High fee despite zero goals
Forward Matheus Cunha (23) has scored zero goals in 17 games for Atlético Madrid this season, mostly as a substitute. Wolverhampton Wanderers were not deterred by this and made the Brazilian’s signing official on Sunday evening: Cunha comes on loan with a mandatory purchase and is expected to cost between 45 million and 50 million euros. Everton coach Frank Lampard would also have liked to sign the ex-Hertha player, but it was too expensive.
“It’s a sign of where Wolves are and where we’re not at the moment,” said Lampard of the “Times“ quoted – he didn’t mean the table region, but the financial strength. The Toffees take on Wolverhampton on Boxing Day.
“We had him on the list, he’s a really interesting player but the number was big and Wolves, to be honest, made the decision to grab him. Everyone has to work in different parameters and it wasn’t a parameter that we could work in,” said the ex-pro about the Cunha transfer, which will take place on January 1st.
Paulinho to Cunha: The most valuable winter transfers 22/23 so far
Paulinho | Bayer 04 Leverkusen to Atlético MG | Market value: €7 million
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Loan as of December 26, 2022
Matheus Martins | Fluminense to Udinese | Market value: €7 million
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Loaned directly to partner club Watford FC until the end of the season
Martin Ojeda | Godoy Cruz to Orlando | Market value: €8 million
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Wanderson | FK Krasnodar to Internacional | Market value: €8 million
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Luis Suarez | Olympique Marseille to UD Almería | Market value: €9 million
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Facundo Buonanotte | Rosario Central to Brighton | Market value: €9 million
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Evander | Midtjylland to Portland Timbers | Market value: €9 million
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Fernando Gorriaran | Santos Laguna to Tigres | Market value: €9 million
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Gustavo Scarpa | Palmeiras to Nottingham Forest | Market value: €12 million
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Matheus Cunha | Atlético Madrid to Wolverhampton Wanderers | Market value: €20 million
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The game will be a basement duel because Everton is 17th in the table. and the Wolves even bring up the rear. “If you look at the history of the league, clubs that spend a lot of money tend to do really well,” Lampard said. The “toffees” were, if you will, the exception to the rule in the recent past.
Everton ahead of Bayern
Transfer spending since 2013To overview
Since 2013, the Liverpool club has invested €822m in 86 new players, allowing themselves a transfer deficit of €351m. For comparison: FC Bayern has since paid 803 million euros for its arrivals and generated a transfer minus of 329 million euros. Thanks to the largest investments outside of the “Big Six”, a place in the middle of the Premier League jumped out on average.
“Budgets are different, so what can I control, what can we control? The team spirit. Do we need reinforcements at the top? Yes, and we’re aware of that,” Lampard said. In January, Everton wanted to strengthen the squad with “loans and purchases”.
Klaassen, Lukaku & Co.: Everton FC’s most expensive purchases
22 Lucas Digne | 18/19 from FC Barcelona | Transfer fee: €20.2 million
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As of December 26, 2022
21 Marouane Fellaini | 08/09 by Standard Liège | Transfer fee: €21.8 million
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20 Abdoulaye Doucouré | 20/21 by Watford | Transfer fee: €22.1 million
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19 Theo Walcott | 17/18 by Arsenal | Transfer fee: €22.5 million
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18 Cenk Tosun | 17/18 from Besiktas | Transfer fee: €22.5 million
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17 Morgan Schneiderlin | 16/17 by Man United | Transfer fee: €23 million
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16 Vitaliy Mykolenko | 21/22 by Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer fee: €23.5 million
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14 Alan | 20/21 from Napoli | Transfer fee: €25 million
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14 André Gomes | 19/20 from FC Barcelona | Transfer fee: €25 million
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13 Jean Philippe Gbamin | 19/20 from Mainz 05 | Transfer fee: €25 million
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12 Davy Klaassen | 17/18 by Ajax | Transfer fee: €27 million
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10 Ben Godfrey | 20/21 from Norwich | Transfer fee: €27.5 million
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10 Moise Kean | 19/20 by Juventus | Transfer fee: €27.5 million
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8 Michael Keane | 17/18 by Burnley | Transfer fee: €28.5 million
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8 Jordan Pickford | 17/18 by Sunderland | Transfer fee: €28.5 million
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7 Yannick Bolasie | 16/17 by Crystal Palace | Transfer fee: €28.9 million
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6 Yerry Mina | 18/19 from FC Barcelona | Transfer fee: €30.3 million
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5 Alex Iwobi | 19/20 by Arsenal | Transfer fee: €30.4 million
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4 Amadou Onana | 22/23 of LOSC Lille | Transfer fee: €35 million
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3 Romelu Lukaku | 14/15 by Chelsea | Transfer fee: €35.4 million
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2 Richarlison | 18/19 by Watford | Transfer fee: €39.2 million
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1 Gylfi Sigurdsson | 17/18 from Swansea | Transfer fee: €49.4 million
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