Premier League Transfer Round Up 2013/14

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The summer transfer window has arrived and departed almost as quickly. Clubs up and down the country have been, since July 1^st, making offers, agreeing contracts, discussing fees and getting on managers and coaches last nerve in order to acquire prized assets.

But which transfers will excel? Which ones will flop? Here is a run through of all the moves for all 20 Premier League teams.

We also want to here your say, take our poll on the right of your screen. Which Premier League Club has made the best transfers this summer, vote and see how your choice compares to the rest 

Arsenal:

Players in: Yaya Sanogo (Auxerre) Free, Mathieu Flamini (AC Milan) Free, Emiliano Viviano (Palmero) Loan, Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid) £42.5million.

Players out: Andrey Arshavin (Zenit St Petersberg) Free, Francis Coquelin (Freiburg) Loan, Denilson (Sao Paulo) Free, Johan Djourou (Hamburg) Loan, Craig Eastmond (Colchester United) Free, Kyle Ebecilio (Twente) Free, Vito Mannone (Sunderland) Undisclosed,  Sebastien Squillaci Released, Sanchez Watt (Colchester United) Free, Jordan Wynter (Bristol City) Free, Jernade Meade (Swansea City), Free Andre Santos (Flamengo) Undisclosed, Gervinho (Roma) £8 million, Marouane Chamakh (Crystal Palace) Undisclosed.

One to watch: Mesut Ozil.Arsenal have not won a trophy for 8 years. Arsene Wenger has been slated by fans, journalists and various other critiques by not spending money on any so called ‘marquee’ signings. However he had told the fans to be patient and, to his credit, this signing was one that was worth all the turmoil and wait. In Mesut Ozil, Arsenal have signed a game changer and play maker. At 24, Ozil already has nearly 50 caps for Germany and was highly regarded by fans of his old club Real Madrid who did not want him to leave the Bernabeu. For my reckoning the oldest manager in the Premier League has still got the knack for pulling something like this out of the bag and this might encourage fans to lay off Wenger as the signing of Ozil might drive the Gunners into securing that 4^th place finish and keep other teams such as North London rivals Spurs, and Liverpool at bay.

Aston Villa:

Players in: Aleksandar Tonev (Lech Poznan) Undisclosed, Jores Okore (FC Nordsjaelland) Undisclosed,  Leandro Bacuna (FC Groningen) Undisclosed, Nicklas Helenius (Aalborg BK) Undisclosed, Antonio Luna (Sevilla) Undisclosed, Jed Steer (Norwich) Undisclosed, Libor Kozak (Lazio) £7million. Stephen Ireland (Stoke) Loan

Players out: Richard Dunne (Queens Park Rangers) Free, Jean II Makoun Released, Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) Free, Andy Marshall Released, Brett Holman Released, Derrick Williams (Bristol City) Undisclosed, Darren Bent (Fulham) Loan, Barry Bannan (Crystal Palace) Undisclosed.

One to watch: Liobor KozakAnother relatively young player to be added to the Villa first team by Paul Lambert. Signed on deadline day for £7 million, Kozak has been brought in to boost Villa’s attacking options and help other strikers such as Christian Benteke and Andreas Weimann try to push the Birmingham club into a higher league position then last season.

Cardiff City:

Players in: Andreas Cornelius (Copenhagen) Undisclosed John Brayford (Derby County) Undisclosed Simon Moore (Brentford) Undisclosed  Steven Caulker (Tottenham Hotspur) Undisclosed Gary Medel (Sevilla) Undisclosed Kevin Theophile-Catherine (Rennes) £2.1milion.

Players out: Heidar Helguson Released Stephen McPhail Released

One to watch: Steven Caulker

Signed from Tottenham, Caulker is a gifted 21 year old talent who has left the North London outfit to become a first team regular. Big and strong, the young defender has had various loans which include in the Championship with Bristol City and in the Premier League with Cardiff’s South Wales rivals Swansea City, Caulker has all the attributes to one day be at the heart of the English national team’s defence.

