Premier League
Who is Where? A Guide to EPL Completed Transfer as at This Weekend
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.
1. AFC BOURNEMOUTH
IN:
Nathan Ake (Chelsea) £20m
Asmir Begovic (Chelsea) £10m
Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) Free
Connor Mahoney (Blackburn) Free
OUT
Lewis Grabban (Sunderland) Loan
Ryan Allsop (Blackpool) Loan
Callum Buckley (Released)
Jake McCarthy (Released)
Matthew Neale (Released)
2. ARSENAL
IN:
Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) £45m
Sead Kolasinac (Schalke) Free
OUT:
Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus) £10m
Chris Willock (Benfica) Undisclosed
Kaylen Hinds (Wolfsburg) Undisclosed
Takuma Asano (Stuttgart) Loan
Marc Bola (Bristol Rovers) Loan
Emi Martinez (Getafe) Loan
Stefan O’Connor (Newcastle) Free
Yaya Sanogo (Toulouse) Free
Glen Kamara (Dundee) Free
Stefan O’Connor (Released)
Kristopher da Graca (Released)
Kostas Pileas (Released)
3. BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION
IN:
Pascal Gross (Ingolstadt) Undisclosed
Mathew Ryan (Valencia) Undisclosed
Josh Kerr (Celtic) Undisclosed
Markus Suttner (Ingolstadt) Undisclosed
Mathias Normann (FK Bodo/Glimt) Undisclosed
Steven Alzate (Leyton Orient) Undisclosed
Ales Mateju (Viktoria Plzen) Undisclosed
Izzy Brown (Chelsea) Loan
OUT:
Rob Hunt (Oldham) Undisclosed
Jordan Maguire-Drew (Lincoln) Loan
Christian Walton (Wigan) Loan
Oliver Norwood (Fulham) Loan
Ben White (Newport County) Loan
David Stockdale (Birmingham) Free
Elvis Manu (Genclerbirligi) Free
4. BURNLEY
IN:
Jack Cork (Swansea) £10m
Jonathan Walters (Stoke) £3m
Charlie Taylor (Leeds) Tribunal Fee
Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) Undisclosed
OUT:
Michael Keane (Everton) £25m
Josh Ginnelly (Lincoln City) Loan
Aiden O’Neill (Fleetwood Town) Loan
George Boyd (Sheffield Wednesday) Free
Michael Kightly (Southend) Free
Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Dusseldorf) Free
Joey Barton (Released)
George Green (Released)
RJ Pingling (Released)
Christian Hill (Released)
Taofiq Olomowewe (Released)
Paul Robinson (Retired)
5. CHELSEA
IN:
Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid) £60m
Tiemoue Bakayoko (AS Monaco) £39.7m
Antonio Rudiger (Roma) £34m
Ethan Ampadu (Exeter) Undisclosed
Willy Caballero (Manchester City) Free
OUT
Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) £40m
Nathan Ake (Bournemouth) £20m
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) £17m
Asmir Begovic (Bournemouth) £10m
Bertrand Traore (Lyon) £8.8m
Christian Atsu (Newcastle) £6.2m
Dominic Solanke (Liverpool) Compensation
Mukhtar Ali (Vitesse) Undisclosed
Bradley Collins (Forest Green) Loan
Charlie Colkett (Vitesse) Loan
Ike Ugbo (Barnsley) Loan
Jamal Blackman (Sheffield United) Loan
Jay Dasilva (Charlton) Loan
Kurt Zouma (Stoke) Loan
Lucas Piazon (Fulham) Loan
Marco van Ginkel (PSV Eindhoven) Loan
Michael Hector (Hull City) Loan
Ola Aina (Hull City) Loan
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Crystal Palace) Loan
Tammy Abraham (Swansea) Loan
Todd Kane (Groningen) Loan
Tomas Kalas (Fulham) Loan
Mario Pasalic (Spartak Moscow) Loan
Izzy Brown (Brighton) Loan
Matt Miazga (Vitesse Arnhem) Loan
Alex Kiwomya (Doncaster) Free
John Terry (Aston Villa) Free
Alex Davey (Released)
6. CRYSTAL PALACE
IN:
Jairo Riedewald (Ajax) £7.9m
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) Loan
OUT:
Steve Mandanda (Marseille) £1.8m
Kwesi Appiah (AFC Wimbledon) Free
Luke Croll (Exeter) Free
Zeki Fryers (Barnsley) Free
Frazier Campbell (Hull City) Free
Corie Andrews (Released)
Jonathan Benteke (Released)
Mathieu Flamini (Released)
Ryan King-Elliott (Released)
Joe Ledley (Released)
Randell Wiliams (Released)
Ben Wynter (Released)
7. EVERTON
IN:
Michael Keane (Burnley) £25m
Jordan Pickford (Sunderland) £25m
Davy Klaassen (Ajax) £23.6m
Henry Onyekuru (Eupen) £7m
Sandro Ramirez (Malaga) £5.25m
Josh Bowler (QPR) £1.5m
Lewis Gibson (Newcastle) Undisclosed
Natangelo Markelo (FC Volendam) Undisclosed
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) Undisclosed
Boris Mathis (Metz) Undisclosed
