Ahead of Arsenal’s home game with Leicester City in the curtain-raiser to the new Premier League season on Friday, AFPSport selects the 10 biggest transfers of the close season:

Romelu Lukaku

– Everton to Manchester United; £75 million ($97.5 million, 83 million euros) rising to £90 million*

After four increasingly prolific seasons at Everton, Belgium striker Lukaku has been given another shot at the big time with Manchester United.

Lukaku, 24, has been brought in to replace Zlatan Ibrahimovic and will hope to do a better job of impressing manager Jose Mourinho than he managed during their time together at Chelsea.

Alvaro Morata

– Real Madrid (ESP) to Chelsea; £58 million*

With Diego Costa having been very publicly frozen out by manager Antonio Conte, Chelsea broke their transfer record to sign 24-year-old Spain striker Morata.

He made an inauspicious start to his Chelsea career by squandering his spot-kick in a Community Shield penalty shootout loss to Arsenal.

Benjamin Mendy

– Monaco (FRA) to Manchester City; £52 million*

Saddled with an ageing group of full-backs, Pep Guardiola found it difficult to play the kind of thrusting football he loves in his maiden campaign as Manchester City manager.

He has taken remedial action during the close season, most notably forking out £52 million to make France left-back Mendy the game’s most expensive defender.

Alexandre Lacazette

– Lyon (FRA) to Arsenal; £46.5 million rising to £52.6 million*

France striker Lacazette had been poised to join Atletico Madrid, only for the Court of Arbitration for Sport to uphold a transfer ban against the Spanish club.

Arsenal stepped in, breaking their transfer record to sign the 26-year-old, who was the top-scoring Frenchman in Ligue 1 in each of the last three seasons.

Kyle Walker

– Tottenham Hotspur to Manchester City; £45 million rising to £50 million*



The second of Manchester City’s three new full-backs (the other being Brazilian Danilo), Walker arrived from Spurs after Dani Alves opted to join Paris Saint-Germain over rejoining forces with Guardiola.

Walker’s flying raids down the right flank for Tottenham have turned him into England’s first-choice number two.

Bernardo Silva

– Monaco (FRA) to Manchester City; £43 million*

Portuguese playmaker Silva pitched up at City after his 11 goals and 12 assists inspired Monaco to Ligue 1 glory and a place in the Champions League semi-finals.

The 22-year-old is expected to line up on the right flank for City, as he did at Monaco, but is likely to have been earmarked as the long-term successor to his namesake David Silva.

Tiemoue Bakayoko

– Monaco (FRA) to Chelsea; £40 million*

The third player to have left Monaco for England, France midfielder Bakayoko will make Chelsea’s midfield an even more intimidating prospect.

Tall and muscular, the former Rennes player will provide a redoubtable physical presence alongside the buzzing N’Golo Kante.

Nemanja Matic

– Chelsea to Manchester United; £40 million*

Deemed surplus to requirements at Chelsea following Bakayoko’s arrival, Matic moved to United to link up with Mourinho, who previously brought him back to Chelsea from Benfica in 2014.

A stylish but steely holding midfielder, the 28-year-old Serbia international will provide a counterweight for the forward runs of last year’s star signing, Paul Pogba.

Ederson

– Benfica (POR) to Manchester City; £35 million*

The goalkeeping situation gave Guardiola constant problems during his first season at the Etihad Stadium, with Claudio Bravo proving an inadequate replacement for Joe Hart, who was loaned out to Torino.

Guardiola moved to remedy the problem by signing 23-year-old Brazilian Ederson, who became the world’s second most expensive goalkeeper after Gianluigi Buffon.

Mohamed Salah

– Roma (ITA) to Liverpool; £34 million*

A bright light in a gloomy transfer window for Liverpool.

Egyptian winger Salah did not get a look-in during his previous spell with Chelsea, but he excelled in Serie A with Fiorentina and Roma, scoring 35 goals in 81 games.

