Premier League Transfer Summary

The summer break has seen a huge amount of transfer activity, with Liverpool the latest club to splash the cash to secure the signing of Joe Allen from Brendan Rodger’s former club Swansea. With so many players coming and going, we have decided to release a summary of all of this summer’s Premier League transfer activity.

Why review transfers?

When it comes to selecting your opening team in the FPL, the fantasy managers that do the best are normally the ones that spend a bit of time researching potential player options ahead of making their final decisions.  A great place to kick off that analysis is with the Premier League summer transfer dealings. Every year we review the summer transfer activity ahead of selecting our official Fantasy Football Cheat team.  We do this as it often provides a little nudge or reminder of key new arrivals that we should look into as potential player options.

Therefore to assist you in your decision making we thought it would be helpful to pull together a summary of this summer’s Premier League transfers.  For ease of reference, we have split the transfer analysis to show all the players in and players out at each individual Premier League club.

ARSENAL

Players in:
Lukas Podolski (Cologne, undisclosed), Olivier Giroud (Montpellier, undisclosed), Santiago Cazorla (Malaga, undisclosed)

Players out:
Gavin Hoyte, Manuel Almunia (both released), Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad, undisclosed), Denilson (Sao Paulo, season-long loan), Joel Campbell (Real Betis, season-long loan), Benik Afobe (Bolton, season-long loan)

ASTON VILLA

Players in:
Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar, free), Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, undisclosed), Matthew Lowton (Sheffield United, undisclosed), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord, undisclosed)

Players out:
James Collins (West Ham, undisclosed), Emile Heskey, Carlos Cuellar (both released)

CHELSEA

Players in:
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen, undisclosed), Eden Hazard (Lille, undisclosed), Thorgan Hazard (Lens, undisclosed), Oscar (Internacional, undisclosed)

Players out:
Didier Drogba, Jose Bosingwa, Salomon Kalou (all released), Jeffrey Bruma (Hamburg, season-long loan), Patrick van Aanholt, Tomas Kalas (both Vitesse Arnhem, season-long loans), Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid, season-long loan), Kevin de Bruyne (Werder Bremen, season-long loan), Romelu Lukaku (West Brom, season-long loan)

EVERTON

Players in:
Steven Naismith (Rangers, free), Steven Pienaar (Tottenham, £4.5million)

Players out:
Marcus Hahnemann, James McFadden (both released), Joao Silva (Levski Sofia, undisclosed), Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls, undisclosed), Joseph Yobo (Fenerbahce, undisclosed)

FULHAM

Players in:
Mladen Petric (Hamburg, free), Hugo Rodallega (Wigan, free), Sascha Riether (Cologne, season-long loan)

Players out:
Andrew Johnson, Orlando Sa, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Danny Murphy (all released), Marcel Gecov (Gent, undisclosed), Dickson Etuhu (Blackburn, undisclosed)

LIVERPOOL

Players in:
Fabio Borini (Roma, undisclosed), Joe Allen (Swansea, undisclosed)

Players out:
Fabio Aurelio (released), Dirk Kuyt (Fenerbahce, undisclosed), Maxi Rodriguez (Newell’s Old Boys, undisclosed), Alberto Aquilani (Fiorentina, undisclosed), Craig Bellamy (Cardiff, free)

MANCHESTER CITY

Players in:
None

Players out:
Owen Hargreaves, Gai Assulin, Stuart Taylor (all released), Wayne Bridge (Brighton, season-long loan)

MANCHESTER UNITED

Players in:
Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund, undisclosed), Nick Powell (Crewe, undisclosed)

Players out:
Tomasz Kuszczak, Michael Owen (both released), Paul Pogba (Juventus, undetermined), Ritchie de Laet, Matty James (both Leicester, undisclosed), Park Ji-sung (QPR, undisclosed), Oliver Norwood (Huddersfield, undisclosed), Fabio (QPR, season-long loan), Ben Amos (Hull, season-long loan)

NEWCASTLE

Players in:
Romain Amalfitano (Reims, free), Gael Bigirimana (Coventry, undisclosed), Curtis Good (Melbourne Heart, undisclosed)

Players out:
Alan Smith, Peter Lovenkrands, Danny Guthrie, Tamas Kadar (all released), Fraser Forster (Celtic, undisclosed), Leon Best (Blackburn, undisclosed)

NORWICH

Players in:
Steven Whittaker (Rangers, free), Jacob Butterfield (Barnsley, undisclosed), Robert Snodgrass (Leeds, undisclosed), Michael Turner (Sunderland, undisclosed)

