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Premier League transfers: Every done deal team by team as summer window slams shut

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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.

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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)

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Ben White (Brighton)

Martin Odegaard (Real Madrid)

Aaron Ramsdale (Sheffield United)

Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna)

Players out

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Joe Willock (Newcastle)

Willian (contract terminated)

David Luiz (released)

Levi Laing (released)

Joseph Olowu (released)

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Luke Plange (released)

Jason Sraha (released)

Trae Coyle (Lausanne–Sport)

Zech Medley (KV Oostende)

Mark McGuinness (Cardiff)

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Dinos Mavropanos (Stuttgart) Loan

Daniel Ballard (Millwall) Loan

Daniel Oyegoke (Brentford)

Ben Sheaf (Coventry City)

Matt Smith (Doncaster) Loan

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Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille) Loan

William Saliba (Marseille) Loan

Nikolaj Moller (Viktoria Koln) Loan

Deyan Iliev (SKF Sered) Loan

Reiss Nelson (Feyenoord) Loan

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Miguel Azeez (Portsmouth) Loan

Jonathan Dinzeyi (Carlisle United) Loan

ASTON VILLA

Players in

Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen)

Axel Tuanzebe (Manchester United, loan)

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Emiliano Buendia (Norwich)

Ashley Young (Inter Milan)

Josh Feeney (Fleetwood Town)

Finn Azaz (West Brom)

Danny Ings (Aston Villa)

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Players out

Ahmed Elmohamady (released)

Neil Taylor (released)

Tom Heaton (Man Utd)

Lewis Brunt (released)

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Brad Burton (released)

Jack Clarke (released)

Charlie Farr (released)

Ben Guy (released)

Callum Rowe (released)

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Harrison Sohna (released)

Michael Tait (released)

Jake Walker (released)

Bjorn Engels (Royal Antwerp)

Indiana Vassilev (Inter Miami) Loan

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Lovre Kalinic (Hajduk Split) Loan

Seb Revan (Grimsby) Loan

Frederic Guilbert (Strasbourg) Loan

Conor Hourihane (Sheffield United) Loan

BRENTFORD

Players in

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Nathan Young-Coombes (Rangers)

Dom Jefferies (Salisbury)

Daniel Oyegoke (Arsenal)

Jude Russell (Crystal Palace)

Frank Onyeka (FC Midtjylland)

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Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic)

Matthew Cox (AFC Wimbledon)

Myles Peart-Harris (Chelsea)

Players out

Jared Thompson (released)

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Kane O’Connor (released)

Aubrel Koutsimouka (released)

Julien Carre (released)

Henrik Dalsgaard (Midtjylland)

Luke Daniels (released)

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Emiliano Marcondes (released)

Ellery Balcombe (Burton Albion) Loan

Aaron Pressley (AFC Wimbledon) Loan

Arthur Read (Stevenage)

BRIGHTON

Players in

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Jeremy Sarmiento (Benfica)

Marc Cucurella (Getafe)

Gary Dicker (Kilmarnock)

Enock Mwepu (Red Bull Salzburg)

Kjell Scherpen (Ajax)

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Players out

Ben White (Arsenal)

Jose Izquierdo (released)

Teddy Jenks (Aberdeen) Loan

Davy Propper (PSV)

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Alex Cochrane (Hearts) Loan

Jan Mlakar (Hajduk Split)

Bernardo (Red Bull Salzburg)

Ryan Longman (Hull City) Loan

Viktor Gyokeres (Coventry)

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Romaric Yapi (SBV Vitesse)

Mat Ryan (Real Sociedad)

Jensen Weir (Cambridge United) Loan

Matt Clarke (West Bromwich Albion) Loan

Carl Rushworth (Walsall) Loan

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Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Feyenoord)

Reda Khadra (Blackburn) Loan

Chris Walton (Ipswich) Loan

BURNLEY

Players in

Maxwell Cornet (Lyon)

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Nathan Collins (Stoke)

Mark Helm (Man Utd)

Jacob Bedeau (Scunthorpe)

Harry Williams (Free)

Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace)

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Connor Roberts (Swansea City)

Players out

Robbie Brady (released)

Connor Barrett (released)

Jordan Cropper (released)

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Ismail Diallo (released)

Marcel Elva-Fountaine (released)

Arman Taranis (released)

Matty Rain (released)

Mace Goodridge (released)

