Goal.com - Top 20 Summer Transfers

Track who's hot and who's not in the summer transfer market.

Jul 1, 2009 7:41:34 PM

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Want to know who the hottest transfers of the summer are?

Here the Goal.com editorial team selects their top twenty transfers of the summer, updated each Wednesday.

Each update follows the pattern of a music chart: hot transfers rise up and newly enter the list, while cooling-down ones move off.

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Cristiano Ronaldo
 From: Manchester United
To: Real Madrid
Price: €93m

The FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d'Or winner finally completed his dream move to Real Madrid, and should shine in La Liga.
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Yoann Gourcuff
 From: AC Milan
To: Bordeaux
Price: €15m

Milan may live to regret losing the young Frenchman, who was inspirational on loan last season as Bordeaux won the league title.
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Mauro Zarate
 From: Al-Sadd
To: Lazio
Price: €25m


Zarate is worshipped in the Italian capital by Lazio fans after his stunning season on loan last term where he led them to the Coppa Italia. The Argentine has now made his move permanent.
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Kaka
 From: AC Milan
To: Real Madrid
Price: €67.2m


There are question marks over Kaka's fitness, but should he stay healthy then there is no doubt that the 27-year-old will be a major hit at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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Gareth Barry
 From: Aston Villa
To: Manchester City
Price: €14m

Manchester City have made a number of puzzling signings this summer, including that of Roque Santa Cruz, but Barry is a fine addition and is just what City need in the centre of their midfield.
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Diego
 From: Werder Bremen
To: Juventus
Price: €24.5m

Juventus have been crying out for a midfield playmaker for at least two years now, and they have finally signed a top-class trequartista in the form of the Werder Bremen man.
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Raul Albiol
 From: Valencia
To: Real Madrid
Price: €15m

Whenever Raul Albiol has been asked to move up a step in class during his career he has never failed to deliver, and it should be no different here for the promising young Spanish international defender.
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Marco Motta
 From: Udinese
To: Roma
Price: €3.5m

Motta is the best right-back in Italy, and he was outstanding for Roma after joining on loan in January. The move has now been made permanent, and the Under-21 star is a guaranteed success at full-back.
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Anatoliy Tymoschuk
 From: Zenit St. Petersburg
To: Bayern Munich
Price: €11m

One of the best defensive midfielders in Europe, Tymoschuk will add steel and efficiency to the Bayern midfield, and will be an able replacement for the departing Ze Roberto.
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Glen Johnson
From: Portsmouth
To: Liverpool
Price: €20.5m

A high price to pay for a defender, but then in the Premier League few come cheap. For Glen Johnson, though, a transfer well into the eight figures should still be rewarding for a Liverpool side desperately seeking solidity at right-back.
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Sergio Floccari
 From: Atalanta
To: Genoa
Price: €1m

Floccari is a player waiting to explode - a forward who possesses every attribute in his armoury. Genoa may have lost Diego Milito to Inter, but late-bloomer Floccari will be more than an adequate replacement.
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Antonio Valencia
 From: Wigan Atheltic
To: Manchester United
Price: €18.9m

Has been touted to join a big club for some time now, and finally he completed a major transfer to Manchester United. The Ecuadorian should slot in wonderfully at Old Trafford.
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Eliseu
 From: Malaga
To: Lazio
Price: €1m

One of the bargains of the summer at just €1m, Eliseu is the fastest thing you will ever see on two legs, a real speed merchant who will crucify his marker given the space.
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Fabio Cannavaro
 From: Real Madrid
To: Juventus
Price: Free Transfer

Cannavaro may be nearly 36, and past his world-beating best, but he is just what Juventus need at the back. The veteran will organise the back four, and give Juve a far greater chance of winning the Scudetto.
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Ramires
 From: Cruzeiro
To: Benfica
Price: €7.5m

Showed during the Confederations Cup what a talent he is, and Cruzeiro will be kicking themselves for not waiting until after the tournament before selling Ramires.
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Marco Di Vaio
 From: Genoa
To: Bologna
Price: Free Transfer

Scored 24 goals last season for Bologna, and unsurprisingly completed a free transfer move to the club he single-handedly saved from relegation
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Diego Milito
 From: Genoa
To: Inter
Price: €22m

Milito is guaranteed to score goals whoever he plays for, and providing he hits it off with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Argentine will be expected to bag a hatful at San Siro.
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Daniel Pranjic
 From: Heerenveen
To: Bayern Munich
Price: €7.7m

Pranjic has been starring for Heerenveen for a number of years now, and this is the logical next step in his career. Will add natural quality to the Bayern left.
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Luis Jimenez
 From: Inter
To: West Ham
Price: Loan

A master-stroke by Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola. Jimenez has the ability to play for a really major club, and providing he stays fit he will be a star at Upton Park.
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Edson Braafheid
 From: FC Twente
To: Bayern Munich
Price: €2m

Despite being 26, Braafheid has earned rave reviews for his performances in Holland last season. With Bayern needing to improve their defence, Braafheid could be the man.
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