Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liam Delap, Matheus Cunha: Every major deal so far as transfer deadline approaches

 Big transfers have already been completed with the first window set to close

The summer transfer window’s first deadline is approaching ahead of the upcoming Club World Cup.

Because of the newly expanded tournament, FIFA allowed for an earlier opening of the market so that clubs could sign and register players in time for the inaugural competition.

Chelsea and Manchester City have done so with the signings of Liam Delap and Rayan Ait-Nouri respectively.

On the continent, Real Madrid completed the signing of Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool, and paid a fee to the Premier League champions to ensure that he was on the plane to the United States with them.

Bayern Munich did similar with Bayer Leverkusen centre-back Jonathan Tah, who arrives to provide fresh impetus to Vincent Kompany’s backline.

In the Premier League, Ruben Amorim’s rebuild at Manchester United is already underway with the signing of Wolves forward Matheus Cunha, with United set for a big summer of ins and outs.

Here, Standard Sport lays out every major deal of the summer so far.

Signed: Jeremie Frimpong

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June

June 1

Matheus Cunha - Wolves to Manchester United, £62.5million

June 2

Dario Essugo - Sporting to Chelsea, £18million

Romelle Donovan - Birmingham to Brentford, Undisclosed

June 3

Caoimhin Kelleher - Liverpool to Brentford, £12.5million

Mark Flekken - Brentford to Bayer Leverkusen, £8million

June 4

Liam Delap - Ipswich to Chelsea, £30million

James Ball - AFC Wimbledon to Swindon, Free

June 5

Nuno Tavares - Arsenal to Lazio, Undisclosed

Antonio Cordero - Malaga to Newcastle, Undisclosed

June 6

Jorginho - Arsenal to Flamengo, Free

Lloyd Kelly - Newcastle to Juventus, £20million

Thierry Small - Charlton to Preston, Free

Sonny Carey - Blackpool to Charlton, Free

Jean-Clair Todibo - Nice to West Ham, Undisclosed

June 9

Rayan Ait-Nouri - Wolves to Manchester City, £31million

Mamadou Sarr - Strasbourg to Chelsea, £12million

Marquinhos - Arsenal to Cruzeiro, Undisclosed

Safe hands: Caoimhin Kelleher

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May

May 14

Eric Dier - Bayern Munich to AS Monaco, Free

May 20

Bashir Humphreys - Chelsea to Burnley, Undisclosed

May 28

Michael Kayode - Fiorentina to Brentford, Undisclosed

May 30

Jeremie Frimpong - Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool, £29.5million

Trent Alexander-Arnold - Liverpool to Real Madrid, Free

Carlos Alcaraz - Flamengo to Everton, Undisclosed

Source: https://onefootball.com/en/news/trent-alexander-arnold-liam-delap-matheus-cunha-every-major-deal-so-far-as-transfer-deadline-approaches-41227016

16 CONCLUSIONS ON MANCHESTER CITY 1-1 LIVERPOOL: ALEXANDER-ARNOLD, DOKU, ALISSON, NUNEZ, SILVA

 Will Virgil van Dijk or Pep Guardiola be happier with the result?

Jeremy Doku and Trent Alexander-Arnold were both somehow excellent, Liverpool finally returned the favour to Alisson and Bernardo Silva is something special.

handy post-international break trail to a gargantuan Saturday lunchtime clash between first and second in the Premier League, it was fitting to see Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp call it even again after 100 more minutes of battle. Both can lay a claim to being among the very best the sport has ever produced but after a 1-1 draw between the country’s two best teams of the past few years, Lightning McQueen remains the clear GOAT.

Klopp: We played 'ok' today | 'Trent...

2) It was a curious game perhaps best summed up by the man of the match being announced as Jeremy Doku over the Etihad stadium tannoy, shortly before Gary Neville anointed Trent Alexander-Arnold – there is not enough time to get into the ‘opposite number’ debate – as his pick.

And both were fair choices. Doku was the match’s persistent threat, electric on the left with more chances created than anyone, more dribbles completed (11) than the other 26 players combined (10) and more tackles made than any player bar Bernardo Silva; Alexander-Arnold scored a sublime equaliser, led the game for interceptions and held his own in that one-on-one after some shaky early moments.

That contrast between opinions suited a match in which perspective will be the king when examining the result. Both Manchester City and Liverpool have as much cause to see this as one point gained as they do two points dropped, depending on their chosen agenda.

Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrates scoring for Liverpool against Man City.

3) Doku, though. Honestly. He is such a ridiculously effective footballer that it is easy to forget he has replaced a five-season veteran in Riyad Mahrez so seamlessly. The recent desperation to paint Manchester City and Guardiola as foolish in letting Cole Palmer go are best-advised to watch Doku in action again, because the Chelsea forward would have had a restricted diet of minutes up against the Belgian this season, and no argument to change that situation. 

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Source: https://onefootball.com/en/news/16-conclusions-on-manchester-city-1-1-liverpool-alexander-arnold-doku-alisson-nunez-silva-38619755