Transfers, transfers...

With the transfer window closed it's time to look at a few of the biggest transfers.

Mario Balotelli from Manchester City to AC Milan. This was definitely a dramatic move. Silvio Berlusconi, the president of the club for example called Mario a rotten apple, but in the end wanted to buy him. And naturally many of the Internazionale's fans weren't so happy with their former player's smooth move to their biggest rival.

Wesley Sneijder from Internazionale to Galatasaray. Wesley has wanted to leave Milan for a long time and it really was only a matter of time before the transfer was made. The Dutch wouldn't agree to lower his salary so the transfer was necessary. After weeks of rumors about Sneijder's next team he finally chose to move to Istanbul.

Didier Drogba, who only last summer transferred from Chelsea to Shanghai Shenua apparently didn't like China that much after all and was happy to move to Galatasaray to play with another superstar Wesley Sneijder. With the two huge investments it'll be interesting to see how well the Turkish team will play against Schalke 04 in the soon returning Champions League.

Demba Ba from Newcastle to Chelsea. The Senegalese sensation was one of the hot names in the market and who else than Chelsea with their fat wallets managed to get the Newcastle man to their star studded line-up.

David Beckham to PSG. This wasn't really a transfer since Becks hasn't played in any team since he left L.A. Galaxy last December, but I think the move is still newsworthy. Beckham signed a five-month-deal and he has promised to give his whole salary to charity.

Fernando Llorente from Athletic Bilbao to Juventus. This is a transfer that won't take action until next summer. Llorente has been leaving (or at least trying to) Bilbao for quite a while now and I have to say that in my opinion Athletic Bilbao played their cards reaaaally stupidly. Llorente is definitely their biggest star and one they could've, and should've cashed on. But refusing to sell their superstar turned out to be a very stupid move, because now Llorente is going... for free. Yes, with his contract expiring next summer Juventus doesn't have to pay a dime and Llorente is free to sail to new adventures.


This transfer season didn't really effect FC Barcelona at all. Besides Isaac Cuenca who will go to Ajax on a loan.