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English Premier League – 2011/12 Summer Transfer Window Roundup

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So another exciting transfer window has passed us by, all deals had to be completed by midnight (BST) on August the 31st. A number of late moves occurred but surprisingly Tottenham and Manchester City were not very involved on the incoming player front, Tottenham, however, were extremely busy in the form of outgoings with no less than 5 players heading for the exit on deadline day and just Scott Parker coming in within the last 24 hours of the window. They lost Crouch, Bentley, Hutton, Palacios and Jermaine Jenas all on deadline day.

The busiest club over the last couple of days though on the incoming player front was Arsenal, with 5 experienced players being signed after their disastrous start to the season. One of those signings in Mikel Arteta went right down to the wire, with confirmation of the signing only coming after the window had closed. They also tied up deals for Per Mertesacker, Andre Santos, a Brazialian left back, Park Chu Young from Monaco and Yossi Benayoun on loan for the season from Chelsea.

Another big transfer was Raul Meireles to Chelsea from Liverpool, the midfielder handing in a transfer request late on deadline day to get his move to be with former manager Andre Villas-Boas once again. This left little time for Liverpool to find a replacement but they did manage a coup of their own with Craig Bellamy returning to his old club from Manchester City.

Here is a round-up of all the transfer activity for each Premier League club, bear in mind that some deals may still filter through throughout the day as confirmation comes through from the clubs.

ARSENAL

IN
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Southampton, £11m), Gervinho (Lille £10.7m), Chu Young Park (Monaco, £3m), Carl Jenkinson (Charlton, £1m), Joel Campbell (Deportivo Sarpissa,undisclosed), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen, undisclosed), Andre Santos (Fenerbahce, £6.2m), Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea, loan), Mikel Arteta (Everton, £10m).

OUT
Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona, £35m), Samir Nasri (Manchester City, £24m), Gael Clichy (Manchester City, £7m), Emmanuel Eboue (Galatasaray, £3m), Armand Traore (QPR, undisclosed), Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich, undisclosed), Mark Randall (Chesterfield, free), Tom Cruise (released), Denilson (Sao Paulo, loan), Wellington (Levante, loan), Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad, loan), Pedro Botelho (Rayo Vallecano, loan), Henri Lansbury (West Ham, loan), Joel Campbell (Lorient, loan), Nicklas Bendtner (Sunderland, loan).

ASTON VILLA

IN
Charles N’Zogbia (Wigan, £9.5m), Shay Given (Manchester City, £3.5m), Alan Hutton (Tottenham, undisclosed), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham, loan).

OUT
Stewart Downing (Liverpool, £20m), Ashley Young (Manchester United, £16m), Luke Young (QPR, undisclosed), Jonathan Hogg (Watford, undisclosed), Brad Friedel (Tottenham, free), Nigel Reo-Coker (Bolton, free),John Carew (West Ham, free), Robert Pires (released), Moustapha Salifou (released), Isaiah Osbourne (Hibernian, free), Andreas Weimann (Watford, loan), Jean Makoun (Olympiakos, loan).

BLACKBURN

IN
Simon Vukcevic (Sporting Lisbon, £2m), David Goodwillie (Dundee United, £2m), Myles Anderson (Aberdeen, undisclosed), Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade, undisclosed), Bruno Ribiero (Gremio Prudente, free), Scott Dann (Birmingham, £6m), Yakubu (Everton, undisclosed).

OUT
Phil Jones (Manchester United, £16.5m), Frank Fielding (Derby, undisclosed), Nikola Kalinic (Dnipro, undisclosed), Jason Brown (Aberdeen, free), Aaron Doran (Inverness, free), Zurab Khizanishvili (Kayserispor, free), Benjani(Portsmouth, free), Brett Emerton (Sydney FC, free), Maceo Rigters (released), Keith Andrews (Ipswich, loan).

BOLTON

IN
Chris Eagles and Tyrone Mears (Burnley, joint £3m), David Ngog (Liverpool, undisclosed), Darren Pratley (Swansea, free), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa, free), Tuncay (Wolfsburg, loan), Dedryck Boyata (Man City, loan), Gael Kakuta (Chelsea, loan), David Ngog (Liverpool, undisclosed).

OUT
Ali Al Habsi (Wigan, £4m), Matt Taylor (West Ham, £2.2m), Danny Ward (Huddersfield, undisclosed), Johan Elmander (Galatasaray, free),Tamir Cohen (Maccabi Haifa, free), Joey O’Brien (West Ham, free), Jlloyd Samuel (released), Gavin McCann (retired).

