Premier League
Premier League transfers: Every done deal team by team as summer window slams shut
The transfer window has slammed shut and Premier League clubs have scrambled to complete last-minute business following a mammoth few months of transfer activity, including Ronaldo returning to Manchester United
This September 1, 2021 is the deadline day and the transfer window has slammed shut for Premier League clubs.
Although Euro 2020 and the Copa America slightly delayed the drama, this transfer window has seen some mega deals involving the top flight.
Manchester United notably snapped up three statement signings; Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund for an inital £73million, Raphael Varane from Real Madrid for £34m as well as a triumphant return for Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus for £12.86m.
The two most expensive deals of the window came from the two title favourites, though, as Manchester City splashed out £100million to bring Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish to the Etihad and Chelsea re-signed Romelu Lukaku for almost the same eye-watering fee.
Arsenal’s £50million swoop for Brighton & Hove Albion defender Ben White also adds to the summer’s expenditure as the Gunners breached the £150m.
Harry Kane wanted out of Tottenham Hotspur but due to be valued at £160million by Daniel Levy, making potential suitors Man City eventually conceded defeat, also missing out on Ronaldo in what surely would have been the most shocking transfer in English football history.
Courtesy of Mirror, Here’s an up-to-date list of all the done deals relating to all 20 Premier League clubs in what’s been a mammoth few months of transfer activity.
ARSENAL
Players in:
Nuno Tavares (Benfica)
Albert Sambi Lokonga (Anderlecht)
Ben White (Brighton)
Martin Odegaard (Real Madrid)
Aaron Ramsdale (Sheffield United)
Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna)
Players out
Joe Willock (Newcastle)
Willian (contract terminated)
David Luiz (released)
Levi Laing (released)
Joseph Olowu (released)
Luke Plange (released)
Jason Sraha (released)
Trae Coyle (Lausanne–Sport)
Zech Medley (KV Oostende)
Mark McGuinness (Cardiff)
Dinos Mavropanos (Stuttgart) Loan
Daniel Ballard (Millwall) Loan
Daniel Oyegoke (Brentford)
Ben Sheaf (Coventry City)
Matt Smith (Doncaster) Loan
Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille) Loan
William Saliba (Marseille) Loan
Nikolaj Moller (Viktoria Koln) Loan
Deyan Iliev (SKF Sered) Loan
Reiss Nelson (Feyenoord) Loan
Miguel Azeez (Portsmouth) Loan
Jonathan Dinzeyi (Carlisle United) Loan
ASTON VILLA
Players in
Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen)
Axel Tuanzebe (Manchester United, loan)
Emiliano Buendia (Norwich)
Ashley Young (Inter Milan)
Josh Feeney (Fleetwood Town)
Finn Azaz (West Brom)
Danny Ings (Aston Villa)
Players out
Ahmed Elmohamady (released)
Neil Taylor (released)
Tom Heaton (Man Utd)
Lewis Brunt (released)
Brad Burton (released)
Jack Clarke (released)
Charlie Farr (released)
Ben Guy (released)
Callum Rowe (released)
Harrison Sohna (released)
Michael Tait (released)
Jake Walker (released)
Bjorn Engels (Royal Antwerp)
Indiana Vassilev (Inter Miami) Loan
Lovre Kalinic (Hajduk Split) Loan
Seb Revan (Grimsby) Loan
Frederic Guilbert (Strasbourg) Loan
Conor Hourihane (Sheffield United) Loan
BRENTFORD
Players in
Nathan Young-Coombes (Rangers)
Dom Jefferies (Salisbury)
Daniel Oyegoke (Arsenal)
Jude Russell (Crystal Palace)
Frank Onyeka (FC Midtjylland)
Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic)
Matthew Cox (AFC Wimbledon)
Myles Peart-Harris (Chelsea)
Players out
Jared Thompson (released)
Kane O’Connor (released)
Aubrel Koutsimouka (released)
Julien Carre (released)
Henrik Dalsgaard (Midtjylland)
Luke Daniels (released)
Emiliano Marcondes (released)
