Premiership
As every year the latest days of the transfer window were
most active in Premiership. A lot of clubs made interesting transfers and it is
difficult to us to chose only five, so we decided to present you all of the
interesting transfers of Premier league in sorted way.
Of course the first place is for the amazing move of Mesut
Ozil from Real Madrid to Arsenal. The Gunners signed the German player for 50 million
euro and showed a finance power, which happens for the first time in years. It
is a complete turnout for Wenger’s and respectively Arsenal’s transfer policy.
Ozil is great talent who will bring a lot to the English football. His play
seems a little bit slow, but in fact he made the amazing 72 assist for three
years in Real Madrid. Ozil is very creative midfielder who with the help of
Cazorla, Podolski, Walcott and Wilshire will bring the offensive power of
Arsenal to the star level. The 25 year old German midfielder is the most
discussed name in the day after the end of the window and we think that he will
shine bright with the shirt of Arsenal from the very first day, which may be
this weekend.
The second place is for the addition of Stevan Jovetic (23)
and Alvaro Negredo(28) by Manchester City. The ex-champions done their business
early in the window and by signing the Montenegro national and the Spanish national
they have bring a lot fresh power to their attack. Obviously their style of
play will be changed, because of the appoint of Pellegrini, but the new faces
Jovetic and Negredo will help him to develop his ideas. Jovetic was signed for
26 million euro and his talent deserves every cent. He is very explosive and creative,
but the only concerning point is his injury status. Despite being so young he
has already had problems with his knee and the speed and the hard tackles of
English football may ruin his career. City paid 25 million to Sevilla for the
services of Alvaro Negredo. This is the first big club for the 28 year old
strikere and if he wants to achieve something this is the right moment for him.
He had already scored twice with the sky blue shirt and starting to prove that
he deserved the risk.
One of the expected transfers happened in the last day of
the window. David Moyes bring his ex-player Marouane Fellaini to his new club
Manchester United for the price of 32.4 million euro. United had problems in
the center of their midfield for years and they even had to call Paul Scholes
to fix the problem. Now, with the signing of Fellaini, the future seems a
little bit brighter. The Belgian national is very strong and proved himself
with the shirt of Everton. He will bring something different to The Red Devils’s
midfield. Another good thing for United and Moyes is that there will be a
competition for the starting place in the face of Carrick, Fellaini and Cleverly.
The 25 year old Belgian central midfielder will have the possibility to prove
himself in the high level and will have the possibility to play in Champions
league, so it is now or never for him.
One of the most active teams in the window was Tottenham.
With the money from the transfer of their star Gareth Bale, they bring a couple
of very interesting signings to London. Without doubts the most interesting is
the signing of Bale’s replacement – Eric Lamela. The Argentinean winger was
signed for 30 million euro from AS Roma. He is very skillful and is definitely
the future star of Tottenham and Argentina. Being only 21, the future is ahead
of Lamela and if he stays fit and work hard we think that he will be a hit. Other
interesting and young players who came to White Hart Lane are Romanian defender
Vlad Chiriches (23), French holding midfielder Etienne Capoue(25) and Danish playmaker
Christian Eriksen(21). All of them are
talented and will add extra options to Villas Boas’ selection. Definitely
Tottenham made great moves and they have managed to buy super talents. So now
their season depends on the managerial abilities of Andre Villas Boas.
It was strange and much discussed transfer, but Willian
moved to Chelsea. Firstly he was connected with a move to Liverpool, then he
almost put a pen on a contract with Tottenham, but after all he finished in
Chelsea’s shirt. Willian is one of the talented Brazilian midfielders. He has
already made a big money move, but it was to the Russian side Anzhi. So after
their financial problems, now he made another move, for 35.5 million, to London
blues. It is very strange that Mourinho bring so many midfield players to
Stamford Bridge. It will be very difficult fight for a starting place, but maybe
this will be the thing that will drive Chelsea to the title. Another
interesting transfer made in the latest days, by Chelsea, is the signing of the
32 year old striker Samuel Eto’o with a free transfer from Anzhi. It was obvious that Torres and Ba could not
give the proper offensive power to Chelsea and with the sent on loan Lukaku,
Mourinho needed another addition in his front lines. So he went for his fellow
ex-player Eto’o, who despite being 32, still has the abilities to play on high
level. We think that he will be the surprise of Chelsea’s transfers.
There are some other moves that are notable to mention.
Liverpool started the season in a great form. The Merseyside reds are the
leaders of the standings and in the final day of the transfer window they have
managed to sign the ex-captain of PSG Mamadou Sakho for 19 million euro and
Victor Moses on one year loan deal from Chelsea. Sakho is very strong and wise defender and he is
still young. We think that both of them could have a very positive effect on
Liverpool’s performance through the year. Southampton made a super trio move
with the signing of Croatian defender Dejan Lovren from Lyon, the Kenyan defensive
midfielder Victor Wanyama from Celtic and the Italian striker Pablo Osvaldo
from AS Roma. All of them are young and talented player and if they are managed
on the right direction we think that Southampton will be the positive surprise
of the Premiership season.
