned their new threads and obtained some minutes beneath their belt.

Right here’s how a few of the gamers roped within the January switch window fared of their first match for his or her new membership:

Neymar (Al-Hilal to Santos)

After spending an uneventful 12 months and a half at Al-Hilal within the Saudi Professional League, Neymar returned to his boyhood membership Santos after a spot of 16 years.

Regardless of all of the fanfare across the Brazilian’s homecoming, he didn’t mark his second debut for the facet with a major efficiency. In a match in opposition to Botafogo which led to a 1-1 draw, Neymar got here off the bench after half-time, however appeared to wrestle. This was his first sport in 16 months.

“I feel it’s time for me to be affected person and get some observe,” the participant stated after the match.

Joao Felix (Chelsea to AC Milan)

Changing Christian Pulisic on his Milan debut on the hour mark, Joao Felix introduced himself in nice vogue after he scored on his debut in opposition to Roma within the Coppa Italia quarterfinals.

AC Milan’s Joao Felix scores their third objective.
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After not getting a lot sport time at Chelsea within the Premier League, Felix was loaned out to the Italian big for the remainder of the season. The Portuguese ahead scored his maiden Milan objective simply 10 minutes after approaching and chipping Santiago Gimenez’s by ball above the onrushing ‘keeper.

Jhon Duran (Aston Villa to Al-Nassr)

After finishing a transfer value a reported 77 million euros to the Saudi Professional League from the Premier League, Duran made his debut for Al-Nassr in a AFC Champions League fixture in opposition to Al Wasl.

Al Nassr’s Jhon Duran reacts.
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It was a vivid begin for the Colombian alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, main Al-Nassr’s assault. However he couldn’t discover the web in his first full match for his new membership.

He had three wayward pictures and one try blocked, however was concerned within the build-up play to his facet’s many assaults.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli to PSG)

The Georgian ahead is already up and working within the Ligue 1 after he made his debut for Paris Saint-Germain in opposition to Reims in a league match.

Paris St Germain’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in motion.
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Throughout his 83 minute-stay on the pitch, Kvaratskhelia assisted Ousmane Dembele simply after the half-time break to assist PSG take the lead.

Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt to Manchester Metropolis)

The Egyptian ahead made his debut in Manchester Metropolis colors in opposition to Chelsea within the Premier League fixture which noticed the defending champion prevail over the Blues in a 3-1 win.

Manchester Metropolis’s Omar Marmoush in motion with Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah.
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Marmoush even obtained on the scoresheet simply earlier than the 30-minute mark however his effort was dominated out attributable to an off-side.

Randal Kolo Muani (PSG to Juventus)

Like Felix, Muani, too, obtained his first objective for his new membership on his debut.

Juventus’ Randal Kolo Muani, middle, celebrates after scoring the workforce’s first objective throughout the Serie A match between Napoli and Juventus on the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy, Saturday Jan. 25, 2025.
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Beginning in opposition to Napoli in a league fixture, the French ahead put Juventus forward, however his objective was in a dropping trigger as the previous champion went right down to the league chief.