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Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi dis not appear on the list: The most expensive signings in this transfer market

By Alexis Almosnino

The transfers of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were undoubtedly the most important in this market, but not in economic terms.

The transfers of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were undoubtedly the most important in this market, but not in economic terms.

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In a summer where Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi moved as a team and starred in the most mediatic events in the transfer market for being considered the two best players in the world, their transfers did not leave much money for their clubs and they are not among the most expensive signings of the summer. The first notice was made by Messi when he could not renew with Barcelona and had to sign as a free agent with PSG in Ligue 1, where he will earn 40 million euros per year in the two years he signed.

CR7 did not want to leave the covers to the Argentine element and made the decision to leave Juventus days before the transfer window closed, and amid rumors that put him in Manchester City, he ended up returning to United 12 years later for 23 millions of euros. With the Red Devils, the Portuguese will earn 29 million euros per year and signed a contract until 2023, hoping to meet the goal of bringing them back to the prominence they lost after the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013.

Manchester City did not hesitate to disburse money despite the coronavirus pandemic and signed Jack Grealish from Aston Villa in the most expensive operation in this market, paying 117.5 million euros, according to figures collected by Transfermarkt, the same numbers they were looking for sign Harry Kane from Tottenham, but it did not materialize.

In second place, there is Romelu Lukaku, who at 28 returned to Chelsea, a team in which he had his first stage between 2011 and 2014 before leaving for Everton and later playing for Manchester United and Inter Milan, the latter received 115 million euros from the Blues for their return to the Premier League.

Jadon Sancho is in third place, an English player who forgot his past in the City youth teams and signed for United, a team that paid 85 million euros to Borussia Dortmund, who gave him his first major contract in 2017.


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