Big Premier League Signings

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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

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Player	From	To	Fee
Kevin de Bruyne	Genk (Belgium)	Chelsea	£6.7m
Olivier Giroud	Montpellier (France)	Arsenal	£13.2m
Eden Hazard	Lille (France)	Chelsea	£35.2m
Shinji Kagawa	Borussia Dortmund (Germany)	Manchester United	£13.2m
Marko Marin	Werder Bremen (Germany)	Chelsea	£8.6m
Lukas Podolski	Cologne (Germany)	Arsenal	£11.4m
Jan Vertonghen	Ajax (Netherlands)	Spurs	£7.5m

Any updates would be appreciated.

Other transfers that may/may not be interesting:

Gylfi Sigurdsson - Spurs
Jacob Butterfield - Norwich
Nick Powell - Manchester United
Romain Amalfitano - Newcastle
Steven Naismith - Everton

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

He's a Mr Winklechops

Any word on a fee yet?

Young, Nani and Valencia.

Graeme Swann's Cat wrote:Its a team that will play football, and on the ground.

Which 3

When has that suited Torres? He is a direct penetrative striker (or used to be), don't think he will be able to adapt to the link up and poacher game.

Marin, Mata, Hazard, I'd be surprised if they played together much. To be honest I think Marin will be lucky to get a game now Hazard is signing - he must be the most gutted person after Edins announcement.

£32 million is the fee most reported.

I think the £62 million is what Chelsea are reportedly going to spend on Hulk and Hazard.

That would make sense.

Marins the most natural winger of the 3?

Yeah, 40 million Euros was the amount that was being floated for all three teams interested in signing him.

Crimey wrote:City he'll get the least game time, United already have 3 good wingers, Chelsea have none.

Yes but city can pay him the most, are champions of England and an ego like that thinks he can be first choice.

United are united, Fergies record of developing players, number 7 shirt etc

Chelsea have money, no manager, best players just left and fluked a CL in bizarre circumstances whilst finishing 6th in the league.

Genuinely just thought he was being polite to them, but c'est la vie - it's his bed, now he has to lie in it.

He had agreed personal terms with all three clubs, so presumably they were all going to pay him similar amounts.

I imagine the fact that Chelsea have just won the Champions League was the main motivating factor.

Crimey wrote:He had agreed personal terms with all three clubs, so presumably they were all going to pay him similar amounts.

I imagine the fact that Chelsea have just won the Champions League was the main motivating factor.

I think it's the London thing.

Very foolish to base your career defining move on one kick of a football, would he have joined if Chelsea lost the shoot out - if the answer is yes then fair play to him, if no he is an idiot - simple as that really.

I see him blabbering on about promises, unless he agreed terms with them and was going to change his mind considering how Poopie they had become only to change it back when they fluked the cl.

Are they going to win it again any time soon? Probably not.

£32m? Wow. Roman's spending the money.

TSC wrote:Are they going to win it again any time soon? Probably not.

£32m? Wow. Roman's spending the money.

Hulk to join also apparently.

Whilst United are left in the bargain bin again, gonna be a long summer.

What is odd is that he based his decision on who will play him the most and decided on Chelsea who don't have a manager...

Because Roman IS the manager.

I still stand by the fact that I think Hulk is awful. Willing to be proved otherwise though.

Crimey wrote:What is odd is that he based his decision on who will play him the most and decided on Chelsea who don't have a manager...

Yeah, I think we can pick holes in what ever hes said - at the end of the day it was a bit of a saga of his own creation for a bit of attention so I wouldn't read too much into all the quotes.

I do wonder if Joe Cole talked up Chelsea much to him.

Don't quite know why everyone is stating that Utd have wingers so he'd be jostling with them for a place, he stated that he was going to the club that played him in his preferred position which is as an attacking midfielder/second striker not on the left wing.

United still have Rooney/Young that can play in that position though. I don't think he was ever a fit at OT

Hero wrote:Don't quite know why everyone is stating that Utd have wingers so he'd be jostling with them for a place, he stated that he was going to the club that played him in his preferred position which is as an attacking midfielder/second striker not on the left wing.

I don't think he was ever interested in united, no matter what we have done we have never really appealed to glamour players.

Very happy with the news, hopefully he turns out to be as good as people (and he) thinks he is!

