The market is in full swing right now as players and managers switch club allegiances. It is a market not only driven by demand and supply but, most importantly, cash. If you have the cash, you demand who you want and get the supply.
Sentiments apart, the Premiership, ranked among the richest leagues world over, takes the market by storm every year with club owners doling out huge funds for their managers to bring in the players they feel will assist the club in delivering their ambitions.
Ambitions in the league are diverse and not necessarily limited to lifting the trophy. No. While some go for the trophy, others gun for top four or six (for European competitions spots), yet others just want to remain in the topmost English league’s mid table, and the final others just want to escape relegation. As such, clubs trade in the market based on specified interest.
Below, we bring you all the confirmed transfer deals so far in the Premier League. This list will be updated weekly till the last day of the transfer window.
Arsenal
In: Nuno Tavares (Benfica, undisclosed), Albert Sambi Lokonga (Anderlecht, £15m), Ben White (Brighton, £50m), Mike Biereth (Fulham, undisclosed)
Out: Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille, loan), William Saliba (Marseille, loan), Dinos Mavropanos (Stuttgart, loan), David Luiz (released), Levi Laing (released), Joseph Olowu (released), Luke Plange (released), Jason Sraha (released), Trae Coyle (Lausanne-Sport), Zech Medley (KV Oostende, undisclosed), Mark McGuinness (Cardiff, undisclosed), Daniel Ballard (Millwall, loan), Daniel Oyegoke (Brentford, undisclosed), Ben Sheaf (Coventry, undisclosed), Matt Smith (Doncaster, loan), Nikolaj Moller (Viktoria Koln, loan), Deyan Iliev (SKF Sered, loan), Tyreece John-Jules (Blackpool, loan), Harry Clarke (Ross County, loan)
Aston Villa
In: Emiliano Buendia (Norwich, £35m), Ashley Young (Inter Milan, free), Josh Feeney (Fleetwood, undisclosed), Finn Azaz (West Brom, undisclosed), Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen, £30m), Tim Iroegbunam (West Brom, undisclosed), Danny Ings (Southampton, £25m)
Out: Bjorn Engels (Royal Antwerp), Lovre Kalinic (Hajduk Split, loan), Ahmed Elmohamady (released), Tom Heaton (Manchester United, free), Neil Taylor (released), Lewis Brunt (released), Brad Burton (released), Jack Clarke (released), Charlie Farr (released), Ben Guy (released), Callum Rowe (released), Harrison Sohna (released), Michael Tait (released), Jake Walker (released), Indiana Vassilev (Inter Miami, loan), Seb Revan (Grimsby, loan)
Brighton
In: Jeremy Sarmiento (Benfica, undisclosed), Enock Mwepu (RB Salzburg, undisclosed), Kjell Scherpen (Ajax, undisclosed)
Out: Davy Propper (PSV, undisclosed), Jose Izquierdo (released), Teddy Jenks (Aberdeen, loan), Alex Cochrane (Hearts, loan) Jan Mlakar (Hadjuk Split, undisclosed), Bernardo (RB Salzburg, loan), Ryan Longman (Hull, loan), Viktor Gyokeres (Coventry, free), Romaric Yapi (SBV Vitesse), Mat Ryan (Real Sociedad, £1m), Jensen Weir (Cambridge, loan), Matt Clarke (West Brom, loan), Carl Rushworth (Walsall, loan), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Feyenoord, undisclosed), Ben White (Arsenal, £50m)
Brentford
In: Nathan Young-Coombes (Rangers, undisclosed), Dom Jefferies (Salisbury, undisclosed), Daniel Oyegoke (Arsenal, undisclosed), Jude Russell (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Frank Onyeka (FC Midtjylland, undisclosed), Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic, £13.5m), Matthew Cox (AFC Wimbledon, undisclosed), Myles Peart-Harris (Chelsea, undisclosed)
