The 5 most expensive signings of this summer transfer window so far

The most expensive signing of the current market is cheaper than last season's 14th overall. What does this mean? That there's still a lot of work to be done. The mid-2024 transfer window has already seen some ground-breaking names make headlines, particularly in Europe, so, with football fans facing an information vacuum as they await the start of new competitions, it's worth taking a deep dive into the ‘mercato’.

At just 18 years of age, Leny Yoro made 44 appearances, 40 of them starts, in Ligue 1, which set off alarm bells in several European sports managements. Real Madrid were one of them, but the 'Merengues' know better than to get carried away in building a stellar squad, so they made clear their intentions to pay, at most, 30 million or wait until 2025 to sign him as a free agent. Manchester United thought differently.

Michael Olise has needed just three seasons in the Premier League to confirm his status as a potential big-league star. With the Eagles, in fact, he didn't get on the pitch as much as his manager would have liked in the most recent season, and even so, he had his best goal tally - 10 goals and 6 assists - with the exception of his time in the Championship with Reading. Fans bidding him farewell have been left wanting to see him more often in an attacking duo with Eberechi Eze.

Douglas Luiz is the main talking point at any meeting where Aston Villa's financiers celebrate the health of their coffers. For the money Juventus have paid for him, they have been able to take a balance of transfer income that, so far, stands at 89.9 million. More than 50% corresponds to his departure. Thus, an expenditure amounting to 116.9 million has not had the full impact it could have on their Financial Fair Play.

Joao Palhinha has led to Bayern Munich being labelled as one of the biggest spenders of the transfer window so far. The Bavarians have spent more than 100 million euros on just two players. With Vincent Kompany having just arrived and Harry Kane facing his second season in Germany, the expectation is that the threat of Bayer Leverkusen will disappear.

If the prominence of Bayern Munich was evident with the previous transfer, the omnipresence of the Premier League is confirmed with this one: it is in each and every one of the five most expensive moves so far this summer. In this case, moreover, it is to double the starting price of a defender who has not even made his debut with the English national team and, even so, is among those who have moved the most money in recent months. He joins Julen Lopetegui's project.