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Introduction
Hello and welcome to the world of football news and much more!
The summer transfer window of 2018 saw big money deals. Manchester City paid £60m to Leicester City for Riyad Mahrez, while AS Roma pocketed in excess of £60m after the sale of Alisson to Liverpool.
The football season has started and hence a good time to reflect on all the transfers that took place during the season. While it looks like Real Madrid have lost, there have been winners like Liverpool and others.
We take a look at the gainers and losers of all the transfer window across Europes, including the leagues, the clubs and even players.
Gainers
#1. Barcelona
This summer has been outstanding for Barcelona with 4 signings. They received four transfers viz. Malcom, Arturo Vidal, Arthur Melo, and Clement Lenglet.
Malcom’s addition has given an impetus to the club’s attacking ability. He came in at a staggering €41 million (£36.5m/$48m).
Clement Lenglet arrived with €35.9 million (£32m/$42m) transfer and will add to the existing defense capability.
Vidal came in at €18M from Bayern Munich. He will be an asset to both offense and defense. Melo was acquired for €30m from Grêmio and together with Vidal, will form a deadly combination.
Not just in terms of new additions, but also in terms of offloading players that are no longer includes in Enresto Valverde's plans at Barcelona. They have allowed Lucas Digne, Yerry Mina and Andre Gomes join Everton, while have also raised funds by allowing other players like Gerard Deulofeu, Aleix Vidal, Paco Alcacer and others.
#2. Serie A
Cristiano Ronaldo joined Juventus at a price of £90million. This move has increased the ticket sales of the league by 600 percent. Italian fans are excited to watch him play for the Turin club.
The TV rights and merchandising will further increase the league’s worth, and they can compete with English and German leagues from a position of strength.
#3. Liverpool
Alisson and Virgil van Dijk were acquired in this calendar year. Jurgen Klopp justified these move by saying, “quality costs a specific price." They have emerged victorious by the new additions and stand a high chance of being the champions at England.
Klopp has plenty of options at hand, and he can play with them to take on the opposition. He can play 2-3-2-3, 3-2-3-2 and, 2-3-3-2, based on the demand of the game.
Losers
#1. Real Madrid
Ronaldo left Real Madrid to join Juventus. The void left by the Portuguese international is too big to fill. Except for Lionel Messi and Neymar, no other player can match up to his skill and talent. Messi is at Barcelona and Neymar is at Paris Saint-Germain. Hence the squad of Real Madrid is weaker this season than the last one.They have also registered lowest in the La Liga attendance in the last decade.
#2. Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho is dejected because Ed Woodward refused to buy a centre-back in the transfer window. The Manchester United manager's rash behaviour and repeated changing have demotivated a section of the current players at the club.
#3. Joao Mario
Joao Mario has had a disappointing spell at San Siro. He was loaned out to West Ham in January and has so far not been able to find a new club, due to which he is still stuck at Inter Milan. He is also not included in Luciano Spalletti's plans for this season.
