When I first moved out of home and left for the big city lights of London, I realised I could spend hours at home with Sky Sports News on in the background. This was my house now, and I could watch whatever I wanted.
I always enjoyed the sidebar displaying the incomings and outgoings for each team during the transfer window. But Sky’s audience has undoubtedly changed in recent years, and I have absolutely no interest in TikTok, vibes, or much of the shite they peddle out every day. It’s a shame to see what has happened to a channel that was so important during my formative years.
That, combined with some recent discussions with a friend about certain clubs’ transfer business this summer, sparked a desire to create this list for myself.
Now, is this something you can access on other websites such as Sky? Yes.
Is it free on their websites, just like it is here? Also yes.
But will they care that you’ve read their piece? Absolutely not.
So thanks for being here and reading mine.
Below you’ll find every Premier League club’s transfer dealings so far this summer, along with my very brief and occasionally questionable thoughts on how they’ve done.
I’ll keep updating it as the window continues.
ARSENAL
In
Bruno Guimarães – Newcastle – £75m
Piero Hincapie – Bayer Leverkusen – £34.5m
Christos Tzolis – Club Brugge – £34m
Illan Meslier – Leeds – free
Out
Jakub Kiwior – Porto, £19m
Leandro Trossard – Besiktas -£17m
Christian Norgaard – Everton – £7m
Kerl Hein – Werder Bremen, £2.6m
Net Spend: £98m
My View: Arsenal have spent heavily again, but it’s difficult to argue that they haven’t improved. Guimarães is the standout for me and gives an already excellent midfield another ridiculous option, while Tzolis looked very impressive in their Charity Shield win.
ASTON VILLA
In
Johan Manzambi – Freiburg – £59.5m
João Gomes – Wolves – £38m
Modou Keba Cissa – LASK – undisclosed
Blade Earley – Cambridge – free
Alejandro Garnacho – Chelsea – loan
Out
Morgan Rogers – Chelsea – £117m
Youri Tielemans – Manchester United – £35m
Donyell Malen – Roma – £21.6m
Lewis Dobbin – Southampton – £10m
Enzo Barrenechea – Benfica – £10m
Lucas Digne – Paris Saint-Germain – £8.5m
Net Profit: Approximately £104.6m
My View: Villa have recruited well, but losing Rogers and Tielemans leaves some big holes to fill. Manzambi looks an exciting addition, but I’m not convinced they’re stronger than they were last season.
BOURNEMOUTH
In
Antonio Silva – Benfica – £25.7m
Alvaro Rodriguez – Elche – £21m
Juanlu Sanchez – Sevilla – £11.2
Out
Hamed Traore – Marseille – £6.5m
Luis Sinisterra – Cruzeiro – £5.2m
Owen Bevan – Dundee – undisclosed
Marcos Senesi – Tottenham – free
Romain Faivre – Auxerre – loan
Alex Jimenez – Fiorentina – loan
Net Spend: Approximately £46.2m
My View: Bournemouth have made some smart additions, with António Silva the standout. But it’s another season of defensive turnover, and I’m not convinced they’ve added enough depth. With European football now on the calendar, that squad could be stretched pretty quickly.
BRENTFORD
In
Mamadou Sangare – Lens – £39m
Jaidon Anthony – Burnley – £17m
Jannik Schuster – Red Bull Salzburg – £16.5m
Callum Wilson – West Ham – free
Out
Frank Onyeka – Coventry, undisclosed
Net Spend: Approximately £72.5m
My View: Brentford have had a very Brentford window. By that I mean more smart recruitment. Mamadou Sangaré looks an exciting addition, while Jaidon Anthony and Jannik Schuster feel like sensible signings. Callum Wilson on a free could prove particularly clever if they can keep him fit.
BRIGHTON
In
Luka Vuskovic – Tottenham – £50m
Zadok Yohanna – AIK – £21.5m
Pascal Struijk – Leeds – £18m
Costinha – Olympiacos – £8m
Michael Svobada – Venezia – £4m
Rodrigo Rego – Benfica – £3m
Out
Jan Paul van Hecke – Tottenham – £52m
Carl Rushworth – Coventry – £22.5m
Diego Coppola – Paris FC – £17m
Danny Welbeck – Chelsea – undis
Jeremy Sarmiento – Middlesbrough – undis
Facundo Buonanotte – Elche – loan
Brajan Gruda – RB Leipzig – loan
Adam Webster – released
Joel Veltman – released
Solly March – released
James Milner – retired
Net Spent: Approximately £12.5m
My View: Brighton have taken a gamble by swapping Van Hecke for Vuskovic, but you can see the logic given the latter’s enormous potential. Losing Welbeck leaves them light up front though, and with European football to contend with, I think they need to add another striker.
