Premier League

Hours to Kick Off: Latest Update on Premiership Transfers

Published

7 years ago

August 11, 2017

In the next few hours, it will be the kick-off of the 2017/2018 English Premier League, the most attention getting domestic football league in the world. There have been realignment of forces.
Players have changed camps. We bring to you, the latest updates in the transfer market as the Premiership kicks off this Friday with Arsenal taking on Leicester City.
All eyes will be on Arsenal’s new signing, Alexandre Lacazette. Will Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho make impact at Leicester City?

1. AFC Bournemouth

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)
Matthew Neale (Released)

2. Arsenal

Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) £45m
Sead Kolasinac (Schalke) Free
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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
Stephy Mavididi (Preston) 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

Davy Propper (PSV Eindoven) £6m
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
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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

Jack Cork (Swansea) £10m
Jonathan Walters (Stoke) £3m
Charlie Taylor (Leeds) Tribunal Fee
Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) Undisclosed
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OUT

Michael Keane (Everton) £25m
Andre Gray (Watford) £18.5m
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 Olmowewe (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
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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
Timothy Fosu-Mensah (Manchester United) Loan
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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
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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
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OUT

Harry Bunn (Bury) Undisclosed
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
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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
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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
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
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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

Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) £40m
Romelu Lukaku (Everton) £75m
Victor Lindelof (Benfica) £31m
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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
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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

Mario Lemina (Juventus) £16m
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
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
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Schalke) Free
Tre Pemberton (Blackburn Rovers) Undisclosed
Josh Tymon (Hull) Undisclosed
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) Loan
Darren Fletcher (West Brom) Free
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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

Roque Mesa (Las Palmas) £11m
Cian Harries (Coventry City) £500k
Erwin Mulder (Heerenveen) Free
Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) Loan
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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

NONE
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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

Andre Gray (Burnley) £18.5m
Will Hughes (Derby) £8m
Tom Cleverley (Everton) Undisclosed
Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea) Undisclosed
Daniel Bachmann (Stoke) Free
Kiko Femenia (Alaves) Free

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OUT

Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord) Undisclosed
Mario Suarez (Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng FC) Undisclosed
Dennon Lewis (Crawley) Loan
Rene Gilmartin (Colchester) Free
Juan Carlos Paredes (Emelec) Free
Mathias Ranegie (Released)
Ola Adeyemo (Released)
Charlie Bannister (Released)
Ogo Obi (Released)
Rhyle Ovenden (Released)

19. West Bromwich Albion

Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) £12m
Yuning Zhang (Vitesse) Undisclosed
Ahmed Hegazi (Al Ahly) Loan
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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

Sead Haksabanovic (Halmstads BK) £2.4m
Javier Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen) £16m
Marko Arnautovic (Stoke) Undisclosed
Pablo Zabaleta (Man City) Free
Joe Hart (Man City) Loan
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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

Published

20 hours ago

April 28, 2024

Kunle Solaja

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.

“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

Published

21 hours ago

April 28, 2024

Kunle Solaja

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.”

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

Published

2 days ago

April 27, 2024

Kunle Solaja

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