Ellery Balcombe (Burton Albion) Loan
Aaron Pressley (AFC Wimbledon) Loan
Arthur Read (Stevenage)
BRIGHTON
Players in
Jeremy Sarmiento (Benfica)
Marc Cucurella (Getafe)
Gary Dicker (Kilmarnock)
Enock Mwepu (Red Bull Salzburg)
Kjell Scherpen (Ajax)
Players out
Ben White (Arsenal)
Jose Izquierdo (released)
Teddy Jenks (Aberdeen) Loan
Davy Propper (PSV)
Alex Cochrane (Hearts) Loan
Jan Mlakar (Hajduk Split)
Bernardo (Red Bull Salzburg)
Ryan Longman (Hull City) Loan
Viktor Gyokeres (Coventry)
Romaric Yapi (SBV Vitesse)
Mat Ryan (Real Sociedad)
Jensen Weir (Cambridge United) Loan
Matt Clarke (West Bromwich Albion) Loan
Carl Rushworth (Walsall) Loan
Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Feyenoord)
Reda Khadra (Blackburn) Loan
Chris Walton (Ipswich) Loan
BURNLEY
Players in
Maxwell Cornet (Lyon)
Nathan Collins (Stoke)
Mark Helm (Man Utd)
Jacob Bedeau (Scunthorpe)
Harry Williams (Free)
Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace)
Connor Roberts (Swansea City)
Players out
Robbie Brady (released)
Connor Barrett (released)
Jordan Cropper (released)
Ismail Diallo (released)
Marcel Elva-Fountaine (released)
Arman Taranis (released)
Matty Rain (released)
Mace Goodridge (released)
Ryan Cooney (Morecambe)
Joel Mumbongo (Accrington Stanley) Loan
Ben Gibson (Norwich)
Jimmy Dunne (QPR)
Luka Jensen (Carlisle)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Sheffield Wednesday) Loan
Adam Phillips (Morecambe) Loan
CHELSEA
Players in
Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan)
Marcus Bettinelli (Fulham)
Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid, loan)
Players out
Willy Caballero (released)
Jamal Blackman (released)
Pierre Ekwah Elimby ( West Ham )
Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan)
Izzy Brown (Preston North End)
Levi Colwill ( Huddersfield Town) Loan
Nathan Baxter (Hull) Loan
Charlie Wiggett ( Newcastle )
Billy Gilmour (Norwich) Loan
Victor Moses (Spartak Moscow)
Juan Castillo (Birmingham) Loan
Olivier Giroud (AC Milan)
Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)
Lewis Bate (Leeds United)
Myles Peart-Harris (Chelsea)
Dynel Simeu (Southampton)
Tammy Abraham (Roma)
Dujon Sterling (Blackpool) Loan
Ethan Ampadou (Venezia) Loan
Danny Drinkwater (Reading) Loan
CRYSTAL PALACE
Players in
Conor Gallagher (Chelsea, loan)
Will Hughes (Watford)
Jacob Montes (Georgetown University)
Michael Olise (Reading)
Remi Matthews (Free)
Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)
Joachim Andersen (Lyon)
Odsonne Edouard (Celtic)
Players out
Andros Townsend (Everton)
Sion Spence (Bristol Rovers) Loan
Stephen Henderson (released)
Wayne Hennessey (Burnley)
Mamadou Sakho (released)
Patrick van Aanholt (released)
Gary Cahill (released)
Scott Dann (Reading) Loan
EVERTON
Players in
Asmir Begovic (Bournemouth)
Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace)
Andy Lonergan (West Brom)
Demarai Gray (Bayer Leverkusen)
Salomon Rondon (Dalian Professional)
Players out
Theo Walcott ( Southampton )
Matthew Pennington (Shrewsbury Town) Free
Joshua King ( Watford )
Yannick Bolasie (released)
Muhamed Besic (released)
Josh Bowler (released)
Dennis Adeniran (released)
Con Ouzounidis (released)
Callum Connolly (released)
Bobby Carroll (released)
Daniel Lowey (released)
Jack McIntyre (released)
Dylan Thompson (released)
Bernard (Sharjah)
LEEDS UNITED
Players in
Kristoffer Klaesson (Valerenga)
Amari Miller (Birmingham City)
Jack Harrison (Man City)
Junior Firpo ( Barcelona)
Sean McGurk (Wigan)
Lewis Bate (Chelsea)
Players out
Gaetano Berardi (released)
Ouasim Bouy (released)
Barry Douglas (released)
Cole Gibbon (released)
Niklas Haugland (released)
Eunan O’Kane (released)
Matthew Turner (released)
Ryan Edmondson (Fleetwood) Loan
Oliver Casey (Blackpool)
Kun Temenuzhkov (Real Union) Loan
Rafa Mujica (Las Palmas)