Out: Henrik Dalsgaard (FC Midtjylland, free), Emiliano Marcondes (released), Luke Daniels (released), Jared Thompson (released), Kane O’Connor (released), Aubrel Koutsimouka (released), Julien Carre (released), Ellery Balcombe (Burton, loan), Aaron Pressley (AFC Wimbledon, loan)
Burnley
In: Nathan Collins (Stoke, £12m), Mark Helm (Manchester United, undisclosed), Jacob Bedeau (Scunthorpe, undisclosed), Harry Williams (free agent), Wayne Hennessey (unattached, free)
Out: Ben Gibson (Norwich, undisclosed), Robbie Brady (released), Connor Barrett (released), Jordan Cropper (released), Ismail Diallo (released), Marcel Elva-Fountaine (released), Arman Taranis (released), Matty Rain (released), Mace Goodridge (released), Ryan Cooney (Morecambe, free), Joel Mumbongo (Accrington, loan), Jimmy Dunne (QPR, undisclosed), Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Adam Phillips (Morecambe, loan), Josh Benson (Barnsley, undisclosed)
Chelsea
In: Marcus Bettinelli (Fulham, free)
Out: Olivier Giroud (AC Milan, £855k), Victor Moses (Spartak Moscow, undisclosed), Billy Gilmour (Norwich, loan), Willy Caballero (released), Jamal Blackman (released), Pierre Ekwah Elimby (West Ham, free), Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan, £25m), Izzy Brown (Preston, free) Lewi Colwill (Huddersfield, loan), Nathan Baxter (Hull, loan), Charlie Wiggett (Newcastle, undisclosed), Juan Castillo (Birmingham, undisclosed), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace, £18m), Lewis Bate (Leeds, undisclosed), Myles Peart-Harris (Brentford, undisclosed), Dynel Simeu (Southampton, undisclosed), Ian Maatsen (Coventry, loan), Conor Gallagher (Crystal Palace, loan)
Crystal Palace
In: Jacob Montes (Georgetown University), Michael Olise (Reading, £8m), Remi Matthews (free agent), Marc Guehi (Chelsea, £18m), Conor Gallagher (Chelsea, loan)
Out: Sion Spence (Bristol Rovers, loan), Stephen Henderson (released), Wayne Hennessey (released), Andros Townsend (Everton, free), Mamadou Sakho (Montpellier, free), Patrick van Aanholt (released), Jacob Montes (Waasland-Beveren, loan), Gary Cahill (released), James McCarthy (Crystal Palace, free)
Everton
In: Asmir Begovic (Bournemouth, free), Andros Townsend (unattached, free), Demarai Gray (Bayer Leverkusen, £1.7m)
Out: Bernard (Sharjah, undisclosed), Theo Walcott (Southampton, free), Matthew Pennington (Shrewsbury Town, free), Josh King (released), Yannick Bolasie (released), Muhamed Besic (released), Josh Bowler (released), Dennis Adeniran (released), Con Ouzounidis (released), Callum Connolly (released), Bobby Carroll (released), Daniel Lowey (released), Jack McIntyre (released), Dylan Thompson (released), Beni Baningime (Hearts, undisclosed)
Leeds
In: Amari Miller (Birmingham, free), Jack Harrison (Manchester City, undisclosed), Junior Firpo (Barcelona, £12m), Sean McGurk (Wigan, undisclosed), Lewis Bate (Chelsea, undisclosed), Kristoffer Klaesson (Valerenga, undisclosed)
Out: Kun Temenuzhkov (Real Union, loan), Pablo Hernandez (Castellon, free), Gaetano Berardi (released), Ouasim Bouy (released), Barry Douglas (released), Cole Gibbon (released), Niklas Haugland (released), Eunan O’Kane (released), Matthew Turner (released), Ryan Edmondson (Fleetwood, loan), Oliver Casey (Blackpool, undisclosed), Rafa Mujica (Las Palmas, undisclosed), Alfie McCalmont (Morecambe, loan), Ezgjan Alioski (released), Mateusz Bogusz (UD Ibiza, undisclosed)