* denotes fee as reported by British media

Abeg who is The Best signing Yet?

Source => http://www.360ray.com.ng/top-10-premier-league-transfers-of-201718-season/

Cc: lalasticlala

IDI AMEEN will not kill person with laugh:I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.

Was so close

Lacazette !!!! .. to me is the best, then let's not forget man city benerdo Silva! Choi Dat guy is
good, then the free guy from arsenal! dat guy good sha... the worst are Morata and luka
ku

My unborn child must play soccer; either indoor or outdoor. He must play foreign. Datz d more reason I am looking for Nicki Minaj.

Wenger too dey favour him fellow French people into Arsenal

I just hope lukaku delivers. After watching my team, Utd play yesterday, I can say we are still lagging behind teams like Barcelona, Madrid as well as Bayern Munich. I hope we fare better this season

MATIC,WALKER,LUKAKU AND LACAZETTE.

Man city hwfar una na

Arsenal stepped in, breaking their transfer record
to sign the 26-year-old, who was the top-scoring
Frenchman in Ligue 1 in each of the last three
seasons..............BEST SIGNING

Liverpool's Coutinho could top the list if a deal from Barcelona is finally agreed.

Honestly i wanna give the honors to lukaku.. With the way he plays since he's got to Manchester United shows how prolific he can be.. Moreover he thrilled Man u fans yesterday night though he didn't really have many opportunities...
Let's wait and see how productive others would be as events unfold.

Dude?? where the hell is Iheanacho on your damn list??

forget big money football don need big money at times

Seriously, is Pep overrated or what. Seems the man can't win unless he possesses far more gifted players than his competitors.
At Barca he had Messi and Iniesta and Xavi in their peaks. At Bayern he had by far the most talented team. Now in city and with a team almost similar in capabilities with his rivals, dude couldn't deliver and has to resort to spending vast sums. (He spent almost 80 million pounds on right full backs alone)
What happens to actually coaching the players available to you like what Conte did last season (he made Moses, a westham reject, look like Alves)

Pep isn't special.

Up Arsenal

Salah, rule that guy out at ur own peril. That guy and mane will set premier league on fire this season. Anyone rulling liverpool out of contention is doing so at his ow peril. Premier league should watch out.

Best premier league signing of the year for me
Mohammed Salah..
From a united fan.

Chelsea sign that Morata wey miss spot kick dey pain me ohh

Please correct the price tag for alvaro morata.

sirlekzy:
Ahead of Arsenal’s home game with Leicester City in the curtain-raiser to the new Premier League season on Friday, AFPSport selects the 10 biggest transfers of the close season:

Romelu Lukaku

– Everton to Manchester United; £75 million ($97.5 million, 83 million euros) rising to £90 million*

After four increasingly prolific seasons at Everton, Belgium striker Lukaku has been given another shot at the big time with Manchester United.

Lukaku, 24, has been brought in to replace Zlatan Ibrahimovic and will hope to do a better job of impressing manager Jose Mourinho than he managed during their time together at Chelsea.

Alvaro Morata

– Real Madrid (ESP) to Chelsea; £58 million*

With Diego Costa having been very publicly frozen out by manager Antonio Conte, Chelsea broke their transfer record to sign 24-year-old Spain striker Morata.

He made an inauspicious start to his Chelsea career by squandering his spot-kick in a Community Shield penalty shootout loss to Arsenal.

Benjamin Mendy

– Monaco (FRA) to Manchester City; £52 million*

Saddled with an ageing group of full-backs, Pep Guardiola found it difficult to play the kind of thrusting football he loves in his maiden campaign as Manchester City manager.

He has taken remedial action during the close season, most notably forking out £52 million to make France left-back Mendy the game’s most expensive defender.

Alexandre Lacazette

– Lyon (FRA) to Arsenal; £46.5 million rising to £52.6 million*

France striker Lacazette had been poised to join Atletico Madrid, only for the Court of Arbitration for Sport to uphold a transfer ban against the Spanish club.

