Cape Town — The Premier League has entered the silly season as clubs shuffle players as they look to improve ahead of the new campaign.
All eyes will be on newly promoted Luton Town, Sheffield United and Burnley, whose first objective will be to build sides that will be good enough to see them avoid going back down to the Championship.
The big boys up the table will also have the spotlight shone on them as they complete eye-catching deals that will leave their supporters excited, or livid.
With under two months to go until the window slams shut, IOL Sport looks at all the deals that have been completed so far.
Arsenal
Arrivals: Kai Havertz – Chelsea, £65m
Departures: Granit Xhaka – Bayer Leverkusen, £21.4m, Pablo Mari – Monza, undisclosed, Nikolaj Moller – St Gallen, undisclosed, Mazeed Ogungbo – Barrow, undisclosed, Matt Smith – Wigan, free, Ainsley Maitland-Niles – Released
Aston Villa
Arrivals: Rico Richards – West Brom, free, Youri Tielemans – Leicester, free
Departures: Jed Steer – Released, Brad Young – Released, Ashley Young – Released, Kaine Kesler-Hayden – Plymouth, loan
Bournemouth
Arrivals: Hamed Traore – Sassuolo, £20m, Justin Kluivert – Roma, £9.5m
Departures: Ben Pearson – Stoke, undisclosed, Christian Saydee – Portsmouth, undisclosed, Jefferson Lerma – Crystal Palace, free, Jack Stacey – Norwich, free, Jordan Zemura – Udinese, free, Junior Stanislas – Released, Will Dennis – Kilmarnock, loan
Brentford
Arrivals: Nathan Collins – Wolves, £23m, Romeo Beckham – Inter Miami, undisclosed, Ethan Brierley – Rochdale, undisclosed, Mark Flekken – Freiburg, £11m, Ji-Soo Kim – Seongnam, undisclosed, Kevin Schade – Freiburg, £20m
Departures: Alex Gilbert – Middlesbrough, free, Pontus Jansson – Malmo, free, Tariqe Fosu – Released, Saman Ghoddos – Released, Joel Valencia – Released, Daniel Oyegoke – Bradford, loan, Fin Stevens – Oxford, loan
Brighton
Arrivals: Bart Verbruggen – Anderlecht, £16.3m, Mahmoud Dahoud – Borussia Dortmund, undisclosed, Joao Pedro – Watford, undisclosed, James Milner – Liverpool, free
Departures: Alexis Mac Allister – Liverpool, £35m, Taylor Richards – QPR, undisclosed, Antef Tsoungui – Feyenoord, undisclosed, Teddy Jenks – Forest Green Rovers, free, Haydon Roberts – Bristol City, free, James Beadle – Oxford United, loan, Abdallah Sima – Rangers, loan, Jack Spong – Queen’s Park, free, Kjell Scherpen – Sturm Graz, loan
Burnley
Arrivals: Jordan Beyer – Borussia Monchengladbach, undisclosed, Michael Obafemi – Swansea, undisclosed, Dara O’Shea – West Brom, undisclosed, Lawrence Vigouroux – Leyton Orient, free
Departures: Ashley Barnes – Norwich, free, Lukas Jensen – Lincoln, free, Will Norris – Portsmouth, free, Lewis Thomas – Harrogate, free, Matthew Lowton – Released
Chelsea
Arrivals: Nicolas Jackson – Villarreal, £30.1m, Diego Moreira – Benfica, undisclosed, Christopher Nkunku – RB Leipzig, £52m, Kendry Paez – Independiente del Valle, £17.27m, Alex Matos – Norwich, undisclosed, Ishe Samuels-Smith – Everton, undisclosed
Departures: Kai Havertz – Arsenal, £65m, Mateo Kovacic – Manchester City, £30m, Ruben Loftus-Cheek – AC Milan, £17.18m, Mason Mount – Manchester United, £60m, Kalidou Koulibaly – Al Hilal, undisclosed, Edouard Mendy – Al-Ahli, undisclosed, Cesar Azpilicueta – Atletico Madrid, free, Nathan Baxter – Bolton, free, N’Golo Kante – Al-Ittihad, free, Xavier Simons – Hull, free, Dujon Sterling – Rangers, free, Ethan Wady – Released, Sam McClelland – Released, Prince Adegoke – Released, Derrick Abu – Released, Tiemoue Bakayoko – Released, Juan Castillo – Released, Henry Lawrence – Released, Jayden Wareham – Released, Charlie Webster – Heerenveen, loan
Crystal Palace
Arrivals: Jefferson Lerma – Bournemouth, free
Departures: Jack Butland – Rangers, free, James McArthur – Released, Luka Milivojevic – Released, Rob Street – Cheltenham, undisclosed
Everton
Arrivals: None