Leicester
In: Patson Daka (RB Salzburg, £23million), Boubakary Soumare (Lille, £17m), Ryan Bertrand (Southampton, free)
Out: Wes Morgan (retired), Christian Fuchs (Charlotte, free), Matty James (released), Josh Knight (Peterborough, undisclosed), Admiral Muskwe (Luton, free), Daniel Iversen (Preston, loan), George Hirst (Portsmouth, loan), Tyrese Shade (Swindon, loan)
Liverpool
In: Ibrahima Konate (RB Leipzig, £36m)
Out: Georginio Wijnaldum (PSG, free), Adam Lewis (Livingston, loan), Sepp van der Berg (Preston, loan) Liam Coyle (released), Joe Hardy (released), Abdi Sharif (released), Jack Walls (released), Remi Savage (Newcastle, undisclosed), Paul Glatzel (Tranmere, loan), Kamil Grabara (FC Copenhagen, undisclosed), Liam Millar (Basel, undisclosed), Marko Grujic (Porto, £10.5m), Taiwo Awoniyi (Hertha Berlin, undisclosed), Harry Wilson (Fulham, undisclosed), Jakub Ojrzynski (Caernarfon Town, loan)
Manchester City
In: Scott Carson (Derby, free)
Out: Sergio Aguero (Barcelona, free), Eric Garcia (Barcelona, free), Louie Moulden (Wolves, free), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Anderlecht, loan) James Strafford (Accrington, loan), Gavin Bazunu (Portsmouth, loan) Lewis Fiorini (Lincoln, loan), Jack Harrison (Manchester City, undisclosed), Callum Doyle (Sunderland, loan), Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg, undisclosed)
Manchester United
In: Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund, £73m), Tom Heaton (Aston Villa, free), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid (£43m)
Out: Nathan Bishop (Mansfield, loan), Sergio Romero (released), Joel Pereira (released), Jacob Carney (released), Mark Helm (released), Iestyn Hughes (released), Arnau Puigmal (released), Max Taylor (released), Aliou Traore (released), Johan Guadagno (FC Copenhagen), Mark Helm (Burnley), Reece Devine (St Johnstone, loan), Tahith Chong (Birmingham, loan), Will Fish (Stockport, loan), Charlie McCann (Rangers B, undisclosed), Di’Shon Bernard (Hull, loan)
Newcastle
In: Charlie Wiggett (Chelsea), Remi Savage (Liverpool), Cameron Ferguson (Tranmere)
Out: Owen Bailey (released), Oliver Walters (released), Jude Swailes (released), Yannick Toure (released), Oliver Marshall (released), Ludwig Francillette (released), Florent Indalecio (released), Kyle Scott (released), George Rounsfell (released), Lucas Gamblin (released), Lewis Brannen (released), Tom Midgley (released), Josh Gilchrist (released), Josh Harrison (released), Tai Ebanks (released), Lewis Cass (Port Vale, loan), Florian Lejeune (Alaves, undisclosed), Elias Sorensen (Esbjerg fB, undisclosed)
Norwich
In: Kenny Coker (Southend, undislcosed), Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen, £9.4m), Angus Gunn (Southampton, £2.5m), Fynn Clarke (Peterborough, undisclosed), Ben Gibson (Burnley, undisclosed), Dimitris Giannoulis (PAOK, undisclosed), Billy Gilmour (Norwich, free), Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice £3.5m), Liam Gibbs (Ipswich, undisclosed)
Out: Emi Buendia (Aston Villa, £35m), Philip Heise (Karlsruher, undisclosed), Reece McAlear (Inverness Caledonian Thistle, loan) Alex Tettey (released), Mario Vrancic (released), Jordan Thomas (released), Zach Dronfield (released), William Hondermack (released), Louis Lomas (released), Ethen Vaughan (released), Orjan Nyland (released), Moritz Leitner (released), Marco Stiepermann (released), Josh Martin (MK Dons, loan), Daniel Barden (Livingston, loan), Sebastian Soto (Porto, loan), Josip Drmic (HNK Rijeka, loan), Akin Famewo (Charlton, loan), Sam McCallum (QPR, loan), Gassan Ahadme (Portsmouth, loan), Louis Thompson (released), Danel Sinani (Huddersfield, loan)