Players out:
Zak Whitbread, Aaron Wilbraham, Josh Dawkin, Matt Bell (all released), Adam Drury (Leeds, free), Daniel Ayala (Nottingham Forest, season-long loan)

QPR

Players in:
Ryan Nelsen (Tottenham, free), Andrew Johnson (Fulham, free), Robert Green (West Ham, free), Samba Diakite (Nancy, undisclosed), Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United, undisclosed), Fabio (Manchester United, season-long loan), Junior Hoilett (Blackburn, free)

Players out:
Patrick Agyemang, Gary Borrowdale, Akos Buzsaky, Lee Cook, Danny Gabbidon, Fitz Hall, Peter Ramage, Danny Shittu, Rowan Vine (all released), Paddy Kenny (Leeds, undisclosed)

READING

Players in:
Garath McCleary (Nottingham Forest, free), Danny Guthrie (Newcastle, free), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham, free), Nicky Shorey (West Brom, free), Pierce Sweeney (Bray Wanderers, undisclosed), Adrian Mariappa (Watford, undisclosed), Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest, undisclosed)

Players out:
Mathieu Manset (Sion, undisclosed), Andy Griffin, Brian Howard, Tomasz Cywka (all released)

SOUTHAMPTON

Players in:
Jay Rodriguez (Burnley, undisclosed), Steven Davis (Rangers, free), Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Paulo Gazzaniga (Gillingham, undisclosed)

Players out:
David Connolly, Lee Holmes, Bartosz Bialkowski (all released), Aaron Martin (Crystal Palace, season-long loan), Tommy Forecast (Gillingham, season-long loan), Radhi Jaidi (retired), Dan Harding (Nottingham Forest, free)

STOKE

Players in:
Jamie Ness (Rangers, free), Michael Kightly (Wolves, undisclosed), Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamos, undisclosed)

Players out:
Andrew Davies, Salif Diao, Ricardo Fuller, Louis Moult, Tom Soares, Jonathan Woodgate (all released), Danny Collins (Nottingham Forest, undisclosed), Matthew Lund (Bristol Rovers, five-month loan)

SUNDERLAND

Players in:
Carlos Cuellar (Aston Villa, free)

Players out:
Trevor Carson, Jordan Cook, Craig Gordon, George McCartney, Oumare Tounkara, Marcos Angeleri (all released), Cristian Riveros (Kayserispor, undisclosed), Asamoah Gyan (Al-Ain, undisclosed)

SWANSEA

Players in:
Chico (Genoa, £2million), Michu (Rayo Vallecano, £2million), Jonathan de Guzman (Villarreal, season-long loan)

Players out:
Ferrie Bodde, Scott Donnelly, Casey Thomas, Joe Walsh (all released), Joe Allen (Liverpool, undisclosed)

TOTTENHAM

Players in:
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim, undisclosed), Jan Vertonghen (Ajax, undisclosed)

Players out:
Ben Alnwick, Oscar Jansson, Ryan Nelsen, Louis Saha (all released), Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow, undisclosed), Niko Kranjcar (Dynamo Kiev, undisclosed), Bongani Khumalo (PAOK Salonika, season-long loan), Massimo Luongo (Ipswich, season-long loan), Ledley King (retired), Steven Pienaar (Everton, £4.5million)

WEST BROM

Players in:
Ben Foster (Birmingham, undisclosed), Yassine El Ghanassy (Gent, season-long loan), Claudio Yacob (Racing Club, free), Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen, free), Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea, season-long loan)

Players out:
Keith Andrews, Marton Fulop, Joe Mattock, Paul Scharner, Nicky Shorey, Somen Tchoyi (all released)

WEST HAM

Players in:
James Collins (West Ham, undisclosed), Stephen Henderson (Portsmouth, undisclosed), Mohamed Diame (Wigan, free), Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton, free), George McCartney (Sunderland, free), Modibo Maiga (Sochaux, undisclosed), Raphael Spiegel (Grasshoppers, undisclosed), Alou Diarra (Marseille, £2 million)

Players out:
Robert Green (QPR, free), Papa Bouba Diop, John Carew, Julien Faubert, Abdoulaye Faye, Peter Kurucz, Freddie Sears, Marek Stech, Frank Nouble (all released), Ravel Morrison (Birmingham, season-long loan)

WIGAN

Players in:
Fraser Fyvie (Aberdeen, undisclosed), Ivan Ramis (Real Mallorca, undisclosed)

Players out:
Mohamed Diame, Steve Gohouri, Chris Kirkland, Hugo Rodallega, Hendry Thomas (all released)