CHELSEA

IN
Juan Mata (Valencia, £29m), Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht, £20m), Thibaud Courtois (Genk, £5m), Oriol Romeu(Barcelona, £4.4m), Lucas Piazon (Sao Paulo, undisclosed), UlisesDavila (Chivas Guadalajara, undisclosed), Raul Meireles (Liverpool, undisclosed)

OUT
Michael Mancienne (Hamburg, £3m), Slobodan Rajkovic (Hamburg, £1.8m), Yury Zhirkov (Anzhi, undisclosed), Nemanja Matic (Benfica, undisclosed), Fabio Borini (Parma, undisclosed),Michael Woods (released), Thibaud Courtois (Atletico Madrid, loan), Jeffrey Bruma (Hamburg, loan), Ulises Davila (Vitesse Arnhem, loan), Patrick van Aanholt (Wigan, loan), Gael Kakuta (Bolton, loan), Yossi Benayoun (Arsenal, loan).

EVERTON

IN
Eric Dier (Sporting Lisbon, loan), Denis Stracqualursi (Tigre, loan), Royston Drenthe (Real Madrid, loan).

OUT
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal, £10m), Jermaine Beckford (Leicester, £4m), James Vaughan (Norwich, £2.5m), Iain Turner(Preston, free), Kieran Agard (Yeovil, free), Hope Akpan (Crawley, free), Nathan Craig (released), Shane Duffy (Scunthorpe, loan).

FULHAM

IN
Pajtim Kasami (Palermo, £4m), John Arne Riise (Roma, £2.4m), Marcel Gecov (Slovan Liberec, undisclosed), Dan Burn (Darlington, undisclosed), Csaba Somogyi (Rakospalotai, free), Zdenek Grygera (Juventus, free), Bryan Ruiz (Twente, £10.6m), Orlando Sa (Porto, free).

OUT
Jonathan Greening (Nottingham Forest, £670,000), Kagisho Dikgacoi (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Zoltan Gera (West Brom, free), Diomansy Kamara (Eskisehirspor, free), John Paintsil (Leicester, free), Eddie Johnson (released), Pascal Zuberbuhler (released).David Stockdale (Ipswich, loan), Lauri Dalla Valle (Dundee United, loan), Carlos Salcido (Tigres, loan).

LIVERPOOL

IN
Stewart Downing (Liverpool, £20m), Jordan Henderson (Sunderland, £16m), Charlie Adam (£9m), Jose Enrique (Newcastle, £6m), Alexander Doni (Roma, free), Sebastian Coates (Nacional, undisclosed), Craig Bellamy (Manchester City, free), Villyan Bijev (California Odyssey, undisclosed).

OUT
Joe Cole (Lille, loan) Christian Poulsen (Evian, undisclosed) Alberto Aquilani (AC Milan, loan), Paul Konchesky (Leicester, £1.5m), Emiliano Insua (Sporting Lisbon, undisclosed), Daniel Ayala (Norwich, undisclosed), Milan Jovanovic (Anderlecht, free), Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Wolfsburg, free), Tom Ince (Blackpool, free), Stephen Darby(Rochdale, loan), Daniel Pacheco (Atletico Madrid, loan), Christian Poulsen (Evian, undisclosed), David Ngog (Bolton, undisclosed), Raul Meireles (Chelsea, undisclosed), Villyan Bijev (Fortuna Dusseldorf, loan), Philipp Degen (released).

MANCHESTER CITY

IN
Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, £38m), Samir Nasri (Arsenal, £24m), Gael Clichy (Arsenal, £7m), Stefan Savic (Partizan Belgrade, £6m), Costel Pantilimon (Poli Timisoara, undisclosed), Owen Hargreaves (Manchester United, free).

OUT
Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich, £10m), Shay Given (Aston Villa, £3.5m),Felipe Caicedo (Levante, £880,000), Jo (Internacional, undisclosed),Shaleum Logan (Brentford, free), Javan Vidal (released),Patrick Vieira (retired), Abdisalam Ibrahim (NEC Nijmegen, loan), Michael Johnson (Leicester, loan), Ben Mee (Burnley, loan), Ryan McGivern (Bristol City, loan), Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham, loan), Dedryck Boyata (Bolton, loan), Roque Santa Cruz (Real Betis, loan), Vladimir Weiss (Espanyol, loan), John Guidetti (Feyenoord, loan), Shaun Wright-Phillips (QPR, undisclosed), Craig Bellamy (Liverpool, free).

MANCHESTER UNITED

IN
David De Gea (Atletico Madrid, £17.8m), Phil Jones (Blackburn, £16.5m), Ashley Young (Aston Villa, £16m).

