The 25 Highest Spending Clubs This Summer

The 25 Highest Spending Clubs This Summer

Adeboye   01:00:00   No comments:

Manchester City and Machester United was the highest spending club this summer followed by Juventus and Chelsea.

See the full list below:

25. SOUTHAMPTON | €52 million spent | Top three transfers: Sofiane Boufal from Lille (€19m); Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg from Bayern Munich (€15m); Nathan Redmond from Norwich City (€13m)

24. EVERTON | €53 million spent | Top three transfers: Yannick Bolasie from Crystal Palace (€30m); Ashley Williams from Swansea City (€14m); Idrissa Gueye from Aston Villa (€8.5m)

23. SIPG | €54 million spent | Top transfer: Hulk from Zenit St Petersburg (£46.1m)

22. WOLFSBURG | €55 million spent | Top three transfers: Jeffrey Bruma from PSV (€15m); Yannick Gerhardt from Koln (€13m); Mario Gomez from Fiorentina (€7m)

21. VILLARREAL | €58 million spent | Top three transfers: Roberto Soriano from Sampdoria (€13.5m); Nicola Sansone from Sassuolo (€13m); Denis Cheryshev from Real Madrid (€10m)

20. CRYSTAL PALACE | €61 million spent | Top three transfers: Christian Benteke from Liverpool (€32m); Andros Townsend from Newcastle United (€15m); James Tomkins from West Ham (€11.7m)

19. ASTON VILLA | €65 million spent | Top three transfers: Jonathan Kodjia from Bristol City (€17.5m); Ross McCormack from Fulham (€14m); James Chester from West Brom (€10.5m)

18. NEWCASTLE UNITED | €65 million spent | Top three transfers: Matt Ritchie from Bournemouth (€14m); Dwight Gayle from Crystal Palace (€11.7m); Grant Hanley from Blackburn Rovers (€6.5m)

17. WATFORD | €69 million spent | Top three transfers: Isaac Success from Granada (€15m); Stefano Okaka from Anderlecht (€11.7m); Daryl Janmaat from Newcastle United (€8.3m)

16. PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN | €72 million spent | Top three transfers: Grzegorz Krychowiak from Sevilla (€30m); Jese Rodriguez from Real Madrid (€25m); Giovani Lo Celso from Rosario (€10m)

15. BAYERN MUNICH | €73 million spent | Top two transfers: Mats Hummels from Borussia Dortmund (€38m); Renato Sanches from Benfica (€35m)

14. NAPOLI | €77 million spent | Top three transfers: Arkadiusz Milik from Ajax (€35m); Amadou Diawara from Bologna (€15m); Piotr Zielinski from Udinese (€10m)

13. ATLETICO MADRID | €80 million spent | Top three transfers: Kevin Gameiro from Sevilla (€32m); Nico Gaitan from Benfica (€25m); Sime Vrsaljko from Sassuolo (€16m)

12. LIVERPOOL | €80 million spent | Top three transfers: Sadio Mane from Southampton (€40m); Georginio Wijnaldum from Newcastle United (€29.4m); Loris Karius from Mainz (€5.5m)

11. TOTTENHAM | €82 million spent | Top three transfers: Moussa Sissoko from Newcastle United (€35m); Vincent Janssen from AZ (€22m); Victor Wanyama from Southampton (€13m)

10. INTER | €93 million spent | Top three transfers: Joao Mario from Sporting (€45m); Gabigol from Santos (€25m); Antonio Candreva from Lazio (€22m)

9. ROMA | €94 million spent | Top three transfers: Mohamed Salah from Chelsea (€19m); Gerson from Fluminense (€17m); Stephan El Shaarawy from AC Milan (€13m)

8. LEICESTER CITY | €96 million spent | Top three transfers: Islam Slimani from Sporting (€35m); Ahmed Musa from CSKA Moscow (€19m); Nampalys Mendy from Nice (€15m)

7. ARSENAL | €109 million spent | Top three transfers: Granit Xhaka from Gladbach (€41m); Shkodran Mustafi from Valencia (€40m); Lucas Perez from Deportivo La Coruna (€20m)

6. BORUSSIA DORTMUND | €120 million spent | Top three transfers: Andre Schurrle from Wolfsburg (€30m); Mario Gotze from Bayern Munich (€26m); Ousmane Dembele from Rennes (€15m)

5. BARCELONA | €123 million spent | Top three transfers: Andre Gomes from Valencia (€35m); Paco Alcacer from Valencia (€30m); Samuel Umtiti from Lyon (€25m)