Alfie McCalmont (Morecambe) Loan
Ezgjan Alioski (released)
Mateusz Bogusz (UD Ibiza) Loan
Leif Davis (Bournemouth) Loan
Pablo Hernandez (Castellon)
LEICESTER CITY
Players in
Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg)
Boubakary Soumare (Lille)
Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton)
Ryan Bertrand (Southampton)
Players out
Christian Fuchs (Charlotte)
Matty James (released)
Wes Morgan (retired)
Josh Knight (Peterborough United)
Admiral Muskwe (Luton Town)
Darragh O’Connor (Motherwell)
Dennis Praet (Torino) Loan
LIVERPOOL
Players in
Ibrahima Konate (RB Leipzig)
Players out
Liam Coyle (released)
Joe Hardy (released)
Abdi Sharif (released)
Jack Walls (released)
Adam Lewis (Livingston) Loan
Georginio Wijnaldum (PSG) Free
Sepp van den Berg (Preston) Loan
Remi Savage (Newcastle)
Paul Glatzel (Tranmere Rovers) Loan
Kamil Grabara (FC Copenhagen)
Liam Millar (FC Basel)
Marko Grujic (FC Porto)
Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin)
Harry Wilson (Fulham)
Leighton Clarkson (Blackburn)
Xherdan Shaqiri (Lyon)
Rhys Williams (Swansea) Loan
MANCHESTER CITY
Players in
Kayky (Fluminense)
Jack Grealish (Aston Villa)
Metinho (Fluminense)
Scott Carson (Derby)
Players out
Sergio Aguero (Barcelona) Free
Eric Garcia (Barcelona) Free
Louie Moulden (Wolves) Free
Lukas Nmecha (Wolsburg) £11m
Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Anderlecht) Loan
James Trafford (Accrington Stanley) Loan
Gavin Bazunu (Portsmouth) Loan
Lewis Fiorini (Lincoln) Loan
Jack Harrison (Leeds)
Angelino (RB Leipzig)
Callum Doyle (Sunderland) Loan
Daniel Grimshaw (Blackpool)
Alex Robertson (Ross County) Loan
MANCHESTER UNITED
Players in
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund)
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Tom Heaton (Aston Villa) Free
Players out
Sergio Romero (released)
Joel Pereira (released)
Jacob Carney (released)
Iestyn Hughes (released)
Arnau Puigmal (released)
Max Taylor (released)
Aliou Traore (released)
Nathan Bishop (Mansfield Town) Loan
Johan Guadagno (FC Copenhagen)
Mark Helm (Burnley)
Reece Devine (St Johnstone) Loan
Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) Loan
Brandon Williams (Norwich City) Loan
Will Fish (Stockport County) Loan
Facundo Pellistri (Alaves) Loan
Newcastle United
Players in
Charlie Wiggett ( Chelsea )
Remi Savage ( Liverpool )
Joe Willock (Arsenal)
Cameron Ferguson (Tranmere Rovers)
Santiago Munez (Santos Laguna) Loan
Players out
Andy Carroll (released)
Owen Bailey (released)
Oliver Walters (released)
Jude Swailes (released)
Yannick Toure (released)
Oliver Marshall (released)
Ludwig Francillette (released)
Florent Indalecio (released)
Kyle Scott (released)
George Rounsfell (released)
Lucas Gamblin (released)
Lewis Brannen (released)
Tom Midgley (released)
Josh Gilchrist (released)
Josh Harrison (released)
Tai Ebanks (released)
Lewis Cass (Port Vale) Loan
Florian Lejeune (Alaves)
Elias Sorensen (Esbjerg fB)
Yoshinori Muto (released)
NORWICH CITY
Players in
Kenny Coker (Southend)
Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen)
Angus Gunn (Southampton)
Flynn Clarke (Peterborough)
Ben Gibson (Burnley)
Dimitris Giannoulis (PAOK)
Billy Gilmour (Chelsea) Loan
Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice)
Liam Gibbs (Ipswich Town)
Louis Thompson (released)
Christos Tzolis (PAOK)
Ozan Kabak (Schalke) Loan
Players out
Alex Tettey (Rosenborg)
Mario Vrancic (Stoke City)
Jordan Thomas (Barnet)
Zach Dronfield (released)
William Hondermarck (released)
Louis Lomas (released)
Ethen Vaughan (released)
Emiliano Buendia (Aston Villa)
Philip Heise (Karlsruher)
Reece McAlear (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) Loan
Orjan Nyland (released)
Moritz Leitner (released)
Marco Stiepermann (released)
Josh Martin (MK Dons) Loan
Daniel Barden (Livingston) Loan
Sebastian Soto (Porto) Loan