OUT
Gabriel Obertan (Newcastle, £3.25m), Wes Brown (Sunderland, £1m), John O’Shea (Sunderland, undisclosed), Owen Hargreaves (Manchester City, free)), Paul Scholes (retired), Edwin van der Sar (retired), Bebe (Besiktas, loan), Ritchie de Laet (Norwich, loan).

NEWCASTLE

IN
Davide Santon (Inter Milan £5m) Yohan Cabaye (Lille, £4.3m), Gabriel Obertan (Manchester United, £3.25m), Sylvain Marveaux (Rennes, free), Mehdi Abeid (Lens, free), Demba Ba (West Ham, free).

OUT
Jose Enrique (Liverpool, £6m), Kevin Nolan (West Ham, £4m), Wayne Routledge (Swansea, undisclosed), Joey Barton(QPR, free), Ben Tozer (Northampton, free), Sol Campbell (released), Shefki Kuqi (Oldham, free), Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton, loan), Xisco (Deportivo La Coruna, loan), Fraser Forster (Celtic, loan), James Tavernier (Carlisle, loan).

NORWICH CITY

IN
Steve Morison (Millwall, £2.8m), James Vaughan (Everton, £2.5m), Anthony Pilkington (Huddersfield, £2m), Daniel Ayala (Liverpool, undisclosed), Elliott Bennett (Brighton, undisclosed), Bradley Johnson (Leeds, free), Ritchie De Laet(Manchester United, loan), Kyle Naughton (Tottenham, loan).

OUT
Owain Tudur Jones (Inverness, undisclosed), Cody McDonald (Coventry, undisclosed), Luke Daley, Steven Smith (Preston, free), (Plymouth, free), Matt Gill (Bristol Rovers, free), Sam Habergham (Tamworth, free), Jens Berthel Askou (Vejle Kolding, free), Stephen Hughes (released), Cody McDonald (Coventry, undisclosed).

QUEENS PARK RANGERS

IN
DJ Campbell (Blackpool, £1.2m), Armand Traore (Arsenal, undisclosed), Danny Gabbidon (West Ham, free), Kieron Dyer (West Ham, free), Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff, free), Brian Murphy (Ipswich, free), Bruno Perone (Tombense, free), Joey Barton (Newcastle, free), Shaun Wright-Phillips (QPR, undisclosed), Anton Ferdinand (Sunderland, £3m).

OUT
Mikele Leigertwood, (Reading, undisclosed), Georgias Tofas (Anagennisi Dherynia, free), Josh Parker (Oldham, free), Joe Oastler (Torquay, free),Lee Brown (Bristol Rovers, free), Pascal Chimbonda (released), Gavin Mahon (Notts County, free),Romone Rose (Muangthong United, free), Peter Ramage (Crystal Palace, loan), Angelo Balanta (MK Dons, loan), Leon Clarke (Swindon, free), Kaspars Gorkss (Reading, loan), Michael Doughty (Crawley, loan).

STOKE

IN
Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham, free), Matthew Upson (West Ham, free), Cameron Jerome (Birmingham, £4m), Peter Crouch (Tottenham, £10m), Wilson Palacios (Tottenham, £8m).

OUT
Carl Dickinson (Watford, undisclosed), Eidur Gudjohnsen (AEK Athens, free), Abdoulaye Faye (West Ham, free), Ibrahima Sonko Ipswich, free), Andrew Davies (Crystal Palace, loan).

SUNDERLAND

IN
Connor Wickham (Ipswich, £13m), Craig Gardner (Birmingham, £5m), Ahmed Elmohamady (ENPPI, £2m), Ji Dong-won (Chunnam Dragons, £2m), Wes Brown (Man United, £1m), James McClean (Derry City, £350,000),John O’Shea (Man United, undisclosed), Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham, free), David Vaughan (Blackpool, free), Keiren Westwood (Coventry, free), Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal, loan).

OUT
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool, £16m), Steed Malbranque (St Etienne, undisclosed), Nathan Luscombe (Hartlepool, free), Michael Kay (Tranmere, free), Bolo Zenden (released), Cristian Riveros (Kayserispor, loan), George McCartney (West Ham, loan), Anton Ferdinand (QPR, £3m).

SWANSEA

IN
Michel Vorm (Utrecht, £1.5m), Danny Graham (Watford, £3.5m), Leroy Lita (Middlesbrough, £1.75m), Wayne Routledge (Newcastle, undisclosed), Jose Moreira (Benfica, undisclosed), Steven Caulker (Totteham, loan), Gerhard Tremmel (Red Bull Salzburg, free), Federico Bessone (Leeds, undisclosed), Darnel Situ (Lens, undisclosed).

