Midfielder, Joe Aribo also ditched Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Premiership for Southampton and cost the Saints £10m plus add-ons while David Okereke completed a €10m move to Cremonese from Belgian giants, Club Brugge.
Meanwhile, Brazil accounted for the highest number of players transferred in 2022 with a total of 2,061 professionals making moves across the world.The deal for those players during that period summed up to $843.2m. Argentina are placed second on the log with 1,004 while France are third and they have the highest number of transfer moves in Europe with a total of 921 transfers valued at £591.5m.Colombia are sixth with 711 players moving during the transfer window and the transfer value placed at £203.6m. Spain had a total of 603 players during the 2022 transfer windows which cost £262.