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Ryan Cooney (Morecambe)

Joel Mumbongo (Accrington Stanley) Loan

Ben Gibson (Norwich)

Jimmy Dunne (QPR)

Luka Jensen (Carlisle)

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Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Sheffield Wednesday) Loan

Adam Phillips (Morecambe) Loan

CHELSEA

Players in

Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan)

Marcus Bettinelli (Fulham)

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Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid, loan)

Players out

Willy Caballero (released)

Jamal Blackman (released)

Pierre Ekwah Elimby ( West Ham )

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Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan)

Izzy Brown (Preston North End)

Levi Colwill ( Huddersfield Town) Loan

Nathan Baxter (Hull) Loan

Charlie Wiggett ( Newcastle )

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Billy Gilmour (Norwich) Loan

Victor Moses (Spartak Moscow)

Juan Castillo (Birmingham) Loan

Olivier Giroud (AC Milan)

Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)

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Lewis Bate (Leeds United)

Myles Peart-Harris (Chelsea)

Dynel Simeu (Southampton)

Tammy Abraham (Roma)

Dujon Sterling (Blackpool) Loan

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Ethan Ampadou (Venezia) Loan

Danny Drinkwater (Reading) Loan

CRYSTAL PALACE

Players in

Conor Gallagher (Chelsea, loan)

Will Hughes (Watford)

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Jacob Montes (Georgetown University)

Michael Olise (Reading)

Remi Matthews (Free)

Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)

Joachim Andersen (Lyon)

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Odsonne Edouard (Celtic)

Players out

Andros Townsend (Everton)

Sion Spence (Bristol Rovers) Loan

Stephen Henderson (released)

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Wayne Hennessey (Burnley)

Mamadou Sakho (released)

Patrick van Aanholt (released)

Gary Cahill (released)

Scott Dann (Reading) Loan

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EVERTON

Players in

Asmir Begovic (Bournemouth)

Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace)

Andy Lonergan (West Brom)

Demarai Gray (Bayer Leverkusen)

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Salomon Rondon (Dalian Professional)

Players out

Theo Walcott ( Southampton )

Matthew Pennington (Shrewsbury Town) Free

Joshua King ( Watford )

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Yannick Bolasie (released)

Muhamed Besic (released)

Josh Bowler (released)

Dennis Adeniran (released)

Con Ouzounidis (released)

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Callum Connolly (released)

Bobby Carroll (released)

Daniel Lowey (released)

Jack McIntyre (released)

Dylan Thompson (released)

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Bernard (Sharjah)

LEEDS UNITED

Players in

Kristoffer Klaesson (Valerenga)

Amari Miller (Birmingham City)

Jack Harrison (Man City)

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Junior Firpo ( Barcelona)

Sean McGurk (Wigan)

Lewis Bate (Chelsea)

Players out

Gaetano Berardi (released)

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Ouasim Bouy (released)

Barry Douglas (released)

Cole Gibbon (released)

Niklas Haugland (released)

Eunan O’Kane (released)

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Matthew Turner (released)

Ryan Edmondson (Fleetwood) Loan

Oliver Casey (Blackpool)

Kun Temenuzhkov (Real Union) Loan

Rafa Mujica (Las Palmas)

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Alfie McCalmont (Morecambe) Loan

Ezgjan Alioski (released)

Mateusz Bogusz (UD Ibiza) Loan

Leif Davis (Bournemouth) Loan

Pablo Hernandez (Castellon)

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LEICESTER CITY

Players in

Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg)

Boubakary Soumare (Lille)

Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton)

Ryan Bertrand (Southampton)

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Players out

Christian Fuchs (Charlotte)

Matty James (released)

Wes Morgan (retired)

Josh Knight (Peterborough United)

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Admiral Muskwe (Luton Town)

Darragh O’Connor (Motherwell)

Dennis Praet (Torino) Loan

LIVERPOOL

Players in

Ibrahima Konate (RB Leipzig)

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Players out

Liam Coyle (released)

Joe Hardy (released)

Abdi Sharif (released)

Jack Walls (released)

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Adam Lewis (Livingston) Loan

Georginio Wijnaldum (PSG) Free

Sepp van den Berg (Preston) Loan

Remi Savage (Newcastle)

Paul Glatzel (Tranmere Rovers) Loan

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Kamil Grabara (FC Copenhagen)

Liam Millar (FC Basel)

