Primera transfer guide: Atlético's overhaul & Barca's tasty buys

By FourFourTwo Staff
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With the transfer window now closed, Tim Stannard assesses the wheeling and dealing of Spanish football's finest...

Atlético Madrid
A whopper of an overhaul of last seasonâÂÂs squad saw first teamers Kun Agüero, Diego Forlán, David de Gea and Tomas Ujfalusi moving out and nine new players coming in. Then there were a couple who were in-and-out in the space of a day, such as Liverpool's Dani Pacheco, who was immediately farmed out to Rayo Vallecano. Of the four players the hard-up Rojiblancos paid cold, hard cash for, Falcao looks the pick of the bunch although perhaps a little pricey at â¬40 million. But thatâÂÂs the way that Porto seem to roll these days. The deadline day loan swoop for the off-kilter Diego from Wolfsburg could be a move worth watching too.
Best signing - Falcao

Athletic Bilbao
Marcelo Biesla has been left with a fairly small first team squad of just 19, though that's mainly down to the fact there isnâÂÂt exactly a huge global talent pool of Basque-tinged players out there for the Argentinean to chose from. AthleticâÂÂs prize purchase - and only purchase, to be fair - was made very early doors with Ander Herrera joining from Zaragoza. Expect youth-academy raiding ahoy, in the campaign to come.
Best signing - Ander Herrera

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FourFourTwo Staff