Tuesday 4 September 2012
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Premier League summer transfer window 2012: club-by-club list of deals
Arsenal
IN Santi Cazorla (Real Mallorca, £16.5m), Olivier Giroud (Montpellier, £12m), Lukas Podolski (Cologne, £11.9m).
IN Santi Cazorla (Real Mallorca, £16.5m), Olivier Giroud (Montpellier, £12m), Lukas Podolski (Cologne, £11.9m).
OUT Robin van Persie (Manchester Utd, £24m), Alex Song (Barcelona,
£15m), Carlos Vela (Real Socieded, £4m), Kyle Bartley (Swansea, £1m), Henri
Lansbury (Nottm Fst, £1m), Manuel Almunia (Watford, Free), Tom Cruise
(Torquay, Free), Ben Glasgow (Stoke, Free), Gavin Hoyte (Dagenham & R,
Free), Jeffrey Monakana (Preston, Free), Rhys Murphy (Telstar, Free),
Oguzhan Ozyakup (Besiktas, Undisclosed), Pedro Botelho (Atlético Paranaense,
Free), Sean McDermott (Sandnes, Free), Alban Bunjaku (Sevilla, Free), George
Brislen-Hall (Norwich, Free), James Campbell (Dundee United, Free), Benif
Afobe (Bolton, Loan), Daniel Boateng (Oxford United, Loan), Denilson (Sao
Paulo, Loan), Joel Campbell (Real Betis, Loan), Ryo Miyaichi (Wigan, Loan),
Park Chu-Young (Celta Vigo, Loan), Nicklas Bendtner (Juventus, Loan).
Aston Villa
IN Christian Benteke (Genk, £7m), Matthew Lowton (Sheffield United, £4m), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord, £3m), Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, £2.5m), Joe Bennett (Middlesbrough£2.5m), Jordan Bowery (Chesterfield, £500,000), Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar, Free), Ashley Westwood (Crewe, Undisclosed).
IN Christian Benteke (Genk, £7m), Matthew Lowton (Sheffield United, £4m), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord, £3m), Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, £2.5m), Joe Bennett (Middlesbrough£2.5m), Jordan Bowery (Chesterfield, £500,000), Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar, Free), Ashley Westwood (Crewe, Undisclosed).
OUT James Collins (West Ham, £2.5m), Carlos Cuellar (Sunderland, Free),
Connor Taylor (Walsall, Free), Reece Caira (Western Sydney, Free), Nathan
Delfouneso (Blackpool, Loan).
Chelsea
IN Eden Hazard (Lille, £32m), Oscar (Internacional, £25m), Marko Marin (W Bremen, £7m), Victor Moses (Wigan, £9m), Cezar Azpilicueta (Marseille, £7m), George Brady (Cannes, £250,000), Thorgan Hazard (Lens, Undisclosed).
OUT Didier Drogba (Shanghai Shenhua, Free), Salomon Kalou (Lille, Free), Jacob Mellis (Barnsley, Free), Marko Mitrovic (Brescia, Free), Jose Bosingwa (QPR, Free), Thibaut Courtois (Atlético Madrid, Loan), Rohan Ince (Yeovil, Loan), Jeffrey Bruma (Hamburg, Loan), Patrick van Aanholt (V Arnhem, Loan), Tomas Kalas (V Arnhem, Loan), Ulises Davila (Sabadell, Loan), Jhon Pirez (Sabadel, Loan), Milan Lalkovic (V Guimaraes, Loan), Matej Delac (V Guimaraes, Loan), Kenneth Omeruo (ADO DH), Kevin De Bruyne (W Bremen, Loan), Ben Gordon (Birmingham, Loan), Romelu Lukaku (WBA, Loan), Sam Walker (Bristol R, Loan), Archange Nkumu (Yeovil Town, Loan), Josh McEachran (Middlesbrough, Loan), Conor Clifford (Portsmouth, Loan), Sam Hutchinson (Nottm Fst, Loan) Thorgan Hazard (Zulte W, Loan), Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford, Loan), Gael Kakuta (V Arnhem, Loan), Michael Essien (R Madrid, Loan), Yossi Benayoun (West Ham, Loan).
Everton
IN Kevin Mirallas (Olympiakos, £5.2m), Stephen Pienaar (Tottenham, £4.5m), Bryan Oviedo (FC Copenhagen, £5m), Steven Naismith (Rangers, tribunal), Matthew Kennedy (Kilmarnock, Undisclosed).
OUT Jack Rodwell (Man City, £12m), Joseph Yobo (Fenerbache, £2m), Tim Cahill (NY Red Bulls, £1m), Joao Silva (Levski Sofia, Undisc), James Wallace (Tranmere, Undisc), Jack Bidwell (Brentford, Loan), Adam Forshaw (Brentford, Free), Aristote Nsiala (Accrington Stanley, Free), Jack Bidwell (Brentford, Loan).
Fulham
IN Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd, £5m), Kieran Richardson (Sunderland, £2m), George Williams (MK Dons, Undisc), Mladen Petric (Hamburg, Free), Hugo Rodallega (Wigan, Free), Sascha Riether (Cologne, Loan).
OUT Moussa Dembélé (Tottenham, £15m), Clint Dempsey (Tottenham, £6m), Dickson Etuhu (Blackburn, £1.5m), Marcel Gecov (AA Gent, Undisclosed), Danny Murphy (Blackburn, Free), Andy Johnson (QPR, Free), Bjorn Helge Riise (Lillestrom SK, Free), Orlando Sa (AEL Limassol, Free), Marcus Bettinelli (Dartford, Loan).