4. CHELSEA | €149 million spent | Top three transfers: David Luiz from PSG (€45m); Michy Batshuayi from Marseille (€39m); N'Golo Kante from Leicester City (€37.5m)

3. JUVENTUS | €165 million spent | Top three transfers: Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli (€90m); Miralem Pjanic from Roma (€32m); Marko Pjaca from Dinamo Zagreb (€25m)

2. MANCHESTER UNITED | €170 million | Top three transfers: Paul Pogba from Juventus (€105m); Eric Bailly from Villarreal (€35m); Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Borussia Dortmund (€30m)

1. MANCHESTER CITY | €200 million spent | Top three transfers: John Stones from Everton (€56m); Leroy Sane from Schalke (€44m); Gabriel Jesus from Palmeiras (€32m)

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Juve Allow Pogba To Undergo Man Utd Medical

Juve Allow Pogba To Undergo Man Utd Medical

Adeboye   13:39:00   No comments:

The transfer saga regarding a potential move to Old Trafford has been rumbling on for months, but could soon be made official pending an examination

Paul Pogba has been given permission to undergo a medical with Manchester United, according to Sky Sport Italia.

The transfer saga has dragged on all summer, with widespread reports claiming the Red Devils are ready to pay a record transfer fee of £92 million to land the Frenchman.

As recently as Friday, Jose Mourinho hinted at a press conference that United would do everything in their power to sign Pogba before the Premier League season begins.

And with the most recent report adding to speculation that Pogba had arrived in Manchester on Saturday evening, an official announcement of the midfielder's move to Old Trafford would come as little surprise.

#UltimOra #SkyCalciomercato: @paulpogba è stato autorizzato a sostenere le visite mediche per il @ManUtd. #SkySport

— Sky Sport (@SkySport) August 7, 2016

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Ibrahimovic To Man Utd Held Up As Juventus Chase Gotze And Benatia

Ibrahimovic To Man Utd Held Up As Juventus Chase Gotze And Benatia

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Liverpool launch £30 million Mane bid

Liverpool are preparing to launch a £30 million bid for Southampton attacker Sadio Mane, with Jurgen Klopp seeing the Senegalese player as an ideal target.
Source: The Sun

Dortmund still interested in Stuttgart's Timo Werner

Borussia Dortmund is looking for a replacement for striker Adrian Ramos who might go to China. Stuttgart's Timo Werner is still the main candidate but Leipzig wants Werner, too.

Source: Sport Bild

Juventus chase Gotze and Benatia

Juventus are chasing Mario Gotze and Mehdi Benatia, with sporting director Beppe Moratta travelling to Germany to discuss signing the Bayern Munich pair.
Source: Corriere dello Sport

Tottenham to seal Janssen move

Tottenham are set to complete a move to bring AZ Alkmaar striker Vincent Janssen to White Hart Lane for around £12 million.
Source: Daily Mirror

Ibrahimovic to Man Utd held up

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's move to Manchester United is being held up while the Sweden international is paid a loyalty bonus by former club Paris Saint-Germain.
Source: Daily Telegraph

Arsenal to offer Bellerin new deal

Arsenal are set to ward off interest from Barcelona in full-back Hector Bellerin by offering the Spain international a new contract.
Source: Daily Mirror

Athletic step up Azpilicueta interest

Athletic Bilbao have stepped up their interest in Chelsea full-back Cesar Azpilicueta, with the Blues already weighing up replacements.
Source: Daily Mirror

Everton to refuse Stones exit

Everton will again stand firm and refuse to sell John Stones this summer despite interest from the Premier League's top clubs.
Source: Daily Mirror

Chelsea plot Asamoah swoop

New Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is keen to sign Juventus full-back Kwadwo Asamoah ahead of his first season in charge.
Source: Daily Mirror

Everton to offer Barkley new deal

Everton are determined to tie down Ross Barkley for seasons to come as they prepare to offer the England midfielder a new contract.
Source: Daily Telegraph

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Juve ‘Want Masche To Ask To Leave’

Juve ‘Want Masche To Ask To Leave’

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Juventus reportedly want Javier Mascherano to ask to be allowed to leave Barcelona, so the clubs can start negotiating.
It’s been reported that the Serie A champions have an agreement with the Argentina international but Barca insist he isn’t for sale.

‘AS’ reports that Juve want Masche to push for a departure as, unlike teammate Dani Alves, also a Juve target, he doesn’t have a clause in his contract that allows for an exit before a certain date.
It’s felt that once Masche asks Barca to let him go the clubs can start talking over a deal for the former Liverpool man, who has agreed a three-year contract in Turin.

