Arsenal
Bringing in Christos Tzolis, Bruno Guimarães, and Ezri Konsa was a solid start to the transfer window, but could Arsenal’s failure to land a big-name attacker hurt them down the line? They initially targeted Morgan Rogers before switching to Vinícius Júnior when Rogers moved to Chelsea, only to be left disappointed after Vinícius signed a new deal with Real Madrid. Julián Alvarez made it clear he had no interest in joining from Atlético Madrid in the final days of the window, and Arsenal held off on spending despite letting Gabriel Jesus go to Barcelona and Ethan Nwaneri to Borussia Dortmund. If Gabriel Martinelli completes his expected move to Al-Hilal in the coming days—the Saudi Pro League window is still open—a few injuries could leave Arteta short on options. Ed Aarons
Key ins: Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle, £75m), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa, £51m), Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen, £45m), Christos Tzolis (Club Brugge, £34m)
Key outs: Leandro Trossard (Besiktas, £15.3m), Jakub Kiwior (Porto, £14.5m), Gabriel Jesus (Barcelona, £8.6m), Fábio Vieira (Hamburg, £7.7m), Christian Nørgaard (Everton, £7m), Ethan Nwaneri (Borussia Dortmund, loan)
Aston Villa
It’s all change at Villa, and while some nerves are natural, a shake-up was probably overdue. At the same time, Unai Emery didn’t want to lose so many key players, and the manager has made it clear he doesn’t believe in transition seasons. Villa have raised around £300m from selling nine players and brought in ten for roughly £250m. They’ve cut their wage bill and shifted the squad’s profile. Zion Suzuki, Ibrahim Mbaye, and Johan Manzambi—names rival clubs are talking about—are especially exciting additions. Last summer, there were worries Villa had gone stale, and a year ago they were scrambling on deadline day with Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho arriving on loan, but this time there was no such chaos. Ben Fisher
Key ins: Johan Manzambi (Freiburg, £51m), Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea, £47.5m), Ibrahim Mbaye (PSG, £47m), João Gomes (Wolves, £34m), Zion Suzuki (Parma, £30m), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton, £25m), Matteo Ruggeri (Atlético Madrid, £21.4m), Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich, free), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham, loan), Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea, loan)
Key outs: Morgan Rogers (Chelsea, £117m), Ollie Watkins (Al-Hilal, £51m), Ezri Konsa (Arsenal, £51m), Youri Tielemans (Manchester United, £35m), Donyell Malen (Roma, £21.6m), Lewis Dobbin (Southampton, £9m), Lucas Digne (PSG, £8.5m), Emiliano Martínez (Chelsea, £7.5m), Evann Guessand (Crystal Palace, loan)
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Bournemouth
Perhaps Bournemouth’s best move was holding onto their most sought-after players, especially Eli Junior Kroupi, Rayan, Alex Scott, and Tyler Adams. Bournemouth turned down bids from Chelsea for Scott and stuck to their plan of resisting offers to give Marco Rose the best shot at success, as the club juggles European competition and the league for the first time. The arrival of 22-year-old Portugal centre-back António Silva from Benfica looks like a smart replacement for Marcos Senesi, 29. Kroupi’s freak foot injury, which will likely keep him out until November, might have been a blessing in disguise when it comes to keeping the 20-year-old. BF
Key ins: António Silva (Benfica, £21.4m), Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche, £21.3m), Juanlu Sánchez (Sevilla, £11.1m), Michele Di Gregorio (Juventus, loan)
Key outs: Luis Sinisterra (Cruzeiro, £5.2m), Enes Unal (Getafe, free), Álex Jiménez (Fiorentina, loan), Marcos Senesi (Tottenham, free)
Brentford
Avoiding a repeat of last year’s disruption was a major win. Keith Andrews kept his best players and made smart additions to a strong squad. Mamadou Sangaré has added qQuality in midfield since arriving from Lens, and he looks like the bargain of the summer. Callum Wilson has brought experience up front after joining on a free transfer, while Jaidon Anthony provides cover on the wings following his £15m move from Burnley. El Hadji-Malick Diouf, signed from West Ham, offers potential at left-back. Jacob Steinberg