Liverpool
IN Joe Allen (Swansea, £15m), Fabio Borini (Roma, £10m), Oussama Assaidi (Heerenveen, £3m), Damed Yesil (Bayer Leverkusen, £1m), Nuri Sahin (R Madrid, Loan).
OUT Alberto Aquilani (Fiorentina, £6m), Charlie Adam (Stoke, £5m), Dirk Kuyt (Fenerbahce, £1m), Maxi Rodriguez (Newell’s OBs, Undisc), David Amoo (Preston, Free), Fabio Aurelio (Gremio, Free), Craig Bellamy (Cardiff, Free), Stephen Darby (Bradford, Free), Lewis Hatch (Accrington St, Free), Joe Rafferty (Rochdale, Free), Toni Silva (Barnsley, Free), Connor Wearing (Shrewsbury, Free), Andy Carroll (West Ham, Loan), Jay Spearing (Bolton, Loan), Nathan Eccleston (Blackpool, Undisclosed).
Manchester City
IN Jack Rodwell (Everton, £12m), Scott Sinclair (Swansea, £6.2m), Maicon (Inter Milan, £3m), Vlad Marin (Lazio, Undisc), Jules Olivier Ntcham (Le Havre, Undisc), Richard Wright (Ipswich, Free), Matija Nastasic (Fiorentina, Undisc).
OUT Adam Johnson (Sunderland, £10m), Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham, £5m), Nigel de Jong (AC Milan, £3.6m), Vladimir Weiss (Pescara, £1.32m), Greg Cunninhgam (Bristol C, Undisclosed), Gai Assulin (Racing Santander, Free), Ahmed Benali (Brescia, Free), Andrea Mancini (Real Valladolid, Free), Stuart Taylor (Reading, Free), Roque Santa Cruz (Malaga, Undisclosed), Wayne Bridge (Brighton, Loan), Omar Elabdellaoui (Feyenoord, Loan), Harry Bunn (Crewe, Loan), Stefan Savic (Fiorentina, Undisclosed). Released: Owen Hargreaves, Stuart Taylor.
Manchester Utd
IN Robin van Persie (Arsenal, £24m), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund, £12m rising to17m), Nick Powell (Crewe, £2.75m rising to £4m), Alexander Buttner (Vitesse Arnhem, £3.9m), Angelo Henriquez (Universidad de Chile, £3m).
OUT Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham, £5m),
Ji-Sung Park (QPR, £2.5m), Ritchie de Laet, Matthew James (Leicester, £2m combined), Febian Brandy (Walsall, Free), Liam Jacob (Oldham, Free), Paul Pogba (Juventus, Free), Tomas Kuszczak (Brighton, Free), Oliver Norwood (Huddersfield, Free), Ben Amos (Hull City, Loan), Reece Brown (Coventry, Loan), John Cofie (Sheffield United, Loan), Fabio Da Silva (QPR, Loan), Sean McGinty (Oxford U, Loan).
Newcastle United
IN Vurnon Anita (Ajax, £6.7m), Gael Bigirimana (Coventry, £1m), Curtis Good (Melbourne Heart, £400,000), Romain Amalfitano (Reims, Free).
OUT Leon Best (Blackburn, £3m), Fraser Forster (Celtic, £2m), Daniel Taylor (Oldham, Free), Danny Guthrie (Reading, Free), Michael Hoganson (Derby County, Free), Peter Lovenkrands (Birmingham, Free), Tamas Kadar (Roda, Free), Alan Smith (MK Dons, Free), Phil Airey (Blyth S, Free), Lee Toland (Glenavon, Free), Louis Storey (Accrington, Free), Billy Ions (Leeds, Free), Jeff Henderson (Sligo, Free), Paul Dummett (St Mirren, Loan).
Norwich City
IN Sébastien Bassong (Tottenham, £5.5m), Robert Snodgrass (Leeds, £3m), Alexander Tetty (Rennes, £1.5m), Michael Turner (Sunderland, £1.5m), Mark Bunn (Blackburn, £1m), Jacob Butterfield (Barnsley, Tribunal), Steven Whittaker (Rangers, Free).
OUT Andrew Crofts (Brighton, Undisclosed), Josh Dawkin (Braintree, Free), Adam Drury (Leeds, Free), Zak Whitbread (Leicester, Free), Aaron Wilbraham (C Palace, Free), Daniel Ayala (Nottm Fst, Loan), James Vaughan (Huddersfield, Loan), Tom Adeyemi (Brentford, Loan), George Francomb (AFC Wimbledon, Loan).
QPR
IN Esteban Granero (Real Madrid, £9m), Samba Diakite (Nancy, £4m), Ji-Sung Park (Manchester Utd, £2.5m) Junior Hoilett (Blackburn, Tribunal), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan, Undisc), Robert Green (West Ham, Free), Ryan Nelsen (Tottenham, Free), Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea, Free), Andy Johnson (Fulham, Free), Sam Magri (Portsm’th, Free), Fabio Da Silva (Man Utd, Loan), Stephane Mbia (Marseille, Undisc).
OUT Paddy Kenny (Leeds, £500,000), Tommy Smith (Cardiff, £300,000), Heidar Helguson (Cardiff, Undisc), Lee Cook (L Orient, Free), Fitz Hall (Watford, Free), Peter Ramage (C Palace, Free), Rowan Vine (St Johnstone, Free), Patrick Agyemang (Stevenage, Free), Jay Bothroyd (Sheffield Weds, Loan), Joey Barton (Marseille, Loan).
Reading
IN Adrian Mariappa (Watford, £3m), Chris Gunter (Nottm Fst, £2m to £2.3m), Pierce Sweeney (Bray Wanderers, Undisclosed), Danny Guthrie (Newcastle, Free), Garath McCleary (Nottm Fst, Free), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Stuttgart, Free), Nicky Shorey (WBA, Free), Stuart Taylor (Manchester City, Free).
