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

The first 3

Graeme Swann's Cat wrote:Carroll, Downing and Henderson cost about 75m

Marin, Hazard and Hulk are going to cost around 78m

Your choice?

No contest is it...however i still maintain that Carroll hasnt been given the service he needs. If he is then i think he can show his potential (not worth £35m of course) as a powerhouse forward with good feet aswell.

Maybe rodgers will recognise this and provide more...i still think him and Suarez could be a very dangerous frontline.

Apparently Utd have won the race to Powell's signature. 4m initial fee with 2m add ons depending on the usual stipulations.

Junior Hoilett has signed a 4 year deal at Borussia Munchengladbach

Jordan Rhodes is West Ham #1 target

martyr_94 wrote:Apparently Utd have won the race to Powell's signature. 4m initial fee with 2m add ons depending on the usual stipulations.

links?

Here's the Powell link:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1206682-manchester-united-transfer-news-red-devils-sign-crewe-striker-nick-powell

Graeme Swann's Cat wrote:Junior Hoilett has signed a 4 year deal at Borussia Munchengladbach

Disappointed about that, I was hoping to see him at Liverpool next year.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2146845/Great-expectations-Fergie-puts-faith-youth-4m-Crewes-Powell.html

I thought hed go Spurs

Graeme Swann's Cat wrote:Jordan Rhodes is West Ham #1 target

Yes, hands off Holty has worked

A lot of money for a league 2 player, hopefully he'll develop well.

League 1/Championship now Ent

They've just been promoted to league 1, don't think he has played above league 2 level.

Semantics anyway.

Errr, Huddersfield have just been promoted to the Championship (ie they were in League 1, but now are higher).

He plays for Crewe though...

Rhodes or Powell?

I meant Rhodes >__>

I think Ent meant Powell.

Crimey wrote:I think Ent meant Powell.

Indeed.

Apologies then.

Any word on Rhodes then?

TSC wrote:Apologies then.

Any word on Rhodes then?

He is coming to Norwich

Chelsea agree terms with Lille for transfer of Eden Hazard after Belgium international agrees personal terms and passes medical

So how do we think he'll do now it's official?

Personally I think he will take a while to settle in, but will come good.

Mercenary. I don't care how he does, but hopefully badly.

(Yes I am bitter).

I think Hazard in the long term will be a success. Next season, I think he will be a bit hot and cold as he settles in. Man Utd fans who are now saying he is crap, there is a reason your team were after him as well as Man City

It's still really odd that he chose Chelsea, as you would have thought at City Kompany his international teammate and captain will have bigged up City while Lukaku has been ignored at Chelsea and so won't have had good things to say.

Speaking for myself olly, I think he's a good player, but I do hope he fails badly at Chelsea.

That's a good point Crimey, although Chelsea do have Lukaku, de Bruyne and Courtois too, although how many of them will actually be there during the season I don't know.

Wasn't aimed at you TSC, I know you like Hazard

Just speaking for myself. I know what you mean, you hear it from every club regarding who they do/do not sign.

olly the tractor boy wrote:I think Hazard in the long term will be a success. Next season, I think he will be a bit hot and cold as he settles in. Man Utd fans who are now saying he is crap, there is a reason your team were after him as well as Man City

Have to say I'm gutted on missing out on him. I know he didn't really show much against England on Saturday but you don't get that many good teams after you without being good enough to back up the interest.

I think missing out to Chelsea will hurt Ferguson too, especially after losing Nasri to City last season

olly the tractor boy wrote:I think Hazard in the long term will be a success. Next season, I think he will be a bit hot and cold as he settles in. Man Utd fans who are now saying he is crap, there is a reason your team were after him as well as Man City

Not sure anyone is saying he is crap, a few might be pleased with an underwhelming performance against England though.

I reckon he will fail the 6 month test and be a long term success.

Table updated.

BBC Sport ‏@BBCSport
Manchester United agree terms to sign Borussia Dortmund playmaker Shinji Kagawa, subject to a medical and work permit.

