Summer Transfer Window Recap – English Premier League

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

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