Harare, Zimbabwe (News of the South) – The transfer window is well underway, but here are the biggest deals (over £30m) you may have missed from around Europe so far. And check back for updates.
Romelu Lukaku – Everton to Man United: £75m
Lukaku was linked with a move back to Chelsea but chose Manchester United instead and is now a teammate of his friend Paul Pogba. Reports suggest the final price with add-ons could be a new world-record of £90m. Wayne Rooney went the other way in a separate deal.
Kyle Walker – Tottenham to Man City: £45m
City have been on the lookout for full-backs and made Spurs’ right-back Walker the joint-most expensive defender in history for a fee that will reach £50m with add-ons.
Alexandre Lacazette – Lyon to Arsenal: £46.5m
He almost moved to Atletico Madrid but due to their transfer ban, Lacazette arrived at Arsenal from Lyon this summer instead.
Bernardo Silva – Monaco to Man City: £43m
Portugal international Silva won Ligue 1 with Monaco last season and caught the eye of Pep Guardiola, who snapped him up in June before any other major clubs had done business.
Tiemoue Bakayoko – Monaco to Chelsea: £40m
Another starlet from Monaco’s Ligue 1 winning side, Bakayoko chose to line up alongside N’Golo Kante in a fearsome looking midfield at Chelsea.
Corentin Tolisso – Lyon to Bayern Munich: £35.3m*
With another €15m in add-ons to come, Bayern have secured their future with the signing of the 22-year-old midfielder.
Ederson – Benfica to Man City: £34.7m*
With Joe Hart farmed out on loan and Claudio Bravo not trusted, Pep Guardiola spent a record fee for a goalkeeper on the 23-year-old Brazilian stopper. He could be No. 1.
Mohamed Salah – Roma to Liverpool: £34.3m
Salah did not impress too much during his spell at Chelsea a few years back, but Liverpool will hope he can overcome his past.
Antonio Rudiger – Roma to Chelsea: £34m
The Roma defender made it clear it was Antonio Conte that persuaded him to move to the Premier League and the 24-year-old has plenty of time to develop his game.
Andre Silva – FC Porto to AC Milan: £33.6m*
AC Milan continued their summer of spending by adding the 21-year-old forward to their strikeforce. Big things are expected.
Vitolo – Sevilla to Atletico Madrid: £33.08m*
Atletico Madrid are under a transfer ban until January 2018 but signed the Spain winger and immediately loaned him out to Las Palmas.
Victor Lindelof – Benfica to Man United: £30.75m
The Sweden international was linked with a move to Old Trafford for almost six months and finally completed the deal in June as Jose Mourinho got his first signing of the summer-ESPN
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