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Bayern Munich have spent £57m on defender Matthijs de Ligt, Tottenham have given Everton £50m for Richarlison and Raphinha is set to pocket over £50m from Barca.
Here are some of the other transfers that made headlines in the window.
City are set to spend more than £85m in total on Haaland, who joined the team in July after being fit in 2021/22, scoring 29 goals in 30 appearances for Borussia Dortmund, who finished second in the Bundesliga .
Many see the 21-year-old as the final piece of Pep Guardiola’s puzzle, with the Catalan aiming to bring the UEFA Champions League trophy back to the Etihad Stadium.
Haaland already looks set to light up the Premier League, scoring twice in City’s first 2-0 win at West Ham and finding the net again in the next away game when they travel to Newcastle .
Continuing their shrewd recruitment strategy, the Spanish champions have agreed to sign Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger on a free transfer this summer.
His contract at the Santiago Bernabeu runs until 2026, and Los Blancos have snapped up an elite centre-back in his prime.
The 29-year-old started Real Madrid’s game against Almeria (2-1) and came off the bench in the Celta Vigo win (4-1), continuing his perfect start to the season.
With his contract with Bayern Munich expiring in 2023, it was inevitable that reigning FIFA Best Player Robert Lewandowski would join FC Barcelona.
Amid financial chaos that made it uncertain whether Barca could register some of their new signings, Lewandowski started the first game of the season at home to Rayo Vallecano.
Alas, a £150,000-a-week wage didn’t allow Lewandowski or his new club to score goals to kick off what they hope will be a new era, but the Pole netted his first goal after just a minute in a 4-1 win over Real Sociededad.
He scored another in the second half and is now clearly in top form.
Prolific with Portuguese club Benfica last season, Nunez has enjoyed a mixed start since moving to Anfield for £85million, which is a record for Liverpool.
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The Uruguay striker came on as a substitute shortly after the second half of Liverpool’s opener at Fulham.
He scored and gave Mohamed Salah his team’s second equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp started Nunez for the first time during Crystal Palace’s visit to the Reds.
He had a less successful second half this time, receiving a red card for an elbow which means he is suspended for three games.
Midfielder Tchouameni joined Madrid in June from Monaco for a fee that could reach 100m euros (£85m).
The 22-year-old was only used on the bench in his new club’s 2-0 Supercup win against Eintracht Frankfurt.
The France international and former Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year has started Madrid’s first two La Liga games since then.
There is always the possibility of seismic transfers taking everyone by surprise during the last days , and even the last hours , of the opening of the window.
Here are some of the most anticipated moves that could materialize imminently.
When Cristiano Ronaldo announced his desire to leave the Manchester United squad during pre-season, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner must have thought he would get his way.
Ronaldo is agitating to join a Champions League club.
Borussia Dortmund are said to be uninterested, leaving Atlético Madrid as the most realistic proposition among the teams the 37-year-old has been linked with.
Atleti fans unfurled a banner at a game in July saying Ronaldo is not welcome.
The Portugal captain emerged as a frustrated figure during United’s dreadful start to the season, coming off the bench in the 2-1 loss to Brighton and starting the 4-0 defeat at Brentford.
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Depay’s agent reportedly traveled to Italy to talk with Juventus, who are top of the list for his signing.
Getting rid of Depay would relieve Barca of an unequal financial burden, and there’s always a chance that other top clubs will try to get ahead of Juve to sign him.
Manchester United have been on the hunt for Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong since the start of the summer and there is not much time left to turn this poorly kept secret into reality.
New manager Erik ten Hag is said to have received a blank check to lift his side from their initial position at the bottom of the table.
Xavi, his Barca counterpart, called De Jong a ‘spectacular player’.
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