Marko Grujic (FC Porto)

Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin)

Harry Wilson (Fulham)

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Leighton Clarkson (Blackburn)

Xherdan Shaqiri (Lyon)

Rhys Williams (Swansea) Loan

MANCHESTER CITY

Players in

Kayky (Fluminense)

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Jack Grealish (Aston Villa)

Metinho (Fluminense)

Scott Carson (Derby)

Players out

Sergio Aguero (Barcelona) Free

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Eric Garcia (Barcelona) Free

Louie Moulden (Wolves) Free

Lukas Nmecha (Wolsburg) £11m

Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Anderlecht) Loan

James Trafford (Accrington Stanley) Loan

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Gavin Bazunu (Portsmouth) Loan

Lewis Fiorini (Lincoln) Loan

Jack Harrison (Leeds)

Angelino (RB Leipzig)

Callum Doyle (Sunderland) Loan

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Daniel Grimshaw (Blackpool)

Alex Robertson (Ross County) Loan

MANCHESTER UNITED

Players in

Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund)

Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)

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Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)

Tom Heaton (Aston Villa) Free

Players out

Sergio Romero (released)

Joel Pereira (released)

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Jacob Carney (released)

Iestyn Hughes (released)

Arnau Puigmal (released)

Max Taylor (released)

Aliou Traore (released)

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Nathan Bishop (Mansfield Town) Loan

Johan Guadagno (FC Copenhagen)

Mark Helm (Burnley)

Reece Devine (St Johnstone) Loan

Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) Loan

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Brandon Williams (Norwich City) Loan

Will Fish (Stockport County) Loan

Facundo Pellistri (Alaves) Loan

Newcastle United

Players in

Charlie Wiggett ( Chelsea )

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Remi Savage ( Liverpool )

Joe Willock (Arsenal)

Cameron Ferguson (Tranmere Rovers)

Santiago Munez (Santos Laguna) Loan

Players out

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Andy Carroll (released)

Owen Bailey (released)

Oliver Walters (released)

Jude Swailes (released)

Yannick Toure (released)

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Oliver Marshall (released)

Ludwig Francillette (released)

Florent Indalecio (released)

Kyle Scott (released)

George Rounsfell (released)

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Lucas Gamblin (released)

Lewis Brannen (released)

Tom Midgley (released)

Josh Gilchrist (released)

Josh Harrison (released)

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Tai Ebanks (released)

Lewis Cass (Port Vale) Loan

Florian Lejeune (Alaves)

Elias Sorensen (Esbjerg fB)

Yoshinori Muto (released)

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NORWICH CITY

Players in

Kenny Coker (Southend)

Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen)

Angus Gunn (Southampton)

Flynn Clarke (Peterborough)

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Ben Gibson (Burnley)

Dimitris Giannoulis (PAOK)

Billy Gilmour (Chelsea) Loan

Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice)

Liam Gibbs (Ipswich Town)

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Louis Thompson (released)

Christos Tzolis (PAOK)

Ozan Kabak (Schalke) Loan

Players out

Alex Tettey (Rosenborg)

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Mario Vrancic (Stoke City)

Jordan Thomas (Barnet)

Zach Dronfield (released)

William Hondermarck (released)

Louis Lomas (released)

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Ethen Vaughan (released)

Emiliano Buendia (Aston Villa)

Philip Heise (Karlsruher)

Reece McAlear (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) Loan

Orjan Nyland (released)

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Moritz Leitner (released)

Marco Stiepermann (released)

Josh Martin (MK Dons) Loan

Daniel Barden (Livingston) Loan

Sebastian Soto (Porto) Loan

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Josip Drmic (HNK Rijeka) Loan

Akin Famewo (Charlton Athletic) Loan

Sam McCallum (QPR) Loan

Gassan Ahadme (Portsmouth) Loan

Danel Sinani (Huddersfield) Loan

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Melvin Sitti (contract terminated)

SOUTHAMPTON

Players in

Theo Walcott (Everton)

Lyanco (Torino)

Romain Perraud (Brest)

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Dynel Simeu (Chelsea)

Players out

Ryan Bertrand (Leicester)

Jake Hesketh (released)

Josh Sims (released)

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David Agbontohoma (released)

Lucas Defise (released)

Pascal Kpohomouh (released)

Kingsley Latham (released)

Kameron Ledwidge (released)

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James Morris (released)

Thomas O’Connor (released)