Key ins: Mamadou Sangaré (Lens, £39m), El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham, £35m), Jaidon Anthony (Burnley, £15m), Jannik Schuster (Red Bull Salzburg, £14m), Callum Wilson (West Ham, free)
Key outs: Ethan Pinnock (Coventry, £6m), Jordan Henderson (Chelsea, free)
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Mamadou Sangare looks the bargain of the summer at £39m from Lens. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
Brighton
Deadline day deals to bring in the exciting Nigeria forward Femi Azeez from Millwall and the Spanish midfielder Chema Andrés from Stuttgart made it 12 signings in another summer of transition. Azeez’s arrival was announced almost 12 hours after the window shut. The departures of Jan Paul van Hecke, Carlos Baleba, and Carl Rushworth brought in more than £140m, as the Brighton model continues to deliver big profits. However, losing last season’s top scorer, Danny Welbeck, to Chelsea for just £5m may be the biggest loss if new striker Promise David cannot deliver the goals. EA
Key ins: Luka Vuskovic (Tottenham, £46m), Zadok Yohanna (AIK, £21.5m), Chema Andrés (Stuttgart, £18.9m), Pascal Struijk (Leeds, £18m), Femi Azeez (Millwall, £15m), Jaouen Hadjam (Young Boys, £11.1m), Costinha (Olympiakos, £11m), Michael Svoboda (Venezia, £4.3m), Promise David (Union St-Gilloise, loan)
Key outs: Carlos Baleba (Manchester United, £70m), Jan Paul van Hecke (Tottenham, £52m), Carl Rushworth (Coventry, £22.5m), Diego Coppola (Paris FC, £15.3m), Danny Welbeck (Chelsea, £5m), Joël Veltman (West Ham, free), James Milner (retired), Solly March (released)
Chelsea
Xabi Alonso’s appointment as manager was the biggest signing of the summer. Chelsea have been sensible since turning to the Spaniard. Morgan Rogers has started well after joining for £117m. Maxence Lacroix adds power in defence, and Marco Palestra brings versatility on the flanks. Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson can raise standards in the dressing room. But there was the usual revolving door. Money was made on a host of outgoings. Marc Cucurella, one of the world’s best left-backs and sold to Real Madrid, looks a bigger loss than Enzo Fernández. However, a worry is that Chelsea did not replace Fernández after selling him to Manchester City for £125m, with their late £47m move for Monaco’s Lamine Camara collapsing at the last moment. JS
Key ins: Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa, £117m), Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace, £52m), Marco Palestra (Atalanta, £47m), Geovany Quenda (Sporting, £40m), Valentín Barco (Strasbourg, £34m), Emmanuel Emegha (Strasbourg, £21.6m), Pep Chavarría (Rayo Vallecano, £16.3m), Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa, £7.5m), Danny Welbeck (Brighton, £5m), Jordan Henderson (Brentford, free)
Key outs: Enzo Fernández (Manchester City, £125m), Marc Cucurella (Real Madrid, £52m), Andrey Santos (Manchester United, £50m), Nicolas Jackson (Aston Villa, £47.5m), Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest, £45m), Trevoh Chalobah (Como 1907, £25.7m), Tyrique George (Everton, £18m), Marc Guiu (RB Leipzig, £14.5m), Tosin Adarabioyo (Tottenham, £7m), Axel Disasi (Crystal Palace, loan), Alejandro Garnacho (Aston Villa, loan), Benoît Badiashile (Napoli, loan), Robert Sánchez (Como, loan), Mykhailo Mudryk (Tottenham, loan)
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Morgan Rogers has started well since his £117m signing from Aston Villa. Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC/Getty Images
Coventry
It remains to be seen whether Coventry have struck the right balance in the market. Frank Lampard wanted to maintain momentum but also add power and physicality. Coventry also sought to address their lack of Premier League experience with Taiwo Awoniyi and Ethan Pinnock. Coventry were the highest scorers in English football’s top four tiers last season, but the step up means the pressure is on AwonOkay, never prolific for Nottingham Forest, Sidiki Cherif, a promising 19-year-old, and Ellis Simms will need to step up before Haji Wright returns from injury. Stephen Mfuni, a teenage loanee from Manchester City and their 11th and final summer signing, adds depth at left-back.