Josip Drmic (HNK Rijeka) Loan
Akin Famewo (Charlton Athletic) Loan
Sam McCallum (QPR) Loan
Gassan Ahadme (Portsmouth) Loan
Danel Sinani (Huddersfield) Loan
Melvin Sitti (contract terminated)
SOUTHAMPTON
Players in
Theo Walcott (Everton)
Lyanco (Torino)
Romain Perraud (Brest)
Dynel Simeu (Chelsea)
Players out
Ryan Bertrand (Leicester)
Jake Hesketh (released)
Josh Sims (released)
David Agbontohoma (released)
Lucas Defise (released)
Pascal Kpohomouh (released)
Kingsley Latham (released)
Kameron Ledwidge (released)
James Morris (released)
Thomas O’Connor (released)
Tommy Scott (released)
Wesley Hoedt (Anderlecht)
Kayne Ramsey (Crewe)
Angus Gunn (Norwich)
Jake Vokins (Ross County) Loan
Alex Jankewitz (BSC Young Boys)
Dan Nlundulu (Lincoln) Loan
Callum Slattery (Motherwell)
Mario Lemina (Nice)
Danny Ings (Aston Villa)
TOTTENHAM
Players in
Pierluigi Gollini (Atalanta) Loan
Cristian Romero (Atalanta)
Pape Matar Sarr (Metz)
Bryan Gil (Sevilla)
Emerson Royal (Barcelona)
Players out
Danny Rose (Watford) Free
Paulo Gazzaniga (released)
Enock Asante (released)
Chay Cooper (released)
Keenan Ferguson (released)
George Marsh (AFC Wimbledon)
Rodel Richards (released)
Jack Roles (released)
Aaron Skinner (released)
Kazaiah Sterling (released)
Shilow Tracey (released)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Erik Lamela (Sevilla)
Toby Alderweireld (Al-Duhail)
Serge Aurier (contract terminated)
WATFORD
Players in
Kwadwo Baah (Rochdale)
Mattie Pollock (Grimsby Town)
Imran Louza (FC Nantes)
Ashley Fletcher (Middlesbrough) Free
Danny Rose (Spurs) Free
Emmanuel Dennis (Club Brugge)
Dapo Mebude (Rangers)
Peter Etebo (Stoke City) Loan
Joshua King (Free)
Vincent Angelini (Free)
Players out
Achraf Lazaar (released)
Carlos Sanchez (released)
Jerome Sinclair (released)
Mamadou M’Baye (released)
Ben Wilmot (Stoke City)
Ignacio Pussetto (Udinese) Loan
Adalberto Penaranda (Las Palmas) Loan
Craig Dawson (West Ham)
Tiago Cukur (Doncaster) Loan
Bosun Lawal (Celtic) Compensation
Troy Deeney (Birmingham)
WEST HAM
Players in
Thierry Nevers (Reading)
Nikola Vlasic (CSKA Moscow)
Pierre Ekwah Elimby (Chelsea)
Armstrong Oko-Flex (Celtic) Free
Craig Dawson (Watford)
Alphonse Areola (PSG)
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)
Alex Kral (Spartak Moscow) Loan
Players out
Oladapo Afolayan (Bolton)
Fabian Balbuena (released)
Sean Adarkwa (released)
Olatunji Akinola (released)
Samuel Caiger (released)
Alfie Lewis (released)
Joshua Okotcha (released)
Joseph Anang (Stevenage) Loan
Felipe Anderson (Lazio)
Nathan Trott (Nancy)
WOLVES
Players in
Yerson Mosquera (Atletico Nacional)
Louie Moulden ( Manchester City ) Free
Hee Chan Hwang (RB Leipzig) Loan
Francisco Trincao (Barcelona) Loan
Rayan Ait-Nouri (Angers)
Jose Sa (Olympiacos)
Bendeguz Bolla (Fehervar FC)
Rayan Ait-Nouri (Angers)
Players out
Sadou Diallo (released)
Cyriaque Mayounga (released)
Hong Wan (released)
Toti Gomes (Grasshoppers) Loan
Ruben Vinagre (Sporting Lisbon)
Rui Patricio (Roma)
Leonardo Campana (Grasshoppers) Loan
Bendeguz Bolla (Grasshoppers) Loan
Ryan Giles (Cardiff) Loan
Dion Sanderson (Birmingham) Loan
Morgan Gibbs-White (Sheffield United) Loan
Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 1-0 to remain top of the Premier League as Arsenal and Manchester City came from behind to win on Saturday.
City were 3-2 victors over Fulham to stay one point behind Liverpool, alongside Arsenal who saw off Southampton 3-1.
Arne Slot has now won nine of his first 10 games since succeeding Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager, but was frustrated that the visitors invited a late onslaught from the winless Eagles.
Jota prodded the Reds into the lead from Cody Gakpo’s cross on nine minutes.
The Portuguese international was then guilty of missing two big chances to extend Liverpool’s advantage.
