As ever, the summer transfer window promises to be a busy one for Premier League clubs.
Manchester United have ended one of football’s longest-running transfer sagas by agreeing a £73m fee with Borussia Dortmund for Jadon Sancho, who underwent a medical with the club following England’s run to the Euro 2020 final.
Manchester City are likely to be on the lookout for a new striker after seeing Sergio Aguero bid adieu to English football, with Harry Kane believed to be a primary target. The Premier League champions have also been linked with a move for Aston Villa talisman Jack Grealish.
Liverpool’s lack of depth in defence almost cost them a Champions League place and Jurgen Klopp has moved quickly to bolster his options in that area as a result by signing France U21 captain Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig in a deal worth £36m.
Leicester City, the Premier League kings of the transfer market in recent years, have got big deals done quickly with Zambian forward Patson Daka joining from Red Bull Salzburg and French midfielder Boubakary Soumare following from Ligue 1 champions Lille.
Premier League newcomers Norwich City have been busy so far, securing Billy Gilmour on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea and highly-rated Kosovo winger Milot Rashica from Werder Bremen to fill the void left by Emiliano Buendia who has joined Aston Villa.
i will document every single transfer involving a Premier League club as they happen this summer so bookmark this page to keep up to date on all the deals taking place.
Deals to watch out for
Harry Kane will be 28 by the start of the 2021-22 season and the time is ticking for the England captain to ensure there are more than just golden boots in his trophy cabinet at the end of his career. In an interview with Gary Neville, Kane said “ultimately it’s going to be down to me” to decide what’s best for his career.
Whether Tottenham’s notoriously hard-nosed chairman Daniel Levy sees things that way is another matter entirely, of course. Levy has reportedly slapped a £200m price tag on Kane in an attempt to detract Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea from making a move for him.
Kane isn’t the only world-class striker being linked with a transfer elsewhere. It seems inevitable that Erling Braut Haaland will leave Borussia Dortmund at some point over the next 12 months considering his agent Mino Raiola and father Alf-Inge have been touting his services to Europe’s top clubs.
Haaland is believed to have a €75m [£64.7m] release clause in his contract that becomes active next summer, but clubs on the lookout for a new striker – including Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United – may want to move a year early to avoid being dragged into transfer battle later down the line.
Romelu Lukaku is also believed to be on the radar of Premier League clubs, despite enduring an indifferent two-year spell at Manchester United. The Belgian has restored his reputation considerably during his time with Inter, scoring 64 goals in 95 games and spearheading the club’s first Serie A title win in 11 years.
Although Lukaku has stressed his happiness in Milan, he may be interested in a return to English football following the departure of Antonio Conte. A key reason behind Conte’s decision to leave is that Inter are looking to recoup €80m [£69m] in player sales this summer and Lukaku is one of their prized assets.
Here is the full list of every deal involving each Premier League club.
*Players listed as free transfers have been named on the Premier League’s released list but can negotiate new terms with their clubs before Wednesday 30 June
Arsenal
In: Albert Sambi Lokonga (£18m from Anderlecht), Nuno Tavares (£6.8m from Benfica)
Out: David Luiz (free), Matteo Guendouzi (loan to Marseille), William Saliba (loan to Marseille), Zech Medley (undisclosed to Oostende), Konstantinos Mavropanos (loan to Stuttgart), Daniel Ballard (loan to Millwall), Ben Sheaf (undisclosed to Coventry)