Key ins: Caleb Yirenkyi (Nordsjælland, £23m), Carl Rushworth (Brighton, £22.5m), Sidiki Cherif (Fenerbahce, £20.5m), Loum Tchaouna (Burnley, £20m), Aurèle Amenda (Eintracht Frankfurt, £15.4m), Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest, £9m), Ethan Pinnock (Brentford, £6m), Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United, £6m), Stephen Mfuni (Manchester City, loan), Frank Onyeka (Brentford, undisclosed), Dan Bentley (Wolves, undisclosed)
Key outs: None
Crystal Palace
The lost tug of war with Sunderland over Malick Fofana summed up another chaotic deadline day for Palace, who were still scrambling for signings in the final minutes and confirmed the arrivals of Ben Chilwell, Quinten Timber, and Darío Osorio after the window shut. The new manager, Pierre Sage, will at least be pleased to have secured more defensive reinforcements after losing Maxence Lacroix to Chelsea, with the loanees Honest Ahanor and Axel Disasi adding much-needed depth. Palace also kept hold of Ismaïla Sarr – assuming he doesn’t join a club in Saudi Arabia before the Sunday deadline there – after rejecting an approach from Liverpool for the Senegal forward.
Key ins: Anan Khalaili (Union St-Gilloise, £21m), Quinten Timber (Marseille, £15m), Zavier Gozo (Real Salt Lake, £11m), Axel Disasi (Chelsea, loan), Evann Guessand (Aston Villa, loan), Honest Ahanor (Atalanta, loan), Darío Osorio (Midtjylland, loan), Dwight McNeil (Everton, swap), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Ajax, free), Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo, free), Ben Chilwell (Strasbourg, undisclosed fee)
Key outs: Maxence Lacroix (Chelsea, £52m), Daniel Muñoz (Nottingham Forest, £22m), Brennan Johnson (Everton, swap), Borna Sosa (Cologne, loan)
Everton
It was a window that revealed the extent of The Friedkin Group’s ambitions, the strength of the club’s finances after the move to a new stadium, the state of the relationship between the manager and chief executive, and the expertise of the senior leadership team; and none of it was positive. The owners deserve some credit for listening to fans and halting the self-defeating sale of Harrison Armstrong to Nottingham Forest, but otherwise it was a modest window that descended into a shambles. The club’s best player was sold for a below-market fee, a move for Folarin Balogun collapsed, and although the equally desperate search for a right-back ended with Ainsley Maitland-Niles signing, David Moyes was left with one striker and a smaller squad than he started the day with, despite repeatedly urging his employers to strengthen.
Key ins: Tyrique George (Chelsea, £18m), Merlin Röhl (Freiburg, £17.3m), Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough, £16.5m), Christian Nørgaard (Arsenal, £7m), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon, £4.2m), Brennan Johnson (Crystal Palace, swap), Jack Grealish (Manchester City, loan)
Key outs: Iliman Ndiaye (Manchester City, £60m), Beto (Fiorentina, £15.4m), Tim Iroegbunam (Hull, £13m), Dwight McNeil (Crystal Palace, swap), Idrissa Gueye (Al-Diriyah, free), Nathan Patterson (Torino, free), Séamus Coleman (released)
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Jack Grealish is back at Everton on a second loan from Manchester City. Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty Images
Fulham
It was a summer of change at Craven Cottage. Marco Silva departed after five successful years in charge and was replaced by the inexperienced Álvaro Arbeloa, who has focused on adding youth. Gonzalo García, César Palacios, and Manuel Ángel followed Arbeloa from Real Madrid, and Shea Charles is an exciting signing from Southampton. Some stalwarts have left. Raúl Jiménez joined Wolves and Harry Wilson went to Leeds. Fulham looked to strengthen. They secured the midfielder Hugo Larsson and centre-back David Affengruber on deadline day but missed out on another target, the right-back Andrei Ratiu.
