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Summer transfer window: Grading big signings in men's soccer

In spite of a global financial crisis, the men's soccer clubs around Europe spent an incredible amount of money to sign players in January, and this summer has not been any different.

The summer window set a new record for the Premier League in terms of spending and now that two giants of the game in Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr) and Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) have taken their careers outside of Europe, it falls on some other big names to step up.

Here are grades for all the major summer transfers in the men's game, with each day's moves listed in order of highest fee.