Chelsea:

Players in: Andre Schurrle (Bayer Leverkusen) Undisclosed fee  Mario van Ginkel (Vitesse Arnhem) Undisclosed fee  Mark Schwarzer (Fulham) Free  Willian (Anzhi Makhachkala) Undisclosed fee. Samuel Eto’o (Anzhi Makhachkala) Free. Christian Atsu (Porto) £3.5million.

Players out: Yossi Benayoun Released Florent Malouda (Trabzonspor) Free Paulo Ferreira Released
Ross Turnbull (Doncaster Rovers) Free Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid) Loan Marko Marin (Sevilla) Loan Oriol Romeu (Valencia) Loan Wallace (Inter Milan) Loan Christian Atsu (Vitesse Arnhem) Loan Victor Moses (Liverpool) Loan Romelu Lukaku (Everton) Loan.

One to watch: Willian

Stolen from under the noses of London rivals Tottenham, Willian arrives at Stamford Bridge from Anzhi in Russia. With the Russian clubs owner Suleyman Kerimov becoming dissilousioned and disheartend with them not becoming champions of the Russian league since his take over in 2011, he has decided to sell the majority of his investments, Willian being one of them. This is a great deal for Chelsea, who have also acquired Samuel Eto’o from the same team. Willian is also no stranger to scoring at Stamford Bridge, netting 2 goals for Shaktar Donetsk in a Champions league tie which they lost 3-2. He will complete what is already a midfield the opposition would be scared to come across and with the likes of Hazard and Oscar, Chelsea have a strong core to build for a title challenge.

Crystal Palace:

Players in: Stephen Dobbie (Brighton & Hove Albion) Undisclosed Dwight Gayle (Peterborough United) Undisclosed Jerome Thomas (West Bromwich Albion) Free Jose Campana (Sevilla) Undisclosed Elliot Grandin (Unattached) Free  Marouane Chamakh (Arsenal) Undisclosed  Neil Alexander (Unattached) Free  Florian Marange (Unattached) Free Jason Puncheon (Southampton) Loan Jack Hunt (Huddersfield Town) Undisclosed Jimmy Kebe (Reading) Undisclosed Adrian Mariappa (Reading) Undisclosed Barry Bannan (Aston Villa) Undisclosed.

Players out: Andre Moritz (Bolton Wanderers) Free Alex Marrow (Blackburn Rovers) Undisclosed Peter Ramage (Barnsley) Loan.

One to watch: Dwight Gayle

Signed from Peterborough, Dwight Gayle was playing non- league football as little as 2 years ago. Brought to the football league by Dagenham & Redbridge, he was quickly snapped up by Peterborough and then Palace for a reported club record fee. It will be interesting to see how or if he can adapt to the Premier League at such a fierce incline but Eagles boss Ian Holloway has put all of his faith into the young striker and believes his goals will help keep Palace in this division.

Everton:

Players in: Arouna Kone (Wigan Athletic) Undisclosed fee  Antolin Alcaraz (Wigan Athletic) Free Joel Robles (Atletico Madrid) Undisclosed Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona) Loan James McCarthy (Wigan) Undisclosed Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) Loan Gareth Barry (Manchester CIty) Loan

Players out: Thomas Hitzlsperger Released Jan Mucha Released Jake Bidwell (Brentford) Undisclosed Marouanne Fellani (Manchester United) £27.5million Victor Anichebe (West Brom) £6million.

One to watch: Romelu Lukaku

On loan at West Brom last season, where he was a star, Lukaku was this season planning to stay at Chelsea and fight for his place with fellow strikers Torres, Ba and Eto’o. However, in what could be perceived as the shock of the transfer window, he has joined Everton on loan until the end of the season. Powerful and athletic, and already part of the Belgian national side, Lukaku should be a big hit with the Toffees and their fans. With fantastic displays against Liverpool last year for West Brom, I am sure the fans will welcome him with open arms.

Fulham:

Players in: Derek Boateng (FC Dnipro) Free Fernando Amorebieta (Athletic Bilbao) Free Maarten Stekelenburg (AS Roma) Undisclosed Giorgos Karagounis (Unattached) Free Sascha Riether (Cologne) Undisclosed Adel Taarabt (Queens Park Rangers) Loan  Darren Bent (Aston Villa) Loan  Scott Parker (Tottenham Hotspur) Undisclosed Elsad Zverotic (Young Boys) Undisclosed.

