Big Premier League Signings II

Here is a list of all the "big movers" to the PL this season. The table contains the player's name, club moved from and to and fee for so we can scrutinise them Only players who have moved from outside the PL will be included.



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Player	From	To	Fee
Santi Cazorla	Malaga (Spain)	Arsenal	£20.24m
Olivier Giroud	Montpellier (France)	Arsenal	£13.2m
Eden Hazard	Lille (France)	Chelsea	£35.2m
Shinji Kagawa	Borussia Dortmund (Germany)	Man Utd	£13.2m
Marko Marin	Werder Bremen (Germany)	Chelsea	£8.6m
Oscar	Internacional (Brazil)	Chelsea	£26.4m
Lukas Podolski	Cologne (Germany)	Arsenal	£11.4m
Jan Vertonghen	Ajax (Netherlands)	Tottenham	£7.5m
Aswad Thomas	Braintree Town (England)	Grimsby Town	Undisclosed

Any updates would be appreciated.

Other transfers that may/may not be interesting:

Alou Diarra - West Ham
Fabio Borini - Liverpool
Gylfi Sigurdsson - Spurs
Jay Rodriguez - Southampton
Markus Rosenberg - West Brom
Michu - Swansea
Nathaniel Clyne - Southampton
Nick Powell - Manchester United
Robert Snodgrass - Norwich
Romain Amalfitano - Newcastle
Ron Vlaar - Aston Villa
Steven Naismith - Everton

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/premier-league/transferuebersicht/wettbewerb_GB1.html

What did I tell you Crimey? Carroll does not fit in with Rodgers style.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18778825

Small Time wrote:What did I tell you Crimey? Carroll does not fit in with Rodgers style.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18778825

I've discussed it in the Liverpool FC thread.

Then I shall have to get a disguise and pop into there

Small Time wrote:Then I shall have to get a disguise and pop into there

It's not for just Liverpool fans, just a place to discuss all things Liverpool. I didn't want to keep taking other topics off-topic.

Norwich are near to signing Curtis Davies apparantly. And Chris McCann

I'm not being negative Olly but buying Curtis Davies is a ticket to the championship. You can't be happy with that potential signing?

I think he is an upgrade on Elliott Ward

Plus it will get James Vaughan off our hands, well our physio's hands!

Any chance of representing us new boys? We've spent a fair bit of cash already

Buttner
Davis
Rodriguez

Saints fan then? I'll stick Jay Rodriguez up, that was a hefty price. Steven Davis may turn out to be your best signing; it's hardly something to celebrate but he was the best midfielder in the SPL.

Sounds like AVB is ready to replace Modric with Moutinho

Rodallega off to Fulham

Graeme Swann's Cat wrote:Rodallega off to Fulham

He was pretty shocking last year for Wigan. But for a free transfer I guess it's worth a punt

Rodallega is just one of those players who is so frustrating to watch. One day he is extremely good and then there's the other days......

I think Rodallega is an appaling finisher but if it's a free transfer then it's worth a gamble, especially from Fulham. Does that pave the way for Dempsey to leave?

Modric to hand in transfer request

Doubt it, Johnson left on a free. Fulham still only likely to sell for big money to a CL club.

Chico Flores and Jonatan De Guzman to Swansea.

Anyone else think Laudrup is going to completely balls up Swansea this season. Definitely tipping them for relegation.

I agree John. They are one of my tips for relegation.

I'll wait and see what happens in the transfer market.

Still think QPR, Reading, Southampton, Norwich, West Ham and Wigan are either at the same level or worse.

If I were to make a prediction in July ( always risky)

Top 7:
Man City
Man Utd
Arsenal
Tottenham
Chelsea
Fulham (Surprise Package)
Liverpool

Bottom 3:
Norwich/QPR
Wigan
Southampton

Can't see Fulham getting that high. Especially because it seems Dempsey is off, no Pogrebnyak, lost Johnson.

And Norwich (hopefully) won't be bottom 3

I rate Jol and Pogs/Johnson arent a big miss. Still dont see the logic behind him going to Liverpool.

