Premier League
Hours to Kick Off: Latest Update on Premiership Transfers
In the next few hours, it will be the kick-off of the 2017/2018 English Premier League, the most attention getting domestic football league in the world. There have been realignment of forces.
Players have changed camps. We bring to you, the latest updates in the transfer market as the Premiership kicks off this Friday with Arsenal taking on Leicester City.
All eyes will be on Arsenal’s new signing, Alexandre Lacazette. Will Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho make impact at Leicester City?
1. AFC Bournemouth
IN
Nathan Ake (Chelsea) £20m
Asmir Begovic (Chelsea) £10m
Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) Free
Connor Mahoney (Blackburn) Free
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OUT
Lewis Grabban (Sunderland) Loan
Ryan Allsop (Blackpool) Loan
Callum Buckley (Released)
Jake McCarthy (Released)
Matthew Neale (Released)
2. Arsenal
IN
Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) £45m
Sead Kolasinac (Schalke) Free
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OUT
Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus) £10m
Chris Willock (Benfica) Undisclosed
Kaylen Hinds (Wolfsburg) Undisclosed
Takuma Asano (Stuttgart) Loan
Marc Bola (Bristol Rovers) Loan
Emi Martinez (Getafe) Loan
Stephy Mavididi (Preston) Loan
Stefan O’Connor (Newcastle) Free
Yaya Sanogo (Toulouse) Free
Glen Kamara (Dundee) Free
Stefan O’Connor (Released)
Kristopher da Graca (Released)
Kostas Pileas (Released)
3. Brighton and Hove Albion
IN
Davy Propper (PSV Eindoven) £6m
Pascal Gross (Ingolstadt) Undisclosed
Mathew Ryan (Valencia) Undisclosed
Josh Kerr (Celtic) Undisclosed
Markus Suttner (Ingolstadt) Undisclosed
Mathias Normann (FK Bodo/Glimt) Undisclosed
Steven Alzate (Leyton Orient) Undisclosed
Ales Mateju (Viktoria Plzen) Undisclosed
Izzy Brown (Chelsea) Loan
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OUT
Rob Hunt (Oldham) Undisclosed
Jordan Maguire-Drew (Lincoln) Loan
Christian Walton (Wigan) Loan
Oliver Norwood (Fulham) Loan
Ben White (Newport County) Loan
David Stockdale (Birmingham) Free
Elvis Manu (Genclerbirligi) Free
4. Burnley
IN
Jack Cork (Swansea) £10m
Jonathan Walters (Stoke) £3m
Charlie Taylor (Leeds) Tribunal Fee
Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) Undisclosed
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OUT
Michael Keane (Everton) £25m
Andre Gray (Watford) £18.5m
Josh Ginnelly (Lincoln City) Loan
Aiden O’Neill (Fleetwood Town) Loan
George Boyd (Sheffield Wednesday) Free
Michael Kightly (Southend) Free
Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Dusseldorf) Free
Joey Barton (Released)
George Green (Released)
RJ Pingling (Released)
Christian Hill (Released)
Taofiq Olmowewe (Released)
Paul Robinson (Retired)
5. Chelsea
IN
Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid) £60m
Tiemoue Bakayoko (AS Monaco) £39.7m
Antonio Rudiger (Roma) £34m
Ethan Ampadu (Exeter) Undisclosed
Willy Caballero (Manchester City) Free
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OUT
Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) £40m
Nathan Ake (Bournemouth) £20m
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) £17m
Asmir Begovic (Bournemouth) £10m
Bertrand Traore (Lyon) £8.8m
Christian Atsu (Newcastle) £6.2m
Dominic Solanke (Liverpool) Compensation
Mukhtar Ali (Vitesse) Undisclosed
Bradley Collins (Forest Green) Loan
Charlie Colkett (Vitesse) Loan
Ike Ugbo (Barnsley) Loan
Jamal Blackman (Sheffield United) Loan
Jay Dasilva (Charlton) Loan
Kurt Zouma (Stoke) Loan