Players out: Chris Baird Released Simon Davies Released Mahamadou Diarra Released Mladen Petric Released Mark Schwarzer (Chelsea) Free Csaba Somogyi Released Cauley Woodrow (Southend) Loan Marcello Trotta (Brentford) Loan.

One to watch: Adel Taarabt

Fulham are in a bit of a daze, finishing last season poorly, the clubs chairman Mohammed Al- Fayed decided this was the year he would sell up, and sell up he has to American businessman, Shahid Khan, who also owns the Jacksonville Jaguars American football franchise. This season Martin Jol has had to get off to a decent start, and in the transfer market he has made some decent signings, with Darren Bent and Scott Parker, but the main one to watch is Adel Taarabt. Signed on loan from local rivals QPR, Taarabt has always fancied himself to be world class. It will be interesting to see if he can prove this on the pitch and consolidate Fulham’s place in the Premier League.

Hull City:

Players in: George Boyd (Peterborough United) Free Maynor Figueroa (Wigan Athletic) Free Curtis Davies (Birmingham City) Undisclosed Ahmed Elmohamady (Sunderland) Undisclosed Allan McGregor (Besiktas) Undisclosed Steve Harper (Newcastle United) Free  Danny Graham (Sunderland) Loan  Yannick Sagbo (Evian) Undisclosed  Tom Huddlestone (Tottenham Hotspur) Undisclosed  Jake Livermore (Tottenham Hotspur) Loan Gedo (Al Ahly) Loan

Players out: Sonny Bradley (Portsmouth) Free Danny East (Portsmouth) Free Seyi Olofinjana Released Jay Simpson Released Andy Dawson (Scunthorpe United) Free Mark Oxley (Oldham Athletic) Loan Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers) Undisclosed Connor Townsend (Carlisle) Loan Cameron Stewart (Charlton) Loan

One to watch: Tom Huddlestone

Mainly for the haircut! Decent midfielder with a ferocious driver capable from his right foot, Huddlestone was finding it hard to gain a regular place in Andre Villas-Boas’ Tottenham Squad having been out injured for a while. Now with a new start and a new team, it will be interesting to see if his experience in the top flight can help keep newly promoted Hull, in with a chance of staying in it.

Liverpool:

Players in: Kolo Toure (Manchester City) Free Luis Alberto (Sevilla) Undisclosed Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) Undisclosed Simon Mignolet (Sunderland) Undisclosed  Aly Cissokho (Valencia) Loan Mamadou Sakho (PSG) £18million Victor Moses (Chelsea) Loan Tiago Ilori (Sporting Lisbon) £7million.

Players out: Danny Wilson (Heart of Midlothian) Free Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) Undisclosed  Suso (Almeria) Loan Pepe Reina (Napoli) Loan Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers) Undisclosed Stewart Downing (West Ham United) Undisclosed Oussama Assaidi (Stoke City) Loan Daniel Pacheco (AD Alcorcon) Undisclosed Fabio Borini (Sunderland) Loan

One to watch: Simon Mignolet

One of Liverpool’s loyal assets Pepe Reina, was moved on somewhat controversially in his opinion by the Anfield club in the summer, following which they signed Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet from Sunderland. Another Belgian in the Premier League, the new Liverpool goalie has made a very good start with 3 clean sheets in the first 3 games of the season. Liverpool fans will hope he can keep this up throughout the season to help Liverpool gain back a place in Europe or even, dare it be said, challenge for the Premier League title.

Manchester City:

Players in: Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk) Undisclosed Jesus Navas (Sevilla) Undisclosed  Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla) Undisclosed  Stevan Jovetic (Fiorentina) Undisclosed Martin Demichelis (Athletico Madrid) £4.2million. 

