Bradley Barcola tops summer’s 10 biggest transfers as English clubs dominate | OneFootball

English clubs dominate the summer’s 10 biggest transfers, with Bradley Barcola topping the list, according to L'Équipe. Real Madrid and Barcelona are the only non-English heavy spenders in the top bracket.

Barcola, 23, joined Liverpool from PSG for 140 M€, making him the fifth most expensive player ever, behind Neymar, Kylian Mbappé, Alexander Isak and Ousmane Dembélé. The double European champion’s move is PSG’s biggest sale.

Morgan Rogers, 24, moved from Aston Villa to Chelsea for 138 M€, becoming the most expensive England international, ahead of Elliot Anderson and Jude Bellingham. Anderson, 23, joined Manchester City from Nottingham Forest for 135 M€ and started for England at the World Cup.

Real Madrid beat PSG to sign RB Leipzig forward Yan Diomandé for 125 M€, and with 15 M€ in add-ons he is their costliest recruit ahead of Jude Bellingham. Tottenham paid 108 M€ for Sandro Tonali, 26, a record fee for an Italian, and 99 M€ to land 22-year-old Mateus Fernandes from West Ham.

Manchester City bought 18-year-old Morocco international Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille for 95 M€, the youngest in the top 10. Spurs also signed Savinho, 22, from Manchester City for 87.7 M€, reuniting him with former team-mate Xavi Simons.

Arsenal, the reigning English champions, recruited Bruno Guimaraes, 28, from Newcastle for 87.5 M€. Barcelona completed the list by securing England international Anthony Gordon from Newcastle on a five-year deal worth 80 M€.

Source: L'Équipe

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