Major transfers in Spanish Primera Liga (2008-09)

Almeria

Defender Chico from Cadiz; Argentinean defender Hernan Pellerano from Velez Sarsfield for a fee of €3m; Goalkeeper Esteban on a free transfer from Celta Vigo; Midfielder Miguel Angel Nieto from Real Madrid Castilla; Forward Julio Alvarez from Numancia; Argentinean forward Esteban Solari from Pumas for a fee of €3.8m; Argentinean forward Pablo Piatti from Pumas for a fee of €7m; Brazilian defender Michel from Flamengo.

Athletic Bilbao

Forward Inigo Velez from Murcia; Midfielder Gaizka Toquero from Sestao River; Midfielder Joseba del Olmo from Eibar for a fee of €0.3m; Goalkeeper Inaki Lafuente (loan return) from Espanyol.

Atletico Madrid

Argentinean midfielder Ever Banega on loan from Valencia; Brazilian midfielder Paulo Assuncao from Porto; French forward Florent Sinama-Pongolle (permanent signing) from Recreativo Huelva; French goalkeeper Gregory Coupet from Lyon for a fee of €1.5m; Dutch defender John Heitinga from Ajax Amsterdam for a fee of €10m; Czech defender Tomas Ujfalusi on a free transfer from Fiorentina.

Barcelona

Belarussian midfielder Aliaksandr Hleb from Arsenal London for a fee of €15m; Brazilian defender Henrique Adriano Buss from Palmeiras for a fee of €10m; Brazilian midfielder Daniel Alves from Sevilla for a fee of €29.5m; Uruguayan defender Martin Caceres from Villarreal for a fee of €16.5m; Goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto (permanent signing) from Celta Vigo; Defender Gerard Pique from Manchester United for a fee of €5m; Malian midfielder Seydou Keita from Sevilla for a fee of €14m.

Betis

Forward Sergio Garcia from Zaragoza for a fee of €10m; Portuguese defender Nelson from Benfica Lisbon; Midfielder Juanma from Levante; Cameroonian midfielder Achille Emana Edzimi from Toulouse; Turkish midfielder Mehmet Aurelio on a free transfer from Fenerbahce.

Deportivo La Coruna

Argentinean defender Diego Colotto from Atlas for a fee of €2.5m; Goalkeeper Aranzubia from Athletic Bilbao; Portuguese defender Ze Castro on loan from Atletico Madrid; Forward Mista on a free transfer from Atletico Madrid.

Espanyol

Midfielder Nene on loan from Monaco; Irish defender Steve Finnan from Liverpool for a fee of €1m; Argentinean defender Nicolas Pareja from Anderlecht for a fee of €5m; Argentinean midfielder Roman Martinez from Arsenal Sarandi; Forward Jose Callejon from Real Madrid Castilla for a fee of €1.2m; Argentinean goalkeeper Cristian Alvarez from Rosario Central; French defender Gregory Beranger from Numancia for a fee of €1.5m.

Getafe

Goalkeeper Jacobo Sanz on loan from Valladolid; Forward Roberto Soldado from Real Madrid for a fee of €6m; Ecuadorian forward Joffre Guerron from LDU Quito for a fee of €4m; Midfielder Esteban Granero (permanent signing) from Real Madrid; Defender Rafa Lopez from Valladolid; Midfielder Adrian Gonzalez from Real Madrid; German midfielder Eugen Polanski from Borussia Monchengladbach; Turkish defender Ibrahim Kas on a free transfer from Besiktas.

Gijon

Dutch defender Jurgen Colin from Ajax Amsterdam; Midfielder Diego Camacho from Levante; Forward Carmelo from Levante; Forward Maldonado from Betis; Goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar from Atletico Madrid.

Malaga

Portuguese midfielder Duda on loan from Sevilla; Midfielder Miguel Angel Lozano from Betis; Defender Manolo from Levante; Defender Lolo on loan from Sevilla; Midfielder Nacho on loan from Getafe; Defender Ivan Cuadrado from Murcia; Midfielder Pere Marti from Elche; Forward Fernando Escribano from Betis; Brazilian defender Weligton from Grasshoppers Zurich for a fee of €0.5m.

