That’s it, it’s over … The transfer window closed its doors on Friday in Europe. The opportunity to come back to the biggest transactions of the summer, from Declan Rice at the Gunners to Dominik Szoboszlai at Liverpool, obviously passing through Randal Kolo Muani at PSG and Neymar at Al-Hilal. Transfermakt figures. They do not take into account any bonuses. One exception: the specialized site announces a transfer of €95 million for Kolo Muani. However, this is the bonus amount included. PSG will pay “only” €75 million to Eintracht Frankfurt.
On July 2, the Reds made a nice move by hiring Hungarian Dominik Szoboszlai. After two years spent in Germany with RB Leipzig, the 22-year-old striker joins the formation of Jurgen Klopp who is developing a real project for the future with his transfer window this summer. To afford the former Salzburg player, Liverpool had to spend 70 million euros.
It was the soap opera of this end of transfer window. Blocked by Eintracht until the last hours of the transfer window, Randal Kolo Muani was authorized to commit to PSG for a fixed amount of €75m, the third biggest transfer in the history of the club of the capital behind those of Neymar (222 M€) and Kylian Mbappé (180). Amount which could go up to 95 M€.
Tracked by many European leaders this summer, including PSG, it was finally Manchester United who enlisted the young Rasmus Hojlund from Atalanta Bergamo. Faced with the competition and the potential of the 20-year-old Dane, the Reds Devils had to shell out 75 million euros, making the minot the 5th biggest purchase in the history of the club tied with Angel Di Maria. At Old Trafford, however, we hope that this transaction will be more successful than the passage of the Argentinian …
After coming very close to the Premier League title, Arsenal had a big summer transfer window. The Gunners have started in the best possible way, with the signing of German striker Kai Havertz from Chelsea. The amount of the operation: 75 million euros, 5 less than his first transfer from Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea (80).
Saudi Arabia hit hard this summer by recruiting big names to promote their championship. Among them, the most expensive player in history, Neymar. Recruited for 222 million in 2017, the Brazilian was among the undesirables of PSG this summer. And even before in fact … To compete with the five-star attack of Al-Nassr (Ronaldo, Mané), Al-Hilal released 90 million euros to register the arrival of the Brazilian, the most expensive player in Saudi League and the biggest sale in the history of Paris.
In the sights of the Citizens and Pep Guardiola for many months, Josko Gvardiol has indeed joined the Etihad Stadium this summer. Author of a great World Cup with Croatia and a solid season with RB Leipzig, the 21-year-old defender has already established himself as one of the very best in his position. To secure his services, Manchester City had to break the bank: 90 million euros.
In search of his new “great” number 9 since the departure of Pole Robert Lewandowski last summer, the Bavarian champions of Germany for the eleventh consecutive time have attracted one of the best center forwards in the world this summer. Recruited for 100 million euros, Spurs striker Harry Kane has become the most expensive signing in Bayern history.
In Real’s sights for many months, Jude Bellingham landed in Castile at the start of the transfer window. The 19-year-old nugget arrived for 103 million euros from Borussia Dortmund to allow the Merengue club to continue the overhaul of its aging midfield with the thirties Luka Modric (37) and Toni Kroos (33).
After an excellent season with Brighton, the Ecuadorian Moisés Caicedo was on the shelves of many clubs this summer. Offering a mano to mano between Liverpool and Chelsea it was finally the Blues who signed the 21-year-old midfielder. Big deal for Brighton who bought it for 5 million euros in February 2021 and sold it for 116.
Declan Rice exploded with West Ham his training club this season with the final reward of a title in the Europa League Conference. The 24-year-old English midfielder joined Arsenal for 116.60 million euros excluding bonuses on July 15. The vice champions of England have long struggled to try to lower the price of the Hammers player as much as possible, but in vain, he joined the Gunners for a record amount in the Premier League.
