Haaland, Gabriel Jesús, Mané, Darwin Núñez and Lukaku have already changed their minds and started the forward dance that should end Lewandowski at Barça
The target. That is the biggest obsession of this summer market in the big clubs of European football. That is goal number one and it is evident from the fact that top players such as Erling Haaland, Sadio Mané, Gabriel Jesús, Romelu Lukaku or Darwin Núñez already switch teams as July starts. They are the first puzzle pieces in a position that promises strong emotions through the domino effect until the summer window finally closes on September 2.
The season was not over yet. It was May 10, the defining moment of the job, and Manchester City decided to announce in style what was a blow to the table. The ‘skyblues’ reached an agreement with Erling Haaland and Borussia Dortmund for 60 million euros for someone else to let the Norwegian play in the Premier League until June 2027. It was a masterstroke, the signing of a crack for a reasonable price, and the capture of the most requested position at the moment, that of the target. Gone is Pep Guardiola’s desperation to find that differential factor that would end his team’s entire offensive flow.
That transfer was nothing more than the go-ahead in European football and the beginning of Tetris. Borussia Dortmund went on the market themselves and was made for €30 million with Karim Adeyemi, just 20 years old, of RB Salzburg, a footballer who scored a whopping 23 goals and 7 assists in 43 games last year. The signing of the Nigerian follows the operation that the Rhine-Ruhrclub signed with Haaland. Same club of origin, comparable price and great projection to regain part of the market in the medium or long term.
These two operations have had continuity in the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich having his back covered in case Robert Lewandowski eventually decides to leave the Bavaria and fulfill his public wish to join Barca. The one chosen by the club chaired by Herbert Hainer is Sadio Mane, who has ended his time at Liverpool thanks to a €32million transfer that promises to bring joy to Julian Naggelsmann. Eintracht Frankfurt has also signed Lucas Alario, from Bayer Leverkusen, for eight million in Germany.
The bomb in this ‘9’ market is in the Premier League. The first to blow it up was City with Haaland, but Liverpool didn’t want to be left behind in that rivalry they’ve maintained in recent years, signing Darwin Núñez. The 23-year-old Uruguayan footballer is the second most expensive asset in history for the ‘reds’, having paid 75 million euros to Benfica’s treasury. Landing at Anfield after 34 goals in 41 games, the Artigas striker arrives with a mission to make Sadio Mane forget and bring Uruguay’s colors back into fashion, as Luis Suarez already did, on the streets of Liverpool.
It’s not the prime minister’s only moves. ‘London calling’, as The Clash would say, and that call has to do with the goal. Tottenham have completed their attack with the signing of Richarlison, a footballer who already knows English football and now hopes to find the perfect club to take full advantage of. The team led by Italian Antonio Conte has paid £60million to Everton and will have to find a spot for the Brazilian at the strike point along with two figures the size of Harry Kane and Heung Min Son. Also in the capital, Arsenal have signed Gabriel Jesus for 52 pounds and Chelsea have opened the door for Romelu Lukaku on loan to Inter Milan just a year after his signing. Tuchel’s men are now looking for a guarantee player in the market to occupy the Belgian’s space.
The summer market is long, there are still almost two months to go, but there are already several attackers who have taken steps to be the next to change the environment. Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski stand out, two players who have already informed Manchester United and Bayern Munich respectively that they want to change clubs. Barcelona awaits the Pole, while the Portuguese has already sparked the interest of Chelsea, Naples, Bayern and even Sporting de Portugal, the club in which the Madeiran began forging his legend nearly two decades ago. The ‘9’ market has come to a boil.
Source: La Verdad
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