Players out: Kolo Toure (Liverpool) Free  Wayne Bridge (Reading) Free Roque Santa Cruz (Malaga) Free Carlos Tevez (Juventus) Undisclosed Karim Rekik (PSV Eindhoven) Loan Jeremy Helan (Sheffield Wednesday) Undisclosed  Maicon (AS Roma) Undisclosed Scott Sinclair (West Bromwich Albion) Loan Denis Suarez (Barcelona) Undisclosed  Albert Rusnak (Oldham) Loan Abdul Razak (Anzhi Makhachkala) Loan. Harry Bunn (Sheffield United) Loan Gareth Barry (Everton) Loan

One to watch: Alvaro Negredo

Manchester City needed something new this season after the shambolic display of last season, finishing a long way behind local rivals Manchester United in the title race. New manager Manuel Pellegrini has bought wisely and seemed to have brought a new lease of life to the players at the Etihad Stadium. New signing Alvaro Negredo has scored twice coming off the bench and looks to be settling in well, it will be interesting to see if he can form a formidable striking partnership with City’s other world class strikers, to aid in bringing the title back to the blue half of Manchester. 

Manchester United:

Players in: Guillermo Varela (Atletico Penarol) Undisclosed Marouanne Fellani (Everton) £27.5million.

Players out: Scott Wootton (Leeds United) Undisclosed Angelo Henriquez (Real Zaragoza) Loan Nick Powell (Wigan) Loan. 


One to watch: Marouanne Fellani

The Premier League champions left it late, but in Marouanne Fellani they have signed a player that they needed and have wanted for a long time. Fellani is well known to David Moyes, being a vital player for him at Everton. Now that he has brought him to Manchester, Moyes will hope that it is one of his trusted employee from his days in the Blue side of Mersyside that will help him gain his first Premier League title.

Newcastle United:

Players in: Olivier Kemen (Metz) Undisclosed Loic Remy (Queens Park Rangers) Loan

Players out: Steve Harper (Hull City) Free Danny Simpson (Queens Park Rangers) Free James Perch (Wigan Athletic) Undisclosed Mehdi Abeid (Panathinaikos) Loan Brad Inman (Crewe Alexandra) Undisclosed.

One to watch: Loic Remy

“Judge me on my signings,” said Newcastle’s appointed director of football and former manager Joe Kinnear when he was appointed by Mike Ashley in June and it’s safe to say he hasn’t done himself any favours in this transfer window. Only the signing of Loic Remy on loan from QPR, is one that might influence the Toon Army season. To be fair to Remy, he was decent for QPR at the end of last season but is he enough to improve the confidence around St James Park.

Norwich City:

Players in: Ricky Van Wolfswinkel (Sporting Lisbon) Undisclosed Javier Garrido (Lazio) Undisclosed Nathan Redmond (Birmingham City) Undisclosed Carlo Nash (Stoke City) Free Martin Olsson (Blackburn Rovers) Undisclosed Leroy Fer (FC Twente) Undisclosed Gary Hooper (Celtic) Undisclosed Johan Elmander (Galatasaray) Loan

Players out: Chris Martin (Derby County) Free Simeon Jackson (Eintracht Braunschweig) Free Lee Camp Released Marc Tierney (Bolton Wanderers) Free Elliott Ward (AFC Bournemouth) Free Tom Adeyemi (Birmingham City) Free Jed Steer (Aston Villa) Free James Vaughan (Huddersfield Town) Undisclosed Grant Holt (Wigan Athletic) Undisclosed Andrew Surman (AFC Bournemouth) Loan Leon Barnett (Wigan Athletic) Undisclosed Jacob Butterfield (Middlesbrough) Undisclosed.

One to watch: Ricky Van WolfswinkelSigned from Sporting Lisbon RVW has come into the Norwich team to bolster their attack, which was the weakest part of their game last season with the now departed Grant Holt being their top scorer with only 8 goals. Along with Norwich’s other newly signed players in their new look frontline, Chris Hughton has built a team more than capable of searching for a top 10 finish.

Southampton:

Players in: Dejan Lovren (Lyon) Undisclosed  Victor Wanyama (Celtic) Undisclosed Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (AS Roma) £12.8 million.

