Goal.com - Top 20 Summer Transfers - Final Table

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Jul 3, 2009 1:31:34 AM

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Want to know who the hottest transfers of the summer are?

Here the Goal.com editorial team selected their top twenty transfers of the summer, updated each Wednesday.

Each update follows the pattern of a music chart: hot transfers rise up and newly enter the list, while cooling-down ones move off.

With the transfer window closing, the below is to be considered the final list. Do you agree or disagree with our picks? Is Ronaldo too high? Diego too low? Let us know your thoughts!

Last updated: Wednesday September 2, 23:03 CET

Note: There were no new entries on the chart for the week ending August 19th. August 26th saw two new entries fight their way in and a further four arrived on the final day to round off the twenty...

This Week	Last Week(s)
1	1	Cristiano Ronaldo	From: Manchester United To: Real Madrid Price: €93m The FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d'Or winner finally completed his dream move to Real Madrid, and should shine in La Liga.
2	2	Yoann Gourcuff	From: AC Milan To: Bordeaux Price: €15m Milan may live to regret losing the young Frenchman, who was inspirational on loan last season as Bordeaux won the league title.
3	New	Arjen Robben	From: Real Madrid To: Bayern Munich Price: €24m Sorely underreated by the Real Madrid management, even allowing for the fact that he needed to 'make way' for Cristiano Ronaldo makes Robben's sale a steal for Bayern, who have captured a world-class player in the true sense.
4	3	Carlos Tevez	From: Media Sports Investment To: Manchester City Price: €30m United fans may brand him a mercenary, an ingrate. Neutrals may ask why he's joining the so-called parvenus at Eastlands. But one thing is certain: Manchester City's second genuinely world-class signing after Robinho is an absolute star.
5	5	Xabi Alonso	From: Liverpool To: Real Madrid Price: €34m Real Madrid finally got their man. The San Sebastian boy is back in Spain, having got the move he wanted. And he's set to play a key midfield role in the way that, for example, Fernando Gago never could.
6	6 (4)	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	From: Inter To: Barcelona Price: €40m plus Eto'o and Aliaksandr Hleb (loan-to-buy) Ibracadabra! Sneer at his Champions League record all you want, but his domestic goals win titles, and win them well. With the kind of provision he will receive from Dani Alves out wide, for example, he could finally make a European winner of himself, too.
7	7 (5)	Samuel Eto'o	From: Barcelona To: Inter Price: Less than free The fact that Inter have landed a prolific goalscorer - who netted in a Champions League final, no less - and actually made money off it seals a top five place. But the loss of Ibra and of prestige prevents Eto'o - a gifted striker - from topping the charts for Inter.
8	New	Wesley Sneijder	From: Real Madrid To: Inter Price: €15m The hot-headed Dutchman was not given a fair shake at the Santiago Bernabeu, and just like with Samu Eto'o, the Italian champions have snatched a real bargain from Spain. Between Eto'o and Sneijder Inter can improve in Europe.
9	7 (6, 4)	Felipe Melo	From: Fiorentina To: Juventus Price: €20.5 plus add-on Serie A's top midfielder of last season could well repeat the feat in Turin. Melo is a late bloomer who didn't really find his top form in Europe until 2007 - thankfully for Juve it shows little signs of stopping now.
10	8 (7, 5, 4, 3)	Mauro Zarate	From: Al-Sadd To: Lazio Price: €25m Zarate is worshipped in the Italian capital by Lazio fans after his stunning season on loan last term where he led them to the Coppa Italia. The Argentine has now made his move permanent.
11	9 (10, 6, 5, 4)	Kaka	From: AC Milan To: Real Madrid Price: €67.2m There are question marks over Kaka's fitness, but should he stay healthy then there is no doubt that the 27-year-old will be a major hit at the Santiago Bernabeu.
12	11 (10, 9, 7, 6, 5)	Gareth Barry	From: Aston Villa To: Manchester City Price: €14m Manchester City have made a number of puzzling signings this summer, including that of Roque Santa Cruz, but Barry is a fine addition and is just what City need in the centre of their midfield.
13	New	Eidur Gudjohnsen	From: Barcelona To: Monaco Price: Free (loan) This may only be a loan deal, but it's one that has the chance to change Monaco's recent fortunes. Just a few short years ago the principality side played in the CL final; they probably won't reach that height again, but a man with a lot to prove can get them back into Europe.
14	11 (10, 8)	Aly Cissokho	From: Porto To: Lyon Price: €15m A transfer for fans of Les Gones to sink their teeth into, Cissokho comes to Lyon after Milan attempted to cut their initial bid for him due to a dental problem. It's all smiles at the Gerland: Italy's loss is France's gain with this superb left-back.
15	12 (11, 10, 9, 7, 6)	Karim Benzema	From: Lyon To: Real Madrid Price: €35m (plus €6m clauses) The price tag is massive, and he's no David Villa, but as young strikers go they don't come too much better than Karim Benzema. This is the signing that Madrid should have made instead of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar - better late than never.
16	13 (12, 10, 8, 7, 6)	Diego	From: Werder Bremen To: Juventus Price: €24.5m Juventus have been crying out for a midfield playmaker for at least two years now, and they have finally signed a top-class trequartista in the form of the Werder Bremen man.
17	New	Dmytro Chigrinskiy	From: Shakhtar Donetsk To: Barcelona Price: €25m Barcelona's centre-back position has not been overly consistent of late, with injury to Rafa Marquez seeing frequent changes. This young Ukrainian can help settle it down, and will be one for the future.
18	13 (11 New)	Lorik Cana	From: Marseille To: Sunderland Price: €5.8m The Albania captain, the Marseille captain, linked with Arsenal, linked with Everton, signs for... Sunderland? The Black Cats needed a signing like this to help overcome their sleeping giant status and wake up.
19	14 (13, 11, New)	Lucio	From: Bayern Munich To: Inter Price: Free Just what the doctor ordered: a centre-back with experience - but who isn't over the hill - who can also slot into an often injury-riven Inter defence. This gives them the depth they need to progress a bit further in Europe - and at quite a price.
20	18	Alvaro Negredo	From: Real Madrid To: Sevilla Price: €15m 15 million euros is quite a stunning price for an inter-Spanish transfer, but with Negredo being chased by a host of Premier League outfits, the player's worth is clear. It could also clear the way for Luis Fabiano to depart, spelling profit...

