Betis – the great promoter of the closure of the winter market in Spain | Football | Kinds of sports

Betis has become a great advocate for closing the winter market of Spanish football. The Andalusian side acquired the services of Pablo Fornals from West Ham and Cimi Avila from Osasuna, and also signed Bakamba, a striker who is currently in the ranks of Galatasaray. In this way, Betis eased the loss of Guardado, Luis Enrique and Borja Iglesias, who went on trips to Mexico, Brazil and Germany respectively. The day also saw other high-profile deals such as the surprise arrival of Brian Zaragoza to Bayern Munich and the sale of Enes Unal to Bournemouth. The Premier has slowed down this winter market, as has the Saudi League. Let us remember that Atlético has already acquired the services of Paulista, Vermeeren and goalkeeper Moldavan, and Barcelona did the same with Vitor Roque, who already scored the winning goal for the Catalan team against Osasuna. Spanish football has invested around 60 million euros in this market, 30 more than last year.

The sale of Luis Enrique to Botafogo for 16 million euros plus four variables caused a storm at Betis. Thanks to this income, the Andalusians were able to complete the purchase of Cimi Avila, the Osasuna striker who was crazy about playing for Betis and ranked this option above the options of Getafe and Granada. He signed a contract until 2027. In addition, the Green-Whites repatriated Pablo Fornals, a Spanish international midfielder who played for West Ham in the Premier League. Betis paid around 12 million euros for both transactions (four for Cima and eight for Fornals). In addition, striker Bakambu, who played for Galatasaray, also arrived in the Betic team on a busy day. He will only do this until the end of the season. Thus, Manuel Pellegrini has spare parts for Guardado, Luis Enrique and Borja Iglesias. Cardoso, a North American midfielder from Brazilian soccer, had arrived earlier.

Bayern Munich decided in advance to include Brian Zaragoza, the Granada striker who signed a contract on June 30 and went on loan to the Andalusian side. Kingsley Coman’s injury forced the German team to postpone the capture of Zaragoza. For this he paid the Andalusian team four million euros. Granada themselves have signed numerous signings in this market, such as goalkeepers Batalha and Marc Martinez, as well as Hongla, Bruno Mendes, Maouassa, Arezo, Piatkowski and Pellistri. The last one today is Polish forward Jozwiak, from the North American League, specifically from Charlotte.

Another major operation was the departure of Enes Unal to English football. In particular, for Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth, where he will move on loan with a mandatory option to buy in the amount of 16 million euros. From Getafe, central defender Mitrovic left for Genk. The prime minister, however, gave some signs of moderation in this winter market. The twenty Premier teams spent €80 million, more than ten times less than last season when they spent £815 million (€954 million). The most expensive transfer in this market was the transfer of central defender Radu Dragusin, who moved to Tottenham from Genoa for 20 million pounds. The Romanian player alone accounted for 25% of the total expenses. Something unthinkable in other times. You just have to compare 80 million this month with 300 million in January 2022, 230 in January 2020, 180 in 2019 and 430 in 2018. The exception was 70 million in January 2021, just as the crisis was impacting. coronavirus pandemic.

There have been moves, but the most important ones have been through loan moves, as in the case of Timo Werner to Tottenham, Kalvin Phillips to West Ham United and Jadon Sancho from Manchester United to Borussia Dortmund.

Sevilla have acquired 20-year-old Argentine striker Alejo Veliz, who is on loan until the end of the season without an option to buy from Tottenham. Previously, the Andalusian team had already signed Hannibal from Manchester United and Agume from Inter Milan.

Cadiz, for its part, strengthened its attacking line with the arrival of Juanmi, on loan from Betis after breaking his contract with Saudi football. In addition, the Andalusian team signed central defender Ayham Usa from Slavia Prague, as well as midfielder Samasseka from Hoffenheim, on the last day of trading.

Villarreal have signed Aston Villa striker Bertrand Traore on loan.

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