The summer market is open, booming, and European clubs are already taking their steps.
Barcelona bought Miralem Pjanic, Juventus signed Arthur, Borussia Dortmund took over Thomas Meunier, Tottenham Hotspur sealed the signing of Pierre-Emile HojbjergArray … the list is already solid, and it will get longer.
We’ll want a year or two to see precisely how those moves unfold, but enthusiasts will cross hands and feet to make the chords a success like some of those we saw in the past windows.
Over the past decade, we have noticed that clubs earn gold in the market, either performing relative miracles on a limited budget or nailing their signatures. They’ve established a compliance.
Here, B/R selects an organization of the most productive European clubs and chooses the most productive firm for each since 2010. The criteria used to make judgments naturally involve price, longevity and in some cases the promotion prices received, but all those points are surpassed through the undeniable effect it has had on a player if he has played a transformative role in a club’s fortune.
Arsenal: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, striker
Cost: millions of euros, 2018
We start with a really complicated question, because Arsenal can sign up for an excess of players who have had a similar effect on the club over the last 10 years.
Laurent Koscielny held the defence together for a long time, Santi Cazorla is a legend, Olivier Giroud and Mikel Arteta had profound impacts in silverware-winning seasons, and Alexis Sanchez was one of the best players in the Premier League during his time in North London.
But for this election, we passed more recently: Aubameyang, signed in 2018, has a higher proportion of purposes than one in two for the club, God knows where his purposes would be, and has controlled his really extensive fare.
His double in the FA Cup final led the Gunners to a 14th win record in the competition, after scoring a double in the semi-finals to take them there in first place. He is the bright light, the big smile, the acrobatic animator and, most importantly, the fatal goalscorer who is on the cover of Arteta’s team right now.
Honorable Mention: Laurent Koscielny
Atletico Madrid: Diego Godin, defense
Cost: 7 million pounds, 2010
For the most productive component of the decade (2010-19), God in the center and soul of an Athletic that terrified rival strikers, yes, even the most productive.
His attack on football perfectly coincided with Diego Simeone’s tactical intentions, and he led Europe’s most unpleasant defensive line season after season, inspiring them to a La Liga name and two Champions League finals.
Honorable Mention: Filipe Luis
Bayern Munich: Robert Lewandowski, striker
Cost: free, 2014
Lewandowski for free? This is the most productive offer on this total list, not to mention the most productive agreement that Bayern Munich has made in the last 10 years.
Honorable Mention: Joshua Kimmich
Barcelona: Neymar, striker
Cost: 71.4 million pounds, through The Guardian, 2013
It’s simple how much drama this agreement has surrounded because a) it’s been so long since it happened, yb) there’s been a lot more Neymar Drama as the brain has a little room for everything.
He arrived with great anticipation and took a year to adapt completely, exploiting in the 2014–15 season and playing a central role in the Champions League Victory. He left there to eclipse Lionel Messi, for example, with The Backing back the apparent example to point out, and then left in 2017 for a record payment of 222 million euros.
Honorable Mention: Jordi Alba
Borussia Dortmund: Shinji Kagawa, midfielder
Cost: 280,000 euros, through The Guardian, 2012
Maybe that’s the hardest part.
Since 2010, Dortmund has signed Erling Haaland, Ilkay Gundogan, Robert Lewandowski, Marco Reus, Jadon Sancho, Shinji Kagawa, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Lukasz Piszczek for 20 million pounds or less. How do I make one of this list?
We asked Dortmund’s expert and amateur Lars Pollmann to tear us apart this short list, and after an afternoon suffering from the subject, he opted for Kagawa.
Honorable Mention: Robert Lewandowski
Cost: 31.5 million euros, 2012
On more than one occasion, Hazard has been Chelsea’s driving force to achieve its goals: whether it’s Premier League titles, European titles or the first four positions.
The extent to which Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte and Maurizio Sarri relied on him to achieve his own goals over the years was astonishing, but he also presented, showed almost impossible to resist form and was the Blues’ most productive player in all its aspects. seven years. stay at the club for a year.
They even controlled moving it to make a massive profit once they had to look for new pastures. Almost the best transfer.
Honorable Mention: Cesar Azpilicueta
Inter Milan: Samir Handanovic, goalkeeper
Cost: 13.5 million euros, 2012
The first of the two goalkeepers on this list, Handanovic is evidence that you can make your highest productivity in the movement market when you manipulate the position between the sticks.
