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Who is Where? A Guide to EPL Completed Transfer as at This Weekend

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It is barely one week to the new English Premiership League season and all the 20 clubs have virtually taking shape, shedding loads and infusing new blood. Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho was one of the players whose transfers were concluded this week.

He moves from Manchester City to team up with fellow Super Eagles players in Leicester City. While he joins Winfred Ndidi and Ahmed Musa, his other compatriot and defender, Taofiq Olomowewe was released by his club, Burnley. Another player of Nigerian extraction, Ike Ugbo is sent on loan to Barnsley from Chelsea. Henry Onyekuru transferred to Everton from Eupen but is immediately sent on loan to Anderlecht in the Netherlands.

 Another Nigerian player, Taiwo Awoniyi leaves Liverpool on loan to Belgian Pro League side, Royal Excel Mouscron.

Olajuwon Bamidele “Ola” Adeyemo and Ogo Obi are players of Nigerian roots. In the current transfer market, they were released by Watford. Expectedly across Europe, there was more money spent this summer transfer market than before. Could this mean that football is immune from the global economic recession?

Courtesy 90min, we bring to you, in alphabetical order, all concluded transfers as at Friday night.

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1. AFC BOURNEMOUTH

IN:

Nathan Ake (Chelsea) £20m

Asmir Begovic (Chelsea) £10m

Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) Free

Connor Mahoney (Blackburn) Free

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OUT

Lewis Grabban (Sunderland) Loan

Ryan Allsop (Blackpool) Loan

Callum Buckley (Released)

Jake McCarthy (Released)

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Matthew Neale (Released)

2. ARSENAL

IN:

Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) £45m

Sead Kolasinac (Schalke) Free

OUT:

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Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus) £10m

Chris Willock (Benfica) Undisclosed

Kaylen Hinds (Wolfsburg) Undisclosed

Takuma Asano (Stuttgart) Loan

Marc Bola (Bristol Rovers) Loan

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Emi Martinez (Getafe) Loan

Stefan O’Connor (Newcastle) Free

Yaya Sanogo (Toulouse) Free

Glen Kamara (Dundee) Free

Stefan O’Connor (Released)

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Kristopher da Graca (Released)

Kostas Pileas (Released)

3. BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION

 

IN:

Pascal Gross (Ingolstadt) Undisclosed

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Mathew Ryan (Valencia) Undisclosed

Josh Kerr (Celtic) Undisclosed

Markus Suttner (Ingolstadt) Undisclosed

Mathias Normann (FK Bodo/Glimt) Undisclosed

Steven Alzate (Leyton Orient) Undisclosed

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Ales Mateju (Viktoria Plzen) Undisclosed
Izzy Brown (Chelsea) Loan

OUT:

Rob Hunt (Oldham) Undisclosed

Jordan Maguire-Drew (Lincoln) Loan

Christian Walton (Wigan) Loan

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Oliver Norwood (Fulham) Loan

Ben White (Newport County) Loan

David Stockdale (Birmingham) Free

Elvis Manu (Genclerbirligi) Free

4. BURNLEY

IN:

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Jack Cork (Swansea) £10m

Jonathan Walters (Stoke) £3m

Charlie Taylor (Leeds) Tribunal Fee

Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) Undisclosed

OUT:

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Michael Keane (Everton) £25m

Josh Ginnelly (Lincoln City) Loan

Aiden O’Neill (Fleetwood Town) Loan

George Boyd (Sheffield Wednesday) Free

Michael Kightly (Southend) Free

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Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Dusseldorf) Free

Joey Barton (Released)

George Green (Released)

RJ Pingling (Released)

Christian Hill (Released)

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Taofiq Olomowewe (Released)

Paul Robinson (Retired)

5. CHELSEA

IN:

Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid) £60m

Tiemoue Bakayoko (AS Monaco) £39.7m

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Antonio Rudiger (Roma) £34m

Ethan Ampadu (Exeter) Undisclosed

Willy Caballero (Manchester City) Free

OUT

Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) £40m

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Nathan Ake (Bournemouth) £20m

Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) £17m

Asmir Begovic (Bournemouth) £10m

Bertrand Traore (Lyon) £8.8m

Christian Atsu (Newcastle) £6.2m

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Dominic Solanke (Liverpool) Compensation

