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

Pienaar told Tottenham he'd only join Everton

West Ham after Yakubu, Kieron Richardson and George McCartney

Yakubu available for 1m.

David Gold hinted that West Ham want to resign Joe Cole

if i was j cole id stay in france. sod coming back here at that age unless its to get to a top club. id much rather be there at an average to decent club than here at an average club

Munich in for Dzeko.

Watched a report with Cole yesterday, seems very well thought over at Lille and his family seem settled, he'd be best staying over there.

Does he speak French though?

Don't believe Munich for Dzeko. They just signed Claudio Pizarro (ex-Chelsea).

well i am sure he is learning

yeh I think Dzeko will stay, they paid allot for him and he's still got another 3 years on his contract, it would take a huge offer to make city even consider letting him go. Non story if you ask me.

why would dzeko go any where- the only way he will be off is on a swap deal

Yes he's been having French lessons as part of the move.

Read up on Kagawa, one thing to note is that after two years at Dortmund, he still needed a translator for interviews, that might prove an issue if he does the same at Utd.

I think most players would learn english quicker than german- he probally allready knows abit anyway.

i say that but maybe it doesnt apply to italians who manage the english national team

Who can you seeing being a bigger whinge: Balotelli or Hazard?

(And I'd love to see them both in the same team)

mystiroakey wrote:I think most players would learn english quicker than german- he probally allready knows abit anyway.

i say that but maybe it doesnt apply to italians who manage the english national team

Or Tevez who still can't!

Shocking. How long has dear old Carlos been in the UK?

In fairness I can't understand Daglish and apparently he is speaking English...

Kagawa already knows English according to FM

From what I've read, it's the bare bare minimum but he's said he would try and learn it.

He'd hardly be the first foreign player to come into the PL without being fluent.

Ancelotti had to learn it when he joined Chelsea iirc.

Have Chelsea actually announced anything yet?

Still nothing, though Hulk is looking a done deal, he too has used Twitter to say the following:

Thanks to all Chelsea fans, the beautiful messages of support! And I'm sorry for my english hahahah

Why was my post changed?

What was changed?

Hulks tweet was put in my post for some reason :P.

And yeah, Hulk to Chelsea been in the works for a while now

Sorry, I may have been using the quote button and instead hit the edit one.

Leighton Baines has said the following in regards to a possible summer move to Utd:

"The United link is flattering. There is no harm in people talking about it because it is a great club. But I'm at a great club as well, a club that I love. The focus now is all on the tournament. There's not much time to let other things seep in."

Haha no problem.

I would like to apologise for my English though

Hero wrote:Leighton Baines has said the following in regards to a possible summer move to Utd:

"The United link is flattering. There is no harm in people talking about it because it is a great club. But I'm at a great club as well, a club that I love. The focus now is all on the tournament. There's not much time to let other things seep in."

What does that mean?

TSC wrote:

Hero wrote:Leighton Baines has said the following in regards to a possible summer move to Utd:

"The United link is flattering. There is no harm in people talking about it because it is a great club. But I'm at a great club as well, a club that I love. The focus now is all on the tournament. There's not much time to let other things seep in."

What does that mean?

it means shut the hell up, i am not talking about it(but he is deffo going)

Actually Baines would be a good signing for Man Utd, not unlike Denis Irwin in a lot of ways really. Steady, links up well and has a great left peg on him.

mystiroakey wrote:

TSC wrote:

Hero wrote:Leighton Baines has said the following in regards to a possible summer move to Utd:

"The United link is flattering. There is no harm in people talking about it because it is a great club. But I'm at a great club as well, a club that I love. The focus now is all on the tournament. There's not much time to let other things seep in."

What does that mean?

it means shut the hell up, i am not talking about it(but he is deffo going)

Fair enough then.

There have been big question marks over Evra this season. He's been a real liability at times.

I have to say when Man Utd played at Carrow Road, Evra was appaling. Pilkington did him inside out. But when Baines played here he was very good, very impressive actually.

I would say that Evra is on the decline big time, and Baines is probably better than him at this moment in time

He's been a brilliant player; very consistent for a few years now but unfortunately you can't be sentimental. If he's struggling, he's dropped.

Shinji

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18262878

I'd love Arsenal to put a bid in for Baines - one things sure we def need some more strength and depth in our full backs

Rumour doing the rounds that Anderson is going from Utd to Arsenal.
Did they not learn with Silvestre?

tbh I don't care where Anderson goes as long as he leaves. Unlucky with injuries but never filled me with confidence of leading the midfield. Had an awful pass on him and as his goal count showed wasn't a goal scorer. For the money we spent on him, we should have had more out of him.

Ship him on, we will, if Kagawa signs which almost looks certain now, have:

Kagawa
Scholes
Carrick
Cleverly
Giggs

Obviously need a holding midfielder to go in there, hopefully we can get Strootmen but I don't think he's gonna be cheap.

I care where he's going and it better not be Arsenal - always thought he was poor (especially for the money) even when loads of Man U fans were telling me he was great

guys i think anderson could be decent at arsernal- he is quite a strong player..

Anderson has the worst shot in football.

i dont think anyone would buy anderson based on scoring goals- but he could offer some solidity to arsernals midfield

mystiroakey wrote:i dont think anyone would buy anderson based on scoring goals- but he could offer some solidity to arsernals midfield

If he lost a stone and could stay fit for a season.

Pretty brutal player, so disappointed - thought he was going to be our midfield general after his first season.

I'd imagine he'd pick up loads of red cards for Arsenal

Anderson has been very disappointing, not so much with his on field performances, thought he started past season well alongside cleverley

Unfortunately he can't stay healthy an he seems to have a bit of a poor attitude while he's injured, car crash first time and done for drink driving this season, very disappointing attitude to have

If Hulk signs for Chelsea they will have spent more in the past two years than City.

Of course they've already spent over 75m while City havent started this year yet.

Anything happened today? Cat face, Hazard, anybody?

Business will die down during the Euros. Makes sense that clubs would rather have their players put themselves in the shop window during the tournament.

Rooney went for 30m after starring in Euro 2004 remember.

Worth every penny

Still, Hazard and Shinji won't be at the Euro's.

And they're the 2 deals on pace to be done first