Marin-Mata-Hazard
------Hulk--------

Or Torres/Sturridge instead of Hulk. Really happy that we've bought together a young squad (Marin/Mata/Hazard are all young).

Well anybody whos played FM can tell you that Thorgan is better

He's only said that he's joining a champions league winner, I think he's gone to Liverpool. It's a well known fact that he's always wanted to work with Andy Carroll.

Gregers wrote:Very happy with the news, hopefully he turns out to be as good as people (and he) thinks he is!

Marin-Mata-Hazard
------Hulk--------

Or Torres/Sturridge instead of Hulk. Really happy that we've bought together a young squad (Marin/Mata/Hazard are all young).

Its the right thing to do after winning the CL, no matter how good you are - invest.

United had a disaster in buying that tramp Berbatov and now look at the state of us.

pleased for chelsea with the signings- i also hope man u can bolster there team an all. The prem needs to get stronger. and i hope totenham doesnt loose there players andthat arsernal doesnt fade into dust

So that makes:

de Bruyn, Marin and Hazard. Hulk, Van der Wiel and maybe another to follow.

Gregers wrote:So that makes:

de Bruyn, Marin and Hazard. Hulk, Van der Wiel and maybe another to follow.

Still no manager

What I do find interesting is that it's the player himself that has broke the news rather than the club, can you imagine Fergie allowing a new player to do that?

Crimey wrote:

Gregers wrote:So that makes:

de Bruyn, Marin and Hazard. Hulk, Van der Wiel and maybe another to follow.

Still no manager

Whoever does take over has one heck of a team though!

Weirdly, it hasn't been reported in places like BBC or Sky Sports yet...

He had an agreement with them as well as Chelsea and Man City so presumably yes. Can't see the harm personally.

At least he didn't have a LeBron style, The Decision on ESPN.

mystiroakey wrote:pleased for chelsea with the signings- i also hope man u can bolster there team an all. The prem needs to get stronger. and i hope totenham doesnt loose there players andthat arsernal doesnt fade into dust

Doesn't look likely, Tottenham were never that good and with no CL no ones joining and people want to leave. Arsenal look like losing RVP so thats them gone and United have missed out on their major target.

City's league at a canter, thought the rest would strengthen and make it hard for them - pity.

Crimey wrote:Weirdly, it hasn't been reported in places like BBC or Sky Sports yet...

Sky Sports Android App has confirmed it.

Crimey wrote:Weirdly, it hasn't been reported in places like BBC or Sky Sports yet...

His tweet was on the bbc newsfeed.

He did leave himself a loophole I imagine they're waiting for an official announcement.

[quote="Gregers"]

Crimey wrote:Weirdly, it hasn't been reported in places like BBC or Sky Sports yet...

Sky Sports Android App has confirmed it.[/quote

It would be hilarious if his account had been hacked or he changed his mind again, not that thats likely.

Ent wrote:

mystiroakey wrote:pleased for chelsea with the signings- i also hope man u can bolster there team an all. The prem needs to get stronger. and i hope totenham doesnt loose there players andthat arsernal doesnt fade into dust

Doesn't look likely, Tottenham were never that good and with no CL no ones joining and people want to leave. Arsenal look like losing RVP so thats them gone and United have missed out on their major target.

City's league at a canter, thought the rest would strengthen and make it hard for them - pity.

its not over yet-obviously chelsea are spending, united will spend and we never know if wilshire and co can get fit and step up arsernal could also push. Its not garanteed that RVP is off either

Chelsea will be a lot closer to City and so far they have signed noone... United will get Kagawa now I'm sure, unless City swoop in and get him after missing out on Hazard? Arsenal really need to strengthen, especially if they lose RVP. Spurs will lose Bale (because he thinks he's amazing) and Modric (because he is amazing).

mystiroakey wrote:

Ent wrote:

mystiroakey wrote:pleased for chelsea with the signings- i also hope man u can bolster there team an all. The prem needs to get stronger. and i hope totenham doesnt loose there players andthat arsernal doesnt fade into dust

Doesn't look likely, Tottenham were never that good and with no CL no ones joining and people want to leave. Arsenal look like losing RVP so thats them gone and United have missed out on their major target.

