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During the summer transfer window of 2013, there were various transfers that shook the player market, completely unexpected and made more than one football lover sigh with excitement, so the portal Eurofootball.com offers to review the most notable summer transfers.
Top 10 summer transfers of 2013:
1. Gareth Bale ("Tottenham" -> "Real Madrid", 100 million euros)
The negotiations regarding the best player of the previous season in the English Premier League concluded positively – G. Bale moved from London's Tottenham to Real Madrid and became the most expensive football player of all time, surpassing even his idol Cristiano Ronaldo. However, despite the player's performances in Spurs' squad, there are many controversial opinions about this transfer in public. The Welsh national team leader faces a tough job – proving to critics that he did not become the most expensive player in the world in vain.
2. Edinson Cavani ("Napoli" -> "Paris Saint-Germain", 64.5 million euros)
Paris Saint-Germain once again shook the transfer market with a huge deal, acquiring the prolific Uruguay national team striker E. Cavani, who scored over a hundred goals for Napoli. Alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic, former teammate at Napoli Ezequiel Lavezzi, and other Parisians, the player will not only intimidate defenders and goalkeepers in France but also across all of Europe.
... (truncated for brevity) ...Other notable deals:
Willian ("Shakhtar" -> "Chelsea", 37 million euros)
Marouane Fellaini ("Everton" -> "Manchester United", 32.4 million euros)
Marquinhos ("Roma" -> PSG, 31.4 million euros)
Isco ("Malaga" -> "Real Madrid", 30 million euros)
Roberto Soldado ("Valencia" -> "Tottenham", 30 million euros)
Erik Lamela ("Roma" -> "Tottenham", 30 million euros)
Henrikh Mkhitaryan ("Shakhtar" -> "Borussia Dortmund", 27.5 million euros)
Stevan Jovetič ("Fiorentina" -> "Manchester City", 26 million euros)
Joao Moutinho ("Porto" -> "Monaco", 25 million euros)
Thiago Alcantara ("Barcelona" -> "Bayern Munich", 25 million euros)
Bernard ("Atletico Mineiro" -> "Shakhtar", 25 million euros)
Alvaro Negredo ("Sevilla" -> "Manchester City", 25 million euros)
Andre Schürrle ("Bayer Leverkusen" -> "Chelsea", 22 million euros)
Jesus Navas ("Sevilla" -> "Manchester City", 20 million euros)
Geoffrey Kondogbia ("Sevilla" -> "Monaco", 20 million euros)
