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Sam Tighe
Jun 20, 2025, 02:00 PM ET
Premier League clubs accrued their spending successful the January model to £370 cardinal -- up connected the £100m paid retired past twelvemonth -- though Manchester City are chiefly liable aft splashing retired £180m of that connected their own. We were obscurity adjacent the 2023 grounds of £815m, but volition the summertime spot a emergence successful costly moves?
This year, for the archetypal time, the transportation model has been divided into 2 owed to the Club World Cup. The archetypal model ran from June 1-10, it's present closed for six days earlier reopening (for Premier League clubs astatine least) connected June 16.
As ever, planetary deals not involving clubs successful the Club World Cup, and escaped transfers, won't spell done until July 1.
Here are grades for each the large confirmed transfers successful the men's game, with each listed by day and past by highest fee.
All fees are reported unless confirmed with an asterisk.
July 1
JEREMIE FRIMPONG
€35m (£29m, $38m)
Bayer Leverkusen: C
Liverpool: A-
Replacing Alexander-Arnold astatine right-back successful like-for-like manner is impossible, truthful it's for the champion that Liverpool person opted for a wholly antithetic benignant of subordinate successful Frimpong. The Dutch subordinate is much of a winger who volition present request to set and person backmost to a presumption helium hasn't called location for a bully fewer years.
A interest of €35 cardinal represents a clever, opportunistic woody for the Reds. But it's pugnacious connected Leverkusen, who are losing an fantabulous player, successful the premier of his career, who was a immense property successful the squad, for beneath marketplace rate.
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Hislop: Frimpong is simply a like-for-like replacement for Trent
Shaka Hislop reacts to the quality of Liverpool signing Bayer Leverkusen's Jeremie Frimpong arsenic Trent Alexander-Arnold's replacement.
JOAN GARCÍA
€25m ($28.7m)
Espanyol: C-
Barcelona: A
García has emerged arsenic 1 of the outstanding young goalkeepers successful satellite football. He was the champion shot-stopper successful LaLiga past season, redeeming 7.7 much goals than expected based connected the shots helium faced, and was a consenting sweeper disconnected his enactment too.
On the look of it, it doesn't consciousness similar Barcelona request different goalkeeper, fixed Marc-Andre ter Stegen is acceptable again and Wojciech Szczesny has extended his contract. But the erstwhile is 33 years aged and the second 35, truthful it seems similar they person 1 oculus connected the aboriginal with this signing. At €25m it's an unmissable marketplace accidental -- and the information they're taking him disconnected section rivals Espanyol makes it adjacent sweeter.
KEVIN DE BRUYNE
Free
Manchester City: C-
Napoli: B+
It's the extremity of an epoch for Manchester City and the Premier League arsenic a whole, with Kevin De Bruyne departing for caller pastures. Soon to beryllium 34, it's nary catastrophe that the Citizens didn't get a interest for the Belgian; it conscionable stings that a nine fable is gone.
Napoli person signed a hugely experienced, talented and driven midfielder, 1 who should support famously combustible manager Antonio Conte happy. The deficiency of longevity successful this woody prevents it from earning an A grade, but it's inactive an highly breathtaking pickup for the Partenopei.
June 20
FLORIAN WIRTZ
£100m (€117.5m; $135.5m)
Bayer Leverkusen: A+
Liverpool: B
Wirtz is 1 of the finest young players successful the world, a originative machine, ranking successful the 93rd percentile (or better) crossed Europe for shot-creating actions, progressive passes and palmy take-ons. It's nary wonderment the elite clubs queued up and fought for him. The byproduct of that scramble, though, is that the terms has gone up and up and up.
An archetypal £100m, positive different £16m successful add-ons, makes this monster woody -- the fourth-most costly of each time, if things spell to plan. Barely immoderate deals successful this benignant of terms scope really beryllium to beryllium a occurrence due to the fact that expectations are ramped up to an obscene degree, and that's thing Wirtz volition conflict from the infinitesimal helium walks done the door. The Germany planetary is simply a phenomenal footballer, but B is the maximum people we tin springiness Liverpool for this transportation owed to the price.
Leverkusen, meanwhile, person played this masterfully.
June 14
MATHYS TEL
€35m (£29.8m; $40.4m)
Bayern Munich: A-
Tottenham Hotspur: B
Spurs rightly bristled astatine the €60m asking terms for Tel backmost successful January, opting alternatively to wage €10m to indebtedness the France U21 forward. Clearly they similar what they saw, arsenic they've paid a further €35m (plus a imaginable €5m successful add-ons) to marque him a Lilywhite for good.
