COUTINHO COST 135 'KILOS' IN 2018
Barça continues to lead the list of most expensive transfers in the winter market
Published:2/01/2023 - 21:14h
Updated:2/01/2023 - 21:14h
Cody Gakpo became the first big signing of 2023. Liverpool agreed to pay 55 'kilos' for the Dutchman, a much lower figure compared to what FC Barcelona paid out to the 'reds' in 2018 for Philippe Coutinho
The Liverpool gave the first big hit of the wintry market 2023 with the signing of Cody Gakpo. The 'reds' paid 55 million euros by the forward, a figure that, although it is high, does not ensure him a place between the 10 more expensive signings of the winter. The listing follows it leading Philippe Coutinho, by the one who the FC Barcelona accepted to pay to the ones of Anfield 135 'kilos' in 2018. These are the 10 traspasos of the wintry market.
1. Philippe Coutinho (€135m)
Josep María Bartomeu disbursed 135 million net euros by the Brazilian in the winter of 2018. Then, 'Cou' was the best mediocentro of the Premier League, a level that never could recover from his arrival to Catalonia. In 2021, the Barça him traspasó to the Aston Villa by 20 'kilos', completing like this the worst business of his history regarding signings refers . A League and a Glass of the King were the only that could win in Catalonia.
2. Virgil Go Dijk (€84.6m)
In this same window of passes, the Liverpool spent more than half of it ingresado by Coutinho in Virgil go Dijk, turning him into the most expensive defender of the history. The Dutch abandoned the Southampton in return of 84.6 million euros and, since, has consolidated like one of the best head offices of the world, raising the first Premier League for the 'reds' in almost three decades, together with the Champions League and the World-wide of Clubs in 2019.
3. Dusan Vlahovic (€81.6m)
The Juventus broke the wintry market in 2021 with the signing of the Serbian, the one who came to convert 20 goals with the Fiorentina the previous season. Although Vlahovic has showed his quality, in performance has remained to owe with alone 16 so many and 4 assistances in his first 36 apparitions as 'bianconeri'. In the 2022/23, his contribution until the moment is of 7 goals and 2 assistances in all the competitions.
4. Aymeric Laporte (€65m)
In the winter of 2018, the Manchester City followed suit paying to the Athletic of Bilbao 65 million euros by Aymeric Laporte. The defender of 28 years has known lidiar with the hard competition in the group directed by Pep Guardiola, completing a total of 164 apparitions in five seasons and average in which it has won it everything to domestic level, but to European level only adds a subcampeonato of the Champions in 2021.
5. Christian Pulisic (€64m)
The American cost 64 million euros to Chelsea in the winter of 2019 and, although his contribution has been important for the international titles achieved this year, has not attained to strengthen like titling indisputable in the two years and half that carries in Stamford Bridge. The player of 24 years adds 26 goals and 21 assistances in 135 apparitions, numbers very similar to which left in the Borussia Dortmund between 2016 and 2019.
6. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (€63.7m)
The ex forward of the Barça was the signing crashes of the Arsenal in 2018, four years before leaving to Catalonia. As 'gunner', the gabonés was the best of the team during three seasons and average (92 goals and 21 assistances in 163 parties) until his problem with Mikel Arteta that it finish him costing the rescission of his agreement. Today it looks for to win the titularity in Chelsea, after a good semester with the ones of Xavi Hernández.
7. Bruno Fernández (€63m)
The Sporting of Lisbon him traspasó in the winter of 2020 to the Manchester United in return of 63 'kilos'. Although it has not attained to win titles in Old Trafford, the Portuguese has been fixed in the eleven with the three trainers that have directed him, adding 53 goals and 45 assistances in his first 149 parties in England. With 28 years, Bruno is today one of the best mediocentros of the Premier League.
8. Oscar (€60m)
After four years and half in Chelsea, the Brazilian left to the Shanghai Port in 2017 to turn into one of the best paid of the Chinese league. The extreme adds 51 goals and 94 assistances in 173 parties with the red group, but disappeared of the world-wide elite when his career seemed in the best moment. Oscar played the World-wide of 2014 with the 'verdeamarelha', converting the discount in the humillante 1-7 of semis in front of Germany.
9. Diego Coast (€60m)
The Athletic of Madrid recovered him in 2018 in return of 60 million euros, 22 'kilos' more than what Chelsea had paid by his traspaso after the World-wide of 2014. In his second stage as 'colchonero', the Brazilian naturalised Spanish did not attain to equalise the performance showed in the previous years, although it attained to win again the Europe League, the Supercopa European and LaLiga.
10. Fernando Torres (€58.5m)
Chelsea completed in 2011 the one who, until that then, was the most expensive signing of the history in the wintry market with Fernando Torres. The '9' had a first very hard year after three seasons and average in the Liverpool, but his contribution was key to win the first European titles of the group 'blue' (the Champions of 2012 and the UEL of 2013). 45 goals and 27 assistances in 172 apparitions were his numbers in Stamford Bridge.