Seria A
AC Milan once again managed to qualify to Champions League,
this time after won against PSV in the play off phase. After securing a place
in the top football competition the Italian giants made their most impressive
transfer for the summer window, they have bring the Brazilian magician Kaka
back to the club with a free transfer from Real Madrid. Kaka is the fans favorite
and if he stays fit he could become a leader for the club once again. Other notable mention is the signing of Matri
from Juventus for 10 million euro.
It was difficult to make a decision between the transfer of
Kaka and the signing of Gonzalo Higuain by Napoli for the amount of 37 million
euro. The Argentinean striker was the most expensive player signed by Italian
club this summer and this comes with big expectations. He already scored with
Napoli’s shirt and it seems that he will be the leading striker of Benitez’
selection. Higuain has a lot of abilities and we think that he will help his Spanish
manager in the fight for the title and European glory. Other notable transfers
made by Napoli are the signing of the Spanish central defender Raul Albiol,
from Real Madrid for 12 million euro, and the signed on loan goalkeeper of
Liverpool, Pepe Reina. Both of them will be the leading players of the
defensive part of the game, so it’s up on them to prove that Benitez was right
by signing them.
Fiorentina managed to earn a place in Europa league and they
have decided to sign some interesting names in order to strengthen their squad.
The most interesting name signed by the club is the top German striker Mario Gomez,
for 15.5 million euro. The 28 year old forward is a proven name and by signing
him La Viola side showed ambition. Gomez was searching for a place where he
will be a starter and where he can earn a place in German squad for the upcoming
World Cup. We think that he will definitely bring the attack of Fiorentina to
other level and the purple team will be a lot more interesting to watch. Gomez
already scored twice for his new team. Other notable mention is the signing of
Josep Ilicic from Palermo. The Slovenian midfielder could be very useful
addition in the search of consistency.
AS Roma sold their top rising stars to Tottenham and PSG,
but they have signed one top central midfielder in the face of Kevin Strootman.
The Dutch player came to Seria A team from PSV for 16.5 million euro. Strootman
was the leader of his ex-team’s midfield and we think that he will bring
something needed to AS Roma side. A central pair of Strootman and De Rosi will
be very interesting, combative and creative. Roma made two more notable moves.
They have signed Serbian winger Adem Ljajic from Fiorentina for 11 million euro
and the central defender of Udinese Mehdi Benatia for 13.5 million euro. Ljajic
is a very interesting player who already scored a goal in his debut game.
Other notable transfers are the singing of the central defender
Angelo Ogbonna from Torino to Juventus for the price of 13 million euro.
Ogbonna will have a very hard competition for a place in the team, but he is
one of the interesting central defenders in the world market. The latest
transfer that we will discuss is the signing of Lucas Biglia by Lazio for 7
million euro from Anderlecht. The Argentinean central midfielder was a leading
player for the Belgian champions and will be a very good addition to his new
team.
We want to discuss one more interesting thing from Seria A
in the current transfer window – the situation in Inter Milan. The Nerazzurri appoint
Valter Mazari as their manager and normally he changed the tactic of the team.
So Inter made a lot of transfer, but without spending much. We don’t think that
they have made very interesting transfers, but there will be a big change, so
it is worth to watch the evolution of the team.
La Liga
When we are talking about La Liga and summer transfer window
there is only one name that every football fan will tell you immediately –
Gareth Bale. After a tiresome transfer saga the Welsh national moved from
Tottenham to Real Madrid for the incredible 100 000 000 euro and became the
most expensive football player in the world. Without doubt Bale is one of the
top wingers in our time. In the last season he impressed the specialist with
his complete skills and drove the Spurs selection to new level. We do not think
that it is needed to be specialist or especially perspicacious to evaluate his
transfer as an interesting one, but it is completely normal to put him in this
article. Bale could help Real Madrid in the searching of dominance. Imagine
what power will they have with a wingers like him and Cristiano Ronaldo, it is
scary. Now it is all about hard work and adaptation. For the first time since
he became a star, Bale will have to compete for his starting place with players
of his caliber – Cristiano Ronaldo and Angel Di Maria. Everything is in
Ancelotti’s hand. He has to find a way to satisfy all of his stars.
We have already discussed the other interesting transfers in
our previous article, but there are some other names which deserve to be
mentioned. Atletico Madrid signed the captain of Ajax, Toby Alderweireld, for 7
million euro. The Belgian defender will help in the searching of defensive
stability. Sevilla lost their top shots, Navas and Negredo, but they have signed
two interesting strikers – Carlos Bacca and Kevin Gameiro. The Columbian was
the goal scorer of Club Brugge and was signed for 7 million euro. He has
already scored 3 goals for his new club in Europa League. Sevilla paid 7.5
million euro for the unnecessary striker of PSG. Gameiro was one of the most
interesting players when he signed for the French giants but the financial
metamorphosis of the club and the signing of Ibrahimovic and Cavani, drove him
to the Spanish La Liga. Gameiro managed to score twice in the latest Sevilla
game, the 2:2 draw against Malaga.
