Serie A hasn’t experienced much transfer drama this winter, as tight budgets and challenging financial situations have made Italian clubs reluctant to commit to expensive signings.

With the transfer session scheduled to close on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. EST, here are Serie A’s biggest deals and negotiations ahead of deadline day, which historically represents the most exciting moment of Italy’s calciomercato.

Milan Skriniar, the Inter Milan captain and center-back, has agreed to join French powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain.

The Ligue 1 reigning champions would like to fly Skriniar to Paris immediately, without having to wait until his contract with the Nerazzurri expires at the end of the 2022/23 season. To do so, however, they will have to accommodate Inter Milan’s €20 million ($21.7m) request, Gazzetta dello Sport explains.

The 27-year-old Slovakia international, who enjoys the status as one of Serie A’s most reliable center-backs, is expected to earn €8.5 million a season at Paris Saint-Germain, collecting a paycheck that Italian clubs could not realistically afford to match at this time.

After a three-year stay in Turin, Texas native Weston McKennie has left Juventus to sign with Leeds United in the English Premier League, the club managed by former New York Red Bulls head coach Jesse Marsch.

Leeds United have disbursed a €1.5 million loan fee for the 24-year-old American midfielder and have an option to buy him at the end of the season for €35 million ($38.1m), Sky Sport in Italy reports.

McKennie, who was a regular starter in the U.S. men’s national team that reached the 2022 FIFA World Cup Round of 16, registered 96 appearances and scored 13 goals since joining the Bianconeri in 2020.

Aside from featuring in the world’s most reputable soccer league, at Leeds United McKennie will enjoy the company of USMNT colleagues Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams.

After going home empty-handed from the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in a hard-fought game against league leaders Napoli, Roma now have two days to deal with Nicolò Zaniolo’s wearing situation.

Zaniolo has openly stated his intention to leave the Giallorossi, attracting strong interest from AC Milan and AFC Bournemouth, with the English club outbidding the Rossoneri. The 23 year-old Italian attacking midfielder, however, rejected the proposal, surprisingly turning down a chance to play in the English Premier League.

Unless another club satisfies Roma’s transfer conditions before the calciomercato deadline, Zaniolo will have to stay put for the remainder of the season, even though relations with head coach Jose Mourinho have strained significantly.

Meanwhile, Radja Nainggolan, a former Roma and Inter Milan player, has returned to Italian soccer, the place that saw his professional career kick off back in 2006.

The former Belgium international has agreed to sign a five-month contract with Serie B’s SPAL, the club owned by U.S. criminal defense lawyer Joe Tacopina.

The SPAL president recently opened up about his team’s ambitions, explaining that they are determined to make a run in Serie B and achieve promotion to Serie A through the league playoffs.

While Serie A has so far been quiet in the transfer market, we should expect some deals to materialize between today and tomorrow, when the calciomercato doors shut.

Italy’s transfer history tells us that Serie A club executives have mastered the art of closing deals on deadline day, when pressure is high and teams are forced to make snap decisions about acquiring new players or unloading old ones from their roster.