Lucas Piazon (Fulham) Loan
Marco van Ginkel (PSV Eindhoven) Loan
Michael Hector (Hull City) Loan
Ola Aina (Hull City) Loan
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Crystal Palace) Loan
Tammy Abraham (Swansea) Loan
Todd Kane (Groningen) Loan
Tomas Kalas (Fulham) Loan
Mario Pasalic (Spartak Moscow) Loan
Izzy Brown (Brighton) Loan
Matt Miazga (Vitesse Arnhem) Loan
Alex Kiwomya (Doncaster) Free
John Terry (Aston Villa) Free
Alex Davey (Released)
6. Crystal Palace
IN
Jairo Riedewald (Ajax) £7.9m
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) Loan
Timothy Fosu-Mensah (Manchester United) Loan
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OUT
Steve Mandanda (Marseille) £1.8m
Kwesi Appiah (AFC Wimbledon) Free
Luke Croll (Exeter) Free
Zeki Fryers (Barnsley) Free
Frazier Campbell (Hull City) Free
Corie Andrews (Released)
Jonathan Benteke (Released)
Mathieu Flamini (Released)
Ryan King-Elliott (Released)
Joe Ledley (Released)
Randell Wiliams (Released)
Ben Wynter (Released)
7. Everton
IN
Michael Keane (Burnley) £25m
Jordan Pickford (Sunderland) £25m
Davy Klaassen (Ajax) £23.6m
Henry Onyekuru (Eupen) £7m
Sandro Ramirez (Malaga) £5.25m
Josh Bowler (QPR) £1.5m
Lewis Gibson (Newcastle) Undisclosed
Natangelo Markelo (FC Volendam) Undisclosed
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) Undisclosed
Boris Mathis (Metz) Undisclosed
Cuco Martina (Southampton) Free
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OUT
Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) £75m
Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona) £10.6m
Tom Cleverley (Watford) Undisclosed
Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) Undisclosed
Courtney Duffus (Oldham) Undisclosed
Delial Brewster (Chesterfield) Free
Russell Griffiths (Motherwell) Free
Conor McAleny (Fleetwood) Free
Josef Yarney (Newcastle) Free
Arouna Kone (Sivasspor) Free
Henry Onyekuru (Anderlecht) Loan
Tyias Browning (Sunderland) Loan
Matthew Pennington (Leeds) Loan
Jack Bainbridge (Released)
Michael Donohue (Released)
Tyrone Duffus (Released)
Connor Hunt (Released)
Josef Yarney (Released)
James Yates (Released)
8. Huddersfield Town
IN
Steve Mounie (Montpellier) £11.44m
Tom Ince (Derby) £8.5m
Aaron Mooy (Manchester City) £8m
Laurent Depoitre (FC Porto) Undisclosed
Mathias Jorgensen (FC Copenhagen) Undisclosed
Scott Malone (Fulham) Undisclosed
Jonas Lossl (Mainz) Loan
Kasey Palmer (Chelsea) Loan
Danny Williams (Reading) Free
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OUT
Harry Bunn (Bury) Undisclosed
Tareiq Holmes-Dennis (Portsmouth) Loan
Joe Murphy (Released)
Flo Bojaj (Released)
Ronan Coughlan (Released)
Jamie Spencer (Released)
Sam Warde (Released)
Frank Mulhern (Released)
Owen Brooke (Released)
Harry Clibbens (Released)
Callum Elliott (Released)
Alfie Raw (Released)
9. Leicester City
IN
Kelechi Iheanacho (Man City) £23.5m
Harry Maguire (Hull City) £17m
Vicente Iborra (Sevilla) £10.5m
Eldin Jakupovic (Hull City) £2m
Sam Hughes (Chester) Undisclosed
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OUT
Ron-Robert Zieler (VfB Stuttgart) £2.5m
Bartosz Kapustka (SC Freiburg) Loan
Marcin Wasilewski (Released)
Michael Cain (Released)
David Domej (Released)
Brandon Fox (Released)
Cedric Kipre (Released)
Matty Miles (Released)
Kairo Mitchell (Released)
10. Liverpool
IN
Mohamed Salah (Roma) £34m
Andrew Robertson (Hull City) £8m rising to £10m
Dominic Solanke (Chelsea) Compensation
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OUT
Kevin Stewart (Hull City) £8m
Lucas Leiva (Lazio) £5m
Andre Wisdom (Derby) Undisclosed
