Top Five: Clubs having the best transfer windows

Benfica

Major Ins Lazar Markovic (Partizan Belgrade, Undisclosed), Miralem Sulejmani (Ajax, Free), Lisandro Lopez (Arsenal Sarandi, £4m), Filip Djuricic (Heerenveen, £5m), Luis Farina (Racing, Undisclosed)

Major Outs None

Net Spend £10m+

Summary I picked Benfica as a club that holds the key to an active transfer market, but that was because of all the talent they might have been selling to other clubs. But they’ve managed to so far keep hold of all of it. Matic, Salvio, Gaitan, Garay, Maxi, John and Rodrigo have all been linked elsewhere, but because of the amount of money they’ve made from previous sales Benfica have scared clubs off with huge prices. So they’ve got a team that only lost once in the league and got to the Europa League final and have added quality to it. Lopez has been signed to either partner or replace Garay. Djuricic could replace or compliment Gaitan. Sulejmani can cover or replace Salvio, and Markovic can play in any attacking midfield area. They have brought in players to cover sales if they get big enough offers, or simply to add class. Pay attention Europe, this is how you should do it.