Mallorca

Forward Aduriz from Athletic Bilbao; Brazilian midfielder Cleber Santana from Atletico Madrid; Defender Corrales from Osasuna; Defender Ayoze Diaz on a free transfer from Racing Santander; Defender Josemi from Villarreal; Midfielder Jurado on loan from Atletico Madrid; Midfielder Oscar Diaz on a free transfer from Elche; Midfielder Mario Suarez from Atletico Madrid for a fee of €0.8m; Guinean forward Alhassane Keita from Al Ittihad; Midfielder Marti from Sevilla.

Numancia

Forward Guayre from Celta Vigo; Midfielder Alberto Montejo from Zaragoza; Defender Domingo Cisma on loan from Almeria; Forward Roberto Platero from Racing Santander; Goalkeeper Juan Pablo from Tenerife; Midfielder Dimas Delgado from Barcelona B; Midfielder Jose Barkero on a free transfer from Albacete.

Ossasuna

Hungarian midfielder Krisztian Vadocz from Nijmegen for a fee of €1m; Portuguese midfielder Tiago Gomes on loan from Benfica Lisbon; Forward Ezquerro from Barcelona; Defender Inaki Astiz from Legia Warsaw; Midfielder Sunny on loan from Valencia; Iranian midfielder Masoud Shojaei on a free transfer from Al Sharjah; Goalkeeper Roberto Fernandez from Gijon.

Racing Santander

Portuguese forward Jorge Goncalves from Leixoes; Defender Juan Valera on loan from Atletico Madrid; French midfielder Peter Luccin from Zaragoza; French midfielder Mehdi Lacen from Alaves; Romanian defender Laszlo Sepsi on loan from Benfica Lisbon; Forward Jonathan Pereira on loan from Villarreal; Portuguese defender Ze Antonio on a free transfer from Borussia Monchengladbach; Argentinean defender Ezequiel Garay on loan from Real Madrid.

Real Madrid

Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart from Hamburger for a fee of €13m; Midfielder Javi Garcia from Osasuna for a fee of €4m; Midfielder Ruben de la Red from Getafe for a fee of €4.7m.

Recreativo

Ivory Coast midfielder Kanga Akale on loan from Lens; Midfielder Javi Fuego from Levante; Goalkeeper Riesgo on loan from Real Sociedad; Midfielder Sisi from Valencia; Defender Casado on loan from Sevilla; South African defender Nasief Morris from Panathinaikos; Forward Adrian Colunga from Las Palmas for a fee of €2.8m; Defender Cesar Arzo from Murcia; Goalkeeper Roberto Jimenez from Atletico Madrid; Argentinean midfielder Sebastian Nayar from Boca Juniors.

Sevilla

Argentinean midfielder Aldo Duscher from Racing Santander; French defender Sebastien Squillaci from Lyon for a fee of €6.5m; Ivory Coast midfielder Koffi Ndri Romaric from Le Mans for a fee of €8m; French midfielder Abdoulay Konko from Genoa for a fee of €8.5m; Defender Fernando Navarro from Mallorca for a fee of €4.7m; Argentinean midfielder Lautaro Acosta from Lanus for a fee of €7m.

Valencia

Brazilian goalkeeper Renan Brito Soares from Internacional; Forward Pablo Hernandez from Getafe for a fee of €1m.

Valladolid

Defender Nano on loan from Betis; Midfielder Pedro Leon from Levante; Dutch midfielder Haris Medunjanin from AZ Alkmaar; Uruguayan midfielder Fabian Canobbio from Celta Vigo; Argentinean midfielder Damian Escudero on loan from Villarreal; Swedish forward Henok Goitom on loan from Murcia; Defender Luis Prieto on a free transfer from Athletic Bilbao; Goalkeeper Jacobo Sanz from Numancia; Paraguayan goalkeeper Justo Villar from Newells Old Boys.

Villarreal

Argentinean midfielder Damian Escudero from Velez Sarsfield; American forward Jozy Altidore from New York Red Bulls for a fee of €7.5m; Uruguayan forward Robert Flores from River Plate; Uruguayan midfielder Roberto Flores from River Plate; Argentinean midfielder Ariel Ibagaza from Mallorca for a fee of €1.5m; Forward Joseba Llorente from Valladolid; Uruguayan midfielder Sebastian Eguren (permanent signing) from Hammarby; Brazilian midfielder Edmilson from Barcelona.