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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)

 

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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Arsenal grind out Man Utd win to go top of the Premier League

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Arsenal s players celebrate after winning the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Arsenal at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, May 12, 2024. AP

Arsenal kept their Premier League title dreams alive by ending an Old Trafford hoodoo to grind out a 1-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday to move back top of the table.

Leandro Trossard scored the only goal on 20 minutes as Arsenal won for just the second time in 17 games away at United to go a point clear at the summit.

Manchester City still have the destiny of the title in their own hands as the defending champions have two matches left to Arsenal’s one.

However, the Gunners kept the pressure on Pep Guardiola’s men ahead of their tricky trip to Tottenham on Tuesday.

Defeat further dented United’s chances of competing in Europe next season.

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Erik ten Hag’s men showed more spirit than in a dismal 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace on Monday, but have now won just one of their last eight Premier League games.

United remain eighth in the table, three points adrift of both Newcastle, who they face on Wednesday, and Chelsea.

Arsenal have been in scintillating form in 2024 to remain in the race for their first league title in 20 years.

Mikel Arteta’s men have won 15 and drawn one of their 17 league games since the turn of the year.

But Arsenal were far from their flowing best as the expected onslaught of an injury-ravaged United never materialised under unusually stifling heat in England’s north-west.

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The manner of defeat at Palace had increased the scrutiny on United boss Ten Hag.

He made three changes to the team swept aside at Selhurst Park as Scott McTominay, Sofyan Amrabat and Amad Diallo came in.

The Dutchman’s options were again hamstrung by a lengthy list of absentees with captain Bruno Fernandes among those sidelined and a bench littered with youngsters.

But his decision to retain Casemiro as a makeshift centre-back after his woeful showing against Palace will become another stick to beat the beleaguered coach with.

The Brazil captain was dropped from their squad for the Copa America in midweek due to his terrible form.

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After United had managed to keep the free-scoring visitors at bay for the opening 20 minutes, Casemiro was culpable for the opening goal.

The 32-year-old was laboured in pushing up from a United goal-kick to play Kai Havertz onside and Trossard then stole in on the blind side of Casemiro to tap in the German’s cross.

United’s new co-owner Jim Ratcliffe was in attendance at Old Trafford rather than at Wembley to see the club’s women pick up their first ever major trophy in the FA Cup final.

The work that lies ahead of Ratcliffe has been laid bare in recent weeks, but the home side did manage to keep the majority of the 74,000 crowd onside by taking the game to Arsenal after the break.

Arsenal, though, were rarely seriously troubled as they held out for a sixth clean sheet in their last seven away league games.

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Alejandro Garnacho was United’s one live wire but smashed into the side-netting with his best chance to equalise.

Gabriel Martinelli and Declan Rice were denied by brilliant Andre Onana saves to prevent Arsenal the second goal they craved to avoid a tense finale.

The visitors desperation to see the game out was evident as Martinelli took the ball to the corner with 10 minutes of the 90 still to play.

But Arsenal did just enough to ask the question City, who host West Ham on the final day of the season after their visit to north London in midweek.

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Tottenham coach, Postecoglou has no qualms in disappointing King Charles and relegating Burnley

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Tottenham Hotspur Ange Postecoglou visited Buckingham Palace this week but the Australian could leave King Charles disappointed on Saturday by relegating Burnley, a club the British monarch has a soft spot for.

Speaking ahead of the game in which Tottenham will try to halt a four-match losing sequence in the Premier League and send Burnley down, Postecoglou recalled his royal date.

“We got an invite from the Australian government. Me and the other Aussies in the group, Mile (Jedinak), Scott (Munn), Charlie Grant from the women’s team. It was nice, a different experience,” Postecoglou told reporters.

Burnley will be relegated unless they win at Tottenham and Postecoglou was asked about the King’s allegiance and whether he had any qualms about upsetting him.

“Probably why they kept him away from me!” he said. “I would be happy to disappoint him on that front. No problem.”

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The Tottenham contingent did not meet Charles personally and Athens-born Postecoglou joked he might have got himself thrown out if he had.

“Yeah, but I didn’t get within 10 feet of the King and if I had of got closer I probably would have asked him about the Parthenon marbles and I would probably have got thrown out,” he said.

“It was nice for me and my wife. These are experiences you are just fortunate because of the position I hold, not necessarily who I am.

“When you’re in that space it’s special. So, yeah, it was a good day.”

Greece has long-called for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures — or Elgin Marbles — which were transported from Athens to London in 1807 and sit in the British Museum.

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Speaking of more usual topics, Postecoglou said Tottenham’s poor end to the campaign which is likely to have scuppered their Champions League qualification hopes has not changed his thinking about what the club need to do in the close season.

“The planning for the summer has been in hand for quite a while,” he said. “We know what we need to do. Nothing in that space has changed. So for me, how players and staff deal with adversity is more important for our growth than a reflection of us wanting to make more changes.”

Spurs avoided humiliation after a late push at Anfield last weekend, but the 4-2 defeat left them in fifth place and seven points behind Aston Villa, although they have one game in hand.

The loss came after their 4-0 thrashing at Newcastle United, followed by a 3-2 home defeat by Arsenal and a 2-0 loss at Chelsea but Postecoglou said clear thinking was needed rather than knee-jerk reactions.

“I think I have been consistent in saying we have got a challenge at the moment — a short term challenge,” Postecoglou said. “A significant rebuild, and the challenges will always be there and it is how you approach them.

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“From my perspective, I need to be clear-headed about what we want to do and what we want to achieve. It is fair to say everyone is trying hard, it’s not because of a lack of trying — we need to stay calm and clear-headed.”

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With call for Hag’s sack becoming louder and louder, Mourinho  eyes Man United return

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After a devastating 4-0 defeat of Manchester United on Monday night by Crystal Palace, the call for the sacking of the coach, Erik ten Hag expectedly became louder. Former coach, Jose Mourinho has indicated his wish to return to the club.

Mourinho was sacked as Manchester United manager after a mixed two-and-a-half seasons in December 2018 but the Portuguese believes that he has unfinished business at Old Trafford

According to Mirror in the UK, the Portuguese is very keen on a sensational return . He is however aware the club don’t want him back.

Mourinho, 61, has been out of work since being sacked by Roma in January and has told confidants of his strong but fanciful desire to be given a second chance as manager of the Red Devils.

The ex-Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid boss was sacked by United in December 2018, bringing to an end a mixed two-and-a-half-season tenure which saw them win three trophies but fail to seriously challenge for the Premier League title.

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That was long before Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s arrival at the club and although Mourinho considers the new United co-owner his friend, he doesn’t expect to be approached if the Red Devils sack Erik ten Hag.

Ten Hag’s role has come under increasing scrutiny over the past few months, with Monday’s dreadful 4-0 defeat away to 14th-placed Crystal Palace serving as the nadir to a wretched season.

Should Ratcliffe and Co pull the trigger, the Manchester Evening News report that Mourinho would be willing to ‘walk’ back to Old Trafford

The Portuguese, who’s aware that a reappointment isn’t likely, recently claimed that Ten Hag has been given considerably more support than he received during his time at United – comments which irked the current Red Devils boss.

“My relationship with (former United executive vice-chairman) Ed Woodward was good,” Mourinho told the Telegraph. “Good as in the personal point of view. Even now we sent an SMS. But from a professional point of view it was not the best.

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“I am who I am. I am a football man. Ed comes from a different background and what Ten Hag has in his time at Manchester United I didn’t have. I didn’t have that level of support. I didn’t have that level of trust.

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