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Be Ethical Model For Fans – Pope Tells Juve, Milan Players

Be Ethical Model For Fans – Pope Tells Juve, Milan Players

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Pope Francis on Friday said football stars should speak out about their moral and religious beliefs so that they may be ethical role models for their fans, giving an audience to Italian league football players.

Juventus and AC Milan teams were granted an audience at the Vatican, along with Serie A football league executives, on the eve of squaring off for Saturday’s final of the Italian Cup in Rome’s Stadio Olimpico.

“You should simply show that each one of you, before being a footballer, is a person with its own faults and virtues.

“But above all with its conscience, which I hope will always be illuminated by a connection with God.

“Be champions is sport, but above all champions in life and do not be afraid of revealing to your fans the moral and religious principles which you would like your life to be inspired,’’ Francis said.

Argentine-born Francis is a well-known football fan, rooting for Buenos Aires-based Atletico San Lorenzo de Almagro.

Report says in an interview in 2015, he said he never watched matches on TV but that he had a Swiss Guard that kept him updated on his team’s results, reports dpa.

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Milan Woes Ahead Of Juve Cup Final

Milan Woes Ahead Of Juve Cup Final

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Uncertainty over the future of AC Milan hovers over the stricken Italian giants as they look to avoid the ignominy of a season without European football by wresting the Italian Cup from Juventus on Saturday.

“It would be a huge victory for the team but also in terms of sealing direct entry to the Europa League,” club owner and president Silvio Berlusconi told the players at their training ground earlier this week.

Milan, the seven-time European champions, are now a pale shadow of the club that brought Berlusconi no fewer than five Champions League titles between 1989 and 2007.

Now increasingly frustrated at Milan’s slow decline, Berlusconi has put the club up for sale, recently signing exclusive negotiating rights with a Chinese consortium.

The potential new owners, as much as Berlusconi, will have a keen eye on Saturday’s final at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico, where league champions Juventus could become the first Italian club to win successive league and Cup doubles.

The winner will earn direct entry to the Europa League, meaning if Juventus triumph the qualifying spot for Europe’s second-tier competition goes to Serie A’s sixth place finisher.

On the final day of the season, Milan were thumped 3-1 at home by Roma, while Sassuolo stunned 10-man Inter Milan 3-1 to finish four points ahead of the Rossoneri in sixth.

Unsurprisingly, town officials have set up large screens in the Tuscan town for thousands of fans to witness their possible and historic entry into European football.

Although a season without the revenues from the lucrative Champions League can be crippling, Milan’s failure to qualify for Europe’s second-tier club event would leave a bigger stain on their reputation.

Former Juventus, Middlesbrough and Derby striker Fabrizio Ravanelli blames Milan’s management and recruitment department, which is run by CEO Adriano Galliani.

“There’s been just too many changes made by Milan’s management. They’ve changed coaches too many times and had no consistency,” Ravanelli told Premium Sport.

In keeping with pre-Cup final tradition, both teams will meet Pope Francis on Friday and receive his wishes for a match which effectively brings the curtain down on the Italian club season.

Yet Milan will need a miracle if they are to shock a Juventus team that, despite sitting only a handful of points above the relegation zone in the autumn, were still too good for the rest in Italy’s top flight.

Juventus fought their way back into contention thanks to a defiant 26-game unbeaten run, and secured a record-equalling fifth successive title with three games to spare.

Still, coach Massimiliano Allegri is taking nothing for granted.

“I’m not worried, but we have to have a maximum of respect for them. Milan have a tradition of winning the Cup,” said Allegri, who is unlikely to have much sympathy for his old club.

Allegri was sacked by Milan in January 2014 after the Rossoneri threw away a three-goal halftime lead on their way to a 4-3 defeat to Sassuolo, and some Milan detractors still claim his sacking was the first step in their steady decline, reports AFP.

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, however, said the magic of a Cup final could spring a surprise.

“We can’t go there thinking we’re favourites. We have to remain humble, because it’s not always the strongest that wins,” said the Frenchman.

“It’s a final, and Milan aren’t going to Rome to hand us the win.”

Allegri will be without injury-hit German midfielder Sami Khedira due to a calf injury, while Juve are also without defender Leonardo Bonucci (suspended) and midfield creator Claudio Marchisio (knee).

The defending champions are likely to adopt a 3-5-2, with Mario Mandzukic set to be given the nod over Spanish striker Alvaro Morata to partner Paulo Dybala in attack.

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