OUT Michail Antonio (Sheff Wed, Undisclosed), Tomasz Cywka (Barnsley, Free), Michael Hector (Shrewsbury, Loan), Angus MacDonald (AFC Wimbledon, Loan), Joseph Millls(Burnley, Loan), Karl Sheppard (Accrington, Loan), Mikkel Anderson (Portsmouth, Loan).
Southampton
IN Jay Rodriguez (Burnley, £7m), Emmanuel Mayuka (Young Boys Berne, £3.5m), Alexander Buttner (V Arnhem, £3m), Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace, £2.5m), Gaston Ramirez (Bologna, Undisc), Paulo Gazzaniga (Gillingham, £2m), Maya, Yoshida (VVV-Venlo, £2m), Steven Davis (Rangers, £800,000).
OUT Dan Harding (Nottm Fst, Undisc), Harlee Dean (Brentford, Free), Ryan Doble (Shrewsbury, Free), Lee Holmes (Preston, Free), Bartosz Bialkowski (Notts Co, Free), Tommy Forecast (Gillingham, Loan), Aaron Martin (C Palace, Loan), Lee Barnard (Bournemouth, Loan), Jonathan Forte (Crawley, Loan), Billy Sharp (Nottm Fst, Loan). Retired: Radhi Jaidi.
Stoke City
IN Charlie Adam (Liverpoool, £5m), Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo, Undisclosed), Maurice Edu (Rangers, Undisclosed), Ben Glasgow (Arsenal, Free), Jamie Ness (Rangers, Free), Goran Popov (D Kiev, Loan).
OUT Danny Collins (Nottm Fst, £500,000), Andrew Davies (Bradford City, Free), Jonathan Woodgate (Middlesbrough, Free), Ricardo Fuller (Charlton, Free), Louis Moult (Northampton, Free), Ryan Brunt (L Orient, Loan), Florent Cuvelier (Walsall, Loan), Matthew Lund (Bristol R, Loan).
Sunderland
IN Steven Fletcher (Wolves, £15m), Adam Johnson (Manchester City, £10m), Carlos Cuellar (Aston Villa, Free), Louis Saha (Tottenham, Free), Danny Rose (Tottenham, Loan).
OUT Asomoah Gyan (Al-Ain, £6m), Kieran Richardson (Fulham, £2m), Michael Turner (Norwich, £1.5m), Marcos Angeleri (Estudiantes, Undisc), Trevor Carson (Bury, Free), Jordan Cook (Charlton, Free), George McCartney (West Ham, Free), Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull, Loan).
Swansea City
IN Pablo Hernandez (Valencia, £5.55m), Ki Sung-Yeung (Celtic, £5m), Jose Manuel Flores (Genoa, £2m), Michu (Real Vallecano, £2m), Kyle Bartley (Arsenal, £1m), Jonathan de Guzman (Villarreal, Loan), Joe Walsh (Crawley, Free), Jamie Proctor (Preston, Undisc).
OUT Scott Sinclair (Manchester City, £6.2m), Federico Bessone (Swindon, Free), Andrea Orlandi (Brighton, Free), Stephen Dobbie (Brighton, Undisc).
Tottenham
IN Moussa Dembele (Fulham, £15m), Jan Vertonghen (Ajax, £9.5m), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim, £8m), Hugo Lloris (Lyon, £7.9m), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, £6m), Emmanuel Adebayor (Man City, £5m).
OUT Luka Modric (Real Madrid, £30m), Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg, £10m), Niko Kranjcar (Dynamo Kiev, £5.75m), Sébastien Bassong (Norwich, £5.5m), Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv M, £5m), Stephen Pienaar (Everton, £4.5m), David Button (Charlton, £500,000), Lee Angol (Wycombe, Undisc), Giovani dos Santos (Real Mallorca, Undisc), Ben Alnwick (Barnsley, Free), Ryan Nelsen (QPR, Free), Louis Saha (Sunderland, Free), Bongani Khumalo (PAOK Salonika, Loan), Massimo Luongo (Ipswich, Loan), John Bostock (Swindon, Loan), Danny Rose (Sunderland, Loan). Retired: Ledley King.
West Brom
IN Ben Foster (Birmingham, £4m), Markus Rosenberg (W Bremen, Free), Claudio Jacob (Racing Club, Free), Yassine El Ghanassy (AA Gent, Loan), Goran Popov (Dinamo Kiev, Loan).
OUT (All free) Keith Andrews (Bolton), Paul Downing (Walsall), Marton Fulop (Astera Tripolis), Joey Mattock (Sheff Wed), Nicky Shorey (Reading).
West Ham Utd
IN Matt Jarvis (Wolves, £10.75m), Modibo Maiga (Sochaux, £4.7m), James Collins (Villa, £2.5m), Stephen Henderson (Pompey, Undisc), Mohamed Diamé (Wigan, Free), Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton, Free), George McCartney (Sund’land, Free), Andy Carroll (Liverpool, Loan), Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea, Loan).
OUT Sam Baldock (Bristol C, £1m), Cristian Montano (Oldham, £60,000), Sam Cowler (Barnet, Undisc), Jordan Brown (Barnet, Free), Julien Faubert (Elazigspor, Free), Abdoulaye Faye (Hull, Free), Robert Green (QPR, Free), Oliver Lee (Barnet, Free), Frank Nouble (Wolves, Free), Freddie Sears (Colchester, Free), Ravel Morrison (Birmingham, Loan), Nicky Maynard (Cardiff, Undisc).
