Spain conquered the Old Continent, England played in the Euro finals for the second time in a row, Portugal disappointed, France did not excel either, even though they played in the semi-finals...
There were also teams from which not much was expected - such as Georgia, Turkey or Slovenia - and which left a very good or phenomenal impression, and the European Championship launched some players into orbit, for whom the tournament in Germany significantly raised their price on the market.
The biggest revelation seems to be the new champion's attacker Nico Williams, one of the most deserving that the "red fury" won the EP for the fourth time in history.
Athletic Bilbao can hardly keep Niko
Nico Williams has not been anonymous to the world football public until now, but it seems that he is only the coach of Spain Luis de la Fuente believed (or knew) that he could make a difference on the biggest stage. The striker of Athletic Bilbao scored two goals and had an assist, but these statistics do not show how important he was in reality in the campaign for the cup.
And now he can almost choose where he will continue his career, because Atletik can hardly defend himself considering that Niko has a buyout clause of "only" 58 million euros. He is believed to be the younger of the Williams brothers (Injaki is also a member of the Basque giants, and a member of the Ghana national team) closest to Barcelona, although Chelsea is also in the game.
The Italian is one step away from Arsenal
Italy traveled to Germany as European champions, did not have a good time and was eliminated in the round of 16, where they easily fell in a duel with Switzerland. If it's a goalkeeper Đanluđi Donaruma was the best player of "Azure" at the Euro, then the only defender who earned a passing grade alongside him was a defender Riccardo Calafiori.
It's the young stopper of Bologna, who had a great last season and who is now facing a big challenge - it's only a matter of days when he will sign for Arsenal for 50 million. Bologna, however, will not receive all that money, because it previously committed to pay 40 percent of the next transfer to Basel, the former club of the 22-year-old footballer.
He has outgrown Palas, now he can choose a club
Another star of the Euros, when it comes to defenders, is the English stopper Mark Gei. Those who follow the Premier League know him well from the Crystal Palace jersey, but now Gei has properly used the fact that the selector Gareth Southgate he could not count on the injured Harry Maguire.
The guy who was born 24 years ago in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) at the European Championship missed only the quarter-final duel with the Swiss and represents the present and the future of the "three lions", whoever succeeds Southgate on the bench.
It is mentioned that Palace is ready to let him go for 60 million euros, and that Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Newcastle are interested.
The Turkish sensation is waiting for cooperation with Mourinho
With a bit of luck, Turkey was able to reach the semi-finals of the Euros, it was eliminated by the Netherlands, although it launched aces such as Arde Gulera, Kenana Jildiza... The world knew about the young players of Real Madrid and Juventus, but probably many were shocked by the releases of the left back Ferdi Kadioglu.
Kadioglu was born in the Netherlands, he played for all the younger selections of "lala" before he decided to accept the invitation of the Football Association of his country of origin.
There is no shortage of offers, mainly English teams (West Ham and Wolverhampton) are interested in the Fenerbahçe player, but Fener and the coach will probably ask something. Jose Mourinho, who arrived in Istanbul two months ago.
Georgia has gorostas in goal, but not only that
Georgia visited Gorica in the only test before the Euro, and there was a selection that was supported by almost all neutral football fans. Through the group, she gathered sympathy, she bravely faced the too strong Spain in the round of 1 (she led 0:4, then lost 1:XNUMX), and in all the matches of the "crusaders" in Germany, two guys stood out - the goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili and attacker George Mikautadze. They were even on a level above the best player of the selection, Hviča Kvarachelija.
Mamardashvili excelled, he continued with the games he showed in the Valencia shirt, so it is expected that he will leave "Mestalja" by the end of August. And it is realistic for him to go to the Premier League...
And Mikautadze is a special story. He dropped out of the French elite with Metz and had an agreed transfer to Monaco, and then everything turned around. He ended up in Lyon in a transfer of almost 20 million euros, so he returned to the city where he was born... He was the top scorer at the Euros three times, no one scored more goals than him.
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