Players out: Frazer Richardson (Middlesbrough) Free Danny Butterfield (Carlisle United) Free Dan Seaborne (Yeovil Town) Free Ryan Dickson (Colchester United) Free Ben Reeves (Milton Keynes Dons) Free Sam Hoskins (Yeovil Town) Free Richard Chaplow (Millwall) Free Vegard Forren (Molde FK)  Steve De Ridder (FC Utrecht) Free Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace) Loan Emmanuel Mayuka (Sochaux) Loan

One to watch: Pablo OsvaldoDescribed by some as a ‘hot-head’ Osvaldo is a proven goal scorer in Italy so it will be interesting to see if he can make the transition to the Premier League. With other signings Victor Wanyama from Celtic and Dejan Lovern from Lyon, along with the likes of Ricky Lambert and Adam Lallana at their disposal, the Saints have what it takes to push on from last season’s 14^th place finish.

Stoke City:

Players in: Erik Pieters (PSV Eindhoven) £3.2 million Marc Muniesa (Barcelona) Free  Oussama Assaidi (Liverpool) Loan. Stephen Ireland (Aston Villa) Loan Marko Arnautovic (Werder Bremen) Undisclosed

Players out: Dean Whitehead (Middlesbrough) Free Matthew Upson (Brighton & Hove Albion) Free Rory Delap (Burton Albion) Free Mamady Sidibe Released Carlo Nash (Norwich City) Free Matthew Lund (Rochdale) Free. Ryan Shotton (Wigan) Loan Michael Kightly (Burnley) Loan Florent Cuvelier (Sheffield United) Undisclosed.

One to watch: Marko Arnautovic

A deadline signing by Mark Hughes, Arnautovic has the skills to be effective in the Premier League, but a lot depends on his attitude to work for it. Once playing under Jose Mourinho, when he was at Inter Milan, the “Special One,” described the Austrian Striker as “a fantastic person, but having the attitude of a child.” This hasn’t stopped The Potters who are aiming to rebuild a new team after the sacking of Tony Pulis in May.

Sunderland:

Players in: Cabral (Basle) Free Modibo Diakite (Lazio) Free Valentin Roberge (Maritimo) Free  David Moberg Karlsson (IFK Goteborg) Undisclosed Vito Mannone (Arsenal) Undisclosed Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar) Undisclosed El Hadji Ba (Le Havre) Free  Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus) Undisclosed Ondrej Celustka (Trabzonspor) Loan  Charis Mavrias (Panathinaikos) Undisclosed Ki Sung-Yeung (Swansea) Loan Andrea Dossena (Napoli) Undisclosed Fabio Borini (Liverpool) Loan.

Players out: Titus Bramble Released Matthew Kilgallon (Blackburn Rovers) Free Ryan Noble Released Simon Mignolet (Liverpool) Undisclosed Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) Undisclosed Danny Graham (Hull City) Loan  Alfred N'Diaye (Eskisehirspor) Loan James McClean (Wigan Athletic) Undisclosed  Ben Wilson (Accrington Stanley) Free Stephane Sessegnon (West Brom) Undisclosed.

One to watch: Jozy Altidore

Paolo Di Canio has given another chance at a crack in the Premier League to the American striker who had a torrid time previously with Hull City. Having grown up and worked on his game, it is not going to be easy, but Sunderland and Di Canio will have to rely on Altidore and his strike partner Stephen Fletcher, to score the goals that will help keep them in this league. Di Canio has made a lot of new signings so it will take a bit of time for the rest of the team to gel, which might unfortunately be their downfall.

Swansea City:

Players in: Jose Canas (Real Betis) Free Jordi Amat (Espanyol) £2.5m  Jonathan De Guzman (Villarreal) Loan  Gregor Zabret (NK Domzale) Undisclosed Alex Gogic (Olympiakos) Undisclosed Alejandro Pozuelo (Real Betis) Undisclosed Jonjo Shelvey (Liverpool) Undisclosed Wilfred Bony (Vitesse Arnhem) £12m  Jernade Meade (Arsenal) Free Dwight Tiendalli (Unattached) Free Alvaro Vazquez (Getafe) Loan.