The Nearly Men

Those names that follow were knocked out of the ranking and are given in order of chart success (name - weeks in chart - peak position)

Raul Albiol - 7 - 7
Marco Motta - 7 - 8
Anatoliy Tymoschuk - 5 - 9
Yuri Zhirkov - 5 - 11
Lucho Gonzalez - 4 - 10
Glen Johnson - 4 - 10
Sergio Floccari - 3 - 14
Antonio Valencia - 3 - 15
Eliseu - 2 - 13
Fabio Cannavaro - 2 - 14
Ramires - 2 - 15
Alberto Aqulani - 2 - 16
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar - 2 - 17
Javier Pastore - 2 - 18
Sergio Asenjo - 1 - 15
Marco Di Vaio - 1 - 16
Diego Milito - 1 - 17
Joleon Lescott - 1 - 17
Michel Bastos - 1 - 18
Daniel Pranjic - 1 - 18
Jo - 1 - 18
Keirrison - 1 - 19
Luis Jimenez - 1 - 19
Lisandro Lopez - 1 - 19
Michael Owen - 1- 20
Edson Braafheid - 1 - 20
Oguchi Onyewu - 1- 20
Emmanuel Adebayor - 1 - 20
Pavel Pogrebnyak - 1 - 20
Sebastien Bassong - 20 - 20

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