Once considered 1 of Europe's hottest prospects, Tel's deficiency of gametime (nine Bundesliga starts successful 2½ years) astatine Bayern acceptable him back. Spurs are astute to effort to pat into that imaginable for a much tenable fee, portion Die Rekordmeister person someway made a nett connected a subordinate they didn't truly amended on the way.
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Tim Vickery speaks astir River Plate's Franco Mastantuono up of the Club World Cup.
June 13
FRANCO MASTANTUONO
€45m ($52m)
River Plate: A
Real Madrid: A
The River Plate accumulation enactment conscionable keeps connected rolling. In the past fewer seasons alone, they've developed Enzo Fernández, Julián Álvarez, and Claudio Echeverri -- and now, travel August erstwhile helium turns 18, Mastantuono's sanction volition beryllium added to the database of celebrated exports.
The teen has already dazzled successful the Argentine Primera División, teeing up goals, scoring spectacular efforts himself, and perpetually nutmegging defenders. He plays with the benignant of state and spontaneity that marks him retired arsenic a imaginable superstar.
June 12
LEROY SANÉ
Free
Bayern Munich: C
Galatasaray: A
This is simply a showstopper of a transportation from Galatasaray, who person managed to coax 29-year-old Sané to the Turkish Süper Lig connected a three-year contract. They're reportedly paying him plenty, but the figures mentioned -- astir €175,000 per week positive a loyalty bonus -- hardly extremity into the extortionate.
It's worthy remembering there's a signing connected interest astatine play too, truthful Gala person invested a important sum into the German contempt the transportation technically being "free," but the information Bayern volition beryllium bittersweet to suffer him says it all. What a mode for the Turkish champions to compound their dominance.
MATHEUS CUNHA
£62.5m ($84.7m)
Wolves: A
Man United: B
Wolves parted with £44m to motion Cunha successful 2022. At the time, fewer doubted his talent, but galore pointed to a deficiency of accumulation successful beforehand of extremity arsenic a concern. He answered those worries with 19- and 21-goal publication campaigns successful the past 2 seasons, efficaciously carrying his broadside done turbulent times.
The Brazil planetary looks an perfect acceptable for Rúben Amorim's enactment guardant relation successful the 3-4-3 formation, and he's intelligibly a subordinate consenting to instrumentality work and marque things hap successful the last third, which Man United request much of. This is simply a subordinate successful his prime, acceptable to pb ... but his hot-headed quality tin sometimes get the amended of him.
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June 10
TIJJANI REIJNDERS
€55m ($62.6m)
AC Milan: B
Manchester City: A-
Reijnders is simply a beauteous subordinate to watch. He doesn't run, helium glides, and it won't instrumentality City fans agelong to autumn successful measurement with the Dutchman. He's mobile, smooth, uses the shot good and offers a extremity threat, too.
It's a €55m woody that could emergence to €70m with add-ons, which is simply a terms that suits everybody. Milan volition beryllium loathe to suffer him, but aft finishing eighth successful Serie A and missing retired connected European shot altogether, the fiscal shortfall has to beryllium made up somewhere.
RAYAN CHERKI
€36.5m ($41.8m)
Lyon: C+
Manchester City: A
Cherki's determination to Man City is fascinating, arsenic it puts 1 of the astir skillful, mercurial young footballers connected the satellite successful the hands of Pep Guardiola. That should beryllium a lucifer made successful heaven, but Pep has had immoderate occupation with off-the-cuff attackers successful caller years -- conscionable inquire Jack Grealish and Jérémy Doku.
But portion occurrence is not guaranteed, the interest -- which could emergence to €42.5m -- makes it a must-seal woody for City, arsenic the Frenchman has the endowment to perchance measurement into the Kevin De Bruyne void. Lyon volition miss him dearly, but they request the revenue.
JOBE BELLINGHAM
€27.8m ($37.7m)
Sunderland: B
Borussia Dortmund: B+
Even promotion to the Premier League isn't capable to support your prima players! Sunderland volition play top-tier shot successful 2025-26 but bash truthful without a cardinal fixture successful their midfield, arsenic Jobe Bellingham follows his member Jude's way to Dortmund. At the precise least, they person a nine grounds interest for the 19-year-old -- €33m, perchance rising to €38m.
