In Germany the deadline was dominated by the fallout from Kevin De Bruyne's massive £55 million. The German side then went and spent a chunk of that fee on Schalke's Julian Draxler.
The fee for which De Bruyne went for is madness. Of course Wolfsburg are going to accept that, they would be mad not too really and have bought well with that money. The fact that Manchester City can go out and pay ridiculous fees for players is just going to drive up the price of players even further.
Deadline day was at its most ridiculous in England, surprise, surprise. It wasn't just Manchester City who were spending ludicrous sums on players recently, across town United splashed €50 million on Monaco's Anthony Martial. A fee Monaco were delighted to say yes too and a fee that has got people debating if the player will be worth it.
Martial himself is an attacker who can play center forward or out wide and was part of the Monaco side that reached the last 8 of last season's champions league and of this season's attempt to qualify. He was signed by Monaco for €5 million from Lyon's famed academy and in just two years he has seemingly done enough to secure a massive move to Manchester United. I am not doubting Martial is a talent but the fee is massive for a 19 year old to be weighed down with. Only time will tell if Martial at €50 million was money well spent.
Staying with United, the David De Gea nonsense and it is nonsense was the big story late on Monday. Real Madrid were seemingly all set to finalise the transfer with Keylor Navas thrown in as a sweetner for United but then according to Madrid, United didn't send the paperwork in on time. A whole summer of will he won't he ended with De Gea bitterly disappointed and Navas left at a club that were prepared to discard him. A shambolic situation which now leaves two goalkeeper quiet unhappy.
Speaking of unhappy players, West Brom's striker Saido Berahino is unhappy he didn't get his move to Tottenham and has now been given time off by West Brom.
Non-English sides who spent ridiculous money seems to be Valencia. They spent a good chunk converting previously loan players into permanent transfers such as Álvaro Negredo (€30 million) and Rodrigo Moreno (€30 million). Valencia did splash big money this summer and time again will tell if they spent wisely.
With the Premier League's new bumper TV deal set to kick in next season I have a feeling we will be seeing more insane transfer fees next summer from English clubs. This new TV deal will propel all 20 premier league clubs next season into the Top 30 richest clubs in the world which will give the likes of Bournemouth (if they stay up this season) a greater spending power than the likes of Ajax, Benfica and many other continental sides.
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