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This was the summer of unexpected transfers

por Sharon Romilly (18/07/2019)


This was the summer of unexpected transfers.

For example, Robert Lewandowski has finally joined Bayern, while Rodriguez and Kroos signed for Real Madrid. So far, James Rodriguez - the winner of the Golden Boot award at the 2014 FIFA World Cup- is the 5th most expensive signing (63m) in the history of the European football. Kroos is not a less important transfer as he played for the German national team, which won the 2014 WC.

This is great news for Real; they have a squad full of stars (Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema, Ramos and others) that will most likely bring many victories to the team.

However, they lost their world-class midfielder - Angel di Maria. This week he made a 59.7m transfer to Manchester United.

Real faced a lot of criticism for letting di Maria go. After buying James (who also plays in the midfield) they made it clear that Angel will be mostly sitting on the bench. There is no need for two attacking midfielders. It made sense that di Maria didn't want to chill in James' shadow.

PSG were the first to make a transfer offer for di Maria, but Real Madrid asked way too much for him. As a result, camisetas de futbol PSG turned the offer down. It looked like a settled deal - Angel stays in Real, but out of nowhere van Gaal - the new Man Utd manager - came with 59.7m offer (which is roughly 10 thousand more than PSG were asked).

Now Manchester United are considered the most expensive team in the English Premier League. The total transfer fee makes up 401.2m. Luke Shaw (30m), Ander Herrera (28.8m) and Marcos Rojo (16m) have also joined the club this summer.

You all know that the previous season was a complete disaster for Man Utd: they suffered a series of disastrous losses and missed on the Champions League this year. And yet, they have a new manager, many talented players and a huge will to score goals.

As di Maria told himself, "I'm very pleased to be at Manchester United, I like the team and I wanted to come here even though there is no Champions League football this season."

In his turn, Louis van Gaal said that, "Angel is a world-class midfielder... there's no doubting his immense natural talent. He is a tremendously fast and incisive left-footed player who puts fear into the most accomplished defence. He's an excellent addition."

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