Summer 2022 Transfer Window

[Smirking_Saint]

28 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

The thing is because SR have a bit of money and won’t want to lose their long term investment in the club; if things were looking bleak later in the year and we’re in a poor position with no uphill turn coming, I can see the club sacking RH and having a mini buying spree like Newcastle did last January and that would see us through to the end of the season.

Obviously none of us want that, but if the youth approach doesn’t work (which is 50/50) then I can see us going for experience route mid-season to change things around.

This is exactly what I was told btw

[Appy]

@SuperSAINT

[S-Clarke]

It'll be interesting to see how he does in the PL, but the fact that it's a straight loan with no option is probably suggestive that Chelsea are valuing him at silly levels.

He's perfect for the back 3 they adopt at Brighton and will fill that void left by Burn. It's probably going to be a Broja situation for Brighton at the end of the season though - as I think he'll do well there.

Edited 5 August, 2022 by S-Clarke

[SuperSAINT]

12 minutes ago, Appy said:

@SuperSAINT

[Whitey Grandad]

I’ve just looked at the transfer window and it doesn’t slam shut©️ until the 2nd September 😳

[Pilchards]

1 minute ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I’ve just looked at the transfer window and it doesn’t slam shut©️ until the 2nd September 😳

Be bottom of the league at that stage which would make it harder to attract any kind of decent striker.

[Jeremy Corbyn]

2 minutes ago, Pilchards said:

Be bottom of the league at that stage which would make it harder to attract any kind of decent striker.

the new manager might be able to bring in someone they know

[Smirking_Saint]

1 hour ago, Teddeer said:

I would hope that we also have a lot still to do in this window even if we don't have 100m burning a hole in our pocket. Doubt we'll survive with the squad we've got so I'm hoping that Ralph was genuine when he said we have more business to do. I like the look of the youngsters we've signed plus the more experienced Aribo but they'll likely take a season before we see the best of them although we may be lucky in that we have another Tino or two among them. Bazunu will probably quickly establish himself as number one in goal but he has only limited competition.  Would love to see us try to get Conor Coady but I doubt we'll even put a bid in - his experience could galvanise our defence as he seems to be a great leader and organiser, something we badly need.

I can go along with that… I think we might have ‘enough’ at CB at a push now, Valery looked very good at RCB and I don’t think Bednarek will be ‘as bad’ as he was last year… more importantly I think our issues were exaggerated by our late season tactics within which we were still gung ho despite playing a half arsed press which effectively meant when the ball ‘broke’ our back 2/3 were up against it with the rest of the team engaged at the top of the pitch… I hope we’ve learnt from that

We do definitely need another striker though, and Im a little dissapointed he isn’t here yet

But I’m optimistic enough to look at this squad and realise we have more, imo, then the bottom 3/4

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

6 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

I can go along with that… I think we might have ‘enough’ at CB at a push now, Valery looked very good at RCB and I don’t think Bednarek will be ‘as bad’ as he was last year… more importantly I think our issues were exaggerated by our late season tactics within which we were still gung ho despite playing a half arsed press which effectively meant when the ball ‘broke’ our back 2/3 were up against it with the rest of the team engaged at the top of the pitch… I hope we’ve learnt from that

We do definitely need another striker though, and Im a little dissapointed he isn’t here yet

But I’m optimistic enough to look at this squad and realise we have more, imo, then the bottom 3/4

hmm

I think it's pushing things a little far to say Valery looked 'very good' He gets caught wrong side too much for my liking

Remind me who was responsible for the late season tactics you describe as gung ho and half arsed? I believe that man is still in charge...

I hope we're not looking at finishing fourth bottom as optimistic 🙂

[manji]

30 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

I can go along with that… I think we might have ‘enough’ at CB at a push now, Valery looked very good at RCB and I don’t think Bednarek will be ‘as bad’ as he was last year… more importantly I think our issues were exaggerated by our late season tactics within which we were still gung ho despite playing a half arsed press which effectively meant when the ball ‘broke’ our back 2/3 were up against it with the rest of the team engaged at the top of the pitch… I hope we’ve learnt from that

We do definitely need another striker though, and Im a little dissapointed he isn’t here yet

But I’m optimistic enough to look at this squad and realise we have more, imo, then the bottom 3/4

Ralph said in the SKY interview we definitely getting a new striker. Yes I keep on about Sports Republic but they havnt let us down yet. Their comment a few months ago was they were going to refresh every position in the team. 

