Top five buys
1. Eden Hazard (Lille
to Chelsea) £32m
2. Oscar
(Internacional to Chelsea) £25m
3. Robin van Persie
(Arsenal to Man Utd) £24m
4. Shinji Kagawa
(Dortmund to Man Utd) £17m
5. Javi Garcia
(Benfica to Man City) £16m
Biggest spenders
Chelsea – Buys £81m Sales £0
Biggest profit
Fulham – Buys £6m – Sales £21m
Most buys
QPR 10
Total spend
£262.55m
Arsenal
IN: Santi Cazorla (Malaga, £16.5m), Olivier Giroud
(Montpelier, £13m), Lukas Podolski (Cologne, £11m)
OUT: Robin van Persie (Man Utd, £24m), Alex Song (Barcelona, £15m),
Manuel Almunia (released), Kyle Bartley, (Swansea, £1m), Denilson (Sao Paulo,
loan), Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest, £1m)
NET SPEND: £500,000
JB's VERDICT – 3/5: Another summer of stress at Arsenal
and despite the signing of the excellent Santi Cazorla, there is real fear that
Robin van Persie – and his goals – have not been replaced. Two goalless draws
have shown a tighter defence – but concern upfront.
Aston Villa
IN: Christian Benteke (Genk, £8m), Matthew Lowton (Sheffield
United, £3m), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord, £3m), Joe Bennett (Middlesbrough, £2.5m)
OUT: James Collins (West Ham, £2.5m), Carlos Cuéllar (Sunderland,
free), Emile Heskey (released)
NET SPEND: £14 million
JB's VERDICT – 2/5: Manager Paul Lambert will be relieved
to get striker Christian Benteke but it’s a big fee for an unproven player at a
club on a tight budget. As fine a manager as Lambert is, there’s an air of
desperation at Villa.
Chelsea
IN: Eden Hazard (Lille, £32m), Oscar (Internacional, £25m),
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen, £7m), Thorgan Hazard (Lens, £1m), Victor Moses
(Wigan, £9m), Cesar Azpilicueta (Marseille, £7m)
OUT: Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou, Jose Bosingwa (all released)
plus 15 players on loan
NET SPEND: £81 million
JB's VERDICT – 4/5: The massive summer spending spree did
indeed materialise with exciting, young attacking talent everywhere – but no
cash on a new striker which, curiously, leaves Chelsea short upfront. Maybe, as
some suggested, they might have been better blowing the cash on Atletico
Madrid’s Radomel Falcao?
Everton
IN: Steven Pienaar (Tottenham, £4.5m), Kevin Mirallas
(Olympiakos, £5.2m), Bryan Oviedo (Copenhagen, £2m)
OUT: Jack Rodwell (Man City, £12m), Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls,
£1m)
NET SPEND: £1.3 million
JB's VERDICT – 5/5: A brilliant transfer window for David
Moyes with shrewd, value for money signings and a big fee for Jack Rodwell who
wasn’t central to his plans. Moyes has proved adept time and time again but
will be relieved to have held onto Marouanne Fellaini and Leighton Baines, at
least for another year.
IN: Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United, £4m), Kieran
Richardson (Sunderland, £2m) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan, free), Mladen Petric
(Hamburg, free), George Williams (MK Dons, free), Sascha Riether (Cologne,
loan)
OUT: Moussa Dembele (£15m, Tottenham Hotspur), Clint Dempsey
(Spurs, £6m), Danny Murphy (Blackburn, free), Andy Johnson (QPR, free)
NET SPEND: £15 million
JB's VERDICT – 2/5: A bit of a trolley dash for Fulham
but, in the cold light of day, the sale of Dembele and Dempsey leaves a big gap
in their squad, their two 'biggest’ players gone. Manager Martin Jol was
desperate to shore things up and if he can again get the best out of Dimitar
Berbatov then he may have saved the day.
Liverpool
IN: Joe Allen (Swansea, £15m), Fabio Borini (Roma, £10m),
Oussama Assaidi (Heerenveen, £3m), Nuri Sahin (Real Madrid, loan), Samed Yesil
(Bayer Leverkusen, £1m)
OUT: Charlie Adam (Stoke, £4m), Alberto Aquilani (Fiorentina, £6m),
Dirk Kuyt (Fenerbahce, £1m), Andy Carroll (West Ham United, loan) Craig Bellamy
(Cardiff, free), Maxi Rodriguez (Newell’s Old Boys, free)
NET SPEND: £18 million
JB's VERDICT – 3/5: No new striker. Liverpool will look
at their transfer business and the need to balance the books and believe they
have bought well but the squad is short of goals and it will be a nervous few
months until the January window opens.