Mukhtar Ali (Vitesse) Undisclosed

Bradley Collins (Forest Green) Loan

Charlie Colkett (Vitesse) Loan

Ike Ugbo (Barnsley) Loan

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Jamal Blackman (Sheffield United) Loan

Jay Dasilva (Charlton) Loan

Kurt Zouma (Stoke) Loan

Lucas Piazon (Fulham) Loan

Marco van Ginkel (PSV Eindhoven) Loan

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Michael Hector (Hull City) Loan

Ola Aina (Hull City) Loan

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Crystal Palace) Loan

Tammy Abraham (Swansea) Loan

Todd Kane (Groningen) Loan

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Tomas Kalas (Fulham) Loan

Mario Pasalic (Spartak Moscow) Loan

Izzy Brown (Brighton) Loan

Matt Miazga (Vitesse Arnhem) Loan

Alex Kiwomya (Doncaster) Free

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John Terry (Aston Villa) Free

Alex Davey (Released)

6. CRYSTAL PALACE

IN:

Jairo Riedewald (Ajax) £7.9m

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) Loan

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OUT:

Steve Mandanda (Marseille) £1.8m

Kwesi Appiah (AFC Wimbledon) Free

Luke Croll (Exeter) Free

Zeki Fryers (Barnsley) Free

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Frazier Campbell (Hull City) Free

Corie Andrews (Released)

Jonathan Benteke (Released)

Mathieu Flamini (Released)

Ryan King-Elliott (Released)

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Joe Ledley (Released)

Randell Wiliams (Released)

Ben Wynter​ (Released)

7. EVERTON

IN:

Michael Keane (Burnley) £25m

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Jordan Pickford (Sunderland) £25m

Davy Klaassen (Ajax) £23.6m

Henry Onyekuru (Eupen) £7m

Sandro Ramirez (Malaga) £5.25m

Josh Bowler (QPR) £1.5m

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Lewis Gibson (Newcastle) Undisclosed

Natangelo Markelo (FC Volendam) Undisclosed

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) Undisclosed

Boris Mathis (Metz) Undisclosed

Cuco Martina (Southampton) Free

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OUT:

Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) £75m

Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona) £10.6m

Tom Cleverley (Watford) Undisclosed

Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) Undisclosed

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Courtney Duffus (Oldham) Undisclosed

Delial Brewster (Chesterfield) Free

Russell Griffiths (Motherwell) Free

Conor McAleny (Fleetwood) Free

Josef Yarney (Newcastle) Free

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Arouna Kone (Sivasspor) Free

Henry Onyekuru (Anderlecht) Loan

Tyias Browning (Sunderland) Loan

Matthew Pennington (Leeds) Loan

Jack Bainbridge (Released)

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Michael Donohue (Released)

Tyrone Duffus (Released)

Connor Hunt (Released)

Josef Yarney (Released)

James Yates (Released)

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8. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

IN:

Steve Mounie (Montpellier) £11.44m

Tom Ince (Derby) £8.5m

Aaron Mooy (Manchester City) £8m

Laurent Depoitre (FC Porto) Undisclosed

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Mathias Jorgensen (FC Copenhagen) Undisclosed

Scott Malone (Fulham) Undisclosed

Jonas Lossl (Mainz) Loan

Kasey Palmer (Chelsea) Loan

Danny Williams (Reading) Free

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OUT:

Tareiq Holmes-Dennis (Portsmouth) Loan

Joe Murphy (Released)
Flo Bojaj (Released)

Ronan Coughlan (Released)
Jamie Spencer (Released)
Sam Warde (Released)
Frank Mulhern (Released)

Owen Brooke (Released)
Harry Clibbens (Released)
Callum Elliott (Released)
Alfie Raw (Released)

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9. LEICESTER CITY

IN:

Kelechi Iheanacho (Man City) £23.5m

Harry Maguire (Hull City) £17m

Vicente Iborra (Sevilla) £10.5m

Eldin Jakupovic (Hull City) £2m

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Sam Hughes (Chester) Undisclosed

OUT

Ron-Robert Zieler (VfB Stuttgart) £2.5m

Bartosz Kapustka (SC Freiburg) Loan

Marcin Wasilewski (Released)

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Michael Cain (Released)

