As a result of the FIFA Club World Cup, this summer’s transfer season will be unlike any other.
To allow competing clubs to bolster their ranks before the revamped tournament in the United States, an early ten-day transfer window was introduced at the beginning of June. However, it was not only those jetting off to the Club World Cup that were allowed to recruit, with any sides within the same league as one of the competition’s contestants also able to dip into the market.
Such an extraordinary situation has sent clubs from across the world into a spending frenzy, especially those in Europe’s elite divisions. Vast sums have been splashed over a short spell and there will be more splurging once the summer’s ‘proper’ transfer window opens on June 16.
Here are the most expensive deals that occurred during the early transfer window.