We're still at the same step as we have been for the past few days though, the work permit is supposedly the problem.

Paul Pogba is discussing terms with Juventus. Another mercenary gone it seems.

I'm sure hazard will be a success, looking forward to him linking up with Mata. However the guy I'm most looking forward to is hulk. He could take the prem by storm!

Can someone please tell me what the huge fuss about Kagawa is? Personally I think he might struggle to adapt to the physicallity of the prem...

Can Kagawa adapt to the language is my problem with him. I think he will be a great player in the long term but I thought I saw somewhere he still has an intepretor in Germany

Don't buy that to be honest, the Bundesliga is just as physical as the Premier League.

Saying you're excited about Hazard and think he'll be a success yet doubting that Kagawa will cope with the physicality is a bit strange, it's more likely to be the other way around.

You need to see him play. He's really good. If Kagawa will struggle with the physicality, won't Hazard?

This physicality is nonsense, its such a stereotypical view of the premier league. It makes it sound like a league where there are two footed tackles and elbows every second or something. If a player is good then he can adapt. Kagawa is quick and agile and he'll be fine in the PL imo. Can't wait to see him in a utd shirt. Just want to see Strootman, Baines and a RB (Clyne) then job done onto next season.

I've seen more of hazard than kagawa, based on watching the French league far more than the German league so maybe that's clouding my opinion as well. What little of kagawa I have seen I haven't been wowed and can see him getting boshed about. In many ways kagawa reminds me of people like robben (although not as good imo), big defenders will enjoy tackling him. As olly said as well the language barrier will be a problem.

Then there is the "is Kagawa a big name signing?" question. So far id say that Hazard, Podolski and Hulk are bigger names (not that bigger names means success *cough* Shevchencko *cough*). With City yet to sign anyone it does look like United are being left behind again which is a bad thing for the league as it would be great if United, City, Chelsea and Arsenal were all scrapping for the whole season with 1-4 not decided until may.

To be fair, they said De Gea would struggle and since Xmas he's been immense. They thought Hernandez would struggle but he's turned into a Jacamo. I think he'll be fine.

Hazard might get snapped in half by Shawcross though.

In fairness shawcross could probably snap hulk in two! The mans a monster!

Big rumour of Tiago Silva from Milan to City. Him and Kompany in the centre tomorrow is a scary thought!

The language barrier may prove a problem off of the pitch as he'll struggle to settle in, but on the pitch I don't think it'll be a huge problem. Tevez has been a success at every club in the Premier League despite not knowing any English.

I'm not sure how "big" of a name they are matters at all. Manchester United tend not to make big name signings, Ronaldo replaced Beckham, Beckham himself replaced Kancheslkis. United are more prone to signing potential and turning them into greats.

Yeah Silva with Kompany and Hart in goal! Not many goals there, even Super Grant couldn't get through that!

I think both Hazard and Kagawa will be great players

I think Silva won't leave AC Milan. He said he wanted to stay there. Personally, I can see Kaka or Ribery to Man City this summer. It's just a feeling and I have nothing to back that up with.

I think the big name aspect matters in a "look who we signed" kind of way. We all know city will sign at least one huge name and that alone will hurt united. Even though I'm not a united fan in any sense it worries me that they appear not to be able to compete financially.

Modric is looking like he's leaving spurs, Chelsea apparently interested again. Where does he fit into the attack?! Also vdw is apparently a done deal according to dutch sources

Modric is a vastly over rated footballer in my opinion! Nowhere near as good as everyone makes him out to be, not worth the £40 million Chelsea were gonna pay last summer

Gregers you must be excited about the season ahead. I can't remember a time when my team went out and bought 3/4 big names.

I am worried about us. We are struggling to hold onto our youth players and can't seem to get anyone in. Frankly, it's down to money just now. No one cares about history. Our only hope is to play it down for the next few years in the hope that Chelsea and Man City eventually run out of money, which isn't very likely. Will these high wages and high fees lead to a golden age for English football or the death of it?