[Dman]

4 minutes ago, manji said:

Ralph said in the SKY interview we definitely getting a new striker. Yes I keep on about Sports Republic but they havnt let us down yet. Their comment a few months ago was they were going to refresh every position in the team. 

SR haven’t let us down, but they’ve not set the world alight either. 

We’re still signing players in that 10-15m price bracket, just that we’ve got a few more of them this window. 

Whilst I like what we’ve done, we have signed a lot of unproven ‘potential’, which could massively backfire on us. the likes of Delap and Mctee were raved about on here, but it looks likely both will be playing in the championship next season. 

In short, I like what they’re trying to do, but it’s a massively high risk gamble. Ill reserve judgement on them until the start of next season, I think. 

[Saint86]

Genuinely surprised by the negativity on this thread lately! I think our squad is comfortably good enough to finish at least 15th. We've added good quality depth, and specifically players to suit the way Ralph wants us to play. Plus he's finally got some decent coaches behind him and on the touchline.

If we get a quality striker we'll be looking for a top 10 finish as a good season. If we don't i still think we'll come somewhere from 12th-15th even with an average year.

Am i on a different planet to everyone else? Reading some of these comments i feel like it 😨😅

[MarkSFC]

5 minutes ago, Dman said:

SR haven’t let us down, but they’ve not set the world alight either. 

We’re still signing players in that 10-15m price bracket, just that we’ve got a few more of them this window. 

Whilst I like what we’ve done, we have signed a lot of unproven ‘potential’, which could massively backfire on us. the likes of Delap and Mctee were raved about on here, but it looks likely both will be playing in the championship next season. 

In short, I like what they’re trying to do, but it’s a massively high risk gamble. Ill reserve judgement on them until the start of next season, I think. 

I think part of the problem regarding level of fee is that (pretty obviously I think) the higher the transfer fee is the higher the salary is. Even though it was Reed who said it a while back (if I'm remembering correctly) we might know be able to afford one or two players in the mid 20ms or even into the 30ms but perhaps the jump I'm salary is too much🤷‍♂️

Having said that I do think we will sign a striker in the mid to high 20ms as anything less probably means "young" (again) or actually not that great; or perhaps "end of career.  This next striker signing needs to focus entirely on quality for now and not potential. 

[DT]

1 hour ago, coalman said:

If we look at where we are versus last season.

We've lost Forster, Long and Broja.

Forster gave us more solidity in goal than McCarthy but both had terrible distribution. Bazunu is going to give the ball away less even before we get into him being more willing to claim crosses and talk to his backline. We shouldn't underestimate the confidence that comes from a keeper that's not going to invite pressure.

KWP is still here and will have more licence to come forward in a 5-3-2 or 3-5-2. Livramento will be back. Djenepo gets in good positions but has also looked defensively solid (never thought I'd say this). Perraud is solid and has a season in the premier League behind him.

We've added Bella-Kotchap who looks like a beast. Bednarek may be a bit checked out. Lyanco is always committed if erratic. Salisu can be dominant. Stephens can be solid or erratic. Overall I'd say we're stronger in defence.

In centre mid we've added Lavia who looks tidy and will only get stronger. JWP is JWP. Romeu may be off the pace a bit. Our new system may suit Diallo more. I'd say stronger in the middle where we've sometimes been overrun.

Creatively we've added Aribo who looks key already. Stu is fit. Walcott not what he was. Redmond great on his day but frustrating. Tella not sure yet. Moi largely anonymous. I'd say we're starting stronger than last season.

Up front we look lightweight but peversely it may force us to give Armstrong and Adams the run they need to find form. Mara is one for the future but very exciting. We're weaker up top.

