But it says permanent deal. Maybe Fiorentina and Real splits the wage in first two years while Fiorentina pays full wages in the next two and he becomes a Fiorentina player permanently.
Angel di Maria from PSG to Juventus on a free confirmed, 1-year deal.
Hordur Magnusson from CSKA Moscow to Panathinaikos on a free.
Grzegorz Krychowiak from Krasnodar to Al-Shabab on a free.
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh from Fenerbahce to Hull for Ā£4m.
I think this leaves City now having to do a good amount more in this window. Their effective squad (ignoring the kids he doesnt play) is surprisingly quite small, something that is made up for by the flexibility of many of their players to play different roles. Ake wasnt a big success there, but in his absence now it looks like theyāll need to get 2 new players to cover he CB and LB roles (although we all assume they were already looking for a new LB)
Pierluigi Gollini from Atalanta to Fiorentina on loan.
Josha Vagnoman from HSV to Stuttgart for Ā£3.3m.
Patrick Pentz from Austria Vienna to Reims on a free.
Sergio Oliveira from Porto to Galatasaray for Ā£2.7m.
Cucurella is as good as done, I think, but Iām not sure I saw them linked with centre backs this summer. Still, heāll vastly improve a problematic position in their side, Phillips will add some legs to their midfield and Haaland will put away those chances that Jesus wasnāt consistently able to but I still harbour hopes that it wonāt be enough for them.
Like in 2019/20, no matter how much we deserved that title win, it was made much easier by them losing their get-out-of-jail card and their best centre at that moment to injuries. Ake wonāt be a loss to them, Fernandinho likely wonāt either but Sterling and Jesus could be 2019/20ās Sane and Laporte to an extent. Iām stretching it too far, arenāt I?