Ranking the 5 best transfers so far in this transfer window

After a month-long continuous entertainment of football through the World Cup, its time for club teams to make their moves, due to the huge gap after the transfer window opened, teams will rush to do some business in the coming days. In the past four days since the World Cup final, we have seen a lot of top-class transfers taking place. Let us quickly dive into some of the best transfers of this season based on the difficulty of completing the move, the value of the transfer and value addition to the team.

Here are the top 5 transfers of this transfer window so far. (excluding the transfers those became permanent after loan season)

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#5 Arthur Melo (Gremio to Barcelona)

Barcelona signed 21-year-old Arthur from the Brazilian club Gremio for £35.5 million and his buyout clause was set to £355 million.

Arthur has yet to make a senior level appearance for Brazil. He helped Gremio win Copa do Brasil in 2016; he played a crucial role in Gremio's third Copa Libertadores in 2017.

Barcelona has lost two of the best midfielders Xavi and Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic are in their 30's. They need a perfect holding midfielder who can play the ball from the back to take it forward, who is difficult to take away possession since Arthur perfectly fits into that category. He has wonderful ball control, he is press-resistant, and his technique seems perfect to be an heir to Xavi. His idol is Iniesta so let us hope he can be a hybrid of Xavi and Iniesta.

We have to salute the scouts of Barcelona who have a knack for picking players of immense talent at a young age. Though he has not yet proved at the elite level, those who saw his game would not have any doubts regarding his capability.

Here is a video of him showing some of his skills.

#4 Fred (Shakhtar Donetsk to Manchester United)

Manchester United Unveil New Signing Fred

Manchester United signed Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of around £52 million. Manchester United acted quickly in signing him as their city rivals also interested. He first came to the limelight in 2015 Copa America, replacing the injured Luis Gustavo, who assisted his team into the quarter-finals.

Fred caught everyone's eyes in the recent Champions League, his team Shakhtar Donetsk had a difficult group with Man City and Napoli, and he was instrumental in defeating Man City, which was their (Man City's) first defeat of the season.

Fred had good dribbling ability and his work rate was impressive; the midfielder in the recent Champions League averaged an imposing 3.3 take-ons per a game(90 mins.), at an amazing success rate of 95%.

The reason he made it into the top five list is because of his presence the United midfield will be fearsome. United last season struggled to make Pogba adapt to the system and the reason for that was that he needed freedom: he needed someone who could run box-to-box and who could take care of the defensive clearings behind him, and Pogba has shown how good a player he can be in the World Cup where Kante had supported him by doing all that.

Fred is a machine and he can compliment Pogba even if he can attack the opposition and has an intelligent passing ability to find spaces in between the defenders.

#3 Jean-Michael Seri (Nice to Fulham)

Jean-Michael Seri joined Fulham from Nice with a transfer fee worth £25 million.

Ever wondered if a player who almost earned his dream move to Barcelona would sign for a newly promoted Premier League club. The 26-year-old was on the verge of sealing a move to Barcelona in the 2016/17 season, but the transfer failed before the deadline due to late interest from PSG persuaded Nice to raise the asking price to which Barcelona declined.

The season before last, Seri was sensational, which was the main reason he attracted the attention of top European clubs; he was the orchestrator in midfield and helped Nice finish in the Champions League positions.

Seri is very athletic, he can get box-to-box, he can break the opposition's play, he has a good long range passing ability and an eye for goals when needed. He has a complete package and a gift for Fulham.

It is a shock move and for the club which is promoted to the Premier League this is unexpected, this has to be one of the transfer coups of the season

#2 Alisson Becker (A.S. Roma to Liverpool)

Liverpool Unveil New Signing Alisson

Liverpool signed Alisson Becker from A.S. Roma in a world-record transfer for a goalkeeper worth up to £66.8 million.

Those who say spending such money for a goalkeeper is madness are ignorant. Surely the fees might seem mammoth for a goalkeeper, but he was Brazil's No. 1 who kept Ederson on the bench. For those who don't know how good Ederson is, he was the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season if we compare every goalkeeping aspect.

Alisson's nine saves against Atletico Madrid last season at home earned his team a draw that was pivotal for topping the group; his performance against Inter Milan away earned plaudits for his six saves as time and again he intercepted passes intended for Mauro Icardi.

He keeps his composure even at difficult times and makes defenders feel safe behind them, he was such a cool and commanding guy, he can pass from the back, he won't be afraid coming forward to clear the danger, he has good reflexes, overall a complete goalkeeper without a doubt.

Alisson resembles Manuel Neuer in modern form; he is a sweeper-keeper, and his addition to the Liverpool team will do a massive help in their quest to win the Premier League.

Liverpool has now cleared every drawback they had last season with this transfer, and it should be in the top 5 for that reason.

#1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid to Juventus)

Juventus - Cristiano Ronaldo Day

Ronaldo moved to Juventus in what was the biggest transfer of Italian history with a fee worth amounting to almost £100 million.

It was the biggest transfer news of the season so far, as Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid for the Italian champions Juventus after nine years of a successful career earning four Ballon d'Ors and scoring 451 goals in the process.

"The time has come to open a new stage in my life, that's why I asked the club to accept transferring me." Ronaldo said after the move.

This transfer brings Italian football into focus once again, and Juventus, after having a superb transfer window, will be a strong contender for this season's Champions League.

Juventus fell short in the last two seasons, one of the reasons for their defeats was Ronaldo on both occasions when he scored a brace. Last season, he received a standing ovation from Juventus supporters in the stadium after his stunning overhead kick, which might have played its part in his move.

Now Ronaldo is part of the Juventus team, and with this move, they can bring back their glory days of Italian football. The value of the transfer and the consequences that may happen will be invaluable for the prosperity of the Italian league is the reason why this is our top transfer.