Wigan Athletic
IN Ivan Ramis (Real Mallorca, £4.5m), Conor Sammon (Derby, £1.2m), Frazer Fyfie (Aberdeen, £450,000.
OUT Victor Moses (Chelsea, £9m), Mohamed Diamé (West Ham, Free), Chris Kirkland (Sheff Wed, Free), Hugo Rodallega (Fulham, Free), Lee Nicholls (Northampton, Loan), Nouha Dicko (Blackpool, Loan), Roman Golobart (Tranmere, Loan).
Chelsea
IN Eden Hazard (Lille, £32m), Oscar (Internacional, £25m), Marko Marin (W Bremen, £7m), Victor Moses (Wigan, £9m), Cezar Azpilicueta (Marseille, £7m), George Brady (Cannes, £250,000), Thorgan Hazard (Lens, Undisclosed).
OUT Didier Drogba (Shanghai Shenhua, Free), Salomon Kalou (Lille, Free), Jacob Mellis (Barnsley, Free), Marko Mitrovic (Brescia, Free), Jose Bosingwa (QPR, Free), Thibaut Courtois (Atlético Madrid, Loan), Rohan Ince (Yeovil, Loan), Jeffrey Bruma (Hamburg, Loan), Patrick van Aanholt (V Arnhem, Loan), Tomas Kalas (V Arnhem, Loan), Ulises Davila (Sabadell, Loan), Jhon Pirez (Sabadel, Loan), Milan Lalkovic (V Guimaraes, Loan), Matej Delac (V Guimaraes, Loan), Kenneth Omeruo (ADO DH), Kevin De Bruyne (W Bremen, Loan), Ben Gordon (Birmingham, Loan), Romelu Lukaku (WBA, Loan), Sam Walker (Bristol R, Loan), Archange Nkumu (Yeovil Town, Loan), Josh McEachran (Middlesbrough, Loan), Conor Clifford (Portsmouth, Loan), Sam Hutchinson (Nottm Fst, Loan) Thorgan Hazard (Zulte W, Loan), Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford, Loan), Gael Kakuta (V Arnhem, Loan), Michael Essien (R Madrid, Loan), Yossi Benayoun (West Ham, Loan).
Everton
IN Kevin Mirallas (Olympiakos, £5.2m), Stephen Pienaar (Tottenham, £4.5m), Bryan Oviedo (FC Copenhagen, £5m), Steven Naismith (Rangers, tribunal), Matthew Kennedy (Kilmarnock, Undisclosed).
OUT Jack Rodwell (Man City, £12m), Joseph Yobo (Fenerbache, £2m), Tim Cahill (NY Red Bulls, £1m), Joao Silva (Levski Sofia, Undisc), James Wallace (Tranmere, Undisc), Jack Bidwell (Brentford, Loan), Adam Forshaw (Brentford, Free), Aristote Nsiala (Accrington Stanley, Free), Jack Bidwell (Brentford, Loan).
Fulham
IN Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd, £5m), Kieran Richardson (Sunderland, £2m), George Williams (MK Dons, Undisc), Mladen Petric (Hamburg, Free), Hugo Rodallega (Wigan, Free), Sascha Riether (Cologne, Loan).
OUT Moussa Dembélé (Tottenham, £15m), Clint Dempsey (Tottenham, £6m), Dickson Etuhu (Blackburn, £1.5m), Marcel Gecov (AA Gent, Undisclosed), Danny Murphy (Blackburn, Free), Andy Johnson (QPR, Free), Bjorn Helge Riise (Lillestrom SK, Free), Orlando Sa (AEL Limassol, Free), Marcus Bettinelli (Dartford, Loan).
Liverpool
IN Joe Allen (Swansea, £15m), Fabio Borini (Roma, £10m), Oussama Assaidi (Heerenveen, £3m), Damed Yesil (Bayer Leverkusen, £1m), Nuri Sahin (R Madrid, Loan).
OUT Alberto Aquilani (Fiorentina, £6m), Charlie Adam (Stoke, £5m), Dirk Kuyt (Fenerbahce, £1m), Maxi Rodriguez (Newell’s OBs, Undisc), David Amoo (Preston, Free), Fabio Aurelio (Gremio, Free), Craig Bellamy (Cardiff, Free), Stephen Darby (Bradford, Free), Lewis Hatch (Accrington St, Free), Joe Rafferty (Rochdale, Free), Toni Silva (Barnsley, Free), Connor Wearing (Shrewsbury, Free), Andy Carroll (West Ham, Loan), Jay Spearing (Bolton, Loan), Nathan Eccleston (Blackpool, Undisclosed).
Manchester City
IN Jack Rodwell (Everton, £12m), Scott Sinclair (Swansea, £6.2m), Maicon (Inter Milan, £3m), Vlad Marin (Lazio, Undisc), Jules Olivier Ntcham (Le Havre, Undisc), Richard Wright (Ipswich, Free), Matija Nastasic (Fiorentina, Undisc).
OUT Adam Johnson (Sunderland, £10m), Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham, £5m), Nigel de Jong (AC Milan, £3.6m), Vladimir Weiss (Pescara, £1.32m), Greg Cunninhgam (Bristol C, Undisclosed), Gai Assulin (Racing Santander, Free), Ahmed Benali (Brescia, Free), Andrea Mancini (Real Valladolid, Free), Stuart Taylor (Reading, Free), Roque Santa Cruz (Malaga, Undisclosed), Wayne Bridge (Brighton, Loan), Omar Elabdellaoui (Feyenoord, Loan), Harry Bunn (Crewe, Loan), Stefan Savic (Fiorentina, Undisclosed). Released: Owen Hargreaves, Stuart Taylor.