Cuco Martina (Southampton) Free
OUT:
Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) £75m
Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona) £10.6m
Tom Cleverley (Watford) Undisclosed
Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) Undisclosed
Courtney Duffus (Oldham) Undisclosed
Delial Brewster (Chesterfield) Free
Russell Griffiths (Motherwell) Free
Conor McAleny (Fleetwood) Free
Josef Yarney (Newcastle) Free
Arouna Kone (Sivasspor) Free
Henry Onyekuru (Anderlecht) Loan
Tyias Browning (Sunderland) Loan
Matthew Pennington (Leeds) Loan
Jack Bainbridge (Released)
Michael Donohue (Released)
Tyrone Duffus (Released)
Connor Hunt (Released)
Josef Yarney (Released)
James Yates (Released)
8. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
IN:
Steve Mounie (Montpellier) £11.44m
Tom Ince (Derby) £8.5m
Aaron Mooy (Manchester City) £8m
Laurent Depoitre (FC Porto) Undisclosed
Mathias Jorgensen (FC Copenhagen) Undisclosed
Scott Malone (Fulham) Undisclosed
Jonas Lossl (Mainz) Loan
Kasey Palmer (Chelsea) Loan
Danny Williams (Reading) Free
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)
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
Sam Hughes (Chester) Undisclosed
OUT
Ron-Robert Zieler (VfB Stuttgart) £2.5m
Bartosz Kapustka (SC Freiburg) Loan
Marcin Wasilewski (Released)
Michael Cain (Released)
David Domej (Released)
Brandon Fox (Released)
Cedric Kipre (Released)
Matty Miles (Released)
Kairo Mitchell (Released)
10. LIVERPOOL
IN:
Mohamed Salah (Roma) £34m
Andrew Robertson (Hull City) £8m rising to £10m
Dominic Solanke (Chelsea) Compensation
OUT:
Kevin Stewart (Hull City) £8m
Lucas Leiva (Lazio) £5m
Andre Wisdom (Derby) Undisclosed
Adam Phillips (Norwich) Free
Ryan Fulton (Hamilton) Free
Shamal George (Carlisle United) Loan
Connor Randall (Hearts) Loan
Pedro Chirivella (Willem II) Loan
Taiwo Awoniyi (Royal Excel Mouscron) Loan
Tom Brewitt (Released)
Jake Brimmer (Released)
Jack Dunn (Released)
Madger Gomes (Released)
Kane Lewis (Released)
Adam Phillips (Released)
Alex Manninger (Retired)
11. MANCHESTER CITY
IN:
Benjamin Mendy (AS Monaco) £51m
Kyle Walker (Tottenham) £50m
Bernardo Silva (AS Monaco) £43m
Danilo (Real Madrid) £26.9m
Ederson (Benfica) £34.7m
Douglas Luiz (Vasco da Gama) £10m
OUT:
Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) £23.5m
Nolito (Sevilla) £8m
Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield) £8m
Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) £4.5m
Fernando (Galatasaray) £4.5m
Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) £4m
Enes Unal (Villarreal) Undisclosed
Bruno Zuculini (Verona) Undisclosed
Angus Gunn (Norwich) Loan
Ashley Smith-Brown (Hearts) Loan
Bersant Celina (Ipswich) Loan
Joe Hart (West Ham) Loan
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
Jesus Navas (Released)
Bacary Sagna (Released)
Callum Bullock (Released)
Thomas O’Brien (Released)
Kane Plummer (Released)
12. MANCHESTER UNITED
IN:
Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) £40m
Romelu Lukaku (Everton) £75m
Victor Lindelof (Benfica) £31m
OUT:
Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) £9.8m
Wayne Rooney (Everton) Undisclosed
Josh Harrop (Preston) Undisclosed
Devonte Redmond (Scunthorpe) Loan
Regan Poole (Northampton) Loan
Dean Henderson (Shrewsbury) Loan
Sam Johnstone (Aston Villa) Loan
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Released)
13. NEWCASTLE UNITED
IN:
Jacob Murphy (Norwich) £12m
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
Josef Yarney (Everton) Free
OUT:
Daryl Murphy (Nottingham Forest) £2m
Yoan Gouffran (Goztepe) Undisclosed
Florian Thauvin (Marseille) Undisclosed
Kevin Mbabu (BSC Young Boys) Undisclosed
Lewis Gibson (Everton) Undisclosed
Matz Sels (Anderlecht) Loan
Alex Gilliead (Bradford) Loan
Tom Heardman (Bury) Loan
Adam Armstrong (Bolton) Loan
Sean Longstaff (Blackpool) Loan
Vurnon Anita (Leeds) Free
Haris Vuckic (FC Twente) Free
Lubomir Satka (DAC 1904) Free
Sammy Ameobi (Bolton) Free
Steven Taylor (Released)
Jamie Cobain (Released)
Louis Johnson (Released)
Adam Laidler (Released)