CHELSEA
In
Morgan Rogers – Aston Villa – £117m
Maxence Lacroix – Crystal Palace – £51m
Geovany Quenda – Sporting, £43.5m
Marco Palestra – Atalanta – £43m
Pep Chavarria – Rayo Vallecano, £16.3m
Denner – Corinthians, £8.7m
Dastan Satpaev – Kairat Almaty, £2.1m
Valentin Barco – Strasbourg – undisclosed
Danny Welbeck – Brighton – undisclosed
Emmanuel Emegha – Strasbourg – undisclosed
Harrison Bettoni – Wigan – compensation
Jordan Henderson – Brentford – free
Out
Marc Cucurella – Real Madrid – £51.8m
Andrey Santos – Man Utd – £50m
Trevoh Chalobah – Como – £30.8m
Tyrique George – Everton – £24m
Jimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom – £4m
Filip Jorgensen – Strasbourg – loan
Alejandro Garnacho – Aston Villa – loan
Jesse Derry – Sporting – loan
Net Spend: Approximately £121m
My View: You have to respect Chelsea’s desire to just burn through money. They’ve gone big again, with Morgan Rogers the obvious headline signing. There’s a lot to like about the additions, but after another major overhaul, the bigger question is whether Xabi Alonso can finally turn all that talent into a coherent team.
COVENTRY
In
Caleb Yirenkyi – Nordsjaelland – £26m
Carl Rushworth – Brighton – £22.5m
Loum Tchaouna – Burnley – £20m
Aurele Amenda – Eintracht Frankfurt – £17.2m
Taiwo Awoniyi – Nottingham Forest – £9m
Gustavo Hamer – Sheffield United – £6m
Frank Onyeka – Brentford – undisclosed
Out
No significant departures
Net Spend: Approximately £100.7m
My View: Coventry have given themselves a fighting chance. Yirenkyi and Rushworth are ambitious signings, while Hamer and Onyeka add some much-needed experience. There are no guarantees for a promoted side, but if they go down, they’ll have a stronger squad than last season.
CRYSTAL PALACE
In
Dwight McNeil – Everton – swap
Oscar Mingueza – Celta Vigo – free
Takehiro Tomiyasu – free
Evann Guessand – Aston Villa – loan
Anan Khalaili – Union Saint-Gilloise – undisclosed
Out
Maxence Lacroix – Chelsea – £51m
Danny Imray – Wrexham – £5m
Brennan Johnson – Everton – swap
Net Profit: Approximately £56m
My View: I really don’t like Palace’s business so far. If Dwight McNeil is the headline addition, that says plenty, and swapping Brennan Johnson for him feels particularly uninspiring. With European football to contend with as well, they desperately need more before the window closes.
EVERTON
In
Hayden Hackney – Middlesbrough – £24m
Tyrique George – Chelsea – £24m
Merlin Rohl – Freiburg – £19m
Christian Norgaard – Arsenal – £7m
Brennan Johnson – Crystal Palace – swap
Out
Dwight McNeil – Crystal Palace – swap
Seamus Coleman – released
Idrissa Gueye – released
Net Spend: £74m
My View: I don’t mind what Everton have done. They’ve added some exciting young talent in Hayden Hackney and Tyrique George, while Brennan Johnson gives them another proven Premier League option. There’s a clear attempt to build something for the future rather than just patching holes.
FULHAM
In
Gonzalo Garcia – Real Madrid – £34m
Shea Charles – Southampton – £30m
Cesar Palacios – Real Madrid – £8.5m
Jonah Kusi-Asare – Bayern Munich – £5m
Out
Sasa Lukic – Ipswich – £9m
Issa Diop – Ipswich – £8.5m
Raul Jimenez – Wolves – free
Harry Wilson – Leeds – free
Net Spend: £60 million
My View: Fulham’s business really worries me. They’ve lost proven Premier League quality in Harry Wilson and Raúl Jiménez, and replaced it with two young players from Real Madrid who just happen to share an agent with their new manager. There’s talent there, but it feels like a massive gamble.
