Costa Rican Paulo Wanchope moves from Spanish La Liga club Malaga to al-Gharafa, reigning champ of the Qatar league. The 27-year-old, one of the CONCACAF region's top strikers, has played for Manchester City and West Ham. In June, Wanchope scored the Ticos' stoppage-time winner against Guatemala in World Cup qualifying.
Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira, the Senegalese-born midfielder who with France won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship, moves to Juventus on a $24.38 million transfer.