Ligue 1
It is completely logical that our second part of the most
interesting transfers made in the French Ligue 1 are made by PSG and Monaco.
This time there is one other club joining the French giants and it is Olympique
Marseille.
AS Monaco used the finances of their chairman Dmitry Rybolovlev
in order to change almost all of their team in the summer transfer window, after
earning a promotion to Ligue 1. We already discussed the most interesting moves
of the Red and Whites, but there are still some other which deserve to be
mentioned. Monaco signed the ex-barcelona player Eric Abidal for free after the
contract of the defender has expired. Abidal currently became the captain of the
squad and we evaluate him as an integral part of their selection. Other proven
name that came back to Ligue 1 is the 30 year old holding midfielder Jeremy Toulalan.
He was signed from Spanish side Malaga for 5 milion euro. Toulalan earn the
reputation of one of the top defensive midfielders and we think that he will be
a very useful addition to Monaco squad. The latest transfer of the newborn French
moneybags is the rising star Geoffrey Kondogbia. The 19 year old midfielder was
signed from Sevilla for the price of the amazing 20 million euro. Kondogbia was
one of the interesting names in the summer transfer market. There was a rumor
that he will join the Premiership giant Manchester United but after all he
moved to Monaco.
One of the most proven names in the French football, Olympique
Marseille, made two interesting transfer in the summer window. Marseille managed
to qualify for Champions League and they have put some finances on the table.
The French team signed the star of Lille, the 26 year old winger Dimitri Payet,
for the amount of 8.7 million euro. Payet already impressed the football
specialist with the amazing 3 goals in 4 appearances. The other interesting
move was the signing of the young player of the last year Florian Thauvin.
Thauvin was signed from Lille for 15 million euro and the interesting point is
that he never played with the shirt of Lille, because he was signed in the last
winter transfer window and was sent on loan at Bastia. By signing both of them
Marseille managed to build an impressive selection and we think that this time
they could fight for the first place in Ligue 1 and will impress in the
Champions League.
In the second part of
the window PSG showed once again the Arabic finance power. Parisian giants signed
the rising Brazilian star Marquinhos for 30 million euro from the Italian AS
Roma. The 19 year old defender made a move to Ligue 1 after finishing just one
season in Seria A. Marquinhos made some impressive appearances with the Roma
shirt and definitely became one of the most interesting names in the football world.
We think that he will not be a leading star of the PSG selection this year but
in near future he will earn his place and will show once again that he has the
needed abilities to become a star defender.
Bundesliga
It was a little bit quite in the German Bundesliga in the
second part of the summer transfer window. After the amazing transfers of
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, only one club manage to put an amount over
10 million euro. After all we managed to evaluate five transfers as interesting
ones.
Wolfsburg paid the record transfer fee (for the second part
of the transfer window) of 17.500.000 euro for the Brazilian midfielder Luiz
Gustavo. The 26 year old defensive midfielder earn a very good reputation in
the Bundesliga starting with the shirt of Hoffenheim and making 64 appearances
playing for Bayern Munich. With the shirt of the Munich giants Gustavo won some
silverware and was an integral part of the team. This summer Bayern appointed
Pep Guardiola and the Brazilian became unnecessary, so the transfer to
Wolfsburg was a step in the right direction for him. We think that Gustavo will
continue to impress the football fans and will be leading star for the
Wolfsburg selection this season.
Schalke 04 is a club that is searching for stability in the
latest seasons. They have managed to earn a place in the fight for a Champions
league football and after they have won the play off against PAOK they made one
impressive transfer. The Royal Blues paid 10 million euro for the Ghanaian star
of AC Milan Kevin-Prince Boateng. Boateng started his career in the big
football in Hertha Berlin, so he is familiar with the German football. We think
that Schalke made a very good move by signing him and he will drive them to the
next level. The Miners made one more move in the early stages of the transfer
window. They have signed the Hungarian striker Adam Szalai for 8 million euro
from Mainz 05. Szalai already made an impressive start with the blue shirt by
scoring 4 goals in just 7 games. We think that he will be the other star player
of their season.
The future of the Czech football is lying on the shoulders
of Vladimir Darida and Vaclav Kadlec. Both of them were leading stars for their
teams, respectively Viktoria Pilzen and Sparta Praha. Now Darida and Kadlec
made a move to the German Bundesliga. The 23 year old Darida was signed by
Freiburg for the amount of 4 milion euro. The 21 year old striker Vaclav Kadlec
was signed by Eintracht Frankfurt for 3.5 million euro. We evaluate both of
them as interesting talents and think that they could jump on the next level
this season. Of course they should work hard and be careful not to repeat the
steps of their fellow countryman Vaclav Pilar.
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