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Thomas Partey (£ 45m) Atlético de Madrid to Arsenal
Arsenal have completed the signing of Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey from Atlético de Madrid.
The Gunners paid £ 45 million to fulfill Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey release clause.
Arsenal reportedly had several offers for the central midfielder rejected over the summer, and Atleti remained awaiting the release clause fee.
Michael Essien (£ 24.4 million) – Lyon to Chelsea
Chelsea completed a raid by Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien for what was a club record fee of £ 24.4 in the summer of 2005. Coach José Mourinho and the Blues were on their hunt throughout the summer and had several offers rejected, until Lyon finally accepted the aforementioned rate.
Baba Rahman (£ 21.7 million) – Augsburg to Chelsea
Chelsea was in the market for a new left-back after selling Filipe Luis to Atlético de Madrid in early summer 2015. The Blues finally found the right player in the name of Baba Rahman to replace the Brazilian after paying £ 21.7 million. to Augsburg. for the Ghanaian.
Andre Ayew (£ 20.5 million) – Swansea to West Ham
After big money offers for Alexandre Lacazette, Michy Batshuayi and Carlos Bacca were turned down earlier this summer, West Ham decided to continue their search for an attacking forward a little closer to home with Andre Ayew. The English club signed Ayew from Swansea to a three-year deal for a record fee of £ 20.5 million.
Kwadwo Asamoah (18 million euros) – Udinese to Juventus
The Ghanaian midfielder made his mark in Serie A with Udinese to rise to the top of several bigwigs’ wish lists. Italian giants Juventus beat Arsenal, AC Milan and Chelsa to signing for a € 18 million fee in July 2012.
Asamoah Gyan (€ 17 million) – Al Ain to Shanghai SIPG
After spending three seasons at Al Ain, the weak Ghana striker decided to leave the UAE club because he wanted greener pastures elsewhere. In the summer of 2015, Shanghai SIPG spent 17 million euros to sign him for three years. It was later revealed that Gyan’s £ 227,000 weekly salary with his Chinese club instantly made him one of the highest paid soccer players in the world.
Asamoah Gyan (£ 13m) – Rennes to Sunderland
In August 2010, English club Sunderland broke the club’s transfer record to sign Asamoah Gyan. Steve Bruce, then Sunderland coach, had been trying to secure Gyan from French Rennes after selling Kenwyne Jones to Stoke before the start of the Premier League season. The deal for Gyan was finally completed about 15 minutes before the transfer deadline on August 31.
Sulley Muntari (£ 11m) – Portsmouth at Inter Milan
Then Inter Milan coach José Mourinho, who was unable to sign Frank Lampard for the Italian club, was looking to sign Ghana midfielder Sulley Munatri, who had an excellent season with Portsmouth. After striking a deal with Harry Redknapp’s Portsmouth, Munatri moved to the San Siro for £ 11 million in 2008.
Sulley Muntari (£ 7.1m) – Udinese to Portsmouth
Muntari regained Portsmouth’s record signing after signing from Udinese for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £ 7.1 million. The solid midfielder enjoyed a wonderful time with the Italian team, but made no secret of his desire to play in the Premiership. He also couldn’t turn down a five-year deal for a £ 40,000 weekly salary on Harry Redknapp’s side.
Kudus Mohammed (9 million euros) – Nordsjaelland to Ajax
Sealed 20-year-old Kudus Mohammed completed a sensational move against Dutch giant Ajax Amsterdam.
The midfielder reportedly signed a five-year contract with the four-time European champion.
Ajax spent 9 million euros to remove the 19-year-old from the Danish team.
Kudus joined Nordsjaelland in 2018 and has since become one of the club’s most important players.
He scored 12 times in 26 appearances for the Danish Super League team this season.
Kevin-Prince Boateng (10 million euros) – AC Milan at Schalke 04
On August 30, 2013, AC Milan announced that Boateng had been transferred to German Bundesliga club Schalke 04 for a transfer fee of € 10 million, with a four-year contract due to expire in June 2017. However , two years later, he was indefinitely suspended from the club following a loss to Bundesliga Cologne in May 2015.
Bernard Mensah (10 million euros) – Vitoria Guimaraes to Atlético de Madrid
Bernard Mensah became Atlético de Madrid’s second signing in the space of three days after they confirmed the arrival of defender Stefan Savic from Fiorentina in July 2015. The Madrid club paid Vitoria Guimaraes 10 million euros for the Mensah services in an agreement that he will keep at Vicente Calderón for the next six seasons. However, he will spend the next season on loan at Getafe.