Tommy Scott (released)

Wesley Hoedt (Anderlecht)

Kayne Ramsey (Crewe)

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Angus Gunn (Norwich)

Jake Vokins (Ross County) Loan

Alex Jankewitz (BSC Young Boys)

Dan Nlundulu (Lincoln) Loan

Callum Slattery (Motherwell)

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Mario Lemina (Nice)

Danny Ings (Aston Villa)

TOTTENHAM

Players in

Pierluigi Gollini (Atalanta) Loan

Cristian Romero (Atalanta)

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Pape Matar Sarr (Metz)

Bryan Gil (Sevilla)

Emerson Royal (Barcelona)

Players out

Danny Rose (Watford) Free

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Paulo Gazzaniga (released)

Enock Asante (released)

Chay Cooper (released)

Keenan Ferguson (released)

George Marsh (AFC Wimbledon)

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Rodel Richards (released)

Jack Roles (released)

Aaron Skinner (released)

Kazaiah Sterling (released)

Shilow Tracey (released)

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Juan Foyth (Villarreal)

Erik Lamela (Sevilla)

Toby Alderweireld (Al-Duhail)

Serge Aurier (contract terminated)

WATFORD

Players in

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Kwadwo Baah (Rochdale)

Mattie Pollock (Grimsby Town)

Imran Louza (FC Nantes)

Ashley Fletcher (Middlesbrough) Free

Danny Rose (Spurs) Free

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Emmanuel Dennis (Club Brugge)

Dapo Mebude (Rangers)

Peter Etebo (Stoke City) Loan

Joshua King (Free)

Vincent Angelini (Free)

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Players out

Achraf Lazaar (released)

Carlos Sanchez (released)

Jerome Sinclair (released)

Mamadou M’Baye (released)

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Ben Wilmot (Stoke City)

Ignacio Pussetto (Udinese) Loan

Adalberto Penaranda (Las Palmas) Loan

Craig Dawson (West Ham)

Tiago Cukur (Doncaster) Loan

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Bosun Lawal (Celtic) Compensation

Troy Deeney (Birmingham)

WEST HAM

Players in

Thierry Nevers (Reading)

Nikola Vlasic (CSKA Moscow)

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Pierre Ekwah Elimby (Chelsea)

Armstrong Oko-Flex (Celtic) Free

Craig Dawson (Watford)

Alphonse Areola (PSG)

Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)

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Alex Kral (Spartak Moscow) Loan

Players out

Oladapo Afolayan (Bolton)

Fabian Balbuena (released)

Sean Adarkwa (released)

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Olatunji Akinola (released)

Samuel Caiger (released)

Alfie Lewis (released)

Joshua Okotcha (released)

Joseph Anang (Stevenage) Loan

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Felipe Anderson (Lazio)

Nathan Trott (Nancy)

WOLVES

Players in

Yerson Mosquera (Atletico Nacional)

Louie Moulden ( Manchester City ) Free

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Hee Chan Hwang (RB Leipzig) Loan

Francisco Trincao (Barcelona) Loan

Rayan Ait-Nouri (Angers)

Jose Sa (Olympiacos)

Bendeguz Bolla (Fehervar FC)

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Rayan Ait-Nouri (Angers)

Players out

Sadou Diallo (released)

Cyriaque Mayounga (released)

Hong Wan (released)

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Toti Gomes (Grasshoppers) Loan

Ruben Vinagre (Sporting Lisbon)

Rui Patricio (Roma)

Leonardo Campana (Grasshoppers) Loan

Bendeguz Bolla (Grasshoppers) Loan

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Ryan Giles (Cardiff) Loan

Dion Sanderson (Birmingham) Loan

Morgan Gibbs-White (Sheffield United) Loan

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Maguire handed suspended prison sentence for 2020 brawl 

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England and Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been handed a 15-month suspended prison sentence ​by a Greek court over a 2020 ‌incident in Mykonos, Sky Sports reported on Wednesday.

In 2020, Maguire was found guilty of repeated bodily harm, attempted ​bribery and violence against public employees after ​his arrest in a brawl in which ⁠two police officers were assaulted.

Maguire, who was detained ​for two days following the incident and denied ​any wrongdoing, was handed a suspended prison sentence of 21 months and 10 days but was granted a full ​retrial after appealing against Greek court convictions on ​multiple charges.

