Football : Spanish Primera Liga transfers in 2007/2008 season

Major transfers in Spanish Primera Liga

Almeria

Serbian forward Veljko Paunovic from Rubin Kazan; Brazilian midfielder Iriney on a free transfer from Celta Vigo.

Athletic Bilbao

Goalkeeper Armando on a free transfer from Cadiz.

Barcelona

Goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto on loan from Celta Vigo.

Deportivo La Coruna

Swedish midfielder Christian Wilhelmsson on loan from Bolton Wanderers.

Espanyol

Brazilian forward Ewerthon on loan from Real Zaragoza.

Getafe

Midfielder Jaime Gavilan on loan from Valencia.

Mallorca

Argentinean defender Lionel Scaloni on loan from Lazio.

Murcia

Moroccan midfielder Abderrahmane Kabous from CKSA Sofia; French defender Eddy Viator from Chateauroux.

Ossasuna

Argentinean midfielder Martin Astudillo on loan from Alaves.

Racing Santander

Peruvian forward Damian Ismodes from Sporting Cristal; Uruguayan midfielder Sergio Orteman on loan from Boca Juniors.

Recreativo

Argentinean forward Marco Ruben on loan from Villarreal.

Valencia

Dutch midfielder Hedwiges Maduro from Ajax Amsterdam; Argentinean midfielder Ever Banega from Boca Juniors for a fee of €18m.

Valladolid

Argentinean midfielder Marcos Sebastian Aguirre on loan from Lanus; Bulgarian forward Vladimir Manchev on loan from Celta Vigo; Paraguayan goalkeeper Justo Villar from Newells Old Boys.

Villarreal

Uruguayan midfielder Sebastian Eguren on loan from Hammarby.

Almeria

Chilean forward Mathias Vidangossy on loan from Villarreal; Paraguayan midfielder Julio dos Santos on loan from Bayern Munich; Forward Alvaro Negredo from Real Madrid Castilla; Goalkeeper David Cobeno Iglesias on loan from Sevilla; Brazilian goalkeeper Diego Alves from Atletico Mineiro; Midfielder Dimas Delgado Morgado from Barcelona B; Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo from Racing Santander; Defender Juanito from Real Sociedad San Sebastian; Midfielder Juanma Ortiz from Polideportivo Ejido; Defender Lopez Rekarte from Real Sociedad San Sebastian; Forward Natalio from Castellon; Defender Ruben Pulido from Getafe; Midfielder Corona (permanent signing) from Real Zaragoza.

Athletic Bilbao

Defender Asier Del Horno on loan from Valencia; Goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz from Espanyol for a fee of €4m; Midfielder Inaki Munoz from Osasuna; Midfielder Cuellar from Gimnastic Tarragona; Defender Aitor Ocio from Sevilla for a fee of €3.5m; Midfielder David Lopez from Osasuna for a fee of €6m.

Atletico Madrid

Brazilian midfielder Thiago Motta from Barcelona; Forward Jose Antonio Reyes from Arsenal London for a fee of €12m; Portuguese midfielder Simao Sabrosa from Benfica Lisbon for a fee of €20m; Brazilian forward Diego Costa from Braga for a fee of €3.5m; Brazilian midfielder Cleber Santana from Santos for a fee of €5m; Midfielder Luis Garcia from Liverpool for a fee of €4m; Uruguayan forward Diego Forlan from Villarreal for a fee of €21m; Italian goalkeeper Christian Abbiati on loan from Milan; Midfielder Raul Garcia from Osasuna for a fee of €13m.

Barcelona

Argentinean defender Gabriel Milito from Real Zaragoza for a fee of €20.5m; French defender Eric Abidal from Lyon for a fee of €14m; Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure from Monaco for a fee of €9m; French forward Thierry Henry from Arsenal London for a fee of €24m.

Betis

Forward Jose Mari Romero from Villarreal; Argentinean midfielder Leandro Somoza on loan from Villarreal; Brazilian defender Lima from Atletico Mineiro for a fee of €2.8m; Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo from Sporting Lisbon for a fee of €4m; Argentinean forward Mariano Pavone from Estudiantes de la Plata for a fee of €7m; Chilean midfielder Mark Gonzalez from Liverpool for a fee of €6m; Croatian midfielder Marko Babic from Bayer Leverkusen for a fee of €2.5m; Brazilian forward Robert (permanent signing) from PSV Eindhoven for a fee of €3.5m.

Deportivo La Coruna

Defender Aythami Artiles from Las Palmas for a fee of €1m; Midfielder Jairo Alvarez from Sporting Gijon; Goalkeeper Manu from Sporting Gijon; Midfielder Momo (loan return) from Racing Santander; Mexican midfielder Andres Guardado from Atlas for a fee of €7m; Defender Pablo Amo (loan return) from Recreativo Huelva; Defender Rodri (loan return) from Almeria; Forward Ruben Castro (loan return) from Gimnastic Tarragona; Midfielder Angel Lafita on loan from Real Zaragoza.