Overall I think we have a stronger squad than last season. One which hopefully gets stronger as they gel and get used to the pace of the league. Goals are the concern and adding an extra striker makes this a good window. But I think we'll be harder to break down and have less moments of madness in it.

Also excited by the backroom changes. Never understood why our first team coaches were all ex keepers. New training methods will also come into play as we progress through the season. Whether that's in time to save Ralph or to set up the next guy is an open question.

Fair assessment but I'd say creatively we don't look good enough. Think we will see some battling draws but the wins may prove elusive without adequate firepower. Our strikers can't hit a barn door, and don't look they will be found much to try. That said, great job defensively and yes, the coaches overhaul is a good and important one.

[Greenridge]

1 hour ago, Pilchards said:

Be bottom of the league at that stage which would make it harder to attract any kind of decent striker.

You really need to find another team to 'support'.

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

9 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Genuinely surprised by the negativity on this thread lately! I think our squad is comfortably good enough to finish at least 15th. We've added good quality depth, and specifically players to suit the way Ralph wants us to play. Plus he's finally got some decent coaches behind him and on the touchline.

If we get a quality striker we'll be looking for a top 10 finish as a good season. If we don't i still think we'll come somewhere from 12th-15th even with an average year.

Am i on a different planet to everyone else? Reading some of these comments i feel like it 😨😅

This isn't a negative post, but genuinely interested - which teams do you think are definitely worse than us? Bompey, Fulham... then there are a bundle of clubs who look to be about our level. We'll see how Forest do. They might do fairly well (ie finish above bottom 3). Perhaps Brighton and Palace might not do as well as last season... interested in how you think we match up with these clubs as those are the ones we will be fighting for survival

Edited 5 August, 2022 by Golac's Cunning Stunts

[LeBizzier69]

Genuine question - does anyone think that if we could sign a top player on a free, the club would smash any wage structure and pay them...say....£200k+ per week?

Or do the club feel that this would upset the whole apple cart and so not entertain it? Even though ultimately they'd pay less over a few years without a transfer fee.

 

[S-Clarke]

2 minutes ago, LeBizzier69 said:

Genuine question - does anyone think that if we could sign a top player on a free, the club would smash any wage structure and pay them...say....£200k+ per week?

Or do the club feel that this would upset the whole apple cart and so not entertain it? Even though ultimately they'd pay less over a few years without a transfer fee.

 

I can't see us ever offering a player 200k per week, it would create such an odd wage gap in the squad to everyone else.

Our highest earner is on 100k p/w which is JWP, not really sure we'll ever go above that on new players - maybe renewing existing, but certainly not new players. Much the same way we'll never be spending £40m-50m on transfer fee's on single players either.

Edited 5 August, 2022 by S-Clarke

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I can't see us ever offering a player 200k per week, it would create such an odd wage gap in the squad to everyone else.

Our highest earner is on 100k p/w which is JWP, not really sure we'll ever go above that on new players - maybe renewing existing, but certainly not new players. Much the same way we'll never be spending £40m-50m on transfer fee's on single players either.

Wouldn't it also have FFP implications? Not to mention being lumbered with a massively high earner and not being able to bring in others because of it

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I can't see us ever offering a player 200k per week, it would create such an odd wage gap in the squad to everyone else.

Our highest earner is on 100k p/w which is JWP, not really sure we'll ever go above that on new players - maybe renewing existing, but certainly not new players. Much the same way we'll never be spending £40m-50m on transfer fee's on single players either.

Wouldn't it also have FFP implications? Not to mention being lumbered with a massively high earner and not being able to bring in others because of it

[S-Clarke]

Just now, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

Wouldn't it also have FFP implications? Not to mention being lumbered with a massively high earner and not being able to bring in others because of it

Yeah, FFP too - that is a bit of a sham though, I think. Some clubs are taken to the cleaners because of it, meanwhile Barca are able to do what they're doing.

But as we're an honest club then yeah, we'd need to increase our marketing a hell of a lot to be operating in that wage budget. And as soon as you offer that to one new player, agents of any new potential addition will get a sniff and will want some of that for their own client too. A single player on that wage would throw our model out of the window.