Arsenal stepped in, breaking their transfer record to sign the 26-year-old, who was the top-scoring Frenchman in Ligue 1 in each of the last three seasons.

Kyle Walker

– Tottenham Hotspur to Manchester City; £45 million rising to £50 million*



The second of Manchester City’s three new full-backs (the other being Brazilian Danilo), Walker arrived from Spurs after Dani Alves opted to join Paris Saint-Germain over rejoining forces with Guardiola.

Walker’s flying raids down the right flank for Tottenham have turned him into England’s first-choice number two.

Bernardo Silva

– Monaco (FRA) to Manchester City; £43 million*

Portuguese playmaker Silva pitched up at City after his 11 goals and 12 assists inspired Monaco to Ligue 1 glory and a place in the Champions League semi-finals.

The 22-year-old is expected to line up on the right flank for City, as he did at Monaco, but is likely to have been earmarked as the long-term successor to his namesake David Silva.

Tiemoue Bakayoko

– Monaco (FRA) to Chelsea; £40 million*

The third player to have left Monaco for England, France midfielder Bakayoko will make Chelsea’s midfield an even more intimidating prospect.

Tall and muscular, the former Rennes player will provide a redoubtable physical presence alongside the buzzing N’Golo Kante.

Nemanja Matic

– Chelsea to Manchester United; £40 million*

Deemed surplus to requirements at Chelsea following Bakayoko’s arrival, Matic moved to United to link up with Mourinho, who previously brought him back to Chelsea from Benfica in 2014.

A stylish but steely holding midfielder, the 28-year-old Serbia international will provide a counterweight for the forward runs of last year’s star signing, Paul Pogba.

Ederson

– Benfica (POR) to Manchester City; £35 million*

The goalkeeping situation gave Guardiola constant problems during his first season at the Etihad Stadium, with Claudio Bravo proving an inadequate replacement for Joe Hart, who was loaned out to Torino.

Guardiola moved to remedy the problem by signing 23-year-old Brazilian Ederson, who became the world’s second most expensive goalkeeper after Gianluigi Buffon.

Mohamed Salah

– Roma (ITA) to Liverpool; £34 million*

A bright light in a gloomy transfer window for Liverpool.

Egyptian winger Salah did not get a look-in during his previous spell with Chelsea, but he excelled in Serie A with Fiorentina and Roma, scoring 35 goals in 81 games.

* denotes fee as reported by British media

Abeg who is The Best signing Yet?

Source => http://www.360ray.com.ng/top-10-premier-league-transfers-of-201718-season/

Cc: lalasticlala

The best would be decided at the end of 2017/2018 EPL and UCL season. It's unfortunate, Arsenal are not in the UCL.

Wondering what would be Jose and Pep excuses if they failed to lift either trophies at the end of the season considering the choice of players they gambled their money on.

Didn't they see any Nigerian to buy for big money?

Romelu lukaku and alexander lacazette are the best signing so far......while alvaro morata is a scam....

Neymar nko?

WE ALL LOVE MANCHESTER UNITED.�

salah to me would be the best signing .....fast and pacy

In the End... the EPL log..

1. Chelsea

2. Tottenham

3. Man City

4. Arsenal

5. Liverpool

6. Man Utd

awa:
Chelsea sign that Morata wey miss spot kick dey pain me ohh

smh, na spot kick dem dey take judge player? C.Ronaldo & Messi no dey troway PK?

Lukaku!!!

Check my signature to order your football jerseys

Achillesdam500:
Honestly i wanna give the honors to lukaku.. With the way he plays since he's got to Manchester United shows how prolific he can be.. Moreover he thrilled Man u fans yesterday night though he didn't really have many opportunities...
Let's wait and see how productive others would be as events unfold.

lukaka performed very poorly yestday bros, my best on DAT match is Matic

lukaku