Winter Transfers - Final Report

By: Bruno Romani | August 29th, 2008

In bold, activity that happened in the past month. With the transfer window in Europe almost closed, this is it. Unless some huge deal is offered overnight. This year, the bleeding of talents wasn’t as bad as in previous years. Gremio kept Leo. Sao Paulo kept Hernanes. Inter kept Nilmar. And some nice transfers happened, such as Daniel carvalho and D’Alessandro to Inter. But in general, it is bad to see people like Thiago Neves, Alex Silva, Diogo, Alex (ex-Inter) and Valdivia leaving. They did make things more interesting. Probably I missed a few names (I hope some of you can help me), but here is the list:

LEAVING:
Aloisio. forward. (Sao Paulo to Qatar)
Renan - goalkeeper. (Inter-RS to Valencia)
Marcinho - Midfielder. (Flamengo to UAE)
Rodrigo Tabata - midfielder. (Santos to Gaziantepspor -TUR)
Cicero - midfielder (Fluminense to Hertha Berlin)
Gérson Magrão (Ipatinga to Cruzeiro)
Gil -forward (Inter-RS to Botafogo)
Reasco - rightback. (Sao Paulo to LDU)
Rodrigo Mendez - forward. (Gremio to Arabia)
Souza - forward. (Flamengo to Panathinaikos)
Morais. midfielder. (Vasco to Corinthians)
Valdivia - midfielder (Palmeiras to Al Ain)
Alex Silva - defender (Sao Paulo to Hamburg)
Thiago Neves - midfielder (Fluminense to Hamburg)
Diogo - forward. (Portuguesa to Olympiacos)
Alex -midfielder. (Inter to ??)
Gabriel – right-back. (Fluminense to Panathinaikos)
Renato Augusto – midfielder. (Flamengo to Bayer Leverkusen)
Diego Cavalieri – goalkeeper. (Palmeiras to Liverpool)
Roger – midfielder (Grêmio to Qatar)
Fernandão - forward (Inter-RS to Qatar)
Adriano – forward (returning from loan; São Paulo to Inter Milan)
Fábio Santos – defensive midfielder (returning from loan; São Paulo to Lyon)
Marcinho – offensive midfielder (on loan; Cruzeiro to Kasima – JP)
Henrique – defender ( $10 million Euros; Palmeiras to Barcelona)

ARRIVING:
Edcarlos. defender (Benfica to Fluminense)
Fabio Santos - lefback. (Monaco to Santos)
Gérson Magrão -midfielder. (Ipatinga to Cruzeiro)
Gil -forward (Inter-RS to Botafogo)
Tcheco - midfielder (Saudi Arabia to Gremio)
Gustavo Nery - leftback - ( ? to Inter-RS)
Eduardo Ratinho - rightback. (Toulouse to Fluminense)
Anderson - defender. (Lyon to Sao Paulo)
Rodrigo - defender. (Dynamo Kiev to Sao Paulo)
Gonzalo Fierro - midfielder. (Colo-Colo to Flamengo)
Sambueza - midfielder. (River Plate to Flamengo)
Alvaro - defender. (Levante-ESP to Inter-RS)
D’Alessandro (Zaragoza to Inter-RS)
Daniel Carvalho (CSKA to Inter-RS)
Josiel - forward. (Al-Wahda to Flamengo)
Thiago Ribeiro. forward (Qatar to Cruzeiro)
Jeci – defender. (Coritiba to Palmeiras)
Souza – midfielder. (On Loan. PSG to Grêmio)
Gerson Magrão – midfielder. (Ipatinga to Cruzeiro)
Leandro Zárate – forward. (Unión de Santa Fé to Botafogo)
Maicosuel – midfielder. (Cruzeiro to Palmeiras)
Roberto Brum – defensive midfielder (Portugal to Santos)
Lenilson - midfielder (Jaguares to Atletico-MG)
Rosinei – midfielder (Real Murcia to Inter-RS)
Bolivar – defender (loan; Monaco to Inter-RS)
Andre Lima – forward (loan; Hertha Berlin to São Paulo)
Fabiano Eller – defender (loan; Atlético Madrid to Santos)
Michael – midfielder (Dínamo Kiev- to Santos)