Big names make big moves across Europe – Part 2

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ehfCL.com presents the second part of this season’s top transfers in the VELUX EHF Champions League, following the revelation of places 20 to 11 on 24 August in part 1.

The rotation of left wings between clubs make a big impression on the ranking with the first piece containing Valero Rivera jun. (from Nantes to Barcelona) and Dominik Klein (from Kiel to Nantes).

In the opinion of the EHF journalists, who created this ranking, two further left wings make the top 10, including German Olympic bronze medallist and all-star team member Uwe Gensheimer, who made the first transfer in his life to join Paris Saint-Germain.

Like the French champions, all remaining participants of the 2016 edition of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 (Kielce, Veszprem and Kiel) have had a part to play in the top ten transfers of this year.

10. Lukas Nilsson – THW Kiel

It is a quite long and successful tradition for Swedish talents to sign for THW, with the likes of Wislander, Olsson and Lövgren making the move in the past.

Thus, it is no sensation that the 19-year-old two-time top scorer of the Swedish league joins Kiel, arriving from Ystads IF, where he made his first international appearances last season in the EHF Cup. Nilsson was the youngest player of the Swedish squad at Rio.

9. Ivan Cupic – HC Vardar

Despite losing his ring finger in an accident in 2008, Ivan Cupic has gone from strength to strength as a handball player. The Croatian right wing, who won several medals with the national team and was an all-star team member at the 2009 World Championship has found another major club, after winning the VELUX EHF Champions League with Kielce in Cologne.

Before his four years in Poland, Cupic had played for Rhein-Neckar Löwen and Slovenian side Velenje.

8. Filip Ivic – KS Vive Tauron Kielce

The goalkeeper of RK PPD Zagreb was chased most of Europea’s top clubs, but finally the 23-year-old Zagreb-born talent decided to join the current champions.

There, he follows in the footsteps of fellow Croat keeper Marin Sego and is expected to share time between the posts with Slawomir Szmal.

Ivic won World Championship bronze with Croatia in 2013, but was not chosen for Rio 2016.

7. Luka Stepancic – Paris Saint Germain Handball

The 2015/16 season had started with a severe knee injury for the 25-year-old right back, but he fought hard to become member of Croatia’s …

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