In accordance with the Greek judicial process, the filing ‌nullified ⁠Maguire’s conviction before a full retrial in a more senior court. His retrial was postponed many times.

Maguire faced allegations of non-serious assault, resisting arrest ​and attempted ​bribery. The ⁠32-year-old was convicted on all three counts but will face no prison time. ​His legal team will appeal against ​the ⁠guilty verdict, Sky Sports reported.

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Maguire’s brother Joe and friend Christopher Sharman were also found guilty of offences ⁠related ​to the incident and received ​suspended prison sentences in 2020. They also denied any wrongdoing.

-Reuters

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Timber header earns Arsenal crucial win over Chelsea

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 Arsenal's David Raya celebrates after Jurrien Timber scores their second goal Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

Arsenal maintained control of the Premier League title race as they chiselled out a nervy 2-1 win over London rivals Chelsea to open up a five-point lead at the top of the table on Sunday.

Jurrien Timber’s 66th-minute header from a Declan Rice corner ensured Arsenal took three precious points, but it was a nervy afternoon in north London.

Mikel Arteta’s side moved to 64 points from 29 games, with Manchester City, who have played a game fewer, on 59.

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Arsenal’s Jurrien Timber celebrates scoring their second goal with Gabriel Magalhaes REUTERS/Jaimi Joy 

Defender William Saliba had given Arsenal the lead in the 21st minute from a trademark corner routine.

But it had looked as though an own goal by Piero Hincapie just before halftime would prove costly for the hosts until Timber came to their rescue.

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Chelsea, whose six-match unbeaten league sequence under new manager Liam Rosenior was halted, ended the match with 10 men after Pedro Neto was sent off for a second yellow card.

-Reuters

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Manchester United climb to third in Premier League table with come-from-behind win over Palace

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Manchester United produced a stirring second-half comeback to defeat Crystal Palace 2–1 at Old Trafford on Sunday, with captain Bruno Fernandes inspiring the turnaround that lifted the hosts into third place in the Premier League standings.

Trailing inside four minutes after a dominant start by Palace, United responded through a Fernandes penalty before his pinpoint free-kick was headed home by Benjamin Sesko to seal victory against the 10-man visitors.

The win extended interim manager Michael Carrick’s unbeaten run to seven matches since taking charge in mid-January. United now have 51 points from 28 games and are unbeaten since the January 5 dismissal of Ruben Amorim, climbing into third for the first time since May 2023. Palace remain 14th on 35 points.

“It feels like a big result, we were behind and had to show some character,” Fernandes told Sky Sports. “There are a lot of games to go still, and it is important that we don’t feel that we are in the position that we need to be. We need to make as many points as we can.”

Palace, under Oliver Glasner, were electric in the opening half hour, capitalising on sluggish United play. Defender Maxence Lacroix powered home a header from a corner after muscling past Leny Yoro, scoring the earliest goal United have conceded this season.

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The visitors nearly doubled their advantage when Daniel Munoz latched onto an Ismaila Sarr through ball, but goalkeeper Senne Lammens produced a crucial save.

United gradually found their rhythm before the break. Sesko forced Dean Henderson into action with a header from a Fernandes cross, and the Palace keeper also tipped a Fernandes free kick over the bar.

The turning point arrived in the 57th minute when Fernandes converted from the penalty spot after Matheus Cunha was dragged down by Lacroix. Following a lengthy VAR review, Lacroix was shown a red card, reducing Palace to 10 men.

Eight minutes later, Fernandes’ delivery again proved decisive as Sesko rose highest to nod home the winning goal.

United pushed for a third, with Casemiro’s volley drawing a diving save from Henderson and substitute Amad Diallo testing the keeper from distance in stoppage time. Joshua Zirkzee saw efforts blocked, while Kobbie Mainoo’s fierce strike drifted narrowly wide.

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Carrick praised his team’s resilience. “The biggest thing for us to take from the game is really the first time that we have been in that situation going in at halftime,” he said. “Being in that position and how we react and showing that personality and belief… to then come back as we did in the second half is the biggest thing for me today.”

Palace pressed late but could not find an equaliser. Glasner admitted his side had let the game slip. “It feels like there was more possible today. A great first 30 minutes, but the red card changed it completely. The second goal just happened too quickly.”

For United, the victory reinforces growing belief under Carrick that a top-four finish—and a return to Europe’s elite competition—is firmly within reach.

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