David Domej (Released)

Brandon Fox (Released)

Cedric Kipre (Released)

Matty Miles (Released)

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Kairo Mitchell (Released)

10. LIVERPOOL

IN:

Mohamed Salah (Roma) £34m

Andrew Robertson (Hull City) £8m rising to £10m

Dominic Solanke (Chelsea) Compensation

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OUT:

Kevin Stewart (Hull City) £8m
Lucas Leiva (Lazio) £5m

Andre Wisdom (Derby) Undisclosed

Adam Phillips (Norwich) Free

Ryan Fulton (Hamilton) Free

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Shamal George (Carlisle United) Loan

Connor Randall (Hearts) Loan

Pedro Chirivella (Willem II) Loan

Taiwo Awoniyi (Royal Excel Mouscron) Loan

Tom Brewitt (Released)

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Jake Brimmer (Released)

Jack Dunn (Released)

Madger Gomes (Released)

Kane Lewis (Released)

Adam Phillips (Released)

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Alex Manninger (Retired)

11. MANCHESTER CITY

IN:

Benjamin Mendy (AS Monaco) £51m

Kyle Walker (Tottenham) £50m

Bernardo Silva (AS Monaco) £43m

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Danilo (Real Madrid) £26.9m

Ederson (Benfica) £34.7m

Douglas Luiz (Vasco da Gama) £10m

OUT:

Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) £23.5m

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Nolito (Sevilla) £8m
Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield) £8m

Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) £4.5m

Fernando (Galatasaray) £4.5m

Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) £4m

Enes Unal (Villarreal) Undisclosed

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Bruno Zuculini (Verona) Undisclosed

Angus Gunn (Norwich) Loan

Ashley Smith-Brown (Hearts) Loan

Bersant Celina (Ipswich) Loan

Joe Hart (West Ham) Loan

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Aleix Garcia (Girona) Loan
Douglas Luiz (Girona) Loan
Marlos Moreno (Girona) Loan

Pablo Zabaleta (West Ham) Free

Willy Caballero (Chelsea) Free

Gael Clichy (Istanbul Basaksehir) Free

Joe Coveney (Nottingham Forest) Free

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Jesus Navas (Released)

Bacary Sagna (Released)

Callum Bullock (Released)

Thomas O’Brien (Released)

Kane Plummer (Released)

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12. MANCHESTER UNITED

IN:

Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) £40m

Romelu Lukaku (Everton) £75m

Victor Lindelof (Benfica) £31m

OUT:

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Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) £9.8m

Wayne Rooney (Everton) Undisclosed

Josh Harrop (Preston) Undisclosed

Devonte Redmond (Scunthorpe) Loan

Regan Poole (Northampton) Loan

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Dean Henderson (Shrewsbury) Loan

Sam Johnstone (Aston Villa) Loan

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Released)

13. NEWCASTLE UNITED

IN:

Jacob Murphy (Norwich) £12m

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Florian Lejeune (Eibar) £8.7m

Christian Atsu (Chelsea) £6.2m

Javi Manquillo (Atletico Madrid) £4.5m

Mikel Merino (Borussia Dortmund) Loan

Stefan O’Connor (Arsenal) Free

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Josef Yarney (Everton) Free

OUT:

Daryl Murphy (Nottingham Forest) £2m

Yoan Gouffran (Goztepe) Undisclosed

Florian Thauvin (Marseille) Undisclosed

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Kevin Mbabu (BSC Young Boys) Undisclosed

Lewis Gibson (Everton) Undisclosed

Matz Sels (Anderlecht) Loan

Alex Gilliead (Bradford) Loan

Tom Heardman (Bury) Loan

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Adam Armstrong (Bolton) Loan

Sean Longstaff (Blackpool) Loan

Vurnon Anita (Leeds) Free

Haris Vuckic (FC Twente) Free

Lubomir Satka (DAC 1904) Free

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Sammy Ameobi (Bolton) Free

Steven Taylor (Released)

Jamie Cobain (Released)

Louis Johnson (Released)

Adam Laidler (Released)

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Ben Pollock (Released)

Lewis Suddick (Released)

Jake Trodd (Released)

14. SOUTHAMPTON

IN:

Jan Bednarek (Lech Poznan) Free

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OUT:

