The 10 best deals in the 2022/2023 season took place in the five major leagues and made a big difference in the form and performance of the clubs joining them.
10- Andreas Christensen - Barcelona
The Dane Christensen was among the pillars of Barcelona's distinguished team in the summer of 2022, as he arrived at Camp Nou for free after the end of his contract with Chelsea, and became an essential part of Xavi Hernandez's squad.
Despite the injuries that kept him away from a number of matches with Barcelona, once he returned and fully recovered, he became a mainstay on which Xavi relied all the time until he was crowned the Spanish League title after an absence of years.
The Dane won with the Blaugrana the Liga and the Spanish Super Cup at the expense of arch-rivals Real Madrid, and Christensen played 32 matches, during which he scored one goal and made another.
9- Francesco Acerbi – Inter Milan
Veteran Italian Francesco Acerbi, the heart of Inter Milan's defense, who shone remarkably in the Nerazzurri season, specifically his performance that caught the eye in the Champions League final match against Manchester City.
Acherbi joined the Inzaghi squad in the summer of 2022, and became one of the main pillars on which the Italian coach relied throughout the 22/23 season.
The Italian central defender participated in 49 matches, including 31 matches in the Italian League and 12 in the Champions League.
Throughout the season, he succeeded in combining the Italian Cup and the Italian Super Cup titles, while the Champions League lost in the final match against Manchester City 1-0.
8- William Saliba – Arsenal
William Saliba returned to Arsenal in the summer of 2022, after the end of his loan period to Olympique de Marseille in the French League.
Mikel Arteta relied on Saliba in his new plan, with which he started the 22/23 season, and he was the puzzle piece that the Spanish coach was already looking for in his squad.
Saliba starred remarkably with the Gunners, and was a major reason for the Gunners team being at the top of the Premier League standings for a long time, before losing the title in his absence after suffering an injury that kept him out of action for almost two months or more.
Saliba participated with Asnal in 33 matches in various competitions, including 27 matches in the English Premier League, and he missed the rest due to the injury he sustained before the end of the football season.
7- Manuel Akanji – Manchester City
Manchester City contracted with the Swiss Manuel Akanji in the summer of 2022, to strengthen the defense line, until Pep Guardiola relied on him in the 22/23 season heavily, to provide an impressive and distinguished performance in turn.
Akanji participated with Sky Blue in 48 matches in various competitions, he only played in the English Premier League 29 matches out of 38, while he played in the Champions League 11 matches.
Akanji won the historic treble with Guardiola and played a key role in winning titles: the English Premier League – the FA Cup – the European Champions League.
6- Lisandro Martinez – Manchester United
They said that he was short in stature and that he would be a laughing stock in front of the Premier League defenders, so he responded to them forcefully on the field, after he became one of the most successful defense heart deals coming to Manchester United when he arrived in the summer of 2022 from Ajax.
Argentine Lisandro Martinez participated with United in 45 matches, scoring one goal, and won the Carabao Cup (English League) title with the Red Devils, and lost the FA Cup title in its final match against City.
5- Casemiro - Manchester United
Brazilian Casemiro made the difference significantly in the middle of the Manchester United field, since his arrival in the summer of 2022 at Old Trafford.
Despite the losses that affected the Red Devils team in the first season of 22/23, he quickly made his mark with the team and contributed to his return and being in the first four places in the English Premier League standings table.
Casemiro won with the red team only the English League Cup title, while he bid farewell to the competition for the European League title in the quarter-finals, and lost the FA Cup to Manchester City in its final match, 2-1.
4- Khvica Kvaratsikhlia - Napoli
The Georgian with the most difficult name ever, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, joined Napoli last summer to occupy the center of the wing.
He appeared at impressive levels, because of which he succeeded in making the fans of the southern team call him Kfaradona, becoming the first player in history to associate his name with Diego Armando Maradona in this way.
Kvaratskhelia scored with Napoli in his first season 22/23, 14 goals, including 12 goals in the Italian League, which contributed strongly to snatching his title and bringing him to the city of the south after an absence of more than 30 years from the podiums.
3- Robert Lewandowski - Barcelona
Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, among the distinguished summer 2022 deals joining Barcelona, contributed in his first season at “Camp Nou” to winning the Spanish League title with the Catalan team after an absence, as well as contributing to winning the Spanish Super title.
Lewandowski scored 33 goals with the Blaugrana in various competitions, including 23 goals in the Spanish League, to win the title of top scorer in his favor.
2- Andre Onana - Inter Milan
Onana arrived at Inter Milan in the summer of 2022, and signed a contract that extends until 2027, after the end of his contract with Dutch Ajax.
The 27-year-old succeeded in presenting a wonderful season with the Milanese blue, as he participated in 41 matches, 24 in the Calcio and 13 matches in the Champions League.
Onana contributed strongly to Inter Milan winning the Italian Cup and the Italian Super Cup also in the 22/23 season, and reached with him the Champions League final, which lost his title to Manchester City by 1-0, in a match in which he won praise and appreciation from everyone, including Pep Guardiola.
1- Erling Haaland - Manchester City
The Norwegian Erling Haaland presented an exceptional season with Manchester City after his arrival at the “Al-Ittihad” stadium in the summer of 2022, and crowned him with the historic treble; The English Premier League and the FA Cup, in addition to leading his team to win the Champions League title for the first time in the history of the heavenly club.
Haaland participated with City in 52 matches in various competitions, and succeeded in scoring 52 goals, including 36 goals in the Premier League to win the Golden Boot award, in addition to winning the Champions League top scorer award after scoring 12 goals.