Adam Phillips (Norwich) Free
Ryan Fulton (Hamilton) Free
Shamal George (Carlisle United) Loan
Connor Randall (Hearts) Loan
Pedro Chirivella (Willem II) Loan
Taiwo Awoniyi (Royal Excel Mouscron) Loan
Tom Brewitt (Released)
Jake Brimmer (Released)
Jack Dunn (Released)
Madger Gomes (Released)
Kane Lewis (Released)
Adam Phillips (Released)
Alex Manninger (Retired)
11. Manchester City
IN
Benjamin Mendy (AS Monaco) £51m
Kyle Walker (Tottenham) £50m
Bernardo Silva (AS Monaco) £43m
Danilo (Real Madrid) £26.9m
Ederson (Benfica) £34.7m
Douglas Luiz (Vasco da Gama) £10m
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OUT
Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) £23.5m
Nolito (Sevilla) £8m
Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield) £8m
Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) £4.5m
Fernando (Galatasaray) £4.5m
Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) £4m
Enes Unal (Villarreal) Undisclosed
Bruno Zuculini (Verona) Undisclosed
Angus Gunn (Norwich) Loan
Ashley Smith-Brown (Hearts) Loan
Bersant Celina (Ipswich) Loan
Joe Hart (West Ham) Loan
Aleix Garcia (Girona) Loan
Douglas Luiz (Girona) Loan
Marlos Moreno (Girona) Loan
Pablo Zabaleta (West Ham) Free
Willy Caballero (Chelsea) Free
Gael Clichy (Istanbul Basaksehir) Free
Joe Coveney (Nottingham Forest) Free
Jesus Navas (Released)
Bacary Sagna (Released)
Callum Bullock (Released)
Thomas O’Brien (Released)
Kane Plummer (Released)
12. Manchester United
IN
Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) £40m
Romelu Lukaku (Everton) £75m
Victor Lindelof (Benfica) £31m
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OUT
Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) £9.8m
Wayne Rooney (Everton) Undisclosed
Josh Harrop (Preston) Undisclosed
Devonte Redmond (Scunthorpe) Loan
Regan Poole (Northampton) Loan
Dean Henderson (Shrewsbury) Loan
Sam Johnstone (Aston Villa) Loan
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Released)
13. Newcastle United
IN
Jacob Murphy (Norwich) £12m
Florian Lejeune (Eibar) £8.7m
Christian Atsu (Chelsea) £6.2m
Javi Manquillo (Atletico Madrid) £4.5m
Mikel Merino (Borussia Dortmund) Loan
Stefan O’Connor (Arsenal) Free
Josef Yarney (Everton) Free
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OUT
Daryl Murphy (Nottingham Forest) £2m
Yoan Gouffran (Goztepe) Undisclosed
Florian Thauvin (Marseille) Undisclosed
Kevin Mbabu (BSC Young Boys) Undisclosed
Lewis Gibson (Everton) Undisclosed
Matz Sels (Anderlecht) Loan
Alex Gilliead (Bradford) Loan
Tom Heardman (Bury) Loan
Adam Armstrong (Bolton) Loan
Sean Longstaff (Blackpool) Loan
Vurnon Anita (Leeds) Free
Haris Vuckic (FC Twente) Free
Lubomir Satka (DAC 1904) Free
Sammy Ameobi (Bolton) Free
Steven Taylor (Released)
Jamie Cobain (Released)
Louis Johnson (Released)
Adam Laidler (Released)
Ben Pollock (Released)
Lewis Suddick (Released)
Jake Trodd (Released)
14. Southampton
IN
Mario Lemina (Juventus) £16m
Jan Bednarek (Lech Poznan) Free
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OUT
Jay Rodriguez (West Brom) £12m
Jason McCarthy (Barnsley) Undisclosed
Lloyd Isgrove (Barnsley) Free
Olufela Olomola (Yeovil) Loan
Harrison Reed (Norwich) Loan
Harry Lewis (Dundee United) Loan
Ryan Seager (MK Dons) Loan
Cuco Martina (Everton) Free
Lloyd Isgrove (Released)
Harley Willard (Released)
Martin Caceres (Released)
15. Stoke City
IN
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Schalke) Free
Tre Pemberton (Blackburn Rovers) Undisclosed
Josh Tymon (Hull) Undisclosed
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) Loan
Darren Fletcher (West Brom) Free
