The 5 footballers with the most expensive signings in the world 1:30
(CNN Spanish) --
The summer transfer window ended this Thursday, September 1 in the most important leagues in Europe and many clubs made contracts to strengthen their teams.
However, some of these reinforcements stood out more than others for various reasons: either because they were world-class players, because of the enormous sums that were paid for them or because they returned to their former teams.
Of course, in all cases, the clubs made the signings with the intention of winning local and European leagues, so a great performance is expected from the players.
What were the best contracts in this transfer market?
Here we leave you a list.
The 10 best signings of the summer
Erling Haland
Norwegian striker Erling Haaland is without a doubt the signing that attracted the most spotlight this summer.
He came to Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund (club where he spent two and a half years) for 60 million euros, according to the specialized site Transfermarkt.
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In that time, says Transfermarkt, the Norwegian scored 86 goals in 89 games, almost one goal (0.96) per game;
In addition, he managed 23 assists, which indicates that he is not only a striker with a lot of goals, but also someone who enables his teammates.
Pep Guardiola will want to repeat the Premier League title with Haaland in attack, but also win the first Champions League in City's history.
He has had a dream debut: Haaland has 9 goals in five games, is the leading scorer in the Premier and scored two hat-tricks in a row.
A scoring machine.
Robert Lewandowski
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The Polish center forward Robert Lewandowski arrived at Barcelona for 45 million euros to increase the offensive power of those led by Xavi.
At his previous club, Bayern Munich, he spent eight long years, in which he scored 344 goals and 72 assists in 375 games.
Unlike Haaland, Lewandowski was able to win the German league, and what a way to do it: not once, not twice, not three times, but he did it eight times (that is, every year he was at Munich), mentions Transfermarkt.
At the start of LaLiga he has shown his caste: he is the tournament's top scorer with 4 goals.
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Striker Gabriel Jesus at Arsenal's match against Aston Villa on August 31, 2022. (Photo: Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)
After Haaland's arrival at City, Brazilian center forward Gabriel Jesus had to leave for a destination: Arsenal, a London club that bought him for just over 52 million euros.
Jesus' impact on the team was immediate: in his first five games in the 2022/2023 Premier League, the Brazilian has scored 3 goals and 3 assists, helping Arsenal to top the table.
Among other titles, Gabriel Jesus won the Premier League four times with City.
Sadio Mane
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Senegalese center forward and winger Sadio Mané arrived at Bayern Munich amid Lewandowski's departure.
He arrived for 32 million euros from Liverpool, a club where he won everything: the Premier League, the FA Cup, the league cup, the best scorer in the league, the Champions League, the European Super Cup and even the World Cup. Clubs.
Filling Lewandowski's gap will be difficult, but there is no doubt that Munich and Mané can win the league.
The unknown is in the Champions League.
Time (and the game) will tell.
He has three goals this season with the Bavarian team.
Romelu Lukaku
Striker Romelu Lukaku in Inter's match against Spezia on August 20, 2022. (Photo: Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Belgian center forward Romelu Lukaku will have a new opportunity in his career.
The player has been in big clubs since his professional debut in 2009, but for one reason or another he has not been able to be constant.
For the 2021/2022 season, he joined Chelsea from Inter Milan for a staggering €113 million.
He broke the market, but not the field due to problems with the club after an interview with Sky Italia.
Now, for the 2022/2023 season, Chelsea loaned the player for 8 million euros to Inter, so Lukaku is expected to emulate what he achieved in 2020/2021 (the Serie A title and the best footballer in the league).
At the beginning of Serie A he has scored a goal.
Aurélien Tchouaméni
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French midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni is one of the most expensive signings this season: Real Madrid bought him from Monaco for 80 million euros.
He is one of the emerging stars in football: at just 22 years old, he is already strongly positioned as the future of the Madrid average (along with Eduardo Camavinga) and also raises his hand strongly for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Tchouaméni has attracted the attention of big-name clubs like PSG, but the race was won by Real Madrid.
He has played three games this season with the merengue team.
Casemiro
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The Brazilian midfielder Casemiro surprised with his departure from Real Madrid, because there he won everything (five Champions League, for example).
But this was not an obstacle and he is now a new Manchester United player.
In an interview with ESPN Brazil, he was asked why he left if he would not play Champions at United, to which he ironically replied "I already have five, right?"
Casemiro will come to reinforce one of the areas most in need for the club led by Erik ten Hag, which is gradually beginning to rise in the Premier League.
Its cost was just over 70 million euros.
He has been a substitute so far, but has come onto the pitch in both of United's recent wins.
Darwin Nunez
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Erling Haaland in numbers 1:37
If City made an impact with the signing of Haaland, Liverpool did their part with the signing of Uruguayan center forward Darwin Núñez.
Liverpool paid 75 million euros to Benfica to sign the player, which puts a heavy weight on the shoulders of the 23-year-old Uruguayan.
Núñez, who scored 48 goals and 16 assists in 85 games for Benfica, will have the mission of emulating in the footsteps of his compatriot Luis Suárez.
He already has two goals and one assist in three official matches for Liverpool;
however, a dismissal in his second Premier League game overshadowed his arrival and he will have to get up to try and catch up with Haaland, who already has nine goals in five league games.
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Defender Kalidou Koulibaly at Chelsea's match against Southampton on August 30, 2022. (Photo: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Senegalese central defender Kalidou Koulibaly joined Chelsea from Napoli to strengthen the lower half and team up with experienced Brazilian Thiago Silva.
Koulibaly, with two titles at Napoli and a fundamental piece for Senegal to reach the World Cup in Qatar, cost 38 million euros for the team led by Thomas Tuchel.
Despite the great poster with which he arrived and although he has already scored a goal for the English team, Chelsea have lost two of their five Premier League games, so it will be time to straighten the path.
Angel Di Maria
Forward Ángel Di María celebrates after scoring the first goal in Juventus' match against Sassuolo on August 15, 2022. (Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)
The Argentine extreme striker Ángel Di María arrived at another great European club: Juventus.
The experienced 34-year-old player is not an improvised player, because he leaves his mark on every club he has been to.
Perhaps where that happened least was at Manchester United, but at Benfica, Real Madrid and PSG he won local leagues and even the Champions League with the merengues.
In his nearly seven-year stint with PSG, he was unable to replicate the Champions League, but he scored 93 goals and made 119 assists in 295 games.
The 'angel' of the Argentine team will try to continue this step in Italy, where he arrived free after finishing his contract in France.
He has scored a goal this season with Juve.
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