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Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham to Manchester United) 31 Aug 2009
Berbatov moved to Manchester from North London after Sir Alex simply refused to quit pursuing this former Leverkusen marksman until the final hour of the deadline. Spurs had entertained an offer from City, but Berbatov said he would have never moved to Eastlands. Berbatov joined the holy trinity of Rooney-Ronaldo-Tevez to help United complete another hattrick of league titles, thereby equalling Liverpool’s record of 18. The man who arrived at Spurs for £10.9m upped his value after an eye-catching couple of seasons which saw him score 27 league goals in 70 appearances. At United, he has been constantly ignored despite scalping 48 goals in 108 league matches. However, many Red Devils fans feel that the £30m paid by the Glazers was a penny too many.
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Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid to Tottenham) 31 Aug 2010
By taking the Oranje to the WC Final in South Africa, van der Vaart was one of the sought after men in European football. Having not found favour with Real coach Manuel Pelligrini since 2009, it was only the collective departure of Dutch mates Sneijder, Robben and Huntelaar that kept him at the Bernabeu. However, a post-WC £18m move to Bayern collapsed and perhaps the desperate need for a move plummeted his price to an astonishing £8m. Spurs got an absolute steal just a couple of hours before the window shut down. However, overloading of computer servers delayed the official paperwork and only after the Premier League had granted special permission was the deal put through the day after (Sept 1). Van der Vaart netted 28 times in his first two seasons, having scored in each of his opening six home games. Injuries have blighted his Spurs career during which he has helped them reach a Champions League Quarter-final.
Fernando Torres (Liverpool to Chelsea) 31 Jan 2011
Any transfer between two of the Big Four clubs brings with it lots of speculation, drama and agitation. Latest to fall in this list before Van Persie was El Nino. After an international scoring drought that also spanned the WC (2010), Torres netted 9 times for Liverpool which included a brace in the defeat of Chelsea at Anfield. But Roy Hodgson’s apparent lack of belief in him opened up transfer speculations with Chelsea. If the Ashley Cole deal was any proof, Abramovich swooped in like a hawk and snapped the Spaniard up for a British record of £50m. Later that week, Torres was to make his Blues debut against none other than Liverpool. But the Reds had the last laugh by completing the season double as Stamford Bridgedwas breached. Torres had a woeful start to his Chelsea career scoring just once in 18 games. This season, the El Nino of old seems to be back as he has already scored twice in a couple of gilt-edged performances.
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