The Winter Market in the main European leagues closed in the early hours of this February 1 and most clubs took the opportunity to strengthen their squads
The protagonists were Juventus, Barcelona and Liverpool, teams that paid large sums of money for international stars.
ESPNDigital He shares the most expensive transfers of the winter window, where a young soccer player from the United States stands out.
1. Dusan Vlahović | Previous club: Florentina | New club: Juventus | Transfer value: $89.7 million
After the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo last summer, the ‘Vecchia Signora’ needed a new attacker and decided to sign one of the best strikers in Serie A this season. The 22-year-old Serbian arrives in Turin from Fiorentina in exchange for almost 90 million dollars. This season, Vlahovic has scored 20 goals in 24 games and now Massimiliano Allegri will have a powerful attack with Dusan, Álvaro Morata, Paulo Dybala and Moise Kean.
Welcome, Dušan ⚪️⚫️
The jersey that stavate looking 🥰 #DV7 who 👕🛒 https://t.co/v9uzkReBGM
– JuventusFC (@juventusfc) January 28, 2022
2. Ferran Torres | Previous club: Manchester City | New club: Barcelona | Transfer value: $60.5 million
Although it is going through a delicate economic situation, Barcelona gave its fans enormous satisfaction by announcing the arrival of Ferran Torres to the Catalan squad from Manchester City. The signing of the Spanish attacker cost the culé team more than 60 million dollars and was one of the main objectives of Xavi Hernández in his desire to renew the squad. With City, Ferran played 4 games in the Premier League this season and has already made his LaLiga debut with Barcelona.
A new player for #DreamTeen.
Present and future player. pic.twitter.com/XfpFol1OwS
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) December 28, 2021
3. Luis Diaz | Previous club: Porto | New club: Liverpool | Transfer value: $49.5 million
Porto de Portugal got rid of important figures in this winter window and without a doubt Luis Díaz’s departure became one of the most important transfers. The international with the Colombian National Team was one of the great goals of the Premier League with Manchester United, Tottenham and Liverpool interested in his services, but it was finally the Reds board that managed to convince Díaz and the Dragons board . This season, the coffee grower has 14 goals in the Primeira Liga and Liverpool fans are excited about the attacking options that Jurgen Klopp will have available for the second half of the season.
23#Let’s go Luis pic.twitter.com/y1pND5wL7i
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 30, 2022
4. Bruno Guimaraes | Previous club: Lyon | New club: New Castle | Transfer value: $46.3 million
The Brazilian midfielder finished his stage in Ligue 1 with Lyon and became, so far, the most expensive signing of Newcastle, the new millionaire club on the Old Continent. The carioca arrives in the Premier League with 25 games played this season with the French club and stands out for his ability to provide assists.
🇧🇷 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗢 🇧🇷
Newcastle United are thrilled to announce the signing of Bruno Guimarães from Olympique Lyonnais on a four-and-a-half year deal.
good vindo, @brunoog97!
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) January 30, 2022
5. Lucas Digne | Previous club: Everton | New club: Aston Villa | Transfer value: $33 million
The French defender became one of Steven Gerrard’s most important signings to face the second round of the Premier League. The former Barcelona player spent the last four seasons at Everton and this season he has 15 games in the Premier League. Aston Villa are currently in 11th place in the England standings and are eleven points behind European places.
Aston Villa is delighted to announce the signing of @LucasDigne from Everton! ✅
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) January 13, 2022
6.Chris Wood | Previous club: Burnley | New club: Newcastle | Transfer value: $33 million
Wood made history by becoming one of New Zealand’s highest-earning players. The former Burnley player is part of the renewal that Newcastle is carrying out to become protagonists of the Premier League. In 19 games this season, Wood has three goals but hopes to increase his goalscoring quota with the help of new teammate Bruno Guimarães.
✍️ | We have signed Ukrainian defender Vitaliy Mykolenko from @DynamoKyivfor an undisclosed amount in a deal through 2026.
Welcome Vitaly! 🇺🇦💙 pic.twitter.com/QhPGuVnHPV
— Everton (@EvertonESP) January 1, 2022
7. Vitaly Mykolenko | Previous club: Dynamo Kyiv | New club: Everton | Transfer value: $25.8 million
Everton was one of the main protagonists of the winter window by hiring Frank Lampard as their new manager and signing interesting players such as the Ukrainian Mikolenko. The 22-year-old was trained in the Dynamo Kiev youth academy and arrives at Everton to strengthen the defense. It should be noted that Vitaly can play as a left back or central defender.
Yuri Alberto is here!
Zenit and Internacional have reached an agreement for the forward to move to St. Petersburg on a five-year deal. https://t.co/dNQpvaIePX pic.twitter.com/RCDy2kuaVe
— FC Zenit in English✨ (@fczenit_en) January 30, 2022
8. Yuri Alberto | Previous Club: International | New club: Zenith | Transfer value: $22 million
The center forward is considered one of the most interesting prospects in Brazilian football. A product of the Santos youth academy, Yuri spent the last 18 months at Internacional, a squad with which he demonstrated his goalscoring instinct by scoring 30 goals in 85 games played. In case of consolidating in Russia, Alberto could emigrate in the near future to a more important league in the Old Continent.
✍️ 𝗕𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗗𝗢 𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗥𝗜!
We are happy to announce the hiring of Rodrigo Bentancur from the @juventusfcessubject to international authorization and work permit.
𝑼𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒂́’! 🇺🇾 pic.twitter.com/9eKyo580J5
— Tottenham Hotspur (@Spurs_ES) January 31, 2022
9. Rodrigo Bentancur | Previous club: Juventus | New club: Tottenham | Transfer value: $20.9 million
The Uruguayan midfielder ended his time at the ‘Vecchia Signora’ and went to the Premier League to play under Italian Antonio Conte at Tottenham. The Spurs are undergoing a renewal process and the 24-year-old Uruguayan hopes to be a key player in the Spurs that seek to qualify for the next edition of the Champions League.
We are delighted to confirm that we have completed the signing of Julian Alvarez from River Plate ✍️
⬇️ DETAILS ⬇️
— Manchester City (@ManCity) January 31, 2022
10. Julian Alvarez | Previous club: River Plate | New club: Man City | Transfer value: $18.7 million
Thinking about the future, Manchester City shelled out more than 18 million dollars for the 22-year-old Argentine center forward. The River Plate youth squad will remain in the ‘Millionaire’ squad until the summer and will report to Pep Guardiola prior to the 2022/23 season. In the previous Argentine Primera División campaign, Álvarez recorded 18 goals and 7 assists in 21 games.
Ricardo Pepi joins FC Augsburg from FC Dallas of MLS.
The forward has signed a contract to June 2026 with an option for an additional year. pic.twitter.com/iwcBNCDAYt
— FC Augsburg (@FCA_World) January 3, 2022
11. Ricardo Pepi | Previous club: Dallas | New club: FC Augsburg | Transfer value: $18 million
The 19-year-old American became one of the protagonists of the winter window of European soccer after Germany’s Augsburg paid almost 20 million dollars to get his services. Pepi, who represented Mexico in youth categories, has already made his debut in the Bundesliga and Teutonic fans hope that he will soon surpass the 16 goals he scored in his short MLS career.
*Transfermarkt figures
We want to give thanks to the writer of this post for this outstanding material
The 11 signings that moved the most money in Europe during the winter window