<p>The silly season got down and expensive this summer with some very high-priced signings. While <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/lionel-messi-t13" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lionel Messi</a> and <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/cristiano-ronaldo-t2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cristiano Ronaldo</a></strong> may have stolen the headlines, fans will be shocked to learn that the Argentine and the Portuguese were not this off-season’s most expensive transfers. In reality Messi left on a free and Ronaldo on a reported 12.5 million Euro transfer from <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/three-players-juventus-will-not-sign-to-replace-cristiano-ronaldo-20210830-0005.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Juventus</a>.</p>
<p>Despite clubs trying to save as much as possible due to the covid pandemic, the usual suspects like <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/chelsea-t200" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chelsea</a>, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/manchester-city-roster-2021-2022-man-city-list-of-players-20210826-0015.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchester City</a>, and <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/manchester-united-schedule-2021-2022-the-red-devils-fixture-this-season-20210830-0026.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchester United </a>all spent the big bucks this offseason </strong>to prepare their teams for the new season.</p>
<p>Defenders were in high demand as 6 of the summer’s top transfers were defensive players. While Jack Grealish is the very questionable number 1 transfer of the summer. <strong>Here is the list of the top 10 2021 summer transfer signings in Europe!</strong></p>
<h2>10. Emiliano Buendía – €38.40 million</h2>
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<p>The Argentine right back,<strong> Emiliano Buendía</strong> transferred from Norwich City to Aston Villa for €38.40 million, Buendía played three years for Norwich before his move to Villa. Buendía has also been called up to the Argentine national team ahead of World Cup qualifying.</p>
<h2>9. Tammy Abraham – €40 million</h2>
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<p>English forward <strong>Tammy Abraham</strong> made the summer move from Chelsea, where he was often on loan to Serie A to Roma. The England striker will look to be a centerpiece of José Mourinho’s team, Abraham already has 1 goal in 2 games to kick off his new Italian career.</p>
<h2>8. Ibrahima Konaté – €40 million</h2>
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<p>The 22-year-old French defender completed his move to Liverpool from RB Leipzig for 40 million Euros. <strong>Ibrahima Konaté</strong> played 66 times for the Red Bulls and is known for his positional play and pace.</p>
<h2>7. Raphaël Varane – €40 million</h2>
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<p>The French center back was sold from Real Madrid to Manchester United for €40 million, <strong>Raphaël Varane</strong> was on United’s radar for quite some time and the club was finally able to land the World Cup winner to Old Trafford.</p>
<h2>6. Dayot Upamecano – €42.50 million</h2>
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<p>Yet another French defender jumped ship as <strong>Dayot Upamecano</strong> moved from RB Leipzig, where he played 112 games to Bayern Munich for €42.50 million. The 22-year-old is just entering his prime and has been called up to the French national team three times in 2020.</p>
<h2>5. Ben White – €58.50 million</h2>
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<p><strong>Ben White</strong> moved from Brighton &amp; Hove Albion to Arsenal for a rather high €58.50 million, White had a very good run at Leeds United, but the transfer seems very high on a player who essentially has played for mid table teams in England.</p>
<h2>4. Achraf Hakimi – €60 million</h2>
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<p>The Morocco international right back <strong>Achraf Hakimi </strong>moved from Inter Milan to suit up with Lionel Messi and Neymar at PSG. Hakimi played only 37 games for Inter Milan and scored 1 goal.</p>
<h2>3. Jadon Sancho – €85 million</h2>
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<p>One of the biggest transfer sagas of the year, <strong>Jadon Sancho</strong> finally left Borussia Dortmund and returned to England to play for Manchester United. Sancho cost the red devils €85 million, as one of the most exciting young players in the world much is expected from Sancho at Old Trafford.</p>
<h2>2. Romelu Lukaku – €115 million</h2>
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<p>Back for his second stint in England with Chelsea, <strong>Romelu Lukaku</strong> was sold from Inter Milan where he was a scoring machine to Chelsea for €115 million. Chelsea gets what they have been looking for, for a while now, a powerful goal scoring forward.</p>
<h2>1. Jack Grealish – €117.50 million</h2>
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<p><strong>Jack Grealish</strong> is talented, but at €117.50 million? Seems a bit inflated but Manchester City got their man and Grealish is moving from Aston Villa to City. Not much of a goal scorer and only 12 caps for England with 0 goals, he is the number one player on this list ahead of players who have done much more and are younger.</p>
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The top 10 most expensive offseason transfers in Europe

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<p><strong>Leeds United </strong>will return to the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/premier-league-t45" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Premier League </a>after 16 years and manager <strong>Marcelo Bielsa </strong>doesn’t want to waste time in the next transfer window. One of his main targets is<strong> Ben White</strong>, who was on loan from Brighton &amp; Hove Albion during the 2019-2020 season.</p>
<p>However, it will not be easy to keep the 22-year-old defender at Elland Road.<strong> Brighton areasking£50 million for Ben White</strong> and <a href="https://www.leedsunited.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leeds </a>will have problems if they spend all that budget in only one player. Although White was a key part of the team last season, Bielsa will need to negotiate with Brighton in orden to get a better deal.</p>
<p>The newly-promoted Leeds are not the only interested team in White. <strong>Premier League giants like<a href="https://us.bolavip.com/soccer/Premier-League-transfers-Liverpools-best-signings-with-Jurgen-Klopp-as-manager--20200414-0003.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Liverpool</a>, <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/soccer/Premier-League-transfers-Manchester-Uniteds-top-signings-of-last-decade-20200412-0001.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchester United</a> and Chelsea </strong>are also looking to reinforce their defensive lines and White would be a great signing for all of them. Also, they would not have problems to afford£50 million for his transfer.</p>
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<p>While Leeds and other Premier League teams negotiate with Brighton for Ben White, Bielsa has some Argentine compatriots on his radar for the next transfer window. <strong>One of them is defender Marcos Senesi</strong>, whose transfer belongs to Feyenoord of the Netherlands.</p>
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<p>Senesi is also a young central defender, like White, and has been linked with a move to Leeds during the past few days. However, <a href="https://www.feyenoord.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Dutch team</a> doesn’t want to sell the player, <strong>at least during the next transfer window</strong>.</p>
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<p><strong>Nicolás González</strong> is also on Bielsa’s radar. The young forward helped Stuttgart to achieve promotion to Germany’s Bundesliga. The 23-year-old González scored 14 goals last season and <strong>Stuttgart would be asking£15million for his transfer</strong>.</p>

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The top 10 most expensive offseason transfers in Europe

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