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Top 20 overpriced transfers in Europe! Which players went for more money than they should have?

20. Ousmane Dembele (Rennes to Borussia Dortmund) was the 20th most overpriced player sold this summer – see below for details, and click the right arrow above to find out who the CIES Football Observatory believe was the most overpriced player this summer…

The summer transfer window finally shut last week, but now we get to find out who were the bargains and who were the busts.

Manchester United landing Zlatan Ibrahimovic on a free transfer already looks like a piece of business which will be lauded come the end of the season.

But, with the huge sums of money currently in the game, there are some transfers that already look a little overpriced.

The CIES Football Observatory have taken a look at the business done and compared the transfer fees with their own estimate value of players - calculated using various characteristics and performance indicators.

So, who were the most overpaid for players, according to the boffins? Click the right arrow above to find out…

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