OUT
Shuan MacDonald (Bournemouth, £80,000), Dorus de Vries (Wolves, free), Darren Pratley (Bolton, free), Albert Serran (AEK Larnaca, free), Kerry Morgan (Neath, free), Cedric van der Gun (released), Gorka Pintado (AEK Larnaca, free), Yves Ma-Makalamby (released), Scott Donnelly (Wycombe, loan),

TOTTENHAM

IN
Brad Friedel (Aston Villa, free), Cristian Ceballos (Barcelona, free), Souleymane Coulibaly (Siena, undisclosed), Emmanuel Adebayor (Man City, loan), Yago Falque (Juventus, loan), Scott Parker (West Ham, £5m)

OUT
Peter Crouch (Stoke, £10m), Wilson Palacios, Stoke, £8m), Jamie O’Hara (Wolves, £5m), Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy £1.8m), Alan Hutton (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Jonathan Woodgate (Stoke, free), Kyle Naughton (Norwich, loan), Steven Caulker (Swansea, loan), Bongani Khumalo (Reading, loan), Ryan Mason (Doncaster, loan), Jonathan Obika(Yeovil, loan), David Bentley (West Ham, loan), Jermaine Jenas (Aston Villa, loan).

WEST BROMWICH

IN
Shane Long (Reading, £6.5m), Zoltan Gera (Fulham, free), Marton Fulop (Ipswich, free), Gareth McAuley (Ipswich, free), Billy Jones (Preston, free), Ben Foster (Birmingham, loan).

OUT
Scott Carson (Bursaspor, £2.1m), Ishmael Miller (Nottingham Forest £1.2m), Borja Valero (Villarreal, undisclosed), Marek Cech (Trabzonspor, undisclosed), Abdoulaye Meite (Dijon, free), Gianni Zuiverloon (Real Mallorca, free), Giles Barnes (Doncaster, free), Dean Kiely (retired), Boaz Myhill (Birmingham, loan), Chris Wood (Birmingham, loan), James Hurst (Blackpool, loan), Marek Cech (Trabzonspor, undisclosed), Pablo Ibanez (Birmingham, undisclosed).

WIGAN

IN
Ali Al Habsi (Bolton, £4m), Shaun Maloney (Celtic, £1m), Albert Crusat (Almeria, undisclosed), David Jones (Wolves, free), Nouha Dicko (released, free), Patrick van Aanholt (Chelsea, loan).

OUT
Charles N’Zogbia (Aston Villa, £9.5m), Antonio Amaya (Real Betis, undisclosed), Daniel de Ridder (Grasshopper Zurich, free), Mauro Boselli (Estudiantes, loan), Steven Caldwell (Birmingham, free), Jason Koumas (released).

WOLVES

IN
Roger Johnson (Birmingham, £7m), Jamie O’Hara (Tottenham, £5m), Dorus De Vries (Swansea, free).

OUT
Greg Halford (Portsmouth, undisclosed), David Jones (Wigan, free), Geoffrey Mujangi Bia (Standard Liege, free), Marcus Hahnemann (released), Steven Mouyokolo (Sochaux, loan), Danny Batth (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Sheffield United, loan), David Davis (Inverness Caledonian Thistle, loan).

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English Premier League – Transfer Roundup 24 June 2011

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With just a couple of weeks left before pre-season training begins for the 2011-12 season, transfers are high on the agenda for many a Premier League club. The silly season won’t really heat up until the International Transfer window opens on 1 July, but here is a recap of what has transpired so far, as well as what is likely to happen in the weeks to come.

We’ll start with Manchester United who have started their buying early this year. So far they have acquired Phil Jones from Blackburn, a good young defender but perhaps a bit overpriced at 16.5m Pounds. They are also on the verge of tying up a deal for Aston Villa winger Ashley Young, reportedly in the region of 20m Pounds. Young Athletico Madrid keeper David de Gea looks to be next on Sir Alex Ferguson’s wish list as he tries to tie up all of his summer deals early.

Chelsea have just appointed a new manager in Andre Villas-Boas and this will no doubt bring about some changes to the playing roster. They have been quiet so far with no confirmed signings as yet, but Abramovich was not likely to be sanctioning any deals until the new manager was appointed. There are reports that Villas-Boas would like to take Porto striker Falcao with him to Stamford Bridge, and the Columbian has a 26m Pound release clause so definitely not out of their price range. Other possibilities are Luka Modric from Tottenham, Brazilian whiz kid Neymar, and João Moutinho (also from Porto).

