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Arsenal completed the signing of Alexandre Lacazette for a club-record £53million from Lyon
Manchester United's £75m deal for Romelu Lukaku is the biggest of the summer so far
Everton signed Michael Keane in a deal worth up to £30million - the same for Jordan Pickford
ARSENAL
Fans
can't complain about Arsene Wenger not getting his chequebook out after
his record £52 million spend on Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette.
More still needs to be done but if Thomas Lemar follows from Monaco, it will be a major statement.
Left-back
Sead Kolasinac has signed to fill a problem position while doubts
remain over the future of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Olivier Giroud, Theo
Walcott and Alexis Sanchez.
Report Rating: C
Alexandre Lacazette's capture by Arsenal has helped fuel an early-summer spending splurge
BOURNEMOUTH
Eddie
Howe probably felt last season was a little too close for comfort and
has spent heavily on transfer fees and wages, bringing in Premier League
experience in the form of Asmir Begovic and Jermain Defoe, and huge
potential in £20million Chelsea defender Nathan Ake, a club record fee.
Howe has resisted the temptation to turn Jack Wilshire's loan move from Arsenal into a permanent deal.
Report Rating: B
Bournemouth's Nathan Ake admits he hoped to be given more chances at Chelsea last season
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
Even
the biggest Chris Hughton fans on the south coast will be a little
anxious that none of his three signings have any Premier League
experience.
Certainly Brighton have been quiet on the transfer front compared to the other league debutants Huddersfield.
Midfielder
Pascal Gross from Ingolstadt £5million Australian goalkeeper Matthew
Ryan – a club record signing – and Celtic teenager Josh Kerr are all
unknown quantities at this level.
Report Rating: D
Brighton manager Chris Hughton is yet to sign anyone with Premier League experience
BURNLEY
Sean Dyche has had a look at the foreign transfer market but stuck with the tried and trusted.
Jonathan
Walters from Stoke has a degree in Premier League experience while
Leeds United's Charlie Taylor is a young defender Burnley will hope to
develop like Michael Keane and Ben Mee.
Keane's departure to Everton will hurt them and Dyche may feel he needs more to prevent a relegation fight.
Report rating: D
Jonathan Walters will bring additional Premier League experience to Burnley after his switch
CHELSEA
The days of Roman Abramovich being a market leader for big-money signings have long gone.
They
allowed Manchester United to get in first for £75million striker Romelu
Lukaku and the deal for Roma defender Antonio Rudiger has been financed
by the sales of Nathan Ake and Juan Cuadrado, and John Terry getting
off the wage bill.
Antonio Conte won't be happy though Tiemouye Bakayoko's move from Monaco looks on. Alvaro Morata may join if Diego Costa goes.
Report rating: D
Chelsea completed the signing of Antonio Rudiger from Roma but missed out on a top target
CRYSTAL PALACE
Palace
chairman Steve Parish has a history of doing late deals rather than
over-paying earlier in the window, something that may concern new
manager Frank de Boer who is due to make a loan move for Chelsea's Ruben
Loftus-Cheek his first move.
Palace
smashed their transfer record last summer on Christian Benteke and the
club will feel they ought to have enough in the dressing-room already to
be competitive. Parish will argue Wilf Zaha committing his future is
like a signing.
Report rating: E
Crystal Palace have had a quiet window to date and may struggle to keep Christian Benteke
EVERTON
Everton fans probably can't believe they are being seen as the stand-out spenders in the Premier League.
The
sale of Romelu Lukaku has financed purchases of Jordan Pickford,
Michael Keane, Ajax captain Davy Klaasen and Malaga striker Sandro, and
the prodigal son Wayne Rooney has returned on a free.
Even
if Ross Barkley leaves, and Everton have a surplus of midfielders, it
looks like a cracking window for Ronald Koeman with serious interest
also in Swansea's Gylfi Sigurdsson
Report rating: A+
Everton have been the stand-out performers in the transfer market signing Wayne Rooney
HUDDERSFIELD
Manager
David Wagner is no shrinking violet and he's been extremely proactive
in strengthening his squad for Huddersfield's first season in the top
flight.
Nine players have been signed
and the transfer record broken three times; for Aaron Mooy, Tom Ince and
then £11million Montpellier striker Steve Mounie.
Wagner
will stry to persuade best mate Jurgen Klopp to let him keep Liverpool
goalkeeper Danny Ward for a further season on loan.
Report rating: A
Huddersfield manager David Wagner has been active signing striker Steve Mounie for £11m
LEICESTER CITY
Craig
Shakespeare laid his marker down as a new manager by beating off
competition from Spurs and Stoke to land the highly-rated central
defender Harry Maguire with both Wes Morgan and Robert Huth not getting
any younger.
Vicnent Iborra has also
arrived from Sevilla after impressing against Leicester in the Champions
League while a bid is in for Manchester City's Kelechi Iheanacho. They
won't let Riyad Mahrez go without a fight.
Report rating: B
Leicester City have signed Harry Maguire but they may struggle to keep hold of Riyad Mahrez
LIVERPOOL
It's
strange to say for a club that has broken its transfer record on Roma
winger Mo Salah, but this has been a frustrating window for manager
Jurgen Klopp, most notably because he'd set his sights on Southampton
centre-half Virgil van Dijk before the Anfield club withdrew their
interest amidst dark mutterings of tapping up.
