Alright, this is the final recap of transfer window drama. This is going to be a doozy and that’s partly why I saved this one for last. It was yet another record breaking year for the summer transfer window in England. There was a lot of movement with a lot of dollars spent.
So, deep breath and here we go:
Arsenal:
In:
Alexis Sanchez – Forward; from Barcelona
Mathieu Debuchy – Defender; from Newcastle United
David Ospina – Goalkeeper; from Nice
Calum Chambers – Defender; from Southampton
Danny Welbeck – Forward; from Manchester United
Out:
Thomas Vermaelen – Defender; to Barcelona
Lukasz Fabianski – Goalkeeper; to Swansea City
Carl Jenkinson – Defender; on loan to West Ham United
Aston Villa:
In:
Phillipe Senderos – Defender; from Valencia
Joe Cole – Midfielder; from West Ham United
Kieran Richardson – Midfielder; from Fulham
Tom Cleverly – Midfielder; on loan from Manchester United
Chelsea:
In:
Cesc Fabregas – Midfielder; from Barcelona
Diego Costa – Forward; from Atletico Madrid
Filipe Luis – Defender; from Atletico Madrid
Didier Drogba – Forward; unattached
Loic Remy – Forward; from Queens Park Rangers
Out:
Demba Ba – Forward; to Besiktas
Thorgan Hazard – Midfielder; on loan to Borussia Monchengladbach
Romelu Lukaku – Forward; to Everton
Fernando Torres – Forward; on loan to Milan
Marco van Ginkel – Midfielder; on loan to Milan
David Luiz – Defender; to Paris Saint-Germain
Crystal Palace:
In:
Neil Warnock – Manager; from Leeds United
Martin Kelly – Defender: from Liverpool
Wilfried Zaha – Midfielder; on loan from Manchester United
Out:
Tony Pulis – Manager; unattached
Everton:
In:
Gareth Barry – Midfielder; from Manchester City
Romelu Lukaku – Forward; from Chelsea (previously on loan)
Christian Atsu – Midfielder; from Chelsea (previously on loan to Vitesse)
Samuel Eto’o – Forward; unattached
Hull City:
In:
Jake Livermore – Midfielder; from Tottenham Hotspur
Robert Snodgrass – Midfielder; from Norwich City
Michael Dawson – Defender; from Tottenham Hotspur
Hatem Ben Arfa – Midfielder; on loan from Newcastle United
Abel Hernandez – Forward; from Palermo
Liverpool:
In:
Ricky Lambert – Forward; from Southampton
Adam Lallana – Midfielder; from Southampton
Dejan Lovren – Defender; from Southampton
Divock Origi – Forward; from Lille
Alberto Moreno – Defender; from Sevilla
Mario Balotelli – Forward; from Milan
Out:
Luis Suarez – Forward; to Barcelona
Pepe Reina – Goalkeeper; to Bayern Munich
Daniel Agger – Defender; to Brondby (Denmark)
Martin Kelly – Defender; to Crystal Palace
Iago Aspas – Forward; on loan to Sevilla
Divock Origi – Forward; on loan to Lille
Manchester City:
In:
Bacaray Sagna – Defender; from Arsenal (but technically unattached)
Willy Caballero – Goalkeeper; from Malaga
Frank Lampard – Midfielder; on loan from New York City FC (previously Chelsea)
Out:
Gareth Barry – Midfielder; to Everton
Micah Richards – Defender; on loan to Fiorentina
Jack Rodwell – Midfielder; to Sunderland
Alvaro Negredo – Forward; on loan to Valencia
Joleon Lescott – Defender; to West Bromwich Albion
Javi Garcia – Midfielder; to Zenit St. Petersburg
Manchester United:
In:
Louis van Gaal – Manager; from Netherlands National Team
Ander Herrera – Midfielder; from Athletic Bilbao
Luke Shaw – Defender; from Southampton
Angel Di Maria – Midfielder; from Real Madrid
Daley Blind – Defender; from Ajax
Radamel Falcao – Forward; on loan from Monaco