Manchester Utd
IN Robin van Persie (Arsenal, £24m), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund, £12m rising to17m), Nick Powell (Crewe, £2.75m rising to £4m), Alexander Buttner (Vitesse Arnhem, £3.9m), Angelo Henriquez (Universidad de Chile, £3m).
OUT Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham, £5m),
Ji-Sung Park (QPR, £2.5m), Ritchie de Laet, Matthew James (Leicester, £2m combined), Febian Brandy (Walsall, Free), Liam Jacob (Oldham, Free), Paul Pogba (Juventus, Free), Tomas Kuszczak (Brighton, Free), Oliver Norwood (Huddersfield, Free), Ben Amos (Hull City, Loan), Reece Brown (Coventry, Loan), John Cofie (Sheffield United, Loan), Fabio Da Silva (QPR, Loan), Sean McGinty (Oxford U, Loan).
Newcastle United
IN Vurnon Anita (Ajax, £6.7m), Gael Bigirimana (Coventry, £1m), Curtis Good (Melbourne Heart, £400,000), Romain Amalfitano (Reims, Free).
OUT Leon Best (Blackburn, £3m), Fraser Forster (Celtic, £2m), Daniel Taylor (Oldham, Free), Danny Guthrie (Reading, Free), Michael Hoganson (Derby County, Free), Peter Lovenkrands (Birmingham, Free), Tamas Kadar (Roda, Free), Alan Smith (MK Dons, Free), Phil Airey (Blyth S, Free), Lee Toland (Glenavon, Free), Louis Storey (Accrington, Free), Billy Ions (Leeds, Free), Jeff Henderson (Sligo, Free), Paul Dummett (St Mirren, Loan).
Norwich City
IN Sébastien Bassong (Tottenham, £5.5m), Robert Snodgrass (Leeds, £3m), Alexander Tetty (Rennes, £1.5m), Michael Turner (Sunderland, £1.5m), Mark Bunn (Blackburn, £1m), Jacob Butterfield (Barnsley, Tribunal), Steven Whittaker (Rangers, Free).
OUT Andrew Crofts (Brighton, Undisclosed), Josh Dawkin (Braintree, Free), Adam Drury (Leeds, Free), Zak Whitbread (Leicester, Free), Aaron Wilbraham (C Palace, Free), Daniel Ayala (Nottm Fst, Loan), James Vaughan (Huddersfield, Loan), Tom Adeyemi (Brentford, Loan), George Francomb (AFC Wimbledon, Loan).
QPR
IN Esteban Granero (Real Madrid, £9m), Samba Diakite (Nancy, £4m), Ji-Sung Park (Manchester Utd, £2.5m) Junior Hoilett (Blackburn, Tribunal), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan, Undisc), Robert Green (West Ham, Free), Ryan Nelsen (Tottenham, Free), Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea, Free), Andy Johnson (Fulham, Free), Sam Magri (Portsm’th, Free), Fabio Da Silva (Man Utd, Loan), Stephane Mbia (Marseille, Undisc).
OUT Paddy Kenny (Leeds, £500,000), Tommy Smith (Cardiff, £300,000), Heidar Helguson (Cardiff, Undisc), Lee Cook (L Orient, Free), Fitz Hall (Watford, Free), Peter Ramage (C Palace, Free), Rowan Vine (St Johnstone, Free), Patrick Agyemang (Stevenage, Free), Jay Bothroyd (Sheffield Weds, Loan), Joey Barton (Marseille, Loan).
Reading
IN Adrian Mariappa (Watford, £3m), Chris Gunter (Nottm Fst, £2m to £2.3m), Pierce Sweeney (Bray Wanderers, Undisclosed), Danny Guthrie (Newcastle, Free), Garath McCleary (Nottm Fst, Free), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Stuttgart, Free), Nicky Shorey (WBA, Free), Stuart Taylor (Manchester City, Free).
OUT Michail Antonio (Sheff Wed, Undisclosed), Tomasz Cywka (Barnsley, Free), Michael Hector (Shrewsbury, Loan), Angus MacDonald (AFC Wimbledon, Loan), Joseph Millls(Burnley, Loan), Karl Sheppard (Accrington, Loan), Mikkel Anderson (Portsmouth, Loan).
Southampton
IN Jay Rodriguez (Burnley, £7m), Emmanuel Mayuka (Young Boys Berne, £3.5m), Alexander Buttner (V Arnhem, £3m), Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace, £2.5m), Gaston Ramirez (Bologna, Undisc), Paulo Gazzaniga (Gillingham, £2m), Maya, Yoshida (VVV-Venlo, £2m), Steven Davis (Rangers, £800,000).
OUT Dan Harding (Nottm Fst, Undisc), Harlee Dean (Brentford, Free), Ryan Doble (Shrewsbury, Free), Lee Holmes (Preston, Free), Bartosz Bialkowski (Notts Co, Free), Tommy Forecast (Gillingham, Loan), Aaron Martin (C Palace, Loan), Lee Barnard (Bournemouth, Loan), Jonathan Forte (Crawley, Loan), Billy Sharp (Nottm Fst, Loan). Retired: Radhi Jaidi.
Stoke City
IN Charlie Adam (Liverpoool, £5m), Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo, Undisclosed), Maurice Edu (Rangers, Undisclosed), Ben Glasgow (Arsenal, Free), Jamie Ness (Rangers, Free), Goran Popov (D Kiev, Loan).
OUT Danny Collins (Nottm Fst, £500,000), Andrew Davies (Bradford City, Free), Jonathan Woodgate (Middlesbrough, Free), Ricardo Fuller (Charlton, Free), Louis Moult (Northampton, Free), Ryan Brunt (L Orient, Loan), Florent Cuvelier (Walsall, Loan), Matthew Lund (Bristol R, Loan).