Manchester City
In: Javi Garcia (Benfica, £16m), Jack Rodwell (Everton £12m),
Scott Sinclair (Swansea City, £6.2m), Maicon (Inter Milan, £3m), Matija
Nastasic (Fiorentina, £12m)
OUT: Adam Johnson (Sunderland, £10m), Nigel De Jong (AC Milan,
£3.5m), Owen Hargreaves (released), Emmanuel Adebayor (Spurs, £5m), Stefan
Savic (Fiorentina, part of Nastasic deal)
NET SPEND: £30.7 million
JB's VERDICT – 2/5: Roberto Mancini got his way with City
spending big on the final day of the window – although he didn’t necessarily
land his number one targets. Again the problem has been moving players on and
the club’s hierarchy may not be happy with the money spent overall.
Manchester United
IN: Robin van Persie (Arsenal, £24m), Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund,
£17m), Nick Powell (Crewe, £4m), Alexander Buttner (Vitesse Arnhem, £4m)
OUT: Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham, £4m), Park Ji-Sung (QPR, £1.5m),
Michael Owen (released)
NET SPEND: £43.5 million
JB's VERDICT – 4/5: Sir Alex Ferguson spent big and he
spent early. A real statement of intent from United as they try to reclaim the
Premier League. Kagawa seems the best piece of business and Van Persie,
although a coup, is expensive. United still look a little short in midfield,
though.
Newcastle United
IN: Vurnon Anita (Ajax, £6.7m), Curtis Good (Melbourne Heart,
£400,000)
OUT: Leon Best (Blackburn, £3m), Fraser Forster (Celtic, £2m)
NET SPEND: £2.1 million
JB's VERDICT – 4/5: For Alan Pardew it was more about not
losing players than signing them and that’s a sign that Newcastle already have
their house in order. A solid, tight squad and a good manager with a well-run
business. A sound window.
Norwich City
IN: Sebastian Bassong (Spurs, £3m), Robert Snodgrass (Leeds,
£3m), Michael Turner (Sunderland, £1.5m), Alexander Tettey (Rennes, £1m)
OUT: Andrew Crofts (Brighton, nominal, Adam Drury (Leeds, free),
Aaron Wilbraham (Crystal Palace, free), Zak Whitbread (Leicester, free)
NET SPEND: £8.5 million
JB's VERDICT – 3/5: The brutal truth is that Norwich’s
business looks like the dealings of a Championship club – but then look what
happened last season. Still a sizeable amount of money has been spent and Alex
Tettey could be a really shrewd acquisition.
Queens Park Rangers
IN: Esteban Granero (Real Madrid, £9m), Stephane Mbia
(Marseille, £4.5m), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan, free), Junior Hoilett (Blackburn,
tribunal), Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United, £2m), Samba Diakite (Nancy, £4m),
Robert Green (West Ham, free), Ryan Nelsen (Tottenham, free), Andrew Johnson
(Fulham, free), Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea, free)
OUT: Fifteen players sold for nominal fees or released
NET SPEND: £19 million
JB's VERDICT – 4/5: A huge summer of spending for QPR
with wages as well to be accounted for as Mark Hughes acquired a whole new
team. Among the experienced big names there’s also some exciting young talent.
Can he make his new team gel quickly enough? If he can it could be an amazing
season for Rangers.
Reading
IN: Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest, £2.5m), Adrian Mariappa
(Watford, £2.5m), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham, free)
OUT: Fourteen players released or sold for nominal fees
NET SPEND: £5 million
JB's VERDICT – 3/5: Despite the new Russian owner, it
wasn’t going to be a big spending spree from Reading and manager Brian
McDermott who has taken a similar route to other well-run clubs recently
promoted from the Championship. Whether Reading are good enough remains to be
seen and the squad could be lacking depth.
Southampton
IN: Gaston Ramirez (Bologna, £11.2m), Maya Yoshida (VVV-Venlo,
£2m), Jay Rodriguez (Burnley, £6m), Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace, £2m)
OUT: Eight players sold for nominal fees or released
NET SPEND: £21.2 million
JB's VERDICT – 3/5: Southampton – and their chairman
Nicola Cortese – are hugely ambitious and the signing of Gaston Ramirez is not
only a big deal but could be real coup if he shows the same form he has for his
country, Uruguay. Southampton looked like they needed a bit more star quality
and he could give it. They have spent a lot of money and will want a return.