I just got a feeling about Swansea under Laudrup. Basically he admitted he'd never seen them play and had to watch videos of their style of play. I don't know much about their new signings but Swansea had great team spirit, many home-grown, english speaking players and now it seems he's just going to bring in foreign players who will probably upset the whole environment they once had their. Losing Sigurdsson will hurt them and isn't Sinclair's future uncertain?

My picks for relegation are Reading, Southampton, Swansea

@GSC - you obviously expect NUFC to have a poor season, I actually get where your coming from. Living upto last years standard and being in Europe will be near on impossible. I think we will keep most of our players but then slowly lose them next year.

I don't think poor neccesarily, around 7 or 8 or so.

Sinclair isn't that great truth be told, I'd take a big money offer. Swansea play in a more foreign style in any case, it could be argued that a foreign manager would be better placed to continue their style, and bring in players to reinforce it.

M'Vila to Arsenal for 17m inc

- - Wilshere - - M'Vila - - Arteta- -

- RVP - - - - GIROUD - - - - PODOLSKI

I must admit but that is an exciting side that has undoubted potential to really make an impression on the Prem League. Just a shame RVP doesn't see that potential. Wenger may get slated but he's not a fool, he was slowly re-building Arsenal after the huge losses of Fabregas & Nasri, it was always going to take a couple of years.

More likely to be:

Song--M'Vila
Walcott/Ox--Arteta/Wil--Podolski
Giroud

I'd imagine.

PSG putting together a move for AC Milan's Ibra and Thiago

Albion sign Yassine El Ghanassy on a season long loan with option to buy from Gent, 22 year old winger.

Ibihimovic and Thiago Silva to PSG for 65m euros (maybe) And he just signed a new contract.

I think Swansea will be fine. Laudrop has brought in some handy players which he has worked with in Spain, technically good players who will fit in well there. They are after a striker, hopefully if they can get a genuine goal scorer and hold onto Allen they will be fine. They are better imo than:

Villa
Wigan
Norwich
Reading
West Ham
Southampton
Fulham
Sunderland

That at least puts them mid table at least in my book.

Not sure that Swansea under new management and losing Sigurdsson are better than Fulham or Sunderland. Also Lambert is no mug, he's gone to Villa at the perfect time where he can only improve the situation. They will all buy into his methods and he's bought some young exciting players. They also have Darren Bent which in this league is priceless. Swansea have no natural goalscorer which at the back end of last season was evident. The rest of the teams I agree with though.

Lucas Moura will be a ManU player within 4 days. Probably by Monday.

Don't want Moura. I want a Strootman/Fellaini in midfield; not a tricky player.

I won't hold my breath, United are awful when it comes to Brazilians

Da Silva twins
Anderson
Kleberson
Possebon

The Special Juan wrote:Don't want Moura. I want a Strootman/Fellaini in midfield; not a tricky player.

I doubt Fellaini has any chance considering it will be Baines leaving Everton.

Football is nearing it's end. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7892553/Milan-claim-duo-sold-to-PSG

Lille's M.Debuchy to Newcastle United is apparently getting close. Would be a great signing, hopefully we can pull it off.

i dont want Lucas at United either tbh and i cant see United willing to pay 30m.

max i see is they would pay 25m.

I echo what other Utd fans are saying, we don't need Lucas, we need Strootman to anchor the midfield. From what SAF has said about Kagawa, he will play further forward, rather than in the cm position.

I would like to see:

RB
LB
CDM
CM (Passing midfielder e.g. a schweinstiger type player)

Debuchy is an excellent singing for Newcastle. They needed a RB and he looked good at the Euro's, sort of hoping Utd would get him.

- - - - - BENZEMA- - - - -

- RONALDO- - -MODRIC - - - - OZIL -

- - - - -KHEDIRA - - - ALONSO - - - - - -


Could see Modric fitting in nicely into that system. Looks like Tottenham will only sell to a foreign club.

