Danish winger
Brentford have signed Sampdoria midfielder Mikkel Damsgaard after agreeing a deal with the Italian side to buy the player for a reported €15 million. The 22-year-old talent had completed his medical with the Premier League side eralier this week before signing a five-year deal with the Bees on Thursday.
The most expensive Premier League signings in the summer of 2022
Tyrell Malacia | Feyenoord -> Man United | Fee: €15M
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Market value: €17M
Last updated: 9 August 2022
Aaron Hickey | Bologna -> Brentford | Fee: €16.5M
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Market value: €18M
Hee-chan Hwang | RB Leipzig -> Wolves (previously on loan) | Fee: €16.7M
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Market value: €16M
Tyler Adams | RB Leipzig -> Leeds | Fee: €17M
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Market value: €17M (possible add-ons: €6m)
Matt Targett | Aston Villa -> Newcastle (previously on loan) | Fee: €17.5M
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Market value: €17M
Carney Chukwuemeka | Aston Villa -> Chelsea | Fee: €18M
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Market value: €6m (possible add-ons: €6m)
Keane Lewis-Potter | Hull CIty -> Brentford | Fee: €19M
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Market value: €12M
Philippe Coutinho | FC Barcelona -> Aston Villa (previously on loan) | Fee: €20m
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Market value: €20m
Neco Williams | Liverpool -> Nottingham Forest | Fee: €20M
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Market value: €8M
João Palhinha | Sporting CP -> Fulham | Fee: €20m
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Market value: €25m
Taiwo Awoniyi | Union Berlin -> Nottingham Forest | Fee: €20.5m
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Market value: €20m
Maxwel Cornet | Burnley -> West Ham | Fee: €20.7m
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Market value: €15m
Cheick Doucouré | Lens -> Crystal Palace | Fee: €21.3m
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Market value: €15m (possible add-ons)
Nathan Collins | Burnley -> Wolves | Fee: €24.3m
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Market value: €10m
Luis Sinisterra | Feyenoord -> Leeds United | Fee: €25m
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Market value: €25m
Yves Bissouma | Brighton -> Tottenham | Fee: €29.2m
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Market value: €35m (possible add-ons: €6m)
Amadou Onana | Lille -> Everton | Fee: €30m
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Market value: €10m
Diego Carlos | Sevilla -> Aston Villa | Fee: €31m
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Market value: €40m
Gonçalo Guedes | Valencia -> Wolves | Fee: €32.6m
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Market value: €40m
Brenden Aaronson | RB Salzburg -> Leeds | Fee: €32.8m
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Market value: €25m
Nayef Aguerd | Stade Rennais -> West Ham | Fee: €35m
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Market value: €12m (possible add-ons)
Oleksandr Zinchenko | Man City -> Arsenal | Fee: €35m
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Market value: €25m
Fábio Vieira | Porto -> Arsenal | Fee: €35m
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Market value: €25m
Gianluca Scamacca | Sassuolo -> West Ham | Fee: €36m
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Market value: €30m (possible add-ons: €6m)
Sven Botman | Lille -> Newcastle | Fee: €37m
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Market value: €30m
Kalidou Koulibaly | Napoli -> Chelsea | Fee: €38m
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Market value: €35m
Kalvin Phillips | Leeds United -> Manchester City | Fee: €48.8m
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Market value: €50m
Gabriel Jesus | Manchester City -> Arsenal | Fee: €52.3m
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Market value: €50m
Raheem Sterling | Man City -> Chelsea | Market value: Fee: €56.2m
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Market value: €70m
Lisandro Martínez | Ajax -> Man United | Fee: 57.37m
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Market value: €32m (possible add-ons: €10m)
Richarlison | Everton -> Tottenham | Fee: €58m
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Market value: €48m
Erling Haaland | BVB -> Man City | Fee: €60m
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Market value: €150m
Marc Cucurella | Brighton -> Chelsea | Fee: €65.3m
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Market value: €28m (possible add-ons: €8.3m)
Darwin Núñez | Benfica -> Liverpool | Fee: €75m
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Market value: €55m (possible add-ons: €25m)
The midfielder, who has a market value of €15m, becomes the Premier League club’s sixth signing of the summer and takes Brentford’s spending to date up to no less than €50m. The reported fee would also make Damsgaard the club’s fourth most expensive signing ever, coming short of Kristoffer Ajer’s move from Celtic in 2021 for €15.7m and the arrival of Aaron Hickey and Keane Lewis-Potter this summer.
The reported fee suggests that Sampdoria will make a tidy profit on a player they signed just two years ago for €6.75m. In that time Damsgaard has gone from strength to strength in Serie A, making over 46 league appearances for the club since joining from Nordsjaelland, not to mention a stand-out campaign for the Denmark international team at Euro 2020.
Damsgaard is just the latest in a busy summer of signings from Brentford, as Thomas Frank and his side look to improve upon a 13th-place finish in the English top flight last season. The club, known for their smart business in the transfer window, will be hoping to push into the top half of the table and put some serious distance between themselves and the threat of relegation. Frank said: “Mikkel is, in my opinion, another classic Brentford signing. He is a young player with big potential to develop further. We know we can help Mikkel reach his highest level, we have the staff here that have experience in doing that and we are looking forward to working with him.
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