HULL CITY
In
Konstantinos Tzolakis – Olympiacos – £20m
Lucas Herrington – Colorado Rapids – £17m
Joe Gelhardt – Leeds – £6.5m
Lucas Gourna-Douath – RB Salzburg – £3m
Jack Butland – Rangers – £3m
Nobel Mendy – Rayo Vallecano – undisclosed
Elliot Stroud – Mjallby – undisclosed
Jens Hjerto-Dahl – Tromso – undisclosed
Oscar Zambrano – NK Maribor – undisclosed
Matt Targett – Newcastle – free
Ben Robinson – Preston – free
Hidemasa Morita – Sporting – free
Out
Ivor Pandur – Rangers – £6m
Kyle Joseph – Middlesbrough – £4m
Aidon Shehu – Panathinaikos – undisclosed
Akin Famewo – Bolton – undisclosed
Kasey Palmer – Luton – undisclosed
James Debayo – Swindon – loan
Net Spend: Approximately £39.5m
My View: Tzolakis was a great signing, and Herrington is very highly rated despite being just 18. But it’s going to be a baptism of fire for him and the rest of this squad. They still look comfortably short of Premier League quality to me.
IPSWICH TOWN
In
Emersonn – Toulouse – £26.6m
Abdul Fatawu – Leicester – £23m
Florentino – Burnley – £19m
Kjell Scherpen – Union Saint-Gilloise – £11m
Daizen Maeda – Celtic – £10m
Sasa Lukic – Fulham – £9m
Issa Diop – Fulham – £8.5m
Chuba Akpom – Ajax – £7m
Kayne van Oevelen – Volendam – £4.25m
Cedric Kipre – Reims – £2.1m
Frankie Runham – Chelsea – undisclosed
Luca Fletcher – Manchester City – undisclosed
Christopher Atherton – Chelsea – undisclosed
Out
Arijanet Muric – Sassuolo – £8.6m
Elkan Baggott – Millwall – £2m
Conor Chaplin – Leicester – free
Sam Szmodics – Derby – loan
Net Spend: Approximately £110m
My View: Ipswich are spending big again, adding plenty of Premier League experience to the squad they’ve built over the last two years. You have to admire the ambition, but I’m still not convinced. They look better equipped than last time, but I think the gap to the Premier League will prove too big again.
LEEDS UNITED
In
James Trafford – Manchester City – £40m
Tarik Muharemovic – Sassuolo – 34m
Harry Wilson – Fulham – free
Out
Pascal Struijk – Brighton – £18m
Joe Gelhardt – Hull City – £6.5m
Isaac Schmidt – Young Boys – £2m
Jack Harrison – New England Revolution – undisclosed
Karl Darlow – Manchester United – free
Illan Meslier – Arsenal – free
Harry Gray – Sheffield Wednesday – loan
Max Wober – released
Net Spend: £47.5m
My View: I absolutely love our business. Trafford and Muharemović are statement signings, Wilson on a free was a no-brainer, and Elvedi will add quality and experience at the back. We’ve strengthened without losing anyone I’d consider irreplaceable, we’ve shifted the deadwood and large wages off our books, and there’s still time to add more.
LIVERPOOL
In
Jeremy Jacquet – Rennes – £60m
Victor Munoz – Osasuna – £34.5m
Ifeanyi Ndukwe – Austria Wien – undisclosed
Ronald Araujo – Barcelona – loan
Out
Luca Stephenson – Bolton – £700,000
Carter Pinnington – West Brom – undisclosed
Andy Robertson – Tottenham – free
Ibrahima Konate – Real Madrid – free
Mo Salah – Trabzonspor – free
Net Spend: Approximately £93m
My View: I’d be worried if I was a Liverpool fan. Losing Salah, Robertson and Konaté in the same summer is an enormous amount of experience walking out the door, and they already lacked depth last season. Araújo helps, but right now I think their squad looks weaker than it did a year ago.
MANCHESTER CITY
In
Elliot Anderson – Nottingham Forest – £116m
Jeremy Monga – Leicester City – £10m
Pierce Charles – Sheffield Wednesday – £3m
Geronimo Rulli – Marseille – £2m
Mathys Detourbet – Troyes – undisclosed
Out
James Trafford – Leeds – £40m
Nathan Ake – Fenerbahce – £8.5m
Reigan Heskey – Cologne – £6m
Manuel Akanji – Inter Milan – undisclosed
Matty Warhurst – Northampton – undisclosed
Jahmai Simpson-Pusey – Cologne – undisclosed
Luca Fletcher – Ipswich – undisclosed
John Stones – Inter Milan – free
Bernardo Silva – Real Madrid – free
Divin Mubama – Southampton – loan
Kalvin Phillips – Sheffield United – loan
Pierce Charles – QPR – loan
Net Spend: Approximately £76.5m
My View: I really don’t like City’s business. £116m for Elliot Anderson looks like a huge overpay to me, while they’ve lost an enormous amount of experience in Bernardo Silva and John Stones, with Rodri now seemingly on his way too. Maresca has inherited a squad in transition without getting enough new faces through the door.