[Saintsfan79]

Get Cavani in on a free for a year!! 😉

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, Saintsfan79 said:

Get Cavani in on a free for a year!! 😉

no resale value.

[DT]

20 minutes ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

This isn't a negative post, but genuinely interested - which teams do you think are definitely worse than us? Bompey, Fulham... then there are a bundle of clubs who look to be about our level. We'll see how Forest do. They might do fairly well (ie finish above bottom 3). Perhaps Brighton and Palace might not do as well as last season... interested in how you think we match up with these clubs as those are the ones we will be fighting for survival

Brighton and Palace will be absolutely fine. I reckon Everton and Leeds might not be great. Frank will be sacked six or seven games in and then they'll be ok. Leicester might wobble a bit.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, DT said:

Brighton and Palace will be absolutely fine. I reckon Everton and Leeds might not be great. Frank will be sacked six or seven games in and then they'll be ok. Leicester might wobble a bit.

Brighton are getting gutted a little bit, they could struggle. 

[S-Clarke]

On 03/08/2022 at 21:05, MarkSFC said:

https://twitter.com/OfficialBHAFC/status/1554916787384467463?t=3cHvg4Wbnl-BsFsLCqVlZQ&s=19

On 03/08/2022 at 21:07, S-Clarke said:

Not sure what the point of that statement is, it's obvious he will be a Chelsea player very soon.

As expected, a pointless statement by Brighton. Made themselves look very daft, and Chelsea have bantered them too. Fail.

 

 

[S-Clarke]

Quote

Wolves have rejected Nottingham Forest’s third bid for midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White.

Sky Sports News understands the package to be worth £35 million in total. It’s made up of £25 million and £10 in potential add-ons.

£35m, in what world!! I'm not surprised we ran away from that deal!

[Wurzel]

26 minutes ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

This isn't a negative post, but genuinely interested - which teams do you think are definitely worse than us? Bompey, Fulham... then there are a bundle of clubs who look to be about our level. We'll see how Forest do. They might do fairly well (ie finish above bottom 3). Perhaps Brighton and Palace might not do as well as last season... interested in how you think we match up with these clubs as those are the ones we will be fighting for survival

Forst difficult to judge as they have replaced so many players who were on loan last year half the side will be different. Palace I think could be this years surprise form 7th. But worse than us .... Bompey, Fulham, Forest(maybe/maybe not) Everton, Leeds, Brentford, Leicester.  I'd have us in the Villa/Wolves/Brighton bracket. All this assumes we still get another goal scorer in quickly.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Conor Coady pushing to leave Wolves in search of first team football before the world cup.  Shame he is too old for us to consider because he'd be perfect alongside Salisu and Kotchup in a back 3.  Rumours are he might go on loan to Everton too.

[danjosaint]

10 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

£35m, in what world!! I'm not surprised we ran away from that deal!

If they feel he's worth that then surely they would keep him especially if Neves goes to United 

[Smirking_Saint]

38 minutes ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

This isn't a negative post, but genuinely interested - which teams do you think are definitely worse than us? Bompey, Fulham... then there are a bundle of clubs who look to be about our level. We'll see how Forest do. They might do fairly well (ie finish above bottom 3). Perhaps Brighton and Palace might not do as well as last season... interested in how you think we match up with these clubs as those are the ones we will be fighting for survival

Fulham, Bournemouth, Forest all pretty much odds on to drop

I have no faith in Brentford, Leeds, Everton and even Brighton/Leicester could be sucked in… Brighton as they’ve been weakened and Leicester genuinely look in disarray when you delve into their off field issues

[S-Clarke]

4 minutes ago, for_heaven's_Saint said:

Conor Coady pushing to leave Wolves in search of first team football before the world cup.  Shame he is too old for us to consider because he'd be perfect alongside Salisu and Kotchup in a back 3.  Rumours are he might go on loan to Everton too.