Sunderland
IN Steven Fletcher (Wolves, £15m), Adam Johnson (Manchester City, £10m), Carlos Cuellar (Aston Villa, Free), Louis Saha (Tottenham, Free), Danny Rose (Tottenham, Loan).
OUT Asomoah Gyan (Al-Ain, £6m), Kieran Richardson (Fulham, £2m), Michael Turner (Norwich, £1.5m), Marcos Angeleri (Estudiantes, Undisc), Trevor Carson (Bury, Free), Jordan Cook (Charlton, Free), George McCartney (West Ham, Free), Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull, Loan).
Swansea City
IN Pablo Hernandez (Valencia, £5.55m), Ki Sung-Yeung (Celtic, £5m), Jose Manuel Flores (Genoa, £2m), Michu (Real Vallecano, £2m), Kyle Bartley (Arsenal, £1m), Jonathan de Guzman (Villarreal, Loan), Joe Walsh (Crawley, Free), Jamie Proctor (Preston, Undisc).
OUT Scott Sinclair (Manchester City, £6.2m), Federico Bessone (Swindon, Free), Andrea Orlandi (Brighton, Free), Stephen Dobbie (Brighton, Undisc).
Tottenham
IN Moussa Dembele (Fulham, £15m), Jan Vertonghen (Ajax, £9.5m), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim, £8m), Hugo Lloris (Lyon, £7.9m), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, £6m), Emmanuel Adebayor (Man City, £5m).
OUT Luka Modric (Real Madrid, £30m), Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg, £10m), Niko Kranjcar (Dynamo Kiev, £5.75m), Sébastien Bassong (Norwich, £5.5m), Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv M, £5m), Stephen Pienaar (Everton, £4.5m), David Button (Charlton, £500,000), Lee Angol (Wycombe, Undisc), Giovani dos Santos (Real Mallorca, Undisc), Ben Alnwick (Barnsley, Free), Ryan Nelsen (QPR, Free), Louis Saha (Sunderland, Free), Bongani Khumalo (PAOK Salonika, Loan), Massimo Luongo (Ipswich, Loan), John Bostock (Swindon, Loan), Danny Rose (Sunderland, Loan). Retired: Ledley King.
West Brom
IN Ben Foster (Birmingham, £4m), Markus Rosenberg (W Bremen, Free), Claudio Jacob (Racing Club, Free), Yassine El Ghanassy (AA Gent, Loan), Goran Popov (Dinamo Kiev, Loan).
OUT (All free) Keith Andrews (Bolton), Paul Downing (Walsall), Marton Fulop (Astera Tripolis), Joey Mattock (Sheff Wed), Nicky Shorey (Reading).
West Ham Utd
IN Matt Jarvis (Wolves, £10.75m), Modibo Maiga (Sochaux, £4.7m), James Collins (Villa, £2.5m), Stephen Henderson (Pompey, Undisc), Mohamed Diamé (Wigan, Free), Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton, Free), George McCartney (Sund’land, Free), Andy Carroll (Liverpool, Loan), Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea, Loan).
OUT Sam Baldock (Bristol C, £1m), Cristian Montano (Oldham, £60,000), Sam Cowler (Barnet, Undisc), Jordan Brown (Barnet, Free), Julien Faubert (Elazigspor, Free), Abdoulaye Faye (Hull, Free), Robert Green (QPR, Free), Oliver Lee (Barnet, Free), Frank Nouble (Wolves, Free), Freddie Sears (Colchester, Free), Ravel Morrison (Birmingham, Loan), Nicky Maynard (Cardiff, Undisc).
Wigan Athletic
IN Ivan Ramis (Real Mallorca, £4.5m), Conor Sammon (Derby, £1.2m), Frazer Fyfie (Aberdeen, £450,000.
OUT Victor Moses (Chelsea, £9m), Mohamed Diamé (West Ham, Free), Chris Kirkland (Sheff Wed, Free), Hugo Rodallega (Fulham, Free), Lee Nicholls (Northampton, Loan), Nouha Dicko (Blackpool, Loan), Roman Golobart (Tranmere, Loan).
Chelsea 1 Atletico Madrid 4: match report
Roman Abramovich had a more successful defence than his team did. On the day that Chelsea’s owner resisted attempts to take £3 billion off him in court, he watched his side slump to deserved defeat in the Super Cup final as Falcao ripped them apart. Falcao was magnificent, giving a master-class of centre-forward play.
The Colombian hit a first-half hat-trick and Miranda added a fourth in the second as the winners of the Europa League outclassed the winners of the Champions League. Even though Gary Cahill pulled one back, it was a brutally dispiriting evening for Chelsea and Fernando Torres in particular against his old club.
Chelsea defender Ashley Cole tweeted afterwards: “Well that was a lesson, absolute joke no fight, desire, passion, and a big reality check!!!!!! sorrycfcfans.”
Torres’ name had drawn huge cheers from the Atletico faithful when the teams were announced but they were swiftly singing in praise of their current No 9. From the first whistle, Falcao was all movement, all menace.
Always on his toes, always looking to race in behind Chelsea’s defensive line, the Colombian scored his second successive hat-trick in the space of four days. After putting three past Athletic Bilbao, Falcao dismantled Chelsea’s defence clinically.
John Terry, suspended from another Uefa showpiece event, had only just taken up his seat in the stands when Falcao first came calling, hitting the bar as Chelsea’s defence opened up embarrassingly.
He was merely adjusting his sights. After six minutes, Falcao sped down the inside-left channel before cleverly dinking the ball over Petr Cech and in off the post. And so it began. Chelsea hinted at a riposte, Eden Hazard shooting wide, before the Falcao Show resumed.