Jay Rodriguez (West Brom) £12m

Jason McCarthy (Barnsley) Undisclosed

Lloyd Isgrove (Barnsley) Free

Olufela Olomola (Yeovil) Loan

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Harrison Reed (Norwich) Loan

Harry Lewis (Dundee United) Loan

Ryan Seager (MK Dons) Loan

Cuco Martina (Everton) Free

Lloyd Isgrove (Released)

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Harley Willard (Released)

Martin Caceres (Released)

15. STOKE CITY

IN:

Tre Pemberton (Blackburn Rovers) Undisclosed
Josh Tymon (Hull) Undisclosed

Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) Loan

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Darren Fletcher (West Brom) Free

OUT:

Jonathan Walters (Burnley) £3m

Marko Arnautovic (West Ham) Undisclosed

Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) Undisclosed

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Daniel Bachmann (Watford) Free

Shay Given (Released)
Liam Edwards (Released)
Harry Isted (Released)
Joel Taylor (Released)
George Waring (Released)

16. SWANSEA CITY

IN:

Roque Mesa (Las Palmas) £11m

Cian Harries (Coventry City) £500k

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Erwin Mulder (Heerenveen) Free

Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) Loan

OUT:

Jack Cork (Burnley) £10m

Bafetimbi Gomis (Galatasaray) £2.5m

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Modou Barrow (Reading) £1.45m

Alex Samuel (Stevenage) Free

Liam Edwards (Hull) Free

Josh Vickers (Lincoln) Free

Liam Shephard (Peterborough) Free

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Daniel James (Shrewsbury) Loan

Borja Baston (Malaga) Loan

Jordi Amat (Real Betis) Loan

Connor Roberts (Middlesbrough) Loan

Keston Davies (Yeovil) Loan

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Franck Tabanou (Released)

Gerhard Tremmel (Released)

Marvin Emnes (Released)

Owain Jones (Released)

Tom Dyson (Released)

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Tom Holland (Released)

17. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

IN:

NONE

OUT:

Kyle Walker (Manchester City) £50m

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Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke) £16.8m

Clinton Njie (Marseille) £8m

Luke McGee (Portsmouth) Undisclosed

Federico Fazio (Roma) Undisclosed

Connor Ogilvie (Gillingham) Loan

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Josh Onomah (Aston Villa) Loan

Filip Lesniak (Released)

Tom McDermott (Released)

Joe Muscatt (Released)

Charlie Owens (Released)

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Zenon Stylianides (Released)

18. WATFORD

IN:

Will Hughes (Derby) £8m

Tom Cleverley (Everton) Undisclosed

Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea) Undisclosed

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Daniel Bachmann (Stoke) Free

Kiko Femenia (Alaves) Free

OUT:

Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord) Undisclosed 

Mario Suarez (Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng FC) Undisclosed

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Dennon Lewis (Crawley) Loan

Rene Gilmartin (Colchester) Free

Mathias Ranegie (Released)

Ola Adeyemo (Released)

Charlie Bannister (Released)

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Ogo Obi (Released)

Rhyle Ovenden (Released)

Juan Carlos Paredes (Released)

19. WEST BROMWICH ALBION

IN:

Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) £12m

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Yuning Zhang (Vitesse) Undisclosed

Ahmed Hegazi (Al Ahly) Loan

OUT:

Darren Fletcher (Stoke) Free

Sebastien Pocognoli (Standard Liege) Free

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Yuning Zhang (Werder Bremen) Loan

Daniel Barbir (Released)

Zachary Elbouzedi (Released)

Callam Jones (Released)

Jack Rose (Released)

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Andre Wright (Released)

20. WEST HAM UNITED

IN:

Javier Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen) £16m

Marko Arnautovic (Stoke) Undisclosed

Pablo Zabaleta (Man City) Free

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Joe Hart (Man City) Loan

OUT:

Ashley Fletcher (Middlesbrough) £6.5m

Enner Valencia (Tigres) £5m

Darren Randolph (Middlesbrough) £4m

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Havard Nordtveit (Hoffenheim) Undisclosed

George Dobson (Sparta Rotterdam) Undisclosed

Reece Oxford (Borussia Monchengladbach) Loan

Stephen Hendrie (Southend) Free

Reece Burke (Bolton) Loan

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Josh Cullen (Bolton) Loan

Sam Howes (Released)

Sam Ford (Released)

Kyle Knoyle (Released)

Sam Westley (Released)

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Alvaro Arbeloa (Retired)

 

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Chelsea’s Pochettino cries  foul over VAR decision in 2-2 draw with Villa

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 Premier League - Aston Villa v Chelsea - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - April 27, 2024 Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino reacts after the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

A VAR decision chalking off what looked to be a late winner for Chelsea at Aston Villa on Saturday has damaged the Premier League, the London club’s manager Mauricio Pochettino said.