Espanyol

Goalkeeper Inaki Lafuente on loan from Athletic Bilbao; Serbian midfielder Milan Smiljanic from Partizan Belgrade for a fee of €3m; Goalkeeper Kiko Casilla from Real Madrid Castilla; Argentinean defender Clemente Rodriguez on loan from Spartak Moscow; Midfielder Valdo from Osasuna for a fee of €1.5m.

Getafe

Midfielder Esteban Granero on loan from Real Madrid; Midfielder Ruben de la Red from Real Madrid; Forward Braulio Nobrega from Atletico Madrid; French defender Franck Signorino from Nantes for a fee of €1.5m; Defender Mario Alvarez from Recreativo Huelva; Argentinean goalkeeper Oscar Alfredo Ustari from Independiente for a fee of €6m; Argentinean defender Daniel Alberto Diaz from Boca Juniors Buenos Aires for a fee of €4m; Forward Kepa Blanco from Sevilla for a fee of €3.5m; Midfielder Miguel Pallardo on loan from Valencia; Forward Pablo Hernandez on loan from Valencia; Midfielder Pallardo from Valencia; Nigerian forward Ikechukwu Uche from Recreativo Huelva.

Levante

Midfielder Miguel Angel Lozano on loan from Betis; Italian forward Christian Rigano from Messina; Italian goalkeeper Marco Storari on loan from Milan; Midfielder Javi Fuego from Sporting Gijon; Defender Miquel Robuste from Espanyol; Midfielder Pedro Leon from Murcia for a fee of €5m; Georgian forward Shota Arveladze on a free transfer from AZ Alkmaar; Defender David Castedo from Sevilla; Forward Geijo from Xerez; Midfielder Viqueira from Recreativo Huelva; Italian defender Bruno Cirillo from AEK Athens; Brazilian midfielder Savio Bortolini from Flamengo; Serbian goalkeeper Vladan Kujovic on a free transfer from Roda Kerkrade.

Mallorca

Uruguayan midfielder Gonzalo Castro from Nacional Montevideo for a fee of €2.5m; Forward Daniel Guiza from Getafe for a fee of €4m; Defender Francisco Molinero from Atletico Madrid; Cameroonian forward Pierre Webo from Osasuna; Defender David Navarro on loan from Valencia; Midfielder Borja Valero from Real Madrid Castilla; Argentinean goalkeeper German Lux from River Plate.

Murcia

Midfielder Movilla on loan from Real Zaragoza; Defender Curro Torres on loan from Valencia; Brazilian forward Fernando Baiano from Celta Vigo for a fee of €4.5m; Uruguayan midfielder Mario Regueiro on loan from Valencia; Uruguayan goalkeeper Hector Fabian Carini on a free transfer from Inter Milan; Defender Alvaro Mejia from Real Madrid for a fee of €2m; Uruguayan midfielder Pablo Garcia on loan from Real Madrid; Defender Cesar Arzo from Recreativo Huelva; Forward Enrique de Lucas from Alaves; Swedish forward Henok Goitom from Udinese for a fee of €3m; Forward Inigo Velez from Eibar.

Ossasuna

Midfielder Javi Garcia from Real Madrid; Czech midfielder Jaroslav Plasil from Monaco for a fee of €2.5m; Portuguese forward Dady from Belenenses for a fee of €3.5m; Mexican forward Carlos Vela on loan from Arsenal London; Chilean forward Nicolas Medina from Universidad de Chile; Uruguayan forward Walter Pandiani from Espanyol for a fee of €2m; Portuguese midfielder Hugo Viana on loan from Valencia; Forward Javier Portillo from Gimnastic Tarragona; Swiss midfielder Xavier Margairaz from Zurich.

Racing Santander

Defender Cesar Navas from Malaga; American midfielder Danny Szetela from Columbus Crew; Swiss goalkeeper Fabio Coltorti from Grasshoppers Zurich; DR Congo forward Mohamed Tchite from Anderlecht for a fee of €7.5m; Polish forward Ebi Smolarek from Borussia Dortmund for a fee of €7m; Defender Sergio Sanchez on loan from Espanyol; Midfielder Jordi on loan from Mallorca; Midfielder Jorge Lopez from Valencia; Argentinean midfielder Aldo Duscher on a free transfer from Deportivo La Coruna; Defender Ayoze Diaz (loan return) from Murcia; Forward Jonatan Valle (loan return) from Malaga; Defender Samuel (loan return) from Sporting Gijon; Goalkeeper Trevi (loan return) from Eibar.

