Cavani’s fate and the Brazilians from his new home mark the last day of the transfer window | international soccer

Like Cavani, other veterans also took advantage of the European summer to reinvent themselves in new airs, like his partner Luis Suarez, who left Barcelona for his rival Atlético de Madrid; the brazilian Douglas Costa, Loaned on the last window day by Juventus to Bayern Munich, where he already played; the Welsh Gareth Bale leave Real Madrid to return to Tottenham, his first club; and the captain of the Brazilian team Thiago silva, Cavani’s former colleague at PSG, reinforcing Chelsea’s defense.

In an atypical year, still marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, there was no transfer of those who shake the market: the most expensive contract was that of the German offensive midfielder Kai havertz, 21, who left Bayer Leverkusen for Chelsea for € 80 million, followed by the departure of the Brazilian midfielder Arthur from Barcelona to Juventus for 72 million, two negotiations concluded before the start of the season.

The value of Havertz’s hiring was 45% lower than the previous window record, the 126 million euros that Atlético de Madrid paid to Benfica for João Félix, and interrupts a sequence of four seasons with at least one transfer of more than 100 million euros.

But, if the more expensive hiring did not have as much impact, the volume of transactions left something to be desired: 26 transfers from 30 million euros, including defensive players like winger Nelson Semedo in Wolverhampton and Sergio Reguillón in Tottenham and defender Rúben Dias, the most expensive deal for a defender in this window, leaving Benfica for Manchester City for 68 million euros.

Rafinha hits PSG at the end of the window

Among the Brazilian players, the last day of the window had a lot of movement. One of the last transfers was the midfielder Rafinha Alcântara for Paris Saint-Germain. The 27-year-old, who played on loan for Celta de Vigo last season, had a contract with Barcelona and left at zero cost, with the possibility of paying up to three million euros in bonuses, according to the Spanish press.

At 30, Douglas Costa was loaned to Bayern after three years at Juventus. The left side Alex Telles left Porto to join Cavani at United. Still in England, the Leeds United, coach Marcelo Bielsa, signed offensive midfielder Raphinha, ex Rennes, from France. And the offensive midfielder Giuliano, who was in Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia, moved to Istanbul Basaksehir, current champion of Turkey.