Key ins: Gonzalo García (Real Madrid, £34.3m), Shea Charles (Southampton, £30m), David Affengruber (Elche, £10.3m), César Palacios (Real Madrid, £8.6m), Jonah Kusi-Asare (Bayern Munich, £5.2m), Manuel Ángel (Real Madrid, £3.4m), Hugo Larsson (Eintracht Frankfurt, loan)
Key outs: Sasa Lukic (Ipswich, £9m), Issa Diop (Ipswich, £8.5m), Harry Wilson (Leeds, free), Raúl Jiménez (Wolves, free)
Hull
“Think of us like a volcano,” said Hull’s owner, Acun Ilicali, in early July. “It’s boiling right now and it’s going to erupt.” Two months on, Ilicali has overseen 18 signings, investing more than £150m, and his manager, Sergej Jakirovic, has guided the team to two Premier League wins. The outlook is far brighter than in June, when the playoff winners sold two players for a combined £8.5m to avoid breaking English Football League spending rules and a near-certain six-point deduction. Remember, Hull spent last season under a two-window EFL transfer embargo. They have made up for that this summer, and although it remains to be seen whether all those new faces will gel, there are real reasons for optimism. Not least because last season’s fan-favorite loanee forward, Joe Gelhardt, has joined permanently from Leeds. Louise Taylor
Key ins: Nobel Mendy (Rayo Vallecano, £20m), Konstantinos Tzolakis (Olympiakos, £20m), Lucas Herrington (Colorado Rapids, £17.1m), Ilyas Ansah (Union Berlin, £14.5m), Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice, £13m), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Genoa, £12m), Jens Hjerto-Dahl (Tromsø, £10m), Tim Iroegbunam (Everton, £13m), Christos Mouzakitis (Olympiakos, £12.9m), Sorba Thomas (Stoke, £7.5m), Joe Gelhardt (Leeds, £6.5m), Jack Butland (Rangers, £3.5m), Lucas Gourna-Douath (Red Bull Salzburg, £3.4m), Elliot Stroud (Mjällby, £3m), Robinio Vaz (Roma, loan), Hidemasa Morita (Sporting, free), Matt Targett (Newcastle, free), Óscar Zambrano (Maribor, undisclosed fee)
Key outs: Ivor Pandur (Rangers, £6m), Cody Drameh (Genoa, £3.9m), Abu Kamara (Portsmouth, £2.5m), Kyle Joseph (Middlesbrough, undisclosed fee)
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Nobel Mendy, the most expensive of Hull’s 18 signings, made a perfect start by scoring against Manchester United. Photograph: Mike Martin/Focus Images Ltd/Shutterstock
Ipswich
The late addition of Burnley’s striker Zian Flemming brought Ipswich’s summer spending close to £200m. That seems to be the price of giving themselves a genuine chance at survival. Arrivals like Exequiel Palacios and Julio Enciso should have no place in the lower reaches, and the former Fulham pair Sasa Lukic and Issa Diop add crucial experience. Gary O’Neil can rely on impressive midfield depth and speed on the wings, where Abdul Fatawu and Daizen Maida look sharp. But only time will tell whether Ipswich strengthened their defense enough for the regular tests they failed at Old Trafford on Sunday. Nick Ames
Key ins: Julio Enciso (Strasbourg, £26m), Emersonn (Toulouse, £24m), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen, £23.5m), Zian Flemming (Burnley, £20m), Abdul Fatawu (Leicester, £20m), Abdoul Ouattara (Strasbourg, £17m), Florentino Luís (Burnley, £16m), Daizen Maeda (Celtic, £10m), Sasa Lukic (Fulham, £9m), Kjell Scherpen (Union St-Gilloise, £8.6m), Issa Diop (Fulham, £8.5m), Chuba Akpom (Ajax, £7m), Kayne van Oevelen (Volendam, £3.4m), Cédric Kipré (Reims, £1.7m)
Key outs: George Hirst (Stoke, £6m), Arijanet Muric (Sassuolo, £6m), Harry Clarke (Preston, £3.5m)
Leeds