Give any team the ability to lock their goalkeeper position for 8 years for as little as 13.5 million pounds and they’ll cut off your hand.
Honorable Mention: Marcelo Brozovic
Juventus: Andrea Barzagli, defence
Cost: 270,000 euros, 2011
Perhaps there is an argument for coming with a more imaginative player here, such as Andrea Pirlo (who is free) or Paul Pogba (who came here for compensatory fees and sold for a hundred million pounds), but since Juventus is the first defense for the most of these. decade, Barzagli considers the right choice.
Barzagli was forged on the rock for the Old Lady, played the formation or role she was asked to do without making any fuss and stood out as a reliable presence for 8 years.
Honorable Mention: Andrea Pirlo
Cost: millions of euros, 2018
In terms of gross revenue, Andy Robertson for 8 million pounds of Hull City cleans the floor with any agreement reached across Liverpool in recent years.
It seems an even greater possibility when the Reds are said to have fired Kevin Stewart, an exchange midfielder, for about part of the charge, meaning they have necessarily exchanged an unwanted asset and four million pounds for the left-back that would help them win the match. Premier League.
But as mentioned above, by opting for the “best” offer, value is not the only factor. If a player has absolutely and absolutely remodeled the customers and the fortune of a club, it is the worthy choice.
It’s Van Dijk. Before his arrival, Liverpool was a hard-attacking force but fleeing at the other end; replaced that, gave them a burst of invincibility and laid the foundation for the good fortune that followed.
It charged a lot, but it turned out to be a wonderful price, even for 76 million pounds. I’d pay for it in the blink of an eye for the defender in world football.
Honorable Mention: Andy Robertson
Manchester City: David Silva, midfielder
Cost: 26 million euros, 2010
Silva has just finished a full decade at Manchester City. Fans watch every minute he plays on the field like a hawk right now, because as the club’s Champions League crusade ends, his career at etihad Stadium also ends.
For 10 long years it has been a pillar of consistency in the midfield, creating at full volume, betting with fine shots and loose shots, and making City impossible to resist in attack.
Given what he has completed and his quality, there is a very clear argument that Silva ranks as the greatest player in Man City history.
Honorable Mention: Sergio Aguero
Manchester United: David De Gea, goalkeeper
Cost: 18.9 million pounds, according to BBC, 2011
He has been named Manchester United Player of the Year 3 times (2014, 2015, 2018) and Four-Time Fan Player of the Year (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018). During this period, you may legitimately claim that you are the goalkeeper of the world.
Paris Saint-Germain: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, striker
Cost: 19 million euros, 2012
Ibrahimovic signed for PSG in 2012 and has taken it to 4 consecutive Ligue 1 titles, the first since 1994. He gave the new assignment an attitude, a standard, a metal, everything you see in Milan right now since Zlatan joined them. .
Along the way, he scored 156 ridiculous goals in 180 games, which turned his 19 million pounds into a discounted price and a mistake for Milan to let go. No wonder they were happy to see you in January, even at the age of 38.
Honorable Mention: Marco Verratti
Real Madrid: Toni Kroos, midfielder
Cost: 22.5 million euros, 2014
Between 2013 and 2014, Kroos won a European hat-trick at a sensational Bayern Munich and won the World Cup with Germany. Naturally, Real Madrid liked what it saw and jumped after a year’s contract, for 22.5 million pounds.
From there, he formed a platform for his own success, lifting the Champions League after the Champions League in a batch full of trophies that continues.
His 2019-2020 crusade has been very good, raising his point again for Los Blancos to win a La Liga title.
Honorable Mention: Luka Modric
Tottenham Hotspur: Christian Eriksen, midfielder
Cost: 11.5 million euros, 2013
The only one of the seven players bought with Gareth Bale’s cash that was in fact successful at Tottenham, Eriksen’s 11.5 million pounds seem like a real blessing given his performances for the club.
He started consistently and a key guy in midfield for seven years, inevitably at the center of any good fortune that the Spurs enjoyed in the 2010s. Goals, assists and kicking prowess came here from a variety of positions and roles.
His point high enough to beat a large number of contenders, adding Hugo Lloris, Dele Alli and Heung-Min Son, to decide.
Honorable Mention: Hugo Lloris
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