Nonetheless
the signing of young Chelsea striker Dominic Solanke looks inspired as
he then went on to star in England under-20s World Cup win.
Report rating: C
Liverpool completed a deal for Egypt winger Mohamed Salah but missed out on Virgil van Dijk
MANCHESTER CITY
A
mixed bag for Pep Guardiola who started the window with a bang by
capturing Monaco midfielder Bernardo Silva and Benfica goalkeeper
Ederson early.
But since then the
ambition to sign four new full-backs including Dani Alves and Kyle
Walker have not yet borne fruit while the club are hampered by having a
lot of expensive players on the books that Guardiola doesn't want; Hart,
Bony, Mangala, Nasri and Denayer.
Report rating: C
Manchester City brought in Benfica goalkeeper Ederson are more new recruits are expected
MANCHESTER UNITED
Ed
Woodward will congratulate himself on getting rid of the Wayne Rooney
problem and landing himself with a £75million centre-forward Romelu
Lukaku in the process.
But he can
still expect Jose Mourinho to be a little grumpy should United not sign a
top-class holding midfield player with Eric Dier and Nemanja Matic
targets.
£30million defender Victor Lindelof has signed but they can't find a buyer for Chris Smalling.
Report rating: B
Manchester United completed the signing of Romelu Lukaku this week from Everton for £75m
NEWCASTLE UNITED
Rafa
Benitez hasn't got the spate of new signings he wanted. Newcastle have
spent money on only two players, defender Florian Lejeune and winger
Christian Atsu, who was on loan last season in any case, and lost out on
a number of targets including England under-21 striker Tammy Abraham.
Benitez
will now press Mike Ashley to sign Jacob Murphy from Norwich and Fabian
Delph from Manchester City, otherwise his first press conference of the
season will be very interesting.
Report rating: D
Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez admits he is frustrated but he has signed Florian Lejeune
SOUTHAMPTON
Though
Polish defender Jan Bednarek is the only signing for Mauricio
Pellegrino, the big news from St Mary's is that they've resisted
interest in their star asset Virgil van Dijk, determined he will not
follow the same path as Lallana, Lambert, Clyne, Lovren and Mane to
Liverpool.
Jay Rodriguez has been sold to West Brom but Saints have cover up top with Gabbiadini, Austin and Long.
Report rating: D
New Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino has work to do in the transfer market
STOKE CITY
The
Bosman arrival of Darren Fletcher to provide midfield leadership from
West Brom was a welcome surprise as Stoke try to offload Glenn Whelan
and Gianelli Imbula.
Young left-back
Josh Tymon has arrived to put pressure on Erik Pieters but a transfer
request from Marko Arnautovic has disrupted Mark Hughes' plans and they
are looking for a centre-half as well.
Report rating: D
West Brom captain Darren Fletcher has signed for rivals Stoke on a two-year deal
SWANSEA CITY
Tucked
away in south Wales, Paul Clement has been able to do some tidy
business under the radar, his four signings including Chelsea striker
Tammy Abraham on loan and £11million Las Palmas midfielder Roque Mesa.
There
is still uncertainty surrounding the future of Gylfi Sigurdsson who is
wanted by Everton and Leicester, if he goes expect Swansea to spend
again.
Report rating: C
Tammy Abraham (far right) has arrived at Swansea on a season-long loan from Chelsea
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Chairman
Daniel Levy will argue that keeping Harry Kane and Dele Alli will be
his most important transfer business of the window but once again
Tottenham's hard-line stance on negotiations has cost them on incoming
players.
They are the only Premier
League club not to have added to their squad despite bidding for Harry
Maguire and others. If Austrian defender Kevin Wimmer leaves, expect
them to move for a centre-half, possibly Middlesbrough's Ben Gibson.
Report rating: E
Tottenham are yet to make a move in the market but could look to Middlesbrough's Ben Gibson
WATFORD
Watford
needed an infusion of something after a rotten second half of last
season and the owners have done their best, bringing in a fresh, young
manager Marco Silva and making four signings.
Interestingly
for a club accused of being top-heavy with overseas mercenaries, they
have paid £8million for England under-21 international Will Hughes and
made Tom Cleverley's loan a permanent deal. Spanish right-back Kiko
Femenia could solve a problem position.
Report rating: C
Watford completed the permanent signing of Tom Cleverley for £8million this summer
WEST BROM
The
£15million capture of Jay Rodriguez from Southampton is acknowledgement
from Tony Pulis that the team have to score more goals with Salomon
Rondon drying up last season.
Losing
captain Darren Fletcher to Stoke was a blow hence Pulis' interest in
Everton's Gareth Barry to provide experience. It's been estimated that
West Brom's new Chinese owner Guochuan Lai's wealth is £2.6 billion but
hasn't trickled down to The Hawthorns yet.
Report rating: D
Jay Rodriguez has arrived for £15million from Southampton in the only incoming thus far
WEST HAM
Nobody
has been linked with more players this summer than West Ham but free
signing Pablo Zabaleta is their only tangible arrival so far.
Manager
Slaven Bilic wants a winger and centre-forward with attitude and has a
£15million bid for Stoke's Marko Arnautovic on the table.
But
Kelechi Iheanacho was deemed too expensive at £25million given The
Hammers already have £40million worth of strikers in Andy Carroll and
Andre Ayew on the books. They'd sell Robert Snodgrass to raise funds but
he wants to stay.
Report rating: E
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