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Every transfer window in the soccer world concludes with transfers to other teams from big-name players. Many of them make the difference off the pitch and betting on over 2.5 football predictions in their matches is a legitimate option. But there are players whose transfer happens unexpectedly for the fans. However, in the end, such a transition turns out to be a success and opens a new chapter of career for the players. Let's talk today about such transfers in 2024.
Undoubtedly Morata is a top forward. The 31-year-old striker has played in Spain and Italy during his career. At the same time, he:
However, in Spain, there are a lot of complaints about him from the fans. Notwithstanding the constant criticism and tired of it he decided to change the environment.
For Milan, it was a great option. They were looking for a replacement for Olivier Giroud and agreed to sign Morata on a 4+1 contract. Atletico received 13 million euros for their forward and were looking for a new striker. The first season is still difficult to call a direct success for the Spanish striker. But even now he has scored 5 goals while surviving 3 minor injuries. But we should not forget that rarely in Italy forward adapts quickly. We will talk more about such a story.
The player who replaced Morata at Atletico. Initially, none of the football tips and predictions had information about such a move. Moreover, another striker (who will also be on our list) was supposed to take his place. But in the end, the team urgently signed forward Villarreal, who scored 23 goals last season.
Sørloth was quick to pick up the slack. He managed to score 8 goals in 18 games, and this is far from the limit for him. If you remember, last season the first round he was also not among the leaders in scoring goals, but then he was even able to score 4 goals in one match against Real Madrid.
The club is happy with this signing, the performance is not bad (almost every second match is a goal) and Morata and about the failed signing do not even remember. Although they had to pay 32 million Euros for him.
This is the player who was supposed to be Morata's replacement in the team. However, at the last moment, the transfer of the then-Girona forward failed for unknown reasons. As a result, Artem ended up at Roma and it seemed that such an unexpected transfer would allow him to become the leader of the team.
Unfortunately, there was no quick adaptation as in Spain. The player could not score for a long time. But also, the whole team was thrown from side to side. Now the club has already changed two coaches, but it looks like Ranieri found an approach to the player. Artem is slowly finding his game and has already managed to score 10 goals for the team in all tournaments.
This is not a bad indicator for the start of the second round. At the same time, many of Roma's goals in recent matches are not without his participation. Both coaches and analysts, including xGscore.io, talk about his important ability to play with his partner. Let's see how his fate will turn out in the future, but the fact that this is not a failed transfer and Artem looks better than his rivals is a fact. Although this season he is unlikely to become the top scorer in the league, he has every chance to get to the top.
Of course, these are not all the successful and unexpected transfers that surprised the public. The emergence of Donny van de Beek and Brian Gil at Girona were unexpected successes. Nikola Milenkovic opened up in a new way at Nottingham. Max Kilman managed to become his own at West Ham and many others. But the players mentioned in the article have one incredible story in common - without the transfers of each of them, there would have been no players moving to other teams this summer.
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