Dortmund are hoping lightning strikes twice, and the signs truthful acold are positive: Jobe boasts singular carnal dominance, positive the unerring inclination to popular up astatine the close clip and present a important moment.
June 9
RAYAN AÏT-NOURI
€25m ($28.3m)
Wolves: C+
Man City: A
In what's threatening to go an highly costly full-back marketplace erstwhile again fixed the dearth of prime astatine the position, £33 cardinal for Äït-Nouri is simply a dreamy woody for City. He's a superb bearer of the ball, susceptible of hugging the touchline oregon venturing infield, and looks truly beardown technically. At conscionable 24 years of age, there's country for much betterment too.
Most would person expected Wolves to slope much for the Algerian. He has lone 1 twelvemonth near connected his deal, but determination was an enactment for the nine to trigger different play top. Instead, they've fto him determination onwards and upward.
JONATHAN TAH
€750k ($850k)
Bayer Leverkusen: C-
Bayern Munich: B-
A Leverkusen stalwart, Tah has a vocation trajectory that abruptly changeable upwards successful 2023-24, erstwhile helium expertly marshalled the backmost enactment to an unbeaten Bundesliga rubric run. The relation Xabi Alonso curated for him was precise specific, astatine the bosom of a backmost three, which brought retired his best. It'll wounded to suffer the Germany planetary for free.
Clearly, Bayern are convinced Tah is the plug-and-play reply to their cardinal antiaircraft issues, but they'll person to get much retired of him, implicit a longer period, than Leverkusen did for that to beryllium the case. There's reportedly a large signing-on interest (€15m) and large wages (over €200,000 per week) being committed to this deal, truthful don't beryllium fooled into reasoning Tah has travel peculiarly cheap.
He was owed to articulation connected July 1, but Bayern paid a tiny interest to bring the transportation guardant for the Club World Cup.
June 6
LUIS HENRIQUE
€25m ($28.3m)
Marseille: B
Inter: B+
After months of negotiations, Inter and Marseille reached an statement connected Luis Henrique successful clip for him to correspond the Nerazzurri at the Club World Cup. The €25m interest mightiness look a interaction debased for the Brazilian, but L'OM's bargaining presumption was weak, fixed they had to authorisation his departure earlier mid-June successful bid to debar a fiscal breach.
Curiously, Luis Henrique arrived astatine the nine portion they were managerless, with Simeone Inzaghi having near for Saudi Arabia. He apt would person been acceptable for an adaptation to wing-back nether the present erstwhile boss, but now? We indispensable hold and see.
June 5
GABRI VEIGA
€15m ($17m)
Al Ahli: D
FC Porto: A
Two years ago, Veiga became a flash-point taxable successful football. A rising prima successful LaLiga, caller disconnected a breakout run with Celta Vigo, helium opted to articulation Saudi Arabian outfit Al Ahli implicit Napoli connected a reported yearly wage of €12m, became 1 of the archetypal young oregon prime-age players to marque specified a choice, and drew staunch disapproval for it -- notably from Toni Kroos, who labelled it "embarrassing."
Now Veiga returns to Europe, having helped Al Ahli triumph their archetypal Asian Champions League crown. In signing him, FC Porto person elevated their midfield successful clip for the Club World Cup for an highly tenable fee.
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June 4
LIAM DELAP
£30m ($40.4m)
Ipswich Town: C
Chelsea: A-
Delap caught the oculus successful his archetypal Premier League run contempt his team's wide struggles and eventual relegation. He scored 12 goals for a squad that collected conscionable 25 points, bulldozing his mode into shooting positions and moving the channels nonstop.
While there's nary warrant the 22-year-old adapts to a apical nine and elevates this Chelsea squad, taking vantage of his £30m merchandise clause was a no-brainer. There's conscionable nary downside to this woody for the Blues: He'll either marque an impact, oregon they'll easy determination him connected ... astir apt for much money.
June 3
CAOIMHÍN KELLEHER
£12.5m ($16.9m)
Liverpool: B-
Brentford: A
Kelleher's long-awaited determination to go a Premier League No. 1 has arrived. He was the cleanable lawman astatine Liverpool, stepping successful and playing to an highly precocious level erstwhile Alisson was injured, yet ne'er kicking up a fuss erstwhile sent backmost to the bench. There's lone truthful agelong you tin support a subordinate similar that until they privation and merit more.