Ben Pollock (Released)
Lewis Suddick (Released)
Jake Trodd (Released)
14. SOUTHAMPTON
IN:
Jan Bednarek (Lech Poznan) Free
OUT:
Jay Rodriguez (West Brom) £12m
Jason McCarthy (Barnsley) Undisclosed
Lloyd Isgrove (Barnsley) Free
Olufela Olomola (Yeovil) Loan
Harrison Reed (Norwich) Loan
Harry Lewis (Dundee United) Loan
Ryan Seager (MK Dons) Loan
Cuco Martina (Everton) Free
Lloyd Isgrove (Released)
Harley Willard (Released)
Martin Caceres (Released)
15. STOKE CITY
IN:
Tre Pemberton (Blackburn Rovers) Undisclosed
Josh Tymon (Hull) Undisclosed
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) Loan
Darren Fletcher (West Brom) Free
OUT:
Jonathan Walters (Burnley) £3m
Marko Arnautovic (West Ham) Undisclosed
Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) Undisclosed
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
Erwin Mulder (Heerenveen) Free
Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) Loan
OUT:
Jack Cork (Burnley) £10m
Bafetimbi Gomis (Galatasaray) £2.5m
Modou Barrow (Reading) £1.45m
Alex Samuel (Stevenage) Free
Liam Edwards (Hull) Free
Josh Vickers (Lincoln) Free
Liam Shephard (Peterborough) Free
Daniel James (Shrewsbury) Loan
Borja Baston (Malaga) Loan
Jordi Amat (Real Betis) Loan
Connor Roberts (Middlesbrough) Loan
Keston Davies (Yeovil) Loan
Franck Tabanou (Released)
Gerhard Tremmel (Released)
Marvin Emnes (Released)
Owain Jones (Released)
Tom Dyson (Released)
Tom Holland (Released)
17. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
IN:
NONE
OUT:
Kyle Walker (Manchester City) £50m
Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke) £16.8m
Clinton Njie (Marseille) £8m
Luke McGee (Portsmouth) Undisclosed
Federico Fazio (Roma) Undisclosed
Connor Ogilvie (Gillingham) Loan
Josh Onomah (Aston Villa) Loan
Filip Lesniak (Released)
Tom McDermott (Released)
Joe Muscatt (Released)
Charlie Owens (Released)
Zenon Stylianides (Released)
18. WATFORD
IN:
Will Hughes (Derby) £8m
Tom Cleverley (Everton) Undisclosed
Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea) Undisclosed
Daniel Bachmann (Stoke) Free
Kiko Femenia (Alaves) Free
OUT:
Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord) Undisclosed
Mario Suarez (Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng FC) Undisclosed
Dennon Lewis (Crawley) Loan
Rene Gilmartin (Colchester) Free
Mathias Ranegie (Released)
Ola Adeyemo (Released)
Charlie Bannister (Released)
Ogo Obi (Released)
Rhyle Ovenden (Released)
Juan Carlos Paredes (Released)
19. WEST BROMWICH ALBION
IN:
Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) £12m
Yuning Zhang (Vitesse) Undisclosed
Ahmed Hegazi (Al Ahly) Loan
OUT:
Darren Fletcher (Stoke) Free
Sebastien Pocognoli (Standard Liege) Free
Yuning Zhang (Werder Bremen) Loan
Daniel Barbir (Released)
Zachary Elbouzedi (Released)
Callam Jones (Released)
Jack Rose (Released)
Andre Wright (Released)
20. WEST HAM UNITED
IN:
Javier Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen) £16m
Marko Arnautovic (Stoke) Undisclosed
Pablo Zabaleta (Man City) Free
Joe Hart (Man City) Loan
OUT:
Ashley Fletcher (Middlesbrough) £6.5m
Enner Valencia (Tigres) £5m
Darren Randolph (Middlesbrough) £4m
Havard Nordtveit (Hoffenheim) Undisclosed
George Dobson (Sparta Rotterdam) Undisclosed
Reece Oxford (Borussia Monchengladbach) Loan
Stephen Hendrie (Southend) Free
Reece Burke (Bolton) Loan
Josh Cullen (Bolton) Loan
Sam Howes (Released)
Sam Ford (Released)
Kyle Knoyle (Released)
Sam Westley (Released)
Alvaro Arbeloa (Retired)
Premier League
Chelsea’s Pochettino cries foul over VAR decision in 2-2 draw with Villa
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.
“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
Premier League
Salah in touchline row with Klopp as Liverpool drop points
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.”
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
Premier League
Iheanacho, Ndidi back in Premier League as Leicester City get promotion
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.
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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