Palace failed to make them pay, but victory came at a cost for Slot as goalkeeper Alisson Becker limped off with a hamstring injury.
“If you score the second you break them mentally,” said Slot. “All the fans kept believing in a result because it was only 1-0, even though in my opinion we were the dominant team.”
Fresh from a dominant win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, Arsenal were expected to sweep aside winless Southampton.
But the Saints shocked the Emirates 10 minutes into the second half when Cameron Archer fired in his first Premier League goal since a summer move from Aston Villa.
The lead only lasted three minutes before Kai Havertz scored for the seventh consecutive home game.
Gabriel Martinelli was introduced after an hour and took just eight minutes to make his mark with a finish on the volley from Bukayo Saka’s cross.
Having set up Arsenal’s first two goals, Saka pounced on a loose ball to score the third himself.
Fulham’s outrageous opener
Rodri’s season-long absence due to a serious knee injury is expected to be a major blow to City’s chances of retaining the title for a fifth consecutive season.
But it was the Spaniard’s deputy Mateo Kovacic who scored twice to turn the game around for the champions at the Etihad.
The visitors had not lost since the opening night of the season at Manchester United and led thanks to Andreas Pereira’s finish from an outrageous backheel assist by Raul Jimenez.
Kovacic’s deflected effort quickly brought City level before a cleaner strike less than two minutes into the second half made it 2-1.
Jeremy Doku then smashed into the top corner from outside the box to give City a two-goal cushion, which they needed.
Rodrigo Muniz gave Fulham hope on 88 minutes, but City held out for a 17th consecutive win against the Cottagers.
West Ham eased the pressure on new boss Julen Lopetegui by ending a run of three home defeats to start the new season.
Michail Antonio, Mohammed Kudus, Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paqueta struck for the Hammers in a 4-1 win over Ipswich, who are still waiting for their first Premier League win 22 years.
There were six goals before half-time as Brentford beat Wolves 5-3 to leave the visitors still rooted to the foot of the table.
Leicester secured their first league win of the season as Facundo Buonanotte’s strike beat Bournemouth 1-0.
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag faces a huge match if he is to remain in charge when the Red Devils visit Aston Villa in the pick of Sunday’s action.
-AFP
Premier League
Premier League rejects City request to delay next season’s games after Club World Cup
The Premier League has rejected Manchester City’s request to postpone the first two games of the 2025-26 season to help the players recover after their FIFA Club World Cup campaign in the U.S., the club’s manager Pep Guardiola said on Friday.
City and Chelsea are the two English clubs who have qualified for the expanded month-long Club World Cup set to start on June 15. The Premier League’s season will begin in August.
An increasingly packed soccer calendar has been a concern among a growing number of players and managers. A report by global players’ union FIFPRO said some players get only 12% of the year to rest.
The Premier League did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
City midfielder Rodri said in September that players could be close to strike action over the time they are required to play. A knee ligament injury has since put him out for the season.
“I don’t know if we will play more games than the treble year (2022-23)… maybe we’ll play less games,” Guardiola told reporters.
“The Premier League has not allowed us to postpone the first two games for our recovery. Thank you so much. They don’t postpone these games so that will be the moment of, oh, what do we have to do?”
He said the Club World Cup will make it even more difficult for clubs to manage player workload.
-Reuters
Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said a decision about under-fire manager Erik ten Hag is not his call, and was reticent about whether he still has faith in the team’s boss amid their worst start to the Premier League season since 1986-87.
“I don’t want to answer that question,” Ratcliffe told the BBC. “I like Erik. I think he’s a very good coach but at the end of the day it’s not my call, it’s the management team that’s running Manchester United that have to decide how we best run the team in many different respects.
“That team that’s running Manchester United has only been together since June or July. They weren’t there in January, February, March or April — Omar (Berrada, CEO), (Sporting Director) Dan Ashworth — they only arrived in July.
“They’ve only been there . . . you can count it in weeks almost — they’ve not been there a long time so they need to take stock and make some sensible decisions.”
Ten Hag’s job was the subject of speculation for much of last season en route to the team’s lowest Premier League finish of eighth. After an FA Cup final victory over Manchester City and an end-of-season review, however, Ten Hag signed a new contract to extend his stay at Old Trafford until 2026.
“Our objective is very clear, we want to take Manchester United back to where it should be, and it’s not there yet, obviously, that’s very clear,” Ratcliffe said.
Ten Hag continues to plead for patience from fans with the team languishing 13th in the Premier League table, having lost three of their six opening games. They were headed towards defeat by Porto in the Europa League on Thursday before Harry Maguire scored a last-gasp goal to salvage a 3-3 draw.
-Reuters
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