Umar, Aubameyang, Akanji and Some of Europe’s Deadline Day Transfers

The last day in the summer transfer window in Europe’s top leagues is always an intense one. Every season, the deadline day of the transfer window witnesses an influx of a lot of players as well as a number of departures in various clubs.

The buildup to this day is not without its drama as some players force their moves due to various reasons. During this time, clubs involve in acquiring ‘panic buys,’ basically as a result of inability to land a preferred target.

Fans always anticipate the transfer deadline day as it remains one of the most interesting days of any transfer window.

This is a list of some transfers that were sealed on the last day of the summer transfer window. Good or bad business for each of the clubs?

THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Chelsea

One of the high-profile moves in England was the signing of Gabon international Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang by Chelsea. The striker left Barcelona after spending a prolific few months at the Spanish club.

The Blues acquired his services to help bolster their attack following the departures of Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner.

Aubameyang arrives the Stamford Bridge with a whole lot of experience as he is not new to the Premier League system. He scored goals aplenty during his time at Arsenal and still recently played in the league as recently as December last year.

Meanwhile, young midfielder Billy Gilmour has departed Chelsea on a permanent basis, joining Brighton & Hove Albion.

The deal is reported to be worth as much as £7.5 million.
On deadline day, Chelsea also brought in box-to-box midfielder Denis Zakaria on loan from Italian giants Juventus.

Manchester United

Antony is the latest arrival for United. His signature was officially announced on the last day of the summer transfer window. He joins form Ajax for £85 million.

His signing follows the arrival of the likes of Tyrell Malacia, Lisandro Martinez, Christian Eriksen and Casemiro.

Similarly, Martin Dubravka teamed up with the Old Trafford faithfuls from Newcastle United on loan. His loan fee was priced at £2 million.

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Other Deadline Day Summer Arrivals

Manuel Akanji – Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City (£15.6m)
Willy Boly – Wolves to Nottingham Forest (undisclosed)
Layvin Kurzawa – PSG to Fulham (loan)
Wout Faes – Reims to Leicester City (£15m)
Jack Stephens – Southampton to Bournemouth (loan)
Willian – Fulham (free)

Idrissa Gueye – PSG to Everton (undisclosed)
Leander Dendoncker – Wolves to Aston Villa (£13m)
Maitland-Niles – Arsenal to Southampton (loan)
Sam Edozie – Manchester City to Southampton (£10m)
Juan Larios – Manchester City to Southampton (£6m)
Carlos Vinicius – Benfica to Fulham (£4.25m)
Duje Caleta-Car – Marseille to Southampton (undisclosed)
Arthur Melo – Juventus to Liverpool (loan)
Jan Bednarek – Southampton to Aston Villa (loan)
Boubacar Traore – Metz to Wolves (loan)
Daniel James – Leeds to Fulham (loan)

THE SPANISH LA LIGA

Lanky Nigerian forward Umar Sadiq, whose purpoted move to Villarreal, broke down few days ago, has a new club. The striker, who helped Almeria gain promotion to La Liga this season, was signed by Real Sociedad for €20 million.

Sadiq will be a direct replacement for Swedish international Aleksandar Isak, who joined Newcastle earlier.

Sadiq represented Nigeria at the AFCON earlier this year (Image Credit: Twitter)

In the meantime, Girona acquired the services of Southampton midfielder Oriol Romeu for an undisclosed fee. Out-of-favour Barcelona player Martin Braithwaite joined Espanyol on a free transfer.

Meanwhile, Spanish right back Hector Bellerin left Premier League side Arsenal for Barcelona for an undisclosed amount.

Sevilla did good business to bring in Kasper Dolberg from Nice in a loan deal while Paulo Gazzaniga teams up with Girona from Fulham, also on loan.

THE ITALIAN SERIE A

There were not so many moves on deadline day in Serie A but we did witness another player attached to Chelsea. Ethan Ampadu moved to Spezia on loan as the Blues aren’t willing to do away with the versatile player permanently.

Sergino Dest had his services acquired by AC Milan on a loan contract as Barcelona remains his parent club.

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THE FRENCH LIGUE 1

In France, PSG got a reliable player on the last day of the window. Spanish midfielder Carlos Soler signed for the Parisiens from La Liga side Valencia for €17 million.