Stoke City
IN: Charlie Adam (Liverpool, £4m), Michael Kightly (Wolves,
£2m)
OUT: Eight players sold for nominal fees or released
NET SPEND: £6 million
JB's VERDICT – 3/5: A summer of consolidation for Tony
Pulis who had to trim a big squad after last season’s Europa League campaign.
The Coates family have backed Stoke with millions but there’s a sense that they
don’t want to keep spending. Could be a tricky season but Pulis knows that.
Sunderland
IN: Steven Fletcher (Wolves, £15m), Adam Johnson (Manchester
City, £10m) Louis Saha (free), Carlos Cuéllar (Aston Villa, free)
OUT: Asamoah Gyan (Al-Ain, £6m), Kieran Richardson (Fulham, £2m),
Michael Turner (Norwich, £1.5m)
NET SPEND: £15.5 million
JB's VERDICT – 3/5: Martin O’Neill has, as ever, bought
British or the tried and trusted from the Premier League. He’s also spent big.
Again. However, Fletcher and Johnson look decent acquisitions to add to a squad
that he is quickly moulding into a solid outfit.
Swansea City
IN: Pablo Hernandez (Valencia, £5.5m), Ki Sung-yueng (Celtic,
£5m), Michu (Rayo Vallecano, £2m), Jose Manuel Flores (Genoa, £2m), Kyle
Bartley (Arsenal, £1m)
OUT: Joe Allen (Liverpool, £15m), Scott Sinclair (Manchester City, £6.2m)
NET SPEND: £-5.7 million
JB's VERDICT – 5/5: An impressive summer of business at
Swansea who have sold well and bought shrewdly and who are suddenly already
looking an accomplished Premier League club after just one campaign. No second
season syndrome for them and the arrival of Michael Laudrup has attracted
players from Spain.
Tottenham Hotspur
IN: Mousa Dembele (Fulham, £15m), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, £6),
Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City, £5m), Jan Vertonghen (Ajax, £10m), Gylfi
Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim, £8m), Hugo Lloris (Lyon, £12m).
OUT: Luka Modric (Real Madrid, £33m), Rafael Van der Vaart
(Hamburg, £10m), Sebastian Bassong (Norwich, £3m), Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv
Moscow, £5m), Steven Pienaar (Everton, £4.5m), Niko Kranjcar (Dynamo Kiev, £2m)
NET SPEND: £1.5 million
JB's VERDICT – 3/5: Despite all the spending and all the
sales, the bottom line is that chairman Daniel Levy has wanted to balance the
books and has done that. It could have been very different if Joao Moutinho had
been signed for £23m and head coach Andre Villas-Boas will regret that as it
means Luka Modric has simply not been replaced.
West Bromwich Albion
IN: Ben Foster (Birmingham, £3m), Markus Rosenberg (Werder
Bremen, free), Claudio Yacob (Racing Club de Avellaneda, free)
OUT: Simon Cox (Nottingham Forest, £2m) and 10 players sold for
nominal fees or released
NET SPEND: £1 million
JB's VERDICT – 4/5: A summer of consolidation for West
Brom – peppered with some intriguing, exciting signings such as Claudio Yacob.
The books have been balanced and the budget remains intact with praise again
for technical director Dan Ashworth.
West Ham
IN: Matt Jarvis (Wolves, £10.75m), Modibo Maiga (Sochaux,
£5m), Alou Diarra (Marseille, £2m), James Collins (Aston Villa, £2.5m), Andy
Carroll (Liverpool, loan)
OUT: Sam Baldock (Bristol City, £1m), Nicky Maynard (Cardiff City,
£1.8m) and 13 other players released or sold for nominal fees
NET SPEND: £17.45 million
JB's VERDICT – 4/5: It’s been a tricky summer for West
Ham but there have been some big statements as well with the arrival of Andy
Carroll and Matt Jarvis, while the club has moved on many Championship players.
The owners have backed the manager and will want a return even if it has been
scattergun at times. Minimum requirement is stay in the Premier League.
Wigan Athletic
IN: Arouna Kone (Levante, £2.7m), Ivan Ramis (Real Majorca,
£4m)
OUT: Victor Moses (Chelsea, £9m), Connor Sammon (Derby, £1.2m) and
11 players sold for a nominal fee or released
NET SPEND: £-3.5 million
JB's VERDICT – 4/5: Wigan were always going to sell prize
asset Victor Moses and pretty much got the price they wanted for him which has
allowed manager Roberto Martinez to reshape his squad and even make a transfer
market profit to keep the chairman happy. Still they have also spent and will
be happy with their business