Departures: Niels Nkounkou – St Etienne, undisclosed, Ellis Simms – Coventry, undisclosed, Ishe Samuels-Smith – Chelsea, undisclosed, Isaac Price – Standard Liege, free, Tom Davies – Released, Asmir Begovic – Released, Yerry Mina – Released, Andros Townsend – Released, Harry Tyrer – Chesterfield, loan, Lewis Gibson – Plymouth, free
Fulham
Arrivals: None
Departures: Sylvester Jasper – Portimonense, compensation, Taye Ashby-Hammond – Stevenage, free, Joe Bryan – Millwall, free, Shane Duffy – Norwich, free, Paulo Gazzaniga – Girona, free, Ziyad Larkeche – QPR, free, Steven Sessegnon – Released, Sonny Hilton – Released, Neeskens Kebano – Released, Kieron Bowie – Northampton, loan
Liverpool
Arrivals: Alexis Mac Allister – Brighton, £35m, Dominik Szoboslai – RB Leipzig, £60m
Departures: Leighton Clarkson – Aberdeen, undisclosed, Roberto Firmino – Al Ahli, free, Naby Keita – Werder Bremen, free, James Milner – Brighton, free, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – Released, Owen Beck – Dundee, loan, Fabio Carvalho – RB Leipzig, loan, Harvey Davies – Crewe, loan, Calvin Ramsay – Preston, loan, Rhys Williams – Aberdeen, loan
Luton Town
Arrivals: Mads Andersen – Barnsley, undisclosed, Chiedozie Ogbene – Rotherham, free
Departures: Harry Isted – Charlton, free, Josh Neufville – AFC Wimbledon, free, Sonny Bradley – Derby, free, Henri Lansbury – Released
Manchester City
Arrivals: Spike Brits – AFC Wimbledon, undisclosed, Mateo Kovacic – Chelsea, £30m
Departures: Josh McNamara – Southampton, undisclosed, Morgan Rogers – Middlesbrough, undisclosed, Cieran Slicker – Ipswich, undisclosed, Terrell Agyemang – Middlesbrough, free, Ilkay Gundogan – Barcelona, free, Benjamin Mendy – Released, Liam Delap – Hull, loan
Manchester United
Arrivals: Mason Mount – Chelsea, £60m
Departures: Zidane Iqbal – Utrecht, undisclosed, Ethan Laird – Birmingham, undisclosed, Manni Norkett – Nottingham Forest, free, Ethan Galbraith – Leyton Orient, free, Di’Shon Bernard – Released, David De Gea – Released, Phil Jones – Released, Axel Tuanzebe – Released
Newcastle
Arrivals: Sandro Tonali – AC Milan, £55m, Yankuba Minteh – Odense Boldklub, undisclosed
Departures: Chris Wood – Nottingham Forest, undisclosed, Matty Longstaff – Released, Ciaran Clark – Released, Matthew Bondswell – Newport, loan, Yankuba Minteh – Feyenoord, loan
Nottingham Forest
Arrivals: Manni Norkett – Manchester United, free, Chris Wood – Newcastle, undisclosed
Departures: Will Swan – Mansfield, undisclosed, Andre Ayew – Released, Cafu – Rotherham, free, Adnan Kanuric – Released, Jack Colback – Released, Jesse Lingard – Released, Jordan Smith – Released, Lyle Taylor – Released
Sheffield United
Arrivals: None
Departures: George Broadbent – Doncaster, undisclosed, Zak Brunt – Barnet, undisclosed, Jake Eastwood – Grimsby, undisclosed, Enda Stevens – Stoke, free, Theo Williams – Fleetwood, free, Kyron Gordon – Released, Jack O’Connell – Released, Billy Sharp – Released
Tottenham
Arrivals: Dejan Kulusevski – Juventus, £25.6m, James Maddison – Leicester, £40m, Guglielmo Vicario – Empoli, £17.2m
Departures: Harry Winks – Leicester, £10m, Lucas Moura – Released, Tom Bloxham – Blackburn, free
West Ham
Arrivals: Sean Moore – Cliftonville, undisclosed
Departures: Arthur Masuaku – Besiktas, undisclosed, Manuel Lanzini Released, Armstrong Oko-Flex – Released, Nathan Trott – Vejle, loan
Wolves
Arrivals: Boubacar Traore – Metz, £9.5m, Tom King – Northampton, free
Departures: Conor Coady – Leicester, £7.5m, Nathan Collins – Brentford, £23m, Ruben Neves – Al Hilal, £47m, Hayao Kawabe – Standard Liege, undisclosed, Diego Costa – Released, Luke Matheson – Released, Joao Moutinho – Released, Taylor Perry – Released, Michael Agboola – Released, Lee Harkin – Released, Jack Hodnett – Released, Jack Scott – Released, Theo Corbeanu – Grasshoppers, loan, Nigel Lonwijk – Grasshoppers, loan, Tyler Roberts – Doncaster, loan
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