In an ideal world, Daniel Farke might have wanted one more top-quality attacking signing, but that shouldn’t take away from a very solid window, featuring seven extremely sensible additions. The importance of bringing in England goalkeeper James Trafford from Manchester City should not be underestimated. Trafford will almost certainly earn Leeds a few extra points—not to mention improve their play with his excellent footwork. Just in front of him, Tarik Muharemovic looks like an outstanding defensive buy. Harry Wilson boosts creativity and the attacking threat. LT
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Key signings: Tyler Adams (£40.5m), Tarik Muharemovic (Sassuolo, £34.1m), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach, £6.8m), Michael Zetterer (Eintracht Frankfurt, £4.3m), Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (Eintracht Frankfurt, loan), Melvin Bard (Nice, loan), Harry Wilson (Fulham, free)
Key departures: Pascal Struijk (Brighton, £18m), Joe Gelhardt (Hull, £6.5m), Lucas Perri (Torino, loan), Sebastiaan Bournauw (Hamburg, loan), Joël Piroe (West Ham, loan), Illan Meslier (Arsenal, free)
Liverpool
Richard Hughes’s final transfer window as sporting director raised fresh doubts about Liverpool’s direction under Fenway Sports Group, who are set to benefit from a £2bn investment from 1892 Holdings. The club continued its shift toward spending big on established stars with Bradley Barcola’s arrival from Paris Saint-Germain, while Jérémy Jacquet and Victor Muñoz followed the older approach of nurturing young talent. However, gaps remain at right back, defensive midfield, and on the right wing, where Mohamed Salah’s departure was expected as far back as December. The squad lacks depth, and much depends on Hugo Ekitiké, Conor Bradley, and Giovanni Leoni returning to full fitness. AH
Key signings: Bradley Barcola (PSG, £123m), Jérémy Jacquet (Rennes, £55m), Víctor Muñoz (Osasuna, £34.5m), Ronald Araújo (Barcelona, loan)
Key departures: Curtis Jones (Inter, £25.7m), Harvey Elliott (Valencia, loan), Mohamed Salah (Trabzonspor, free), Ibrahima Konaté (Real Madrid, free), Andy Robertson (Tottenham, free)
View image in fullscreen: Bradley Barcola’s signing was the latest example of Liverpool paying big for big names. Photograph: Liverpool FC/Getty Images
Manchester City
With Enzo Fernández’s deadline-day signing for a British record-equalling £125m, Enzo Maresca has no reason to complain about his first transfer window as Manchester City’s head coach. The No 8 follows two No 6s—Elliot Anderson (£116m) and Ayyoub Bouaddi (£85m)—plus wide players Allan Elias (£34m) and Iliman Ndiaye (£60m plus £5m) as major additions, bringing total spending on new arrivals to around £457.5m. Considering City have raised about £281.8m from sales, leaving a net spend of £175.7m—the third-highest in the division this window—this hefty investment needs to pay off, especially the Fernández deal. Jamie Jackson
Key signings: Enzo Fernández (Chelsea, £125m), Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest, £116m), Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille, £85.7m), Iliman Ndiaye (Everton, £60m), Allan (Palmeiras, £32m), Mathys Detourbet (Troyes, £21.6m), Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille, £1.7m)
Key departures: Sávio (Tottenham, £75m), Nico González (Newcastle, £52m), Tijjani Reijnders (Al-Qadsiah, £52m), Rodri (Barcelona, £51.3m), James Trafford (Leeds, £40.5m), Nathan Aké (Fenerbahce, £7m), Omar Marmoush (Tottenham, loan), Jack Grealish (Everton, loan), John Stones (Inter, free), Bernardo Silva (Real Madrid, free)
Manchester United