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OUT
Jonathan Walters (Burnley) £3m
Marko Arnautovic (West Ham) Undisclosed
Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) Undisclosed
Daniel Bachmann (Watford) Free
Shay Given (Released)
Liam Edwards (Released)
Harry Isted (Released)
Joel Taylor (Released)
George Waring (Released)
16. Swansea City
IN
Roque Mesa (Las Palmas) £11m
Cian Harries (Coventry City) £500k
Erwin Mulder (Heerenveen) Free
Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) Loan
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OUT
Jack Cork (Burnley) £10m
Bafetimbi Gomis (Galatasaray) £2.5m
Modou Barrow (Reading) £1.45m
Alex Samuel (Stevenage) Free
Liam Edwards (Hull) Free
Josh Vickers (Lincoln) Free
Liam Shephard (Peterborough) Free
Daniel James (Shrewsbury) Loan
Borja Baston (Malaga) Loan
Jordi Amat (Real Betis) Loan
Connor Roberts (Middlesbrough) Loan
Keston Davies (Yeovil) Loan
Franck Tabanou (Released)
Gerhard Tremmel (Released)
Marvin Emnes (Released)
Owain Jones (Released)
Tom Dyson (Released)
Tom Holland (Released)
17. Tottenham Hotspur
IN
NONE
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OUT
Kyle Walker (Manchester City) £50m
Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke) £16.8m
Clinton Njie (Marseille) £8m
Luke McGee (Portsmouth) Undisclosed
Federico Fazio (Roma) Undisclosed
Connor Ogilvie (Gillingham) Loan
Josh Onomah (Aston Villa) Loan
Filip Lesniak (Released)
Tom McDermott (Released)
Joe Muscatt (Released)
Charlie Owens (Released)
Zenon Stylianides (Released)
18. Watford
IN
Andre Gray (Burnley) £18.5m
Will Hughes (Derby) £8m
Tom Cleverley (Everton) Undisclosed
Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea) Undisclosed
Daniel Bachmann (Stoke) Free
Kiko Femenia (Alaves) Free
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OUT
Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord) Undisclosed
Mario Suarez (Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng FC) Undisclosed
Dennon Lewis (Crawley) Loan
Rene Gilmartin (Colchester) Free
Juan Carlos Paredes (Emelec) Free
Mathias Ranegie (Released)
Ola Adeyemo (Released)
Charlie Bannister (Released)
Ogo Obi (Released)
Rhyle Ovenden (Released)
19. West Bromwich Albion
IN
Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) £12m
Yuning Zhang (Vitesse) Undisclosed
Ahmed Hegazi (Al Ahly) Loan
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OUT
Darren Fletcher (Stoke) Free
Sebastien Pocognoli (Standard Liege) Free
Yuning Zhang (Werder Bremen) Loan
Daniel Barbir (Released)
Zachary Elbouzedi (Released)
Callam Jones (Released)
Jack Rose (Released)
Andre Wright (Released)
20. West Ham United
IN
Sead Haksabanovic (Halmstads BK) £2.4m
Javier Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen) £16m
Marko Arnautovic (Stoke) Undisclosed
Pablo Zabaleta (Man City) Free
Joe Hart (Man City) Loan
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OUT
Ashley Fletcher (Middlesbrough) £6.5m
Enner Valencia (Tigres) £5m
Darren Randolph (Middlesbrough) £4m
Havard Nordtveit (Hoffenheim) Undisclosed
George Dobson (Sparta Rotterdam) Undisclosed
Reece Oxford (Borussia Monchengladbach) Loan
Stephen Hendrie (Southend) Free
Reece Burke (Bolton) Loan
Josh Cullen (Bolton) Loan
Sam Howes (Released)
Sam Ford (Released)
Kyle Knoyle (Released)
Sam Westley (Released)
Alvaro Arbeloa (Retired)
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
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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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