This time, the 26 year-old worked his magic on the right, teasing some space around Ashley Cole before sending the ball curling with his left foot past Cech. Named after the legendary Brazilian, Falcao was adding further lustre to his celebrated name. Chelsea were being outplayed and outmuscled with Falcao showing his willingness to become involved in the physical fray.
The European champions were so poor, managing only a few attempts on goal. Hazard dummied his way past Mario Suarez and then slipped the ball down the inside-left channel to Torres. Miranda stepped across calmly to clear. Miranda Hart could have played in Atletico’s defence such was the Europa League winners’ total control.
For the small knot of Chelsea fans this must have been excruciating and alarming to behold. Barring Terry, Chelsea were arguably at full-strength. Torres led the line, Ramires, Hazard and Juan Mata sought to support him while Frank Lampard and John Obi Mikel attempted to shield the back-four. Unsuccessfully.
Branislav Ivanovic looked vulnerable to pacey insurgents while Gary Cahill and David Luiz suffered the jitters whenever Falcao came into view. Cole, usually so certain, was below his high standards in the first half in which Chelsea’s defenders resembled blue shirts on a washing line in a tempest. Everyone was flapping.
Falcao charged around, sensing vulnerability. He almost completed his hat-trick after 35 minutes. He accelerated one move, controlling the ball under pressure and then releasing the excellent Arda Turan. Adrian Lopez failed to turn in the cross. Falcao, lurking close by, threw himself at the loose ball, sending it against the post.
His third arrived just before the break, following a lightning break by Atletico form the wreckage of a Chelsea corner. Arda cleverly chose the ideal moment to release the ball across to Falcao. Again the control was instant. Again the finish was unstoppable.
At the break, after Atletico had departed to a standing ovation, the stadium announcer somehow managed to stop himself laughing when mentioning that Patrick Kluivert had been given the assignment of establishing who the man of the match was.
There was more. Miranda made it four, chipping the ball over Cech and in past a despairing Cahill. Chelsea gave their fans something to sing about, Cahill slamming in a loose ball, which prompted chants of “we’re going to win 5-4”.
Yet it was Atletico who came closest to scoring again. Felipe Luis raced 50 yards, being chased by Daniel Sturridge, who had been linked with a move to Liverpool. Atletico’s left-back just managed to find enough space to shoot but was denied by Cech.
The game finished as it began with Atletico’s marvelous fans singing Torres’ name for almost a minute. To nobody’s surprise, Falcao was then announced as man of the match.
Real Madrid agree loan deal for Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien
Chelsea on Friday night agreed loan terms to send Michael Essien to Real Madrid.
The high-earning midfielder, who is believed to pick up at least £4 million a year at Chelsea, will rejoin his former manager Jose Mourinho at the Bernabéu.
Chelsea were also poised to send Yossi Benayoun across London to West Ham United in an effort to slim their squad after summer investments.
Young winger Gaël Kakuta has gone on a season-long loan to Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem, where he joins Blues team-mates Tomas Kalas and Patrick van Aanholt.
Eden Hazard’s younger brother Thorgan – whom they also signed this summer – has joined Belgian club Zulte Waregem on a season-long loan.
Chelsea's Super Cup humbling against Atletico Madrid was no Uefa collectors’ item
And then there is the curious matter of Article 4.01 (l) which orders clubs to co-operate with Uefa at the end of matches “in the collection of … players’ personal items that could be used by Uefa to create a memorabilia collection to illustrate the heritage of the competition”.
Football being football, where the creed is greed, Uefa reassures clubs that its acquiring of stars’ Alice-bands, hair-gel and dropped jelly babies would be “to the exclusion of any commercial use”.
In properly illustrating the heritage of Europe’s elite club competition, the focus will always be on the special memories players bequeath on the pitch than any belongings they leave in the dressing-room.
Chelsea returned from Monaco on Saturday morning, knowing they had underperformed badly in the Uefa Super Cup against Falcao’s Atletico Madrid and will have to raise their standards if they are
to retain their Champions League title, starting on Sept 19 when Andrea Pirlo and the champions of Italy, Juventus, visit Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea added to the rich heritage of the European Cup with their remarkable resilience of spirit last season but they know they need more silk this season. It can’t all be rearguard actions. Hence the arrival of Eden Hazard, the skilful Belgian, whose upbeat personality made him find a positive from Friday’s chastening 4-1 defeat.
“Perhaps it will make us work even harder when we all return to training,” Hazard reflected after the game. “Perhaps we will all come back stronger. We just need to forget about it and move on.
“From a personal standpoint, it certainly won’t get me down. I’ve been well received by everyone at Chelsea. It’s no surprise for me really that I’ve settled in so well because when you play with better players, it’s easier to adapt. I’m a pretty natural [positive] guy and I’m already looking ahead to the next adventure.”
Hazard’s most immediate adventure is with Belgium, facing Wales and Croatia, as a talented collection of individuals, also including Vincent Kompany, Marouane Fellaini and Moussa Dembélé, seek to meet the public’s rising expectation.
“For the country and fans, the next two games are really important,” said Hazard. “With the squad we have now, we should be able to do something. In a way it’s now or never for Belgium. We have a great generation but we have to do it on the pitch.
“Perhaps I have not been as effective for Belgium as for Lille or Chelsea. Maybe expectations are too high. Maybe people expect me to score three goals per game.’’
Now that would be something for Uefa’s memorabilia collection.