Everton would be so odd, he's a Liverpool fan. From their academy. I can't see how that will ever work out.

[Saintsfan79]

24 minutes ago, Turkish said:

no resale value.

Unfortunately not but would be great for our current attackers to learn from! 

[Turkish]

9 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

Fulham, Bournemouth, Forest all pretty much odds on to drop

I have no faith in Brentford, Leeds, Everton and even Brighton/Leicester could be sucked in… Brighton as they’ve been weakened and Leicester genuinely look in disarray when you delve into their off field issues

Fulham and Bournemouth to go, Forest might just surive. Everton, Leicester, Brentford, Brighton, Us and Leeds to make up the rest of the bottom 8, we should have enough to avoid getting sucked into a proper battle if we can get a new striker, but i dont see us doing much better than 15th again.

[John B]

25 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Fulham and Bournemouth to go, Forest might just surive. Everton, Leicester, Brentford, Brighton, Us and Leeds to make up the rest of the bottom 8, we should have enough to avoid getting sucked into a proper battle if we can get a new striker, but i dont see us doing much better than 15th again.

Apart from Ings when did we last get in a decent striker when we were were in the PL

 

We have needed a decent striker for ages 

[SuperSAINT]

53 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

£35m, in what world!! I'm not surprised we ran away from that deal!

[Greenridge]

3 minutes ago, John B said:

Apart from Ings when did we last get in a decent striker when we were were in the PL

 

We have needed a decent striker for ages 

Graziano 

[Chez]

57 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

£35m, in what world!! I'm not surprised we ran away from that deal!

He was one of the best players in the Championship last year, and a player that did really well against Forest too - so they got a very good look at him.

I know he's a Prem player officially, but that would be one of the biggest transfers for a player that just played a season in the Championship (there are bigger fees for players in teams just relegated) - Watkins being the largest at £30m.  if we are spending £15m on a youth team player without a game under his belt, so are somewhat risky, then `proven' at senior level players (with age on your side) like him are going to be a lot more. £35m though...wow.

[HarvSFC]

So, if Will Smallbone does well at Stoke, does he become a £35m player?

[Chez]

 

1 minute ago, HarvSFC said:

So, if Will Smallbone does well at Stoke, does he become a £35m player?

if he is one of the stand out players in the league...and then someone offers us that money, he is, yes.

[Smirking_Saint]

13 minutes ago, Greenridge said:

Graziano 

He is more one that turned out great rather than one that came in as a top player

[Chez]

4 minutes ago, HarvSFC said:

So, if Will Smallbone does well at Stoke, does he become a £35m player?

its unfortunate that almost all of our youngsters haven't even been good enough to be loaned to championship side in recent years.

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

He is more one that turned out great rather than one that came in as a top player

He was possibly the best striker in the Dutch league the season before he came to us, having scored 55 goals in 66 games. We now can't even buy the better City/Chelsea youth team players. 

[notnowcato]

3 hours ago, tajjuk said:

Replacements that are clearly worse otherwise they would have been ahead of Bissouma and wanted by bigger clubs, doesn't sound like great planning to me. It would like us selling JWP and then saying Diallo was the replacement. 

Their squad was bang average at best, and it's now getting weaker. Like the other poster said, Maupay and Trossard had a little spell of above their normal form that accounted for a lot of their points, their previous performances suggest that is unlikely to repeat. 

To say their squad is way better than ours just doesn't make any sense. We've strengthened and they have got weaker, and the gap was hardly big as it was. 

It's their model, when Bissouma broke through about 4 years ago he wouldn't have been as good the previous CM, he was slowly brought on over a season before he established himself as the first pick CM.  Mwepu looks a real force, potentially better than Bissouma and definitely better than your example of Diallo.  Bissouma was always going to be sold this summer, they've kept his market value high by playing him when fit and bringing through the likes of Mwepu, Caceido and Mac Allister to replace him, that's clear to see and for clubs like Brighton and us is the best model to follow.  

Planning doesn't equal success, but a good plan gives you the best chance of succeeding.

If we finish above Brighton we will have had a remarkable season but I just can't see that happening.