Players out: Mark Gower (Charlton Athletic) Free Kyle Bartley (Birmingham City) Loan Kemy Agustien (Brighton & Hove Albion) Free Luke Moore Mutual Consent.

One to watch: Wilfred Bony

Brilliant for Vitesse Arnhem in the Eredivisie, scoring 46 goals in 65 games (37 goals from 36 appearances just last season), Swansea smashed their transfer record to bring Bony who is an Ivory Coast International, to South Wales. Michael Laudrup’s men now have a very decent team and have the quality to gain a place in the Europa League next season, it will just depend if Laudrup can keep the right players fit for the majority of the season in order for them to succeed.

Tottenham Hotspur:

Players in: Paulinho (Corinthians) Undisclosed Nacer Chadli (FC Twente) Undisclosed Roberto Soldado (Valencia) Undisclosed Etienne Capoue (Toulouse) Undisclosed Vlad Chiriches (Steau Bucharest) £9million Erik Lamela (AS Roma) £30milion Christian Eriksen (Ajax) £11.5milion.

Players out: Nathan Byrne (Swindon Town) Free David Bentley Released John Bostock Released William Gallas Released Steven Caulker (Cardiff City) Undisclosed fee  Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders) Undisclosed fee Tom Huddlestone (Hull City) Undisclosed fee  Jake Livermore (Hull City) Loan  Scott Parker (Fulham) Undisclosed fee Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) £85.3million Tom Carroll (QPR) Loan Benoit Assou-Ekotto (QPR) Loan


One to watch: Paulinho

A star for Brazil in their winning Confederations cup campaign on home turf, Paulinho is a midfielder who gives a new edge to Spurs. Signed from Corinthians in an (at the time) a supposed club record purchase, there is a lot resting on him and the rest of his new team mates since the departure of Gareth Bale from White Hart Lane. With last weekend’s loss to rivals Arsenal however, it is clear that new signings need a bit more time to settle in, in order to achieve their main goal of beating the Gunners to fourth place.

West Bromwich Albion:

Players in: Nicolas Anelka Free Goran Popov (Dynamo Kiev) Loan  Diego Lugano (Paris St Germain) Free  Matej Vydra (Udinese) Loan  Zoltan Gera (Unattached) Free Scott Sinclair (Manchester City) Loan Stephane Sessegnon (Sunderland) Undisclosed Lee Camp (Norwich) Free Morgan Amalfitano (Marseille) Loan Victor Anichebe (Everton) £6million.

Players out: Marc Antoine-Fortune (Wigan Athletic) Free Gonzalo Jara  (Nottingham Forest) Free Jerome Thomas (Crystal Palace) Free James Hurst (Crawley Town) Free Peter Odemwingie (Cardiff) £2.25million

One to watch: Scott Sinclair

A poor start to the season has seen Steve Clarke’s men routed to the bottom of the Premier League. It is early days however, and West Brom have been very canny in their transfer dealings, barely spending any money. Alongside the experience of Nicolas Anelka, Clarke has brought in Scott Sinclair on loan from Manchester City. Having been frozen out by City’s former boss Roberto Mancini, Sinclair now has the opportunity to show the class he displayed at Swansea City.

West Ham United:

Players in: Razvan Rat (Shakhtar Donetsk) Free Adrian (Real Betis) Free Andy Carroll (Liverpool) Undisclosed Danny Whitehead (Stockport County) Undisclosed Stewart Downing (Liverpool) Undisclosed

Players out: Carlton Cole Released Gary O'Neil (Queens Park Rangers) Free Robert Hall (Bolton Wanderers) Undisclosed.
One to watch: Andy CarrollSam Allardyce has had to be clever with his money this summer, and bringing back Andy Carroll permanently, may help the Hammers improve performances on the pitch. Along with the other new signing from Liverpool Stewart Downing, West Ham have bought players who are eager to rebuild their careers and “Big Sam,” might be the man to get them back to their best.

We want to know your opinion. Which Premier League Club has made the best transfers this summer, take our poll at the top of the page and see how your view matches against the rest.