City's league at a canter, thought the rest would strengthen and make it hard for them - pity.

its not over yet-obviously chelsea are spending, united will spend and we never know if wilshire and co can get fit and step up arsernal could also push. Its not garanteed that RVP is off either

I disagree, lets be honest even with everybody fit and playing well Arsenal won't be good enough and RVP is likely to leave even if it isn't set in stone.

Don't think United can get it done, we were running on empty all season and the wheels came off and to compete for the PL and CL realistically need a RB, CB, LB and 2 x CM.

Fergie might buy 1 of below the required standard (all we can recruit are above average PL players and young prospects), fingers crossed he does better but I am pessimistic.

Well we shall see- dont underestimate the pulling power of the prem of the performance of the scouts either

Why would Man City sign Kagawa? They're already stocked up in that position.

Because they have been linked with Kagawa for months and Nani is useless.

c'mon Ent be a little more optimistic. Pretty sure Kagawa is ours, linked with a very good holding midfielder in Strootman, hopefully get debouchy and baines as our full backs and then get some money back when we hopefully sell berba definately and maybe anderson.

martyr, the only thing you should be worried about is Man City switching attention from Hazard to Kagawa and poaching him on double wages. They did the same with us and Yaya Toure.

Gregers wrote:Because they have been linked with Kagawa for months and Nani is useless.

He said city and Nani is a pretty great player overall.

martyr_94 wrote:c'mon Ent be a little more optimistic. Pretty sure Kagawa is ours, linked with a very good holding midfielder in Strootman, hopefully get debouchy and baines as our full backs and then get some money back when we hopefully sell berba definately and maybe anderson.

Not going to sign 2 of them and the other isn't going to turn us into PL champions.

Kagawa is ok, like a version of Park that can play football - but he is no world beater, remember he is performing well in Germany for the best team their by a country mile and isn't their best player (by a stretch I am led to believe).

I'll believe the others when I see them but I've never even seen a rumour of either and I read most sports sites (just no red tops). Also I'd rather come 5th than deploy a dedicated holding midfielder.

Ent wrote:

Gregers wrote:Because they have been linked with Kagawa for months and Nani is useless.

He said city and Nani is a pretty great player overall.

Oops sorry, brain frazzled by revision!

Nani has all the tools but never performs as he should do.

Well Gotze is a beast but he'd prob cost upwards of 50m.

Defensive depth, Kagawa and a midfield destroyer would strengthen United quite a bit. Surprised they haven't jumped in for M'Vila at less than 20m.

On Nani, inconsistent, but a match winner on his day. SAF drew consistency out of Ronaldo, I think he'd give Nani another season.

Gregers wrote:

Ent wrote:

Gregers wrote:Because they have been linked with Kagawa for months and Nani is useless.

He said city and Nani is a pretty great player overall.

Oops sorry, brain frazzled by revision!

Nani has all the tools but never performs as he should do.

Not really true is it, our best player season before last and managed 8 goals and 12 assists this season despite being injured for a lot of it.

Better than Valencia for my money but Valencia rarely makes a balls up and runs a lot so is a fan favourite.

Kagawa has been probably Dortmund's top performer along Lewandowski over the last season or 2.

There's been several sites mentioning Strootman to Utd:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2123486/Manchester-United-want-PSV-midfielder-Kevin-Strootman.html

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manchester-united-target-kevin-strootman-847100

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_united/s/1490171_psv-eindhoven-star-kevin-strootman-on-manchester-united-radar

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/120524/man-united-told-dutch-star-will-decide-future-after-euro-201

In regards to how good Kagawa is, he's an extremely intelligent player, technically very gifted and quick thinking, Guardiola is a huge fan of him.

ent,

They have Goetze but Kagawa has been consistently their best performer, although Lewondowski has also been very good also.

We lost on goal diff to a side unbelievably superior to our current squad, Kagawa, Strootman, Debouchy and Baines would give us a seriously strong, young and talented squad and could certainly challenge City for them prem and do allot better in the champions league.

I agree with your point on Nani, unlucky with injury this season, outstanding the season before last.

Hero no serious journalism there, as they say no smoke without fire though.

I'll take your word on Kagawa TSC as I've not seen much of him, can't see him making us contenders for the league or CL though.

You say you don't think he'll make that much of a difference Ent, then say I haven't seen much of him, then how can you know he won't make a difference. You need to read reports about him, see his stats and know he is a fantastic player that has the qualities to improve utd ten fold imo.