[Charlie Wayman]

13 minutes ago, notnowcato said:

It's their model, when Bissouma broke through about 4 years ago he wouldn't have been as good the previous CM, he was slowly brought on over a season before he established himself as the first pick CM.  Mwepu looks a real force, potentially better than Bissouma and definitely better than your example of Diallo.  Bissouma was always going to be sold this summer, they've kept his market value high by playing him when fit and bringing through the likes of Mwepu, Caceido and Mac Allister to replace him, that's clear to see and for clubs like Brighton and us is the best model to follow.  

Planning doesn't equal success, but a good plan gives you the best chance of succeeding.

If we finish above Brighton we will have had a remarkable season but I just can't see that happening.

Even if we finish 19th and they finish 20th which is certainly a possibility?

[le_tiss]

 

obviously didn't ask anyone on SaintsWeb - would have been a very different outcome  🤡

 

 

Arsenal - 5 - £112.85m - Turner (£4.85m), Marquinhos (£3m), Vieira (£30m), Jesus (£45m), Zinchenko (£30m)
Aston Villa - 4 - £45.8m - Coutinho (£17m), Kamara (free), Carlos (£26m), Olsen (£2.8m)
Bournemouth - 3 - £10m - Fredericks (free), Rothwell (free), Taverner (£10m)

Brentford - 4 - £30m - Hickey (£14m), Lewis-Potter (£16m), Strakosha (free), Mee (free)

Brighton - 3 - £15.5m - Enciso (£9.5m), Adingra (£6m), Colwill (loan)
Chelsea - 5 - £162.5m - Sterling (£47.5m), Koulibaly (£33m), Slonina (£12m), Chukwuemeka (£15m), Cucurella (£55m)
Crystal Palace - 4 - £26.5m - Ebiowei (fee to be agreed), Johnstone (free), Doucoure (£18m), Richards (£8.5m)
Everton - 3 - £20m - Tarkowski (free), Vinagre (loan), McNeil (£20m)
Fulham - 5 - £41.4m - Palhinha (£17m), Pereira (£10m), Mbabu (£6.4m), Leno (£8m), Duffy (loan)

Leeds - 5 - £78.7m - Aaronson (£22.2m), Kristensen (£10m), Roca (£10m), Adams (£15m), Sinisterra (£21.5m)
Leicester - 0 - £0 - 
Liverpool - 3 - £73.5m - Carvalho (£5m), Nunez (£64.3m), Ramsey (£4.2m)
Man City - 3 - £93.1m - Haaland (£51.1m), Moreno (free), Phillips (£42m)
Man Utd - 3 - £59.1m - Malacia (£13m), Eriksen (free), Martinez (£46.1m)
Newcastle - 3 - £53m - Targett (£12m), Pope (£10m), Botman (£31m)

Nottingham Forest - 11 - £78.7m - Awoniyi (£17m), Henderson (loan), Biancone (£5m), Niakhate (£8.5m), Richards (£8.5m), Williams (£17m), Hennessey (free), O'Brien & Toffolo (£10m combined), Lingard (free), Mangala (£12.7m)

Southampton - 6 - £46.6m - Bazunu (£12m), Lis (free), Bella-Kotchap (£8.6m), Lavia (£10.5m), Aribo (£6m), Mara (£9.5m)
Tottenham - 7 - £130m -  Perisic (free), Forster (free), Bissouma (£25m), Romero (£42.5m), Richarlison (£50m), Lenglet (loan), Spence (£12.5m)

West Ham - 4 - £80.25m - Aguerd (£30m), Areola (£7.75m), Downes (£12m), Scamacca (£30.5m)
Wolves - 1 - £20.5m - Collins (£20.5m)

Total Signings: 82
Total Spend: £1,188,000,000

Transfer Window SLAMS Shut: 11pm, 1 September

Edited 5 August, 2022 by le_tiss
Transfer Spend update

[VectisSaint]

3 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I’ve just looked at the transfer window and it doesn’t slam shut©️ until the 2nd September 😳

