Eugene Music highlights the most interesting transfers that happened in the first week of January 2018.
The transfer window just had time to swing open, and we already got two deals that shocked the whole football world. About the transition of Virgil van Dyke for record for the defenders 75 million pounds became known earlier, but he entered this collection, as he moved along with the opening of the transfer window on January 1.
10. Jeremy Menez, midfielder. From Antalyaspor to America for 0.25 million euros The famous Frenchman, who managed to play for Monaco, Roma, Milan and PSG, completed his Turkish career stage. After Antalyaspor Menez expects an even more exotic stop - Mexican America. This is the replenishment of the French landing in the MX League, where another ex-player of the French team Andre-Pierre Gignac.
Wesley Sneijder, midfielder. From Nice to Al Gharaf for free The Dutch midfielder, who according to many fans was worthy of the 2010 Golden Ball, went to finish playing in Qatar. Now the former midfielder of Nice will not be left without Balotelli - in the new team he will play not with Mario, but with Jonathan.
Doma Vida, the defender. From Dinamo to Besiktas free Croatian defender spent five years in Kiev. During this time Domagoi went from player rotation to the leader of the defense team. Interest in Vide was attributed to Everton and Milan, but the 29-year-old defender remained true to his word and left for Besiktas. Now Domagoi will defend the gates of the "black eagles" with none other than the legendary Pepe.
Marco Piazza, winger. From Juventus in Schalke, the rental of Marco Piatsa joined Juventus after a successful performance at Euro 2016. Severe injury did not allow the Croats to prove themselves in the "old lady". But Marco is still young and now goes for regular practice in Schalke. Time to justify all issued advances is still there.
Luciano Vietto, forward. From Atletico to Valencia, the Argentinian leapfrog announced himself in the 2014/2015 season, scoring 12 goals in La Liga. He moved to Atletico in the status of super-talent, but has not yet been able to realize his potential. In the last campaign, he scored 6 goals for Sevilla - not the result that was expected of him, but Luciano has the potential. Let's see if Valencia will be able to revive him the way she did with Simone Dzadzou and Gonzal Gedesh. All the prerequisites for this are, because in that star-studded season for Vietto in Villarreal, his coach was none other than Marcelino, who now heads Valencia.
Carlos Tevez, forward. From Shanghai Shenhua to Boca Juniors, free of charge Carlos Tevez is very fond of Boca Juniors. For her sake, he left Juventus, where he was leading and returned to Argentina. But from China came a proposal that can not be abandoned - according to rumors, Carlos earned there over 30 million euros - more than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in their clubs. Therefore, love with love, but Tevez went to China. However, there he did not ask questions and after a year Apache returned to Boka again. Now, probably, forever.
Ross Barkley, midfielder. From Everton to Chelsea for 16.5 million euros One of the most promising midfielders of England went to Chelsea. 16.5 million euros - the amount at the present time is not very serious, and for Barkley - so generally ridiculous. The solution to the fact that Ross had only six months of contract with the "toffee" and to extend the contract, he firmly refused. In theory, Chelsea at least seriously increased competition in the center of midfield, which is very cool before the crucial segment of the season. There is one "but": because of the injury received in August, Barkley still did not play in this season. Will he be able to return to the former level - the question.
Jenk Tosun, forward. From Besiktas to Everton for 22 million euros In summer Everton did not cope with the main task - to replace the departed in MJ Romel Lukaku. Sandro Ramirez scored a lot for Malaga, but the Premier League was not ready. Wayne Rooney has long been no center forward, although he already scored 10 goals. Umar Niasse scores, but he is still seen in the club only in the role of reservist. And here the "taffy" signed the one who should inspire fear on their rivals: Jenk Tosun arrived from Besiktas. The media wrote that Everton will pay ? 27 million, the specialized Transfermarkt portal indicates "only" 22 million euros, but this is again. The main thing - that Jenk helped Goodison to stop missing Lukaku.
Virgil van Dijk, the defender. From Southampton to Liverpool for 85 million euros Transfer saga with the transfer of Virgil van Dyck to Liverpool failed. Southampton shamed the "reds" for negotiating with the player without the permission of the club and Liverpool had to stop activity in this direction. But half a year has not passed, as the owners of Anfield once again came to the offices of Southampton. A record 85 million euros for the defender - and the leadership of the "saints" could not resist. Van Dyke has already made his debut for Liverpool, and even how - brought a victory in the Cup derby with Everton! Very promising start for the Dutchman.
Philippe Coutinho, midfielder. From Liverpool to Barcelona for 150-160 million euros In the summer of Barcelona three times sent Liverpool proposals for Coutinho and three times received a refusal. The Brazilian himself applied for a transfer (Liverpool denied this information, but Sky Sports somehow believes more), but the transition did not take place. Alas for the fans of Liverpool, get rid of Barcelona was not possible: the Catalans returned for the player in the winter and this time no longer failed. Liverpool will receive 150 (according to some information - 160) million euros - a record for the winter transfer window money, but the joy of this from the "red" a little. Ahead of the Champions League playoffs and the battle for a place in the top four, so the club urgently needs to look for a replacement for Philippe. So far, they have written about Riyad Marez from Leicester, although this player is somewhat different.
Barcelona with this transition receives not just a player of the highest class and a football player who can alone decide the outcome of matches. From Coutinho we can always expect magic on the football field - almost the same as it was with Ronaldinho, whose gesture was actively used by Philippe during the photo session in Barcelona. Let's see how the career of Coutinho in Barcelona, ??but it seems that in the next season, Real Madrid will be extremely difficult to return the champion's title.
Author: Евгений Музыка.