Top 10 most influential contracts of the past 10 years

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1. Diego Costa (Atletico to Chelsea, July 2014) With Demba Ba leaving the club and Didier Drogba entering the twilight phase of his career, Chelsea needs a striker to lead the front line in the 2014 season They paid Costa’s release clause of £32 million and put him in the starting lineup from day one.

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The results were impressive. Despite suffering a hamstring injury early in his Chelsea career, Costa made a huge impact. In fact, his contributions were the reason Chelsea won their last Premier League title under Jose Mourinho.

2. Luis Suarez (Liverpool to Barca, July 2014) Suarez is the striker that Barca needs, and at the same time became the final piece in the formidable ‘MSN’ trio that tore apart Europe for 3 years.

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He is now considered one of the greatest players – all thanks to his prolific spell in Catalunya.

3. N’Golo Kante (Caen to Leicester, August 2015) Who would have thought that the driving force behind Leicester’s 2016 Premier League victory would be a humble French midfielder bought from a struggling team? Difficulty in Ligue 1?

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Kante was a relatively unknown signing from Caen, and Leicester spent a paltry £5.6m for his services. Now, one could easily argue that it was the best deal in Premier League history.

4. N’Golo Kante (Leicester to Chelsea, August 2016) Big clubs fought for Kante and Chelsea simply offered too high a price for the Foxes to refuse, spending £32 million for his services. his.

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He formed a formidable midfield duo alongside Nemanja Matic for Antonio Conte’s restructured Chelsea, acting as a key cog in the 3-4-2-1 formation that tore the Premier League apart. . Kante has 1 Premier League title and 1 Champions League title and has established himself as one of the greatest players of all time.

5. Mohamed Salah (Roma to Liverpool, July 2017) Before the 2017-18 season, it was clear that Liverpool needed more offensive thrust. And they brought in Salah with quite a few doubts. The Egyptian striker immediately proved his value and has maintained stable performance to date.

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Salah has won every trophy possible with Liverpool and is currently Liverpool’s fifth highest goalscorer of all time.

6. Virgil van Dijk (Southampton to Liverpool, January 2018) This is the move that has turned Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool from a Champions League outsider into one of the strongest teams in Europe.

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It was the Dutch midfielder who started Klopp’s revolution. In Van Dijk, they have brought in one of the best defenders in the world. The Dutch captain anchored Liverpool’s backline as they reached the Champions League final in 2018, and played a key role as Klopp’s side became a force to be reckoned with.

7. Bruno Fernandes (Sporting to MU, January 2020) Bruno Fernandes has been coveted by several top teams for several months and Man United is ready to pay a high price for his services.

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Fernandes is a player who brings almost constant satisfaction in an era of turmoil at Old Trafford.

8. Erling Haaland (Dortmund to Man City, June 2022) Man City paid a release clause of 60 million euros to recruit Haaland from Dortmund. And it turns out adding the world’s most prolific No. 9 to a team that is already capable of winning the Premier League is quite effective.

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Pep Guardiola doesn’t really need Haaland to win the Premier League; he did so without a recognized striker for two consecutive years. Instead, Haaland was brought in to give Man City an advantage in the Champions League. And he completed the task excellently.

9. Kvaratskhelia & Kim (Dinamo Batumi/Fenerbahce to Napoli, July 2022) Napoli seems to be in trouble ahead of the 2022-23 season. They lost Dries Mertens and Kalidou Koulibaly. But the replacement did not disappoint.

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In fact, the duo Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Kim Min-jae helped Napoli play much better. The duo’s arrival took the Partenopei to their first Scudetto in 33 years.

10. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami, July 2023) Miami may not have been his first choice, but Messi spent two months playing as if he was born to wear the pink shirt of South Florida.

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The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner will probably always be successful in America. After all, he is the greatest player in the world. But no one could have expected that he could turn MLS’s worst team into one of its best.

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