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Five biggest transfers so far

ESHLIN VEDAN eshlin.vedan@inl.co.za

WE are halfway through the close season and clubs across Europe have been busy trying to improve their squads ahead of the new campaign. We look at the top five transfers that have happened so far.

Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City)

The Norwegian is regarded as one of the best young players in the world and has been tipped as a potential future Ballon d’Or contender. The 21-year-old has an outrageous scoring record at club level. He scored 62 goals in 67 Bundesliga games for Borussia Dortmund. Prior to that, he bagged 17 goals from 16 league games for Red Bull Salzburg.

Haaland will be City’s No 9 next season and fill the void that was left after the departure of Sergio Aguero last year.

Sadio Mane (Liverpool to Bayern Munich)

The Senegal star has ended his sixyear stay with Liverpool, during which he established himself as a legend, helping the Anfield club win the Premier League and Champions League. At 30-years-old, Mane will bring in plenty of experience to Bayern Munich who usually routinely win the Bundesliga. He will also add depth to Bayern who could lose want-away striker Robert Lewandowski soon.

Darwin Nunez (Benfica to Liverpool)

While Liverpool have lost Mane, they have brought in a talented replacement in Nunez. The Uruguayan established himself as a star last season, scoring 26 goals in 28 games for Benfica in the Portuguese league.

Nunez also caused trouble to the Liverpool defence in the Reds’ entertaining 3-3 Champions League quarter-final second leg draw against Benfica last season when he was among the scorers.

Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea to Real Madrid)

There is no doubt that Real Madrid will aim to successfully defend their La Liga and Champions League crowns next season. The German international is a world-class defender and Real have claimed a steal, as they acquired him for free. Chelsea will be miffed to have lost a player of Rudiger’s stature for nothing.

Gareth Bale

(Real Madrid to LAFC)

There were rumours that Gareth Bale could retire soon but he will now seemingly play on, possibly for a few more years as he has joined Los Angeles FC after ending his nine-year spell with Real Madrid at the end of last season.

By joining LAFC, Bale will get to keep himself fit as he prepares to lead Wales at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar later this year. He will also be playing in the physically less demanding MLS, while helping to raise the profile of men’s soccer in the United States.

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