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22-03-2025 Vol 19

The new Arsenal Sports Director Andrea Berta has signed two World Cup winners, Rodri and a Man City -Flop

Andrea Berta has entered into an agreement with Arsenal to become their new sports director after EDU came with his surprise output from the Emirates in November, and we have chosen his top ten transfers.

He was sports director of AC Carpenodolo and then Parma, but none of his signings at these two clubs have cut down, with two in this ten from his three-year-old stint at Genoa and the rest from his 12-year service in Atletico Madrid.

Berta spent the first four years in the Spanish capital as technical director before being promoted, but we have credited him with transfers made during that period in the assumption that he played his role.

10) Leonardo Bonucci: Inter to Genoa (€ 4m)
Berta’s pride in earning a profit of DKK 6.5 million. EUR at Bonucci in a month by selling him to Bari for € 10.5 million. In the same transfer window, as when he bought him, probably waned in a career that has seen midtback winner 15 major trophies, including nine Scudettos and European Championship with his country, for whom he has seen 121 recordings.

He may now believe that he should have squeezed a little more out of Bari, especially considering Bonucci back to Juventus the following year for almost twice as much as a fee, or at least given Genoa fans the opportunity to actually see one of the biggest center backs in the modern time play for their club. Still, a profit of 160 percent in 30 days is something.

9) Kieran Trippier: Tottenham to Atletico Madrid (€ 22 million)
Trippier’s Move to Spain came as a surprise, because at that time in 2022 it was still strange as a kind of concession of the Premier League -deficiency transfer of the best league in the world for any club other than Real Madrid or Barcelona. However, he had a wonderful time and played an important role in the titlein wine during his second season.

8) Kevin Prince Boateng: Portsmouth to Genoa (€ 5.7 million)
Boateng is another example of Berta flipping footballers for profits when he joined Genoa in July 2010, left on loans to Milan for a fee of € 3 million. In August 2010 and then joined them Pemanent for € 10.5mAha years later. He did the same trick with Martin Demichelis and signed him on a free transfer from Malaga for Atletico before palping him to Manchester City for € 4 million. Without him ever played a game.

7) Julian Alvarez: Manchester City to Atletico Madrid (€ 70 million)
The action of his transfer is It is likely that it feels more in Manchester than MadridWithout a city player other than Erling Haaland, who seems to be coming everywhere near the 29 goal contributions that Alvarez succeeded the last election period, but he is already at 27 in 41 appearances for Simeone’s side in what could end up being a treble-win season, with his fantastic strike against Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 champion League € 70m.

6) Stefan Savic: Fiorentina to Atletico Madrid (€ 12m)
Savic appeared only 21 appearances for Manchester City, who had come from Partizan Belgrade for € 12m, mainly from the bench, in his only season in Etihad, and then the Aguerrooo moment from home wasn’t even included in Roberto Mancini’s team before being sold to Fiorentina for nothing.

City has not missed the center back since, but their losses have been a mansion of a win for Atletico, for whom Savic appeared 297 appearances in the heart of their notorious miserable defense before traveling to trab zon tracks in the summer.

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5) Luis Suarez: Barcelona to Atletico Madrid (€ 9m)
Signed at the age of 33 after a relatively skinny injury hit season in Barcelona, ​​it was a gamble that paid off in a big way. Suarez scored 21 league goals to lead Simeone’s side to the title.

4) Rodri: Villarreal to Atletico Madrid (€ 20m)
Signed for € 20 million And sold for € 70 million The highest individual honor in football That saw that Atletico’s city rivals throw a collective Hissy fit. Perfect.

3) Jose Gimenez: Danubio FC to Atletico Madrid (€ 995K)
Pretty reasonable for a centerback that has gone on with 347 performances for the club, which won La Liga twice, has won 92 caps for Uruguay in the process and was appreciated at € 70 million. At its peak about five years ago.

2) Jan Oblak: Benfica to Atletico Marid (€ 16m)
Much considered one of the best goalies in the world of the last decade with Thibaut Courtois, Ederson, EMI Martinez, Manuel Neuer and The Paris Saint-Germain-Adening Superhuman AlissonOblak was named the season’s player when Atletico won the title in 2020/2021 and his pure Ark percentage of 48 across 358 La Liga games the highest of any goalkeeper who has played more than ten games in the history of the competition.

1) Antoine Griezmann: Real Sociedad to Atletico Madrid (€ 30m); Barcelona to Atletico Madrid (€ 22 million)
If you are thinking about Atletico Madrid, Diego Simeone comes Antoine Griezmann. The Frenchman is so deeply woven into the fabric of the football club that we couldn’t remember who he was playing for before he joined, and had absolutely no idea of ​​his six goals for Real Sociedad in 2009/2010 helped them to the Second Division title and the promotion to La Liga.

He probably didn’t think at the time he would continue to break the Atletico Madrid target scoring record, but here we are, with his two-year € 100 million. Dalliance with Barcelona, ​​if something that makes him more of a club legend and acts as a further testimony to Berta’s negotiating skills.

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