This was Manchester United’s window for midfielders, with three brought in: Youri Tielemans (a No 8), plus Andrey Santos and Carlos Baleba (both No 6s). Yet a left-back was still missing despite targeting Lewis Hall and others, and the rest of a shaky defence also needed reinforcement. Why the gap? A lack of funds, or perhaps a reluctance to spend unless money came in from sales. Manuel Ugarte’s long-term injury (which blocked his sale) and Joshua Zirkzee’s unwillingness to move were contributing factors. Will specialist Luke Shaw, along with stand-in options like Patrick Dorgu (a wing-back/left forward), Diogo Dalot and Noussair Mazraoui (right-backs), Lisandro Martínez (centre-back), and Baleba be enough? JJ
Key signings: Carlos Baleba (Brighton, £70m), Andrey Santos (Chelsea, £50m), Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa, £35m)
Key departures: Rasmus Højlund (Napoli, £43.2m), Casemiro (Inter Miami, free)
Newcastle
Newcastle describe their transfer window as “transformative,” and with reinvention being the theme on Tyneside, it’s easy to see why. After selling Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali, and Bruno Guimarães for a combined total close to £250m, they’ve signed eight players, mostly young. Along the way, they’ve…The spine of a team now managed by Matthias Jaissle instead of Eddie Howe has been rebuilt, and new fan favorites are emerging—like former Benfica right-back Amar Dedic and ex-Manchester City midfielder Nico González. The deadline-day signing of exciting 21-year-old Belgian forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo from Lille is seen as a real steal. Have Newcastle pulled off a successful window after it once looked like it could go badly wrong? LT
Key ins: Nico González (Manchester City, £52m), Matias Fernandez-Pardo (Lille, £51m), Bazoumana Touré (Hoffenheim, £43m), Aladji Bamba (Monaco, £30m), Amar Dedic (Benfica, £29.5m), Lukas Hornicek (Braga, £25.7m), Ewen Jaouen (Reims, £21.6m), Sean Steur (Ajax, £20m)
Key outs: Sandro Tonali (Tottenham, £92.5m), Bruno Guimarães (Arsenal, £75m), Anthony Gordon (Barcelona, £69.3m), Nick Woltemade (Juventus, loan), Kieran Trippier (Wolves, free)
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Matias Fernandez-Pardo’s signing from Lille is regarded as a coup. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images
Nottingham Forest
Getting £116m for Elliot Anderson showed that, despite the chaos of recent years, Forest have done some smart recruiting. After bringing in Oliver Glasner, the club worked to meet his needs, spending big on Ousmane Diomande, while Xaver Schlager was a sensible free signing, as was Daniel Muñoz at £22m. A striker was the top priority, and it took a club-record £45m to land long-term target Liam Delap, who fits the role perfectly. Whether not finding a direct replacement for Anderson will hurt them remains to be seen, but at least they didn’t panic—making it a measured window where they managed to trim the squad. Will Unwin
Key ins: Liam Delap (Chelsea, £45m), Ousmane Diomande (Sporting, £34.2m), Daniel Muñoz (Crystal Palace, £22m), Steven Benda (Fulham, free), Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig, free)
Key outs: Elliot Anderson (Manchester City, £116m), Taiwo Awoniyi (Coventry City, £9m), Omari Hutchinson (Milan, loan), Stefan Ortega (Olympiakos, free), Jota Silva (Olympiakos, loan), Morato (West Ham, loan)
Sunderland
After last summer’s 14 new arrivals, this window felt more cautious and slightly underwhelming—or at least it did until Crystal Palace tried to hijack Sunderland’s deal to sign Lyon winger Malick Fofana. The two Premier League clubs then got into an incredible deadline-day tug of war, with private jets from both sides sitting on the tarmac at Lyon airport and Fofana undergoing a medical in France unsure where he’d end up, before finally choosing Wearside. Arguably Sunderland’s biggest achievement was keeping last season’s star players. If convincing Granit Xhaka to stay rather than join Chelsea was vital, Régis Le Bris will be just as pleased to have held onto highly rated players like Enzo Le Fée, Robin Roefs, and Noah Sadiki. LT
