Spain's La Liga kicks off this weekend after a flurry of activity on the summer transfer market, which ends Aug. 31. Real Madrid was again the biggest spender. Champion Barcelona was, by contrast, conservative in its spending.
Top 20 Transfers
Robinho (Brazil) F Santos Real Madrid $30.6 million
Julio Baptista (Brazil) M Sevilla to Real Madrid $25 million
Walter Samuel (Argentina) D Real Madrid to Inter Milan $20 million
Alberto Luque (Spain) F Dep. Coruna to Newcastle $17.2 million
Asier del Horno (Spain) D Ath. Bilbao to Chelsea $15 million
David Villa (Spain) F Real Zaragoza to Valencia $15 million
Miguel Monteiro (Portugal) D Benfica to Valencia $13 million
Pepe Reina (Spain) G Villarreal to Liverpool $11.25 million
Martin Petrov (Bulgaria) M Wolfsburg to Atl. Madrid $11.25 million
Mateja Kezman (Serbia & Mont.) F Chelsea to Atl. Madrid $11.25 million
Momo Sissoko (Mali) M Valencia to Liverpool $9.4 million
Juan Ramon Riquelme (Argentina) M Barcelona to Villarreal $8.75 million
Frederic Kanoute (Mali) F Tottenham to Sevilla $8.1 million
Carlos Diogo (Uruguay) D River Plate to Real Madrid $7.5 million
Jan Kromkamp (Netherlands) D AZ to Villarreal $7.5 million
Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina) F Espanyol to Atl. Madrid $6.25 million
Pablo Garcia (Uruguay) M Osasuna to Real Madrid $5.6 million
Walter Pandiani (Uruguay) F Dep. Coruna to Birmingham $5.6 million
Luis Fabiano (Brazil) F Porto to Sevilla $5.6 million
Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina) F San Lorenzo to Espanyol $5 million
Luciano Galletti (Argentina) M Real Zaragoza to Atl. Madrid $5 million