Real Madrid

Dutch forward Arjen Robben from Chelsea for a fee of €36m; Argentinean defender Gabriel Heinze from Manchester United for a fee of €12m; Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder from Ajax Amsterdam for a fee of €27m; Dutch defender Royston Drenthe from Feyenoord Rotterdam for a fee of €14m; Argentinean forward Javier Saviola on a free transfer from Barcelona; Polish goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek on a free transfer from Liverpool; Forward Roberto Soldado (loan return) from Osasuna; Brazilian defender Pepe from Porto for a fee of €30m; Midfielder Javier Balboa (loan return) from Racing Santander; Brazilian midfielder Julio Baptista (loan return) from Arsenal London; German defender Christoph Metzelder on a free transfer from Borussia Dortmund.

Recreativo

Turkish forward Ersen Martin from Trabzonspor for a fee of €0.8m; Midfielder Gerard Lopez on a free transfer from Monaco; Forward Javi Guerrero from Celta Vigo; Midfielder Jose Ignacio Zahinos from Atletico Madrid; Argentinean goalkeeper Mariano Barbosa on a free transfer from Villarreal; Argentinean defender Jose Maria Calvo on loan from Boca Juniors Buenos Aires; Paraguayan defender Julio Cesar Caceres on loan from Villarreal; Midfielder Marcos on loan from Villarreal; Italian goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino on loan from AEK Athens; Defender Quique Alvarez from Villarreal; Portuguese defender Beto (permanent signing) from Bordeaux for a fee of €0.75m; Midfielder Javier Camunas from Xerez; Portuguese forward Silvestre Varela on loan from Sporting Lisbon; Portuguese midfielder Carlos Martins from Sporting Lisbon; French forward Florent Sinama-Pongolle (permanent signing) from Liverpool for a fee of €4m.

Sevilla

Ivory Coast forward Arouna Kone from PSV Eindhoven for a fee of €12m; Colombian defender Aquivaldo Mosquera from Pachuca for a fee of €7.4m; Dutch defender Khalid Boulahrouz on loan from Chelsea; Malian midfielder Seydou Keita from Lens for a fee of €5m; Italian goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis from Udinese; Belgian forward Tom De Mul from Ajax Amsterdam for a fee of €4m.

Valencia

Portuguese midfielder Manuel Fernandes from Benfica Lisbon; Serbian forward Nikola Zigic from Racing Santander for a fee of €20m; Defender Ivan Helguera on a free transfer from Real Madrid; Forward Juan Mata from Real Madrid Castilla; Midfielder Sunny from Polideportivo Ejido; Portuguese defender Marco Caneira (loan return) from Sporting Lisbon; Defender Alexis from Getafe for a fee of €6m; Forward Angel Javier Arizmendi from Atletico Madrid for a fee of €6.5m; German goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand on a free transfer from Stuttgart.

Valladolid

Defender Alexis on a free transfer from Levante; Defender Cifu from Real Sociedad San Sebastian; Nigerian forward Bartholomew Ogbeche from Alaves; Midfielder Sisi from Valencia; Midfielder Diego Camacho from Levante; Uruguayan midfielder Fabian Estoyanoff on loan from Valencia for a fee of €0.5m; Midfielder Vivar Dorado on a free transfer from Getafe; French goalkeeper Ludovic Butelle on loan from Valencia.

Villarreal

Defender Angel Lopez from Celta Vigo for a fee of €6m; Argentinean midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme (loan return) from Boca Juniors; Uruguayan defender Diego Godin from Nacional; Italian forward Giuseppe Rossi from Manchester United for a fee of €10m; Danish forward Jon Dahl Tomasson (permanent signing) from Stuttgart; Portuguese forward Tomane from Sporting Lisbon; French midfielder Antonio "Rio" Mavuba from Bordeaux for a fee of €8m; Midfielder Santi Cazorla from Recreativo Huelva for a fee of €1.2m; Defender Joan Capdevila on a free transfer from Deportivo La Coruna; Goalkeeper Diego Lopez from Real Madrid for a fee of €6m; Uruguayan defender Martin Caceres from Defensor; Argentinean defender Roberto Ayala on a free transfer from Valencia.

Zaragoza

French midfielder Peter Luccin from Atletico Madrid; Goalkeeper Javier Lopez Vallejo on a free transfer from Villarreal; Brazilian midfielder Francelinho Matuzalem from Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of €12m; Defender Francisco Pavon from Real Madrid; Argentinean defender Roberto Ayala from Villarreal for a fee of €6m; Brazilian forward Ricardo Oliveira on loan from Milan; Midfielder Generelo (loan return) from Gimnastic Tarragona; Defender Javier Paredes from Getafe for a fee of €1.5m; Argentinean midfielder Andres D'Alessandro (permanent signing) from Wolfsburg for a fee of €3.5m; Uruguayan defender Carlos Diogo (permanent signing) from Real Madrid for a fee of €4.5m; Midfielder Gabi on a free transfer from Atletico Madrid.