His side thought they have completed a remarkable comeback when substitute Axel Disasi netted in second-half stoppage time, but the goal was ruled out after a VAR review penalised a push by Benoit Badiashile in the build-up.

“Me and you and everyone in the stadium watching the game, they didn’t see a foul on the pitch and then VAR changed the decision of the referee. For me that was a normal challenge. The decision was there and that’s it,” Pochettino told broadcaster TNT following the 2-2 draw.

“For me, it damaged a little bit the Premier League and English (football). If we want to be the best league in the world it should be protecting the spectacle and the decision … (it) damaged myself, damaged my team, my players, the fans,” he added.

Chelsea were 2-0 down at the break but goals from Noni Madueke and Conor Gallagher put them level before the late goal was overturned.

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“The performance was very good and we played really well. It is true in the first half we conceded easy … to play Villa, who are fighting for the top four, I am pleased with the team and the players were good,” Pochettino said.

Villa boss Unai Emery said his side, who are currently in fourth spot and seven points ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, still had their sights set on qualifying for next season’s Champions League. Spurs, however, have three games in hand.

“We have to try to keep being consistent with the players we have and I believe in the players … in Premier League we are fighting with Tottenham for fourth position,” he said.

-Reuters

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Salah in touchline row with Klopp as Liverpool drop points

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West Ham United v Liverpool - London Stadium, London, Britain - April 27, 2024 Liverpool's Mohamed Salah talks to manager Juergen Klopp after being substituted Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah appeared to have a heated exchange with manager Juergen Klopp shortly before the Egypt international was brought on as a second-half substitute in a 2-2 Premier League draw at West Ham United on Saturday.

Salah, who has not been at his best since returning from injury last month, was brought on in the 79th minute, just after the Hammers’ second goal levelled the game.

He appeared angry with Klopp on the touchline before he was introduced and continued to remonstrate with his manager as fellow substitute Darwin Nunez pushed him away from the German.

Klopp tried to play down the incident, telling reporters: “We spoke about that in the dressing room and it’s done for me, that’s all.”

But Salah seemed to have a different perspective and refused interviews with reporters in the mixed zone, saying: “There’s going to be fire today if I speak.”

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Saturday’s draw further dented Liverpool’s already slim chances of winning the Premier League in Klopp’s final season with the club and leaves them reliant on rivals Arsenal and Manchester City dropping points in the run-in.

-Reuters

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Iheanacho, Ndidi back in Premier League as Leicester City get promotion

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Leicester City earned promotion back to the Premier League on Friday after nearest rivals Leeds United were beaten 4-0 by Queens Park Rangers, ensuring the Championship leaders will finish in the top two in the standings.

This means that the Super Eagles duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, both players of Leicester City again taste action in the English Premier League next season.

The result of Leed City and QPR left second-placed Leeds’s chances of automatic promotion from the second-tier Championship hanging by a thread. They trail Leicester by four points with one game left to play and are only a point ahead of Ipswich Town, who have two games in hand.

It was a dream first half for QPR as the London side scored two goals without reply.

First Ilias Chair scored with a deflected effort from outside the area, while a curled finish from Lucas Andersen midway through the first half made it 2-0.

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Leeds tried to up the pressure in the second half but with little effect, with French forward Georginio Rutter pulling a shot wide from the middle of the penalty area.

Scottish forward Lyndon Dykes and Sam Field both scored headers from set pieces in the second half to complete the 4-0 win.

Leeds manager Daniel Farke turned to his bench to try and influence the game and it was one of those substitutes, striker Mateo Joseph, who came closest, seeing his close-range attempt turned wide by Rangers keeper Asmir Begovic

-Reuters

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