Key ins: Malick Fofana (Lyon, £31m), Dayann Méthalie (Toulouse, £24m), Kevin Danso (Tottenham, loan), Thomas Meunier (Lille, free)
Key outs: Eliezer Mayenda (Rennes, £17.1m)
Tottenham
A full overhaul, from back to front, featuring a club-record spend for a single window—and one of the biggest ever by any club. In the first summer window since longtime chairman Daniel Levy stepped away, the hierarchy have backed Roberto De Zerbi in an effort to move past last season’s struggles. All the new signings have Premier League experience and—apart from Mateus Fernandes and Sávio—are aged 25 or older. In other words, they should be ready to hit the ground running. The first two matches didn’t go as planned. It will get better. Won’t it? David Hytner
Key ins: Sandro Tonali (Newcastle, £92.5m), Mateus Fernandes (West Ham, £85m), Sávio (Manchester City, £75m), Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton, £52m), Tosin Adarabioyo (Chelsea, £7m), Omar Marmoush (Manchester City, loan), Martin Dubravka (Burnley, loan), Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea, loan), Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth, free), Andy Robertson (Liverpool, free)
Key outs: Luka Vuskovic (Brighton, £46m), Cristian Romero (Atlético Madrid, £34.1m), Djed Spence (Inter, £25.6m), Radu Dragusin (Fiorentina, loan), Guglielmo Vicario (Juventus, loan), Pape Matar Sarr (Juventus, loan), Kevin Danso (Sunderland, loan)
Frequently Asked Questions
Here is a list of FAQs based on the topic of a Premier League transfer window verdict
General Questions
1 What is a transfer window verdict article
Its a summary or report card published by sports journalists after the transfer window closes It grades or analyzes how each Premier League club did with their buying and selling looking at whether they improved their squad overspent or missed out on key targets
2 Why do people care so much about the verdict after the window closes
Because its the first chance to see the big picture During the window transfers happen one by one but the verdict looks at the entire squad It tells fans whether their team is genuinely stronger than it was two months ago or if they are likely to struggle until January
3 What does it mean if a club gets a B grade or a C grade in the verdict
Its a general rating of their business A B usually means they did solid sensible work filling gaps without panicbuying A C means they did the bare minimum left obvious problems unsolved or spent too much money on players who might not fit the managers system
4 Is the verdict about money spent or about the quality of players
Its mostly about quality and squad balance A club can spend 200 million and get a D if they bought the wrong players while a club that spends only 20 million can get an A if they signed exactly the right player to fix a crucial weakness
5 What is the difference between buying for the future and buying for now in these verdicts
Buying for the future Signing young unproven talents who need time to develop Verdicts often say one for the future and dont expect them to impact this season
Buying for now Signing established Premier Leagueready stars who can start immediately Verdicts usually criticize clubs that only buy for the future when they need help immediately to avoid relegation
ClubSpecific Strategy Questions
6 Why do the big six clubs get judged differently than the rest
Because their expectations are different If a midtable club signs a decent