Manchester City have been surprisingly quiet in the transfer market so far, but that will more than likely change once July 1 arrives and players from outside of England are able to be signed. Players rumoured to be on their radar are Lyon’s promising left back Aly Cissokho, who won’t come cheap if Lyon’s transfer history is anything to go by. They are also rumoured to be interested in Alexis Sanchez from Udinese and Jack Rodwell from Everton.

Arsenal are reportedly set for a big summer in the transfer market as Arsene Wenger tries to plug the gaps that have led the club to 6 years without a trophy. The news so far has mainly surrounded the possible departures of a number of players including Fabregas, Nasri, Clichy, Bendtner and Denilson. The latter two not too concerning but they will want to hang on to Fabregas and Nasri at all costs. Defence is the key for them this summer and they are reportedly after both Chris Samba and Gary Cahill, with reports from today also suggesting that Everton’s Phil Jagielka is also on their radar. They have signed young defender Carl Jenkinson from Charlton and are also after a winger with Gervinho and Ricky Alvarez reported targets.

Tottenham, with no Champions League football to offer this year, are going to find it tough to hold onto their star players let alone bring in any top quality players to the club. So far they have only brought in veteran keeper Brad Friedel. In the footsteps of Arsenal, they are reportedly also going after Gary Cahill in a bid to bolster their defence, but Cahill seems to be looking for Champions League football. Harry is looking for a couple of big signings to keep his current crop of stars happy, with Luka Modric wanting out and the possibility of more following him. Also on Harry’s radar is Espanyol striker Pablo Osvaldo and Athletico Madrid’s striker Diego Forlan.

Liverpool started the summer with a bang, snapping up Sunderland’s Jordan Henderson for a reported fee of 20m Pounds, as with Phil Jones overpriced due to being English it seems. Also on King Kenny’s radar are Stewart Downing from Aston Villa, Charles N’Zogbia from Wigan and Gael Clichy from Arsenal, highly unlikely though as Wenger would not want to strengthen a rival. The Reds are also said to be after Ipswich’s young striker Connor Wickham, the 18 year old also reportedly the subject of interest from Sunderland and Arsenal. Interest in Blackpool’s Charlie Adam is still said to be quite high with Liverpool considering a bid for the playmaker.

Everton are keen to hold onto in demand left back Leighton Baines, with reported interest from a number of clubs. David Moyes is looking at Shane Long from Reading to add to his strike power, and also Wes Brown from Manchester United has been touted as a possible signing in the last 24 hours. They will also have to guard against interest in centre back Phil Jagielka with Arsenal looking to renew their interest if they fail to sign Samba or Cahill.

Fulham and new manager Martin Jol have started their summer with the imminent arrival of Carlos Kameni from Espanyol to provide Schwarzer with competition in what could be his last year at the club. Up front is another area that the club may look to strengthen, names thrown around for a move are Kevin Doyle from Wolves and Robbie Keane from Spurs who could be interested in linking with his former manager.

In other transfer news & rumours Aston Villa are lining up Ben Foster and Wes Brown, with the money they will receive for Ashley Young a new winger may also be brought in to replace him. Sunderland will also look to bolster their side with the funds received from the Henderson sale, with Darren Gibson, David N’Gog and Sebastian Larsson all being looked at.

West Brom are reportedly looking at Real Mallorca striker Pierre Webo and former player Zoltan Gera, Scott Carson and last years top scorer Peter Odemwingie are rumoured to be on their way out. Newcastle have brought in a number of players already with Yohan Cabaye and and Demba Ba joining in the last week, Adel Taarabt and Daniel Sturridge on loan are the other likely additions with Jose Enrique and Joey Barton reportedly the subject of interest from other clubs and could leave the club.

For the newly promoted clubs, signing premier league class players is crucial and Norwich have got the ball rolling with the purchase of James Vaughan from Everton with Huddersfield winger Anthony Pilkington also likely to join the Canaries. QPR are looking at Jay Boothroyd to boost their strike force and are also looking to steal Daniel Sturridge on loan from under the noses of Newcastle. Swansea have started their summer buying with Danny Graham from Watford and are also looking at Polish goalkeeper Grzegorz Sandomierski, they’re marquee signing, however, could be Marcos Senna from Villareal with reports that they are close to securing his signature.

We will be producing a weekly round-up of all the transfers throughout the summer, right up to the deadline on 31 August so make sure to tune in over the coming months for all of the latest news in regards to transfers in, out and all of the freshest rumours.

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