Scotland v Serbia: Allan McGregor's swift return from injury hands Craig Levein's men a timely boost
Although the manager last week expressed confidence in McGregor’s two deputies – Matt Gilks of Blackpool and Cardiff City’s David Marshall – the recovery of the first choice keeper from the groin injury he sustained in last month’s friendly against Australia at Easter Road is a significant positive as Scotland open their campaign against capable and physical opponents in the first of a double header that will also see them at home to Macedonia next Tuesday.
McGregor kept a clean sheet for Besiktas in their win away to Karabukspor on Saturday and the 30 year-old will get his 23rd cap against the Serbs.
“I thought big Matt would probably have started the match but the experience of Allan McGregor is huge for us because he’s come over the distance and played in many, many major games – and they don’t come any bigger than Saturday’s game,” said Peter Houston, Levein’s assistant.
“When he got the injury against Australia the concern was that he was going to be ruled out even for the October game – so whatever they’ve done over there in Turkey, they’ve done well.
“He’s one of the best goalies about and I’ve said that for some time. You don’t realise how good he is until you work close with him. Hopefully he won’t have a lot to do on Saturday.
“It makes a huge difference to the defence, the back four – assuming the manager’s going to play a back four – that he’s there because of his experience of top level matches with Rangers and Scotland. Confidence comes from having somebody strong behind you and Allan’s up there with the best of them.
“You can knock it back to him. He’s decent on the ground, he can pass it out, he can lump it forward – he’s not fazed by pass-backs. When we were talking about the squad the other day Jim Stewart told us he’d be ready and I must say it put a big smile on my face. I always thought it could be a blow because of the inexperience of the other goalkeepers.
"I’d have been confident if Gilksie had been the man that was picked but having Allan back is that bit special and I’m delighted.
"The club obviously injected him and Allan must have felt better – and that’s the most important thing. If he had been injected and didn’t feel right he wouldn’t have played, whether the club had wanted to play him or not.
"Obviously the injury can’t be as bad as the scan first showed. He’s come through with flying colours. I spoke to Allan last night when he arrived and he felt brilliant – as long as he feels brilliant for the next 10 days.”
One player who has yet to join the squad is Kenny Miller – the Vancouver Whitecaps striker is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday morning – and his presence is, on past evidence, as important to the Scots in attack as McGregor at the back. Miller’s tally of 16 international goals exceeds by four the combined total of all the other seven scorers in the squad.
Houston nevertheless is satisfied that there is sufficient menace around the team to discomfit Serbia. “Well, we scored three against Australia in the last game and Kenny wasn’t anywhere to be seen,” he said.
“Against Slovenia it was Berra who scored – so there are goals in the team. It’s not down to Kenny Miller and Kenny Miller alone. Look at the players who are in the squad. Charlie Adams is scoring goals for his team, James Morrison’s doing it for his, Graham Dorrans is always a threat, James Forrest does it for Celtic.
“What they have to do is make sure that they’re in the team. Even in set plays we’ve got players who can do it. As long as we’ve got one more goal than Serbia on Saturday I’ll be delighted, whether it’s Kenny Miller or someone else who scores it.”
One man who would like to be granted a central attacking role is James Mackie. The QPR forward has already netted twice for his country in five outings but is evidently a frustrated centre-forward.
“I’m having this constant battle the whole time as I play a lot of time out wide for QPR and I’ve had discussions with the manager there about my best position being right down the middle,” he said.
“I know the competition here – as it is at my club – is very competitive but I feel that’s my best position. However, playing in a three, I’ve done it a lot and really enjoy it so I haven’t really got a problem with that.
“I’ll play anywhere to do well but I feel my strongest position is down the middle. Kenny’s scored a lot of goals at international level but there’s a lot of competition coming through with Jordan Rhodes who did well in the friendly against Australia and Ross McCormack also scoring.
“It is a chance to stake a claim to be playing up there as well. However, I’m not really playing there for my club so it’s a hard one for me.
“I would love the chance to play up front but it’s not about me – it’s about what’s best for the squad. I have had a discussion with Craig Levein about playing down the middle in the past and I’ve had the chance to play there for Scotland, but the last couple of times I’ve played in a three and enjoyed that as well.
“I’m sure this week we’ll have a discussion and see where I fit in and where he feels I’m best for him. Every manager will have a different view and I’m fully prepared to play where I’m asked to.”
El Hadji Diouf now in Neil Warnock's good books by scoring Leeds United's opening goal
Diouf has signed a short-term contract until January at Elland Road – a deal concluded by manager Neil Warnock, who made the unflattering comparison of the striker to a rodent when in charge of Queens Park Rangers. The Senegalese responded by scoring Leeds’ first goal in a 3-3 thriller with Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
“I’m so happy,” enthused Diouf. "Leeds United are one of my dreams. I used to like Leeds when Cantona used to play here – the atmosphere is amazing.”
He added: “If I can get promoted with Leeds into the Premier League, I will be a legend in England.”
Blackburn manager Steve Kean, though, was adamant that Diouf’s goal should not have stood, claiming the forward fouled Paul Robinson. “The turning point was the blatant foul on Robinson,” he said. “He can’t come for the ball to punch because the attacker is jumping into him.”
Diouf’s effort reduced the arrears after Markus Olsson and Nuno Gomes had put Blackburn ahead. Ross McCormack put Leeds in front before Ruben Rochina equalised.
Elsewhere, Leicester striker Jamie Vardy refuted Ian Holloway’s claims that he dived to win a crucial penalty in his side’s 1-0 win over Blackpool.Holloway alleged that Vardy had conned referee Mike Jones into awarding a second-half spot-kick, which Ben Marshall converted.
Holloway called it “absolutely hopeless” and accused Vardy of diving under Tiago Gomes’ challenge. But Vardy said: “There was definitely contact.”
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