The last hours of the summer transfer window always hold many surprises. It is at this time that certain clubs become more active and that the most complex files unravel.
While waiting for the close outcome of the long series Randal Kolo Muani at PSG, focus on ten notable transfers that were made on the last day of the summer transfer window:
10 – Alexander Nesta
On August 31, 2002, the Italian defender was transferred from Lazio Rome to AC Milan for 31 million euros. The accounts of the Roman club in the red, the emblematic captain of Lazio finds himself in the Lombard capital to engage with the Rossoneri almost at the closing of the transfer window.
9 – Sergio Ramos
Then a young defender of Sevilla FC, the Spaniard was transferred to Real Madrid for 27 million euros on August 31, 2005 and became the first recruit of a new era, Real under the presidency of Florentino Perez.
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8 – Keylor Navas
In the last hours of the 2019 summer transfer window, the Costa Rican goalkeeper, three-time European champion with Real Madrid, signed up for PSG for four years in exchange for Alphonse Areola, who went on loan to the Merengues.
7 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic
On August 31, 2004, it was the big transfer of the last hours of the transfer window. The striker leaves Ajax Amsterdam and joins Juventus Turin for 16 million euros. In an increasingly delicate situation in the Dutch capital, the Swede leaves for Italy when he was the most expensive player ever bought by Ajax, three years earlier.
6 – Wayne Rooney
August 31, 2004, the beginning of a legendary story. Aged just 18, Wayne Rooney leaves Everton and joins Manchester United for 37 million euros. The Englishman will play 13 seasons at Old Trafford and will finish top scorer in the history of the Red Devils.
5 – Anthony Martial
August 31, 2015 was synonymous with a thunderclap. At only 19 years old, the French striker who had recently appeared in Ligue 1 was transferred from AS Monaco to Manchester United for no less than 80 million.
4 – Mesut Ozil
On September 1, 2013, in the very last moments of the transfer window, against all odds, the German midfielder was transferred from Real Madrid to Arsenal for 47 million euros. A bad start that shook the Madrid locker room.
3 – Gareth Bale
On the same day, Real Madrid recorded the arrival of Welshman Gareth Bale for 101 million euros from English club Tottenham. It was the biggest transfer ever made by the Madrid club at the time.
2 – Ronaldo Nazario
On August 31, 2002, after long negotiations and an increasingly difficult situation at Inter, due in particular to numerous injuries, the Brazilian striker left Inter Milan and joined Real Madrid in the last hours for 45 million euros.
1 – Kylian Mbappé
On the last day of the 2017 summer transfer window, the young French prodigy who had revealed himself in Monaco a few months earlier was transferred from the Principality to Paris SG for 180 million euros. After recording the record arrival of Neymar a few weeks earlier for 222 million euros, the capital club made the second most expensive transfer in history.
