The transfer window came to an end a while
ago, and no matter the team you support, you cannot help but admit that it has
been a very eventful one. A lot of players were linked to a lot of teams, and
while some of these links materialised, to the disappointment of some fans,
they did not. The most expensive so far was Manchester United’s re-signing of
their youth product Paul Pogba for a fee of £86 million in a deal bound
to rise to an excess of about one hundred million pounds. Outrageous to some,
Paul Pogba’s transfer was greeted with happiness by the United faithful, as he
was an addition to the already star studded list of transfers they had already
made which included names like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and relative unknown Eric
Bailly would feel like it was a profitable window this
summer for United. Their “noisy neighbours” across town have also made some seemingly
positive reinforcements this window. Manchester City made quite a number of
significant signings this summer, bringing in players like Nolito, Ilkay
Gundogan, Claudio Bravo, Leroy Sane, John Stones and the talented Gabril Jesus. Chelsea made a number of
signings including the capture of Olympique De Marseille’s Michy Batshuayi, but
the most notable remains their recapture of David Luiz from Paris St. Germain.
Liverpool have not been quiet either, signing Loris Karius , Georginio
Wijnaldum, Ragnar Klavan, Joel Matip and Sadio Mane. Much to the surprise of
Many, Arsenal fans also seemed quite content with their team’s transfer
dealings despite some nervy moments between the period they signed Granit Xhaka
and when Lucas Perez and Shkodran Mustafi were added to the team.
Meanwhile across Europe, Barcelona snapped
up a couple of key players including Lucas Digne, Paco Alcacer, Andre Gomes and
Samuel Umtiti. Atletico Madrid added to their ranks Kevin Gamiero, Nico Gaitan.
Real Madrid recaptured Alvaro Morata, making him one of the latest players to
return to his former team in a transfer window where that has already happened
a couple of times already. From Madrid to Paris, as PSG spent the summer
getting the likes of Hatem Ben Arfa, Jese Rordiguez, Grzegorz Krychowiak and Thomas
Meunier. In Germany, Bayern Munich got the teenage senation Renato Sanches and
also recaptured Mats Hummels from Borussia Dortmund whilst Borussia Dortmund
recaptured Mario Gotze from Bayern Munich and got hold of Moussa Dembele, Emre
Mor, Mario Goetze, Marc Batra, Sebastian Rode, Raphael Guerreiro, Dzenis
Burnic, Andre Schurrle. The round up concludes with a look at Juventus who
completed arguably the most controversial of the summer with the purchase of
Gonalzo Higuain for £76. 50m. They also completed another controversial
acquisition of Miralem Pjanic from AS Roma. Moraccan International Mehdi
Benatia came in from Bayern Munich. Dani Alvez, Marko Pjaca, Mario Lemina, Juan
Cuadrado were also brought into the club.
It has been a busy transfer window for most clubs in Europe. All the transfers made make football fans and pundits alike ask the question “Who did the best business?”. In all truthfulness, this question can only be answered by time. We watch and season how it all pans out, for now, enjoy the season
By Dopamu Jojololaoluwa W.s
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