MANCHESTER UNITED
In
Andrey Santos – Chelsea – £50m
Youri Tielemans – Aston Villa – £35m
Tynan Thompson – Tottenham – £8m
Cristian Orozco – Fortaleza – undisclosed
Kit Margetson – Swansea – compensation
Karl ‘The Rat’ Darlow – Leeds – free
Out
Rasmus Hojlund – Napoli – £38m
Radek Vitek – Middlesbrough – £7m
Casemiro – Inter Miami – free
Andre Onana – Trabzonspor – loan
Tyrell Malacia – released
Jadon Sancho – released
Sonny Aljofree – released
Malachi Sharpe – released
Altay Bayindir – Celta Vigo – loan
Net Spend: £48m
My View: Santos is a good signing, but £50m feels like Chelsea have pulled their pants down. Tielemans for £35m is much better business and gives them proven quality in midfield. I still think they’ve work to do out wide, where I think they’re short of genuine quality.
NEWCASTLE UNITED
In
Bazoumana Toure – Hoffenheim – £42m
Aladji Bamba – Monaco – £35.5m
Lukas Hornicek – Braga – £25.7m
Sean Steur – Ajax – £23m
Ewen Jaouen – Reims – £18.5m
Out
Sandro Tonali – Tottenham – £100m
Bruno Guimarães Arsenal – £75m
Anthony Gordon – Barcelona – £69.3m
Matt Targett – Hull – free
Kieran Trippier – Wolves – free
Harrison Ashby – Luton – loan
Emil Krafth – released
Net Profit: £101m
My View: I actually like a lot of Newcastle’s business and there’s clearly some good planning for the future. But when it comes after losing Gordon, Guimarães and Tonali (plus Trippier on a free) it’s hard to call it anything other than a huge downgrade. That’s an outrageous amount of quality and experience to replace in one summer.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
In
Ousmande Diomande – Sporting CP – £34.3m
Xaver Schlager – RB Leipzig – free
Out
Elliot Anderson – Manchester City – £116m
Taiwo Awoniyi – Coventry – £9m
Angus Gunn – San Jose Earthquakes – free
Jota Silva – Olympiacos – loan
Willy Boly – released
Stefan Ortega – released
Net Profit: Approximately £91m
My View: Diomande is a fantastic signing for me, and Forest must still be pissing themselves at getting £116m for Elliot Anderson. There’s plenty to like about their squad, but I still think they’re short of quality up front and need to address that before the window closes.
SUNDERLAND
In
Dayann Methalie – Toulouse – £26m
Thomas Meunier – Lille – free
Out
Eleizer Mayenda – Rennes – £22m
Anthony Patterson – Wrexham – £8m
Dennis Cirkin – QPR – free
Dan Neil – Rangers – free
Bertrand Traore – released
Niall Huggins – released
Net Profit: £4m
My View: I’d be terrified if I was a Sunderland fan. After qualifying for Europe, they simply haven’t done enough to prepare for the extra games, The squad already faces a packed schedule, and unless they get busy before the window closes, I think they could be in real trouble.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
In
Sandro Tonali – Newcastle – £100m
Mateus Fernandes – West Ham – £85m
Jan Paul van Hecke – Brighton – £52m
Martin Dubravka – Burnley – free
Andy Robertson – Liverpool – free
Marcos Senesi – Bournemouth – free
Out
Djed Spence – Inter Milan – £30m
Cristian Romero – Atletico Madrid – £34.2m
Luka Vuskovic – Brighton – £50m
Will Lankshear – Middlesbrough – £10m
Ashley Phillips – Middlesbrough – £7m
Tynan Thompson – Manchester United – £8m
Alejo Veliz – Bahia – £8m
Manor Solomon – West Ham – £7m
Alfie Devine – Preston – £6m
Radu Dragusin – Fiorentina – loan
Yves Bissouma – released
Net Spend: Approximately £77m
My View: Calm down Spurs. Christ! Tonali is an outstanding signing and they’ve added serious quality throughout the squad. The glaring issue is still up front though. For all the money they’ve spent, I don’t think they have a striker good enough to take them where they want to go.
