Andrick, Le Normand, Yoro: which players were paid tens of millions of euros this July

The transfer campaign is in full swing. This summer, European clubs are being pragmatic: they are focusing on quality, not big names, and are not yet shelling out hundreds of millions of euros. And it's not the top players who are tearing up the transfer market! OBOZ.UA writes in detail about all the details of the July transfers and tries to determine what such purchases are aimed at.

England is gathering top players

One of the most expensive newcomers to the English Premier League, the Mancunians acquired Yoro for 62 million euros. But United had bad luck from the very first days: during a sparring match with Arsenal in the United States, the winger injured his leg and was out for three months! Rumor has it that PSG gave up the fight for the youngster because of his injury history. Now ten Hag knows about this peculiarity, and he is completely short-staffed before the start of the season (half of the base has already broken).

The new season in the Premier League is going to bring in a new solid company - Aston Villa is particularly active. It seems that they want to accelerate the success of last season with greater momentum: they have taken Amadou Onan (€59 million), Archer (16.6) and Philogene (16). Imagine that it was the Lions who spent the most money on the market - even PSG, Barcelona and Chelsea! They have already bought 176 million worth of players, and Emery's appetite is tens of millions more than Bayern Munich or MU need, all for their Champions League debut.

The Gunners have also entered our money rankings: Calafiore will now play in London. It was only a matter of time after the Euros that the star Italian was taken to the Premier League. It is said that now Zinchenko's fate is certain, because the competition for the position has been lost completely.

Ipswich suddenly burst into the list of the most expensive transfers! The team, which has long been forgotten outside of England, has returned to the EPL and wants to become a dark horse of the league again - they paid 20 million for the experienced Greaves and Delap, took Townsend. In addition, in July, the Tractorists entered the Top 10 European clubs in terms of money spent! By the way, one of the favorites of the upcoming season, Liverpool, has a total of zero in the spending column, and they invite players as free agents at most.

Germany and France reconsider the Euro

"Bayern is the second most expensive team in Europe. After blowing up the information space with the appointment of Kompany as coach, the management began to actively recruit players for him. The names are very loud - Oliseh and Palinha, the stars of the English and Portuguese national teams (over 100 million for both). Both were taken from the EPL, and these are really powerful purchases for a crisis team that will help to be a strong competitor to Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund. Speaking of these two, the Bumblebees are more interested in popular players and have already acquired Anton, Gross and Girassi for a total of 48 million; Leverkusen have only one newcomer for the money, they took Terrier for 20 million.

The French Ligue 1 is much more modest: "PSG doesn't even appear, as they are still reeling from the loss of Mbappe. There are very few players to enter and they are all of an average level, among the stars is only Greenwood, who came to Marseille for only 25 million. In the top 3 in terms of money, we can mention Lyon, who signed Mikautadze and Nuam - the Ghanaian joined Lyon from a Belgian minor league team. As you can see, in July, the French were shy and were just saving up. We'll see if the financial cushion will help them in August.

Italy and Spain on their own wave

After winning the Euro, demand for Spaniards skyrocketed. And the most interesting thing is that their own players were noticed in Spain itself. The giants bombarded all possible clubs with requests for Furia Roja's stars, although they don't manage to take all of them. There were many rumors of negotiations, but so far only Le Normand has joined Atletico.

Undoubtedly, the most mediaworthy acquisition of July in the Pyrenees was Andric. "Real Madrid took the young Brazilian, who comically repeated Ronaldo's appearance, although he did not cause as much excitement in the stands. The striker said that his dream had come true, and in order to make his debut as soon as possible, he was ready to work hard and listen to the advice of his teammates. Madrid also had the most high-profile signing of the month - Mbappe, although the Frenchman came to the Kings for free and has no place in our rankings.

Italy has its own atmosphere: they are happy about Dovbyk. Artem did not join in July, although he has already become one of the most expensive newcomers to the championship. And his Roma team was the most active last month: they took Zoula and Le Feu - de Rossi is going to win the Europa League. Inter will compete: they bought Frattesi and Augusto (42 million for both). But the ambitious Bologna is still falling apart: of the newcomers, we know only Cambiati, Zirksi, Calafiore, Arnautovic, and Binks left the club. There is a plus in terms of finances, but very passive activity before the CL.

Who left Europe?

The most expensive transfer outside Europe so far has been made by... the Saudis. "Al-Ittihad bought Musa Diaby for 60 million euros - the player was taken from Aston Villa, which helped them to get into the financial framework. Only Onana, Andrick and Calafiore came closer to him.

Not according to our rating, but a whole bunch of big names left as free agents. We will no longer see Thiago Silva in Europe - the 39-year-old defender returned to Fluminense to finish the season. The Saudis were joined by Arsenal's Elneny and Belgian goalkeeper Castells, while Giroud left to finish his career in the MLS. What is nice is that Miranchuk and Kokorin will finally not be an eyesore - both have left their Italian clubs.