Southampton
In: Theo Walcott (Everton, free), Romain Perraud (Brest, undisclosed), Dynel Simeu (Chelsea, undisclosed)
Out: Wesley Hoedt (Anderlecht, undisclosed), Kayne Ramsey (Crewe, undisclosed), Angus Gunn (Norwich, £2.5m) Ryan Bertrand (released), Jake Hesketh (released), Josh Sims (released), David Agbontohoma (released), Lucas Defise (released), Pascal Kpohomouh (released), Kingsley Latham (released), Kameron Ledwidge (released), James Morris (released), Thomas O’Connor (released), Tommy Scott (released), Jake Vokins (Ross County, loan), Alex Jankewitz (Young Boys, undisclosed), Dan Nlundulu (Lincoln, loan), Callum Slattery (Motherwell, undisclosed), Mario Lemina (Nice, undisclosed), Will Ferry (Crawley, loan) Danny Ings (Aston Villa, £25m)
Tottenham
In: Pierluigi Gollini (Atalanta, loan), Bryan Gil (Sevilla, swap deal)
Out: Danny Rose (Watford, free), Juan Foyth (Villarreal, undisclosed), Danny Rose (released), Paulo Gazzaniga (released), Enock Asanta (released), Chay Cooper (released), Keenan Ferguson (released), George Marsh (released), Rodel Richards (released), Jack Roles (released), Aaron Skinner (released), Kazaiah Sterling (released), Shilow Tracey (released), Erik Lamela (Sevilla, swap deal), Toby Alderweireld (Al-Duhail, undisclosed), Troy Parrott (MK Dons, loan), Kion Etete (Northampton, loan), Joe Hart (Celtic, undisclosed)
Watford
In: Kwadwo Baah (Rochdale, £150k), Mattie Pollock (Grimsby, £250k), Imran Louza (Nantes, £10m), Ashley Fletcher (Middlesbrough, free), Danny Rose (Spurs, free), Emmanuel Dennis (Club Brugge, undisclosed), Dapo Mebude (Rangers, undisclosed), Peter Etebo (Stoke, loan), Josh King (free agent), Vincent Angelini (free agent)
Out: Craig Dawson (West Ham, £2m), Ben Wilmot (Stoke, £1.5m), Achraf Lazaar (released), Carlos Sanchez (released), Jerome Sinclair (released), Mamadou M’Baye (released), Ignacio Pussetto (Udinese, loan), Adalberto Penaranda (Las Palmas, loan), Tiago Cukur (Doncaster, loan), Myles Roberts (Concord Rangers, loan), Adam Parkes (Dover, loan), Daniel Phillips (Gillingham, loan), Alfie Marriott (Kings Langley, loan), Dapo Mebude (AFC Wimbledon, loan)
West Ham
In: Craig Dawson (Watford, £2million), Thierry Nevers (Reading, undisclosed), Pierre Ekwah Elimby (Chelsea, undisclosed), Armstrong Oko-Flex (Celtic, free), Alphonse Areola (PSG, loan)
Out: Joseph Anang (Stevenage, loan), Oladapo Afolyan (Bolton, free), Fabian Balbuena (released), Sean Adarkwa (released), Olatunji Akinola (released), Samuel Caiger (released), Alfie Lewis (released), Joshua Okotcha (released), Felipe Anderson (Lazio, undisclosed), Nathan Trott (Nancy, loan)
Wolves
In: Yerson Mosquera (Atletico Nacional, undisclosed), Louie Moulden (Manchester City, free), Francisco Trincao (Barcelona, loan), Rayan Ait-Nouri (Angers, £9.5m), Josa Sa (Olympiacos, £6.8m), Bendeguz Bolla (Fehervar, £800k)
Out: Sadou Diallo (released), Cyriaque Mayounga (released), Hong Wan (released), Toti Gomes (Grasshoppers, loan), Ruben Vinagre (Sporting Lisbon, undisclosed), Rui Patricio (Roma, £10m), Leonardo Campana (Grasshoppers, loan), Bendeguz Bolla (Grasshoppers, loan), Dion Sanderson (Birmingham, loan), Renat Dadashov (Desportivo de Tondela, loan), Theo Corbeanu (Sheffield Wednesday, loan)
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