It was the third time they had set their club record in the window.
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“Of course I want to win the Premier League, but of course I want to win all the other titles [Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup] again”.
“I’ve always wanted to play in the Premier League and to get the opportunity to do that with the reigning champions was something I simply could not turn down”, Slimani said.
The big leagues of Italy, Spain, Germany and France spent far less. The fee is rumoured to be around £34 million, according to the BBC.
“It’s fantastic to have this second opportunity to play for this club”.
Earlier on Wednesday, Chelsea paid a reported 23 million pounds to sign former Bolton Wanderers left-back Marcos Alonso from Fiorentina.
Luiz arrived in London at St Pancras train station ahead of his proposed move and eventually completed terms on a three-year contract.
Tottenham also signed France Under-21 winger Georges-Kevin Nkoudou from Marseille for £11mn (B500mn), with Cameroon forward Clinton Njie going the other way on a season’s loan. He’s probably coming back a worse player than when he left.
Wilfried Bony pitched up at Stoke City, French centre-back Eliaquim Mangala signed for Valencia and defender Jason Denayer joined Sunderland.
But the defender, now 29, seems to be the only one who wasn’t surprised by the transfer.
The defender who left the club two seasons back for a world record transfer fee of £50 million to the French club is back to Stamford Bridge.
Burnley were another, buying Irish midfielder Jeff Hendrick from Derby County for a reported £10mn.
Mario Balotelli ended his miserable spell at Liverpool by joining Nice in a permanent transfer.
Bournemouth have hailed their loan deal for Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere.
Chelsea’s hunt for a new defender led them to former player Luiz after they failed in their attempt to sign both Kalidou Koulibaly and Alessio Romagnoli from Napoli and AC Milan respectively.
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In addition to Manchester City’s Mangala, Spanish side Valencia signed Argentina worldwide centre-back Ezequiel Garay from Zenit St Petersburg for a reported 20 million euros.