Brentford person pulled disconnected a masterstroke successful nabbing him. A £12.5m archetypal interest looks similar a steal, and portion add-ons could instrumentality the woody up to £18m, it's inactive debased fixed the Republic of Ireland international's property (26) and proven quality. In sending Mark Flekken to Bayer Leverkusen and replacing him with Kelleher, the Bees person upgraded betwixt the sticks.
June 2
DÁRIO ESSUGO
€22.2m (£18.5m, $25m)
Sporting CP: C-
Chelsea: B+
Essugo was tucked into a larger woody that besides takes 18-year-old winger Geovany Quenda (€52m) to Chelsea successful 2026. He's the lesser-hyped of the two, though helium did marque waves erstwhile helium made his Champions League bow aged 16 successful 2021. He's an energetic, assertive antiaircraft midfielder who covers ground, plugs gaps and tackles resolutely.
The indebtedness determination to Las Palmas this play has helped him get a foothold successful the elder game, and his performances suggest Chelsea got the amended extremity of this portion of the deal.
June 1
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DEAN HUIJSEN
€59.4m (£50m, $67m)
AFC Bournemouth: A
Real Madrid: A
Madrid moved rapidly and bushed disconnected a big of contention to unafraid Huijsen's signature pursuing his 2024-25 breakout run successful the Premier League. The Spaniard's comfortableness with the shot astatine his feet, slaloming dribbles and genuine two-footedness person marked him retired arsenic 1 of the champion young halfway backs successful the world; his benignant reminds of a young Gerard Piqué.
Bournemouth got to bask him for lone 1 season, but successful acquiring him from Juventus and accepting a merchandise clause of £50 million, they would person been nether nary illusions arsenic to whether this was a semipermanent marriage. Perhaps the large determination has travel sooner than expected, but they've been good compensated nonetheless.
TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD
€12m (£10m, $13m)
Liverpool: D
Real Madrid: A
We were each acceptable to adhd Alexander-Arnold's sanction to the database of singular Real Madrid escaped transfers -- but the FIFA Club World Cup has scuppered that. In the end, Los Blancos paid astir €12 cardinal to usher successful the right-back earlier this summer's tournament, cementing the information they're taking it incredibly seriously.
Time mightiness beryllium this to beryllium an excessive determination from Madrid, but astatine the extremity of the day, they've inactive signed a stunning subordinate for a tiny fee. Liverpool's people gets bumped up from an F arsenic they astatine slightest got thing successful instrumentality for their academy graduate.
GIORGI MAMARDASHVILI
€35m (£29m, $38m)
Valencia: B
Liverpool: A-
Liverpool person doubled down connected their argumentation of keeping the goalkeepers country stacked with endowment by bringing successful the champion changeable stopper nether 25 successful Europe. Mamardashvili looks similar the 2nd coming of Gianluigi Donnarumma; his big, burly frame, unthinkable reflexes and aerial dominance each impress. It should beryllium noted, though, that helium shares the Italian's deficiency of finesse erstwhile passing the ball.
The transportation interest looks large for the Reds and atrocious for Valencia. Part of the crushed it's inexpensive is due to the fact that Los Che got to support him for 1 other play connected loan, but past volition read: Mamardashvili for €35 million. And it'll beryllium seen arsenic an implicit bargain.
ESTÊVÃO
€34m (£28.5m, $38.5m)
Palmeiras: A-
Chelsea: A
"I deliberation he's going to beryllium a genius." Neymar's verdict of Estêvão volition beryllium euphony to the ears of Chelsea, who committed erstwhile the subordinate was conscionable 17 years aged to a woody that could emergence to astir €67 cardinal ($76m) if add-ons are met.
He's ridiculously breathtaking to watch, already has tons of first-team acquisition nether his loop and led the Brazilian apical tier with 22 extremity contributions successful 2024. Palmeiras were ne'er going to bent connected to a subordinate nicknamed "Messinho" for long, but they astatine slightest kept him for the Club World Cup.
ERIC DIER
Free
Bayern Munich: C
AS Monaco: B+
Eyebrows were raised erstwhile Bayern signed Dier from Tottenham Hotspur successful January 2024. After all, helium couldn't ace Ange Postecoglou's XI, truthful however was helium going to get crippled clip successful Munich? But 18 months and much than 45 appearances later, helium departs good regarded. In fact, fixed the semipermanent injuries Die Röten are dealing with astatine halfway back, they'll astir apt extremity up missing him.
Monaco volition beryllium counting connected Dier's acquisition to usher a squad that is, by design, young and afloat of promise. He looks a bully acceptable for that elder statesman role.
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