The summer of 2023 saw many European teams splash cash on many of the top players, with Chelsea being the biggest spenders in Europe. Chelsea, under its new ownership, went all out in the transfer window and spent a total of £275 million. As usual, Premier League sides dominate the list of top-spending clubs in Europe, but they had an unexpected competitor in the Saudi Pro League, which made efforts to bolster its league with stars.
Declan Rice’s impending move to one of the top clubs finally happened, as he moved to Arsenal for a record fee of £100 million plus five million in add-ons. Here are all the transfers in European football that will likely impact the respective teams the most in the summer transfer window of 2023:
Premier League:
Manch ester City:
Arrivals:
Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig)-Defender-£77.6m
Jérémy Doku (Rennes)-Winger-£55.5m
Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers)-Midfielder-£53m
Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea)-Midfielder-£25m
Departures:
Cole Palmer (Chelsea)- Midfielder- £40m
Riyad Mahrez (Al-Ahli)-Winger-£30m
Aymeric Laporte (Al-Nassr)-Defender-£23.5m
Arsenal:
Arrivals:
Declan Rice (West Ham United)-Midfielder-£105m
Kai Havertz -(Chelsea)-Forward-£60m
Jurriën Timber (Ajax)-Defender-£38.5m
Departures:
Folarin Balogun (Monaco)-Forward-£34m
Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)-Midfielder£21.5m
Manchester United:
Arrivals:
Rasmus Højlund (Atalanta)-Forward-£64m
Mason Mount (Chelsea)-Midfielder-£55m
André Onana (Inter Milan)-Goalkeeper-£44.1m
Departures:
Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace) -Goalkeeper-£15m
Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest)-Forward-£15m
Fred -Fenerbahce-Midfielder-£12.9m
Mason Greenwood (Getafe)-Forward-loan
David De Gea: Released
Newcastle United:
Arrivals:
Sandro Tonali (Milan)-Midfielder-£55m
Harvey Barnes-(Leicester City)-Winger-£38m
Tino Livramento(Southampton)-Defender-£32m
Departures:
Allan Saint-Maximin (Al-Ahli)-Winger-£26.8m
Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest)-Forward-£15m
Liverpool
Arrivals:
Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig) Midfielder-£60m
Alexis MacAllister (Brighton)-Midfielder-£35m
Ryan Gravenberch (Bayern Munich) Midfielder-£34.2m
Wataru Endo (Stuttgart)-Midfielder-£16.2m
Departures:
Fabinho (Al-Ittihad)-Midfielder-£40m
Jordan Henderson (Ettifaq)-Midfielder-£12m
Tottenham:
Arrivals:
Brennan Johnson ( Nottingham Forest)-Winger-£47m
James Maddison-(Leicester City)-Midfielder-£40m
Micky van de Ven (Wolfsburg)-Defender-£34.5m
Departures:
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)-Forward-£100m
Chelsea
Arrivals:
Moisés Caicedo (Brighton)-Midfielder-£115m
Roméo Lavia (Southampton)-Midfielder-£53m
Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)-Forward-£51m
Cole Palmer (Manchester City)-£40m
Axel Disasi (Monaco) Defender-£38.7m
Departures:
Kai Havertz (Arsenal)-Forward-£60m
Mason Mount (Manchester United)-Midfielder-£55m
Mateo Kovacic-(Manchester City) -Midfielder-£25m
Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal)-Defender-£20m
Christian Pulisic (Milan)-Winger
La Liga:
Barcelona:
Arrivals:
João Cancelo (Manchester City)-Defender-Loan
João Félix-(Atlético Madrid)-Winger-loan
Vitor Roque (Athletico Paranaense)-Forward-€30m fee (joining in 2024)
Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City)-Midfielder-free
Departures:
Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain)-Winger-£43.5m
Eric García-Girona-Defender-loan
Ansu Fati (Brighton)-Winger-loan
Jordi Alba (Inter Miami)-Defender-free
Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami) -Midfielder-free
Real Madrid
Arrivals
Jude Bellingham:(Borussia Dortmund)-Midfielder-£88.5m
Arda Güler (Fenerbahce)-Midfielder-£17m
Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea)-Goalkeeper-loan
Departures:
Marco Asensio (Paris Saint-Germain)-Winger-free
Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad)-Forward-free
Eden Hazard-Winger- to Free agent
Athletico Madrid:
Arrivals:
Samuel Omorodion (Granada)-Forward-£5.1m
Javi Galán (Celta Vigo)-Defender-£4.3m
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea)-Defender-free
Caglar Soyuncu (Leicester City)-Defender-free
Departures:
Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers)-Forward-£44m
Renan Lodi (Marseille)-Defender-£11.1m
Geoffrey Kondogbia (Marseille)-Midfielder-£6.9m
Sergio Camello-(Rayo Vallecano)-Forward-£4.3m
João Félix (Barcelona)-Winger-loan
Real Sociedad
Arrivals:
Arsen Zakharyan (Dinamo Moscow)-Midfielder-£11.1m
Álvaro Odriozola (Real Madrid)-Defender-£2.4m
Kieran Tierney-(Arsenal)-Defender-loan
André Silva (RB Leipzig)-Forward-loan
Villarreal
Arrivals:
Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig)- Forward -£8.5m
Ramón Terrats (Girona)-Midfielder-£2.1m
Denis Suárez (Celta Vigo)-Midfielder-free
Departures
Pau Torres (Aston Villa)- Defender-£33m
Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea)-Forward-£32m
Samuel Chukwueze (Milan)-Winger-£24m
Boulaye Dia (Salernitana)- Forward-£10.3m
Real Betis
Arrivals:
Abde Ezzalzouli (Barcelona)-Winger-£6.4m
Álex Collado (Barcelona)-Midfielder-undisclosed fee
Isco (Free agent)-Midfielder-free
Marc Bartra-(Trabzonspor)-Defender-free
Héctor Bellerín (Sporting)-Defender-free
Departures:
Sergio Canales (Monterrey)-Midfielder-£8.6m
Diego Lainez (Tigres UANL)-Winger- £6m
Edgar González-(Almería)-Defender-£3.4m
Bundesliga:
Bayern Munich:
Arrivals:
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)-Forward-£100m
Kim Min-jae (Napoli)-Defender-£43m
Departures:
Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool)-Midfielder-£34.2m
Lucas Hernández (Paris Saint-Germain)-Defender-£34m
Sadio Mané (Al-Nassr)-Forward-£27.5m
Borrusia Dortmund:
Arrivals:
Felix Nmecha (Wolfsburg)-Midfielder-£25.8m
Marcel Sabitzer (Bayern Munich)-Midfielder-£16.4m
Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen)-Forward-£11.1m
Departures:
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)-Midfielder-£88.5m
RB Leipzig:
Arrivals:
Loïs Openda (Lens)-Forward-£36.8m
Castello Lukeba (Lyon)-Defender-£30m
Christoph Baumgartner (Hoffenheim)-Midfielder-£21m
Benjamin Sesko (Red Bull Salzburg)-Forward-£20.7m
Departures:
Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City)-Defender-£77.6m
Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool)-Midfielder-£60m
Christopher Nkunku (Chelsea)-Forward-£51m
Serie A:
Napoli:
Arrivals:
Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo)-Winger-£22.4m
Departures:
Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich)-Defender-£43m
AC Milan:
Arrivals:
Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal)-Winger-£24m
Tijjani Reijnders (AZ Alkmaar)-£17.1m
Christian Pulisic (Chelsea)-Winger-£17.1m
Departures:
Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United)-Midfielder-£55m
Inter Milan:
Arrivals:
Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich)-Defender-£25m
Alexis Sánchez (Marseille)-Forward-free
Yann Sommer(Goalkeeper)-Bayern Munich-£5.2m
Departures:
André Onana (Manchester United)-Goalkeeper-£44.1m
Marcelo Brozovic (Al-Nassr)-Midfielder- £15.5m
Juventus:
Arrivals:
Moise Kean (Everton)-Forward-£24.1m
Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo)-Midfielder-€25m
Departures:
Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur) Winger-£25.6m
Denis Zakaria (Monaco)-Midfielder-£17m
Ligue 1
PSG:
Arrivals:
Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt) Forward-£64.3m
Manuel Ugarte (Sporting)-Midfielder-£51m
Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona)-Winger-£43.5m
Departures:
Neymar (Al-Hilal)-Forward-£86.3m
Saudi Pro League
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid to Al-Ittihad)- Forward-Free
Neymar ( PSG to Al-Hilal)-Forward-£86.3m
Yassine Bounou (Sevilla to Al-Hilal)-Goalkeeper-€21m
Aleksandar Mitrovic ( Fulham to Al-Hilal)-forward-£46 m
Ngolo Kante (Chelsea to Al-Ittihad)-midfielder- Free
Otavio (Porto to Al-Nassr)-midfielder-€60m
Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea to Al-Hilal)-Defender-€25m