By which time we will have played 5 matches and preparing for the 6th the following day, more than 15% of the season. The lack of a front man is really going to hurt, I think we can cope until then in other positions. Perhaps we let Shane leave too soon.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

57 minutes ago, John B said:

Apart from Ings when did we last get in a decent striker when we were were in the PL

 

We have needed a decent striker for ages 

Che is decent

[Atlanta Saint]

9 minutes ago, le_tiss said:

 

obviously didn't ask anyone on SaintsWeb - would have been a very different outcome  🤡

 

 

Arsenal - 5 - £112.85m - Turner (£4.85m), Marquinhos (£3m), Vieira (£30m), Jesus (£45m), Zinchenko (£30m)
Aston Villa - 4 - £45.8m - Coutinho (£17m), Kamara (free), Carlos (£26m), Olsen (£2.8m)
Bournemouth - 3 - £10m - Fredericks (free), Rothwell (free), Taverner (£10m)

Brentford - 4 - £30m - Hickey (£14m), Lewis-Potter (£16m), Strakosha (free), Mee (free)

Brighton - 3 - £15.5m - Enciso (£9.5m), Adingra (£6m), Colwill (loan)
Chelsea - 5 - £162.5m - Sterling (£47.5m), Koulibaly (£33m), Slonina (£12m), Chukwuemeka (£15m), Cucurella (£55m)
Crystal Palace - 4 - £26.5m - Ebiowei (fee to be agreed), Johnstone (free), Doucoure (£18m), Richards (£8.5m)
Everton - 3 - £20m - Tarkowski (free), Vinagre (loan), McNeil (£20m)
Fulham - 5 - £41.4m - Palhinha (£17m), Pereira (£10m), Mbabu (£6.4m), Leno (£8m), Duffy (loan)

Leeds - 5 - £78.7m - Aaronson (£22.2m), Kristensen (£10m), Roca (£10m), Adams (£15m), Sinisterra (£21.5m)
Leicester - 0 - £0 - 
Liverpool - 3 - £73.5m - Carvalho (£5m), Nunez (£64.3m), Ramsey (£4.2m)
Man City - 3 - £93.1m - Haaland (£51.1m), Moreno (free), Phillips (£42m)
Man Utd - 3 - £59.1m - Malacia (£13m), Eriksen (free), Martinez (£46.1m)
Newcastle - 3 - £53m - Targett (£12m), Pope (£10m), Botman (£31m)

Nottingham Forest - 11 - £78.7m - Awoniyi (£17m), Henderson (loan), Biancone (£5m), Niakhate (£8.5m), Richards (£8.5m), Williams (£17m), Hennessey (free), O'Brien & Toffolo (£10m combined), Lingard (free), Mangala (£12.7m)

Southampton - 6 - £46.6m - Bazunu (£12m), Lis (free), Bella-Kotchap (£8.6m), Lavia (£10.5m), Aribo (£6m), Mara (£9.5m)
Tottenham - 7 - £130m -  Perisic (free), Forster (free), Bissouma (£25m), Romero (£42.5m), Richarlison (£50m), Lenglet (loan), Spence (£12.5m)

West Ham - 4 - £80.25m - Aguerd (£30m), Areola (£7.75m), Downes (£12m), Scamacca (£30.5m)
Wolves - 1 - £20.5m - Collins (£20.5m)

Total Signings: 82
Total Spend: £1,188,000,000

Transfer Window SLAMS Shut: 11pm, 1 September

Meh! everyone is optimistic about their clubs and the start of a new season.

[John B]

12 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

Che is decent

I have been watching Saints for nearly 60 years and can ensure you that he is not a decent striker he is adequate one like Norman Dean or Frank Saul or Bobby Stokes

 

I have been very lucky to see decent strikers like Ron Davies George O'Brien Martin Chivers Peter Osgood Micky Channon Steve Moran MLT Alan Shearer Frank Worthington Charlie George Colin Clarke Peter Crouch Henri Camara Ted McDougal Phil Boyer James Beattie Kevin Keegan Rod Wallace and a few others in Saints colours