Marcos Rojo – Defender; from Sporting CP
Out:
David Moyes – Manager; unattached
Danny Welbeck – Forward; to Arsenal
Tom Cleverly – Midfielder; on loan to Aston Villa
Shinji Kagawa – Midfielder; to Borussia Dortmund
Nemanja Vidic – Defender; to Internazionale
Patrice Evra – Defender; to Juventus
Nani – Midfielder; on loan to Sporting CP
Javier Hernandez – Forward; on loan to Real Madrid
Newcastle United:
In:
Remy Cabella – Midfielder; from Montpellier
Out:
Mathieu Debuchy – Defender; to Arsenal
Hatem Ben Arfa – Midfielder; on loan to Hull City
Queens Park Rangers:
In:
Rio Ferdinand – Defender; from Manchester United (but technically unattached)
Eduardo Vargas – Forward; on loan from Napoli
Mauricio Isla – Defender; on loan from Juventus
Out:
Loic Remy – Forward; to Chelsea
Esteban Granero – Midfielder; to Real Sociedad (previously on loan)
Southampton:
In:
Ronald Koeman – Manager; from Feyenoord
Ryan Bertrand – Defender; on loan from Chelsea
Fraser Forster – Goalkeeper; from Celtic
Toby Alderweireld – Defender; on loan from Atletico Madrid
Out:
Mauricio Pochettino – Manager; to Tottenham Hotspur
Calum Chambers – Defender; to Arsenal
Dani Osvaldo – Forward; on loan to Internazionale
Rickie Lambert – Forward; to Liverpool
Adam Lallana – Midfielder; to Liverpool
Dejan Lovren – Defender; to Liverpool
Luke Shaw – Defender; to Manchester United
Stoke City:
In:
Bojan Krkic – Forward; from Barcelona (previously on loan to Ajax)
Victor Moses – Midfielder; on loan from Chelsea
Sunderland:
In:
Costel Pantilimon – Goalkeeper; from Manchester City
Jack Rodwell – Midfielder; from Manchester City
Sebastian Coates – Defender; on loan from Liverpool
Swansea City:
In:
Garry Monk – Manager; previously player-manager
Lukasz Fabianski – Goalkeeper; from Arsenal
Bafetimbi Gomis – Forward; from Lyon (but technically unattached)
Gylfi Sigurosson – Midfielder; from Tottenham Hotspur
Out:
Michu – Forward; on loan to Napoli
Michel Vorm – Goalkeeper; to Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur:
In:
Mauricio Pochettino – Manager; from Southampton
Michel Vorm – Goalkeeper; from Swansea City
DeAndre Yedlin – Defender; from Seattle Sounders
Federico Fazio – Defender; from Sevilla
Benjamin Stambouli – Defensive midfielder, from Montpellier
Out:
Tim Sherwood – Manager; unattached
Iago Falque – Midfielder; to Genoa
Lewis Holtby – Midfielder; on loan to Hamburger SV
Jake Livermore – Midfielder; to Hull City
Michael Dawson – Defender; to Hull City
DeAndre Yedlin – Defender; on loan to Seattle Sounders
Gylfi Sigurosson – Midfielder; to Swansea City
West Bromwich Albion:
In:
Alan Irvine – Manager; from Everton Reserves and Academy
Joleon Lescott – Defender; from Manchester City
Georgios Samaras – Forward; from Celtic
Out:
Pepe Mel – Manager; unattached
West Ham United:
In:
Cheikhou Kouyate – Defender; from Anderlecht
Carl Jenkinson – Defender; on loan from Arsenal
Alex Song – Midfielder; on loan from Barcelona
Out:
Joe Cole – Midfielder; to Aston Villa
-mygypsyspirit
Thomas Vermaelen in a Barcelona jersey = gallons of tears for me. I mean, it’s a good move for his career, but for me? Sadness and woe.
one thing is that all though yedlin is in contract with tottenham, its delayed, he wont be playing them until summer, maybe not until the begining of the 2015/16 season.
Which is why he’s listed as on loan to Seattle Sounders