- - - -ROONEY- - - - -

-YOUNG - - -MOURA - - - -VALENCIA

- - - -KAGAWA - - -CARRICK - - - - - -

Is that how everyone sees it? If moura doesnt come then kagawa would move forward and scholes plays alongside carrick. i also agree united desperately need a right back, so suprised debuchy was not a target

John wrote: - - - - - BENZEMA- - - - -

- RONALDO- - -MODRIC - - - - OZIL -

- - - - -KHEDIRA - - - ALONSO - - - - - -


Could see Modric fitting in nicely into that system. Looks like Tottenham will only sell to a foreign club.

- - - -ROONEY- - - - -

-YOUNG - - -MOURA - - - -VALENCIA

- - - -KAGAWA - - -CARRICK - - - - - -

Is that how everyone sees it? If moura doesnt come then kagawa would move forward and scholes plays alongside carrick. i also agree united desperately need a right back, so suprised debuchy was not a target

Modric won't get in ahead of Di Maria, anyone who has watched him since he's been there will know what a big part of their success he has been. He won't be making way for Modric. Modric will maybe alternate with Ozil/Alonso/Khedira. Don't really know why Real are looking to sign him really, I can only think its because Alonso is at the back end of his career, and they see him as the ideal replacement.

As for Moura, I'v heard people raving about him. I haven't seen him play. I would rather Kagawa Play in that hole, like SAF has suggested he will do, then have a holding midfielder in Strootmen in the cm position with Carrick/Scholes/Cleverly/Anderson the other options in the more creative role.

Debuchy's a good player, I'd definitely have him as 1st choice at Utd.

I really doubt Lucas would go to Man Utd. Fergie doesn't have that sort of money to spend on one player at the moment.

I don't like Ozil on the wing but that is how Madrid would set up I think. As for the Man Utd set up, I think Shinji is too far back. I'd swap his position with Moura and get a proper DM.

Borini has signed for Liverpool, for apparently £11 million.

£11m wtf, quite shocked at the fee to be honest, especially when you could go for Demba Ba for £7.5m and offer him something he couldn't refuse. Why would Roma sell so easily?

John wrote:£11m wtf, quite shocked at the fee to be honest, especially when you could go for Demba Ba for £7.5m and offer him something he couldn't refuse. Why would Roma sell so easily?

I'm not sure you can say "£11m wtf" then "I wonder why Roma would sell so easily" in the same sentence. They picked him up on a free last year, so 11 mil is a great return.

Fabio Borini was was not picked up for free by Roma, so that's nonsense. Italian football works very differently, especially when a player's rights are owned by two different clubs. Roma paid €1.25m to loan him and then paid €5m euros to buy the other 50% of his rights only in June from Parma after he scored 9 goals last season.

That's why I'm surprised he's been sold. He's not a prolific goalscorer and I just think for the fee paid that Liverpool could of gone elsewhere for a proven PL striker.

John wrote:Fabio Borini was was not picked up for free by Roma, so that's nonsense. Italian football works very differently, especially when a player's rights are owned by two different clubs. Roma paid €1.25m to loan him and then paid €5m euros to buy the other 50% of his rights only in June from Parma after he scored 9 goals last season.

That's why I'm surprised he's been sold. He's not a prolific goalscorer and I just think for the fee paid that Liverpool could of gone elsewhere for a proven PL striker.

It's obvious to everybody that Borini has been signed because he has a personal relationship with Rodgers, they've worked together before and Rodgers is a big fan. Demba Ba has never worked with Brendan Rodgers before.

John wrote:Fabio Borini was was not picked up for free by Roma, so that's nonsense. Italian football works very differently, especially when a player's rights are owned by two different clubs. Roma paid €1.25m to loan him and then paid €5m euros to buy the other 50% of his rights only in June from Parma after he scored 9 goals last season.

That's why I'm surprised he's been sold. He's not a prolific goalscorer and I just think for the fee paid that Liverpool could of gone elsewhere for a proven PL striker.

Sorry, didn't realise he went to Parma first then Roma. Chill out John.

Brendan obviously realises the talent that Borini has, and what he expects from a centre forward plus he has a really good relationship with him (apparently Fabio broke down when he told him about the pre-contract signing with Parma ((not Roma))