Aston Villa
In: Emiliano Buendia (£38m from Norwich City), Ashley Young (free from Inter)
Out: Bjorn Engels (undisclosed to Royal Antwerp), Ahmed Elmohamady (free), Tom Heaton (free to Manchester United), Neil Taylor (free), Indiana Vassilev (loan to Inter Miami), Lovre Kalinic (loan to Hajduk Split)
Brentford
In: Kristoffer Ajer (£13.5m from Celtic), Frank Onyeka (undisclosed from FC Midtjylland), Nathan Young-Coombes (undisclosed from Rangers)
Out: Henrik Dalsgaard (free to FC Midtjylland), Julien Carre (free), Aubrel Koutsimouka (free), Jared Thompson (free), Emiliano Marcondes (free to Bournemouth)
Brighton
In: Enock Mwepu (£22m from Red Bull Salzburg), Jeremy Sarmiento (undisclosed from Benfica), Kjell Scherpen (undisclosed from Ajax)
Out: Jose Izquierdo (free), Davy Propper (undisclosed to PSV), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (undisclosed to Feyenoord), Bernardo (undisclosed to Red Bull Salzburg), Teddy Jenks (loan to Aberdeen), Jan Mlakar (undisclosed to Hajduk Split), Alex Cochrane (loan to Hearts), Romaric Yapi (undisclosed to Vitesse), Jensen Weir (loan to Cambridge United)
Burnley
In: Nathan Collins (£12m from Stoke), Wayne Hennessey (free from Crystal Palace)
Out: Robbie Brady (free), Jimmy Dunne (undisclosed to QPR)
Chelsea
In:
Out: Fikayo Tomori (£25m to AC Milan), Marc Guehi (£18m to Crystal Palace), Lewis Bate (£1.5m to Leeds), Olivier Giroud (£865,000 to AC Milan), Jamal Blackman (free), Izzy Brown (free), Willy Caballero (free), Marco van Ginkel (free), Charlie Wiggett (undisclosed to Newcastle), Pierre Ekwah Elimby (undisclosed to West Ham)
Crystal Palace
In: Marc Guehi (£18m from Chelsea), Michael Olise (£8m from Reading), Jacob Montes (free), Remi Matthews (free)
Out: Gary Cahill (free), Nathaniel Clyne (free), Scott Dann (free), Stephen Henderson (free), Wayne Hennessey (free), James McCarthy (free), Mamadou Sakho (free), Andros Townsend (free to Everton), Patrick van Aanholt (free), Connor Wickham (free)
Everton
In: Andros Townsend (free from Crystal Palace), Asmir Begovic (free from Bournemouth)
Out: Theo Walcott (undisclosed to Southampton), Dennis Adeniran (free), Mo Besic (free), Yannick Bolasie (free), Callum Connolly (free), Joshua King (free), Matthew Pennington (free)
Leeds
In: Junior Firpo (£12.8m from Barcelona), Jack Harrison (£11m from Man City), Lewis Bate (£1.5m from Chelsea)
Out: Gaetano Berardi (free), Barry Douglas (free), Pablo Hernandez (free to UD Castellon), Eunan O’Kane (free), Gjanni Alioski (free), Kun Temenuzhkov (loan to Real Union), Mateusz Bogusz (loan to UD Ibiza), Rafa Mujica (undisclosed to Las Palmas)
Leicester
In: Patson Daka (£23m from Red Bull Salzburg), Boubakary Soumare (£17m from Lille), Ryan Bertrand (free from Southampton)
Out: Christian Fuchs (free to Charlotte FC), Matty James (free), Wes Morgan (retired)
Liverpool
In: Ibrahima Konate (£36m from RB Leipzig)
Out: Georginio Wijnaldum (free to PSG), Marko Grujic (£10.5m to Porto), Sepp van den Berg (loan to Preston), Remi Savage (undisclosed to Newcastle), Taiwo Awoniyi (undisclosed to Union Berlin)
Manchester City
In: Scott Carson (free from Derby)
Out: Sergio Aguero (free to Barcelona), Jack Harrison (£11m to Leeds), Eric Garcia (free to Barcelona), Adrian Bernabe (free), Felix Nmecha (free), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (loan to Anderlecht), Louie Moulden (free to Wolves)
Manchester United
In: Jadon Sancho (£73m from Borussia Dortmund), Tom Heaton (free from Aston Villa)
Out: Joel Pereira (free), Arnau Puigmal (free), Sergio Romero (free), Tahith Chong (loan to Birmingham)
Newcastle
In: Charlie Wiggett (undisclosed from Chelsea), Remi Savage (undisclosed from Liverpool)
Out: Andy Carroll (free), Henri Saivet (free), Kyle Scott (free)
Norwich
In: Milot Rashica (£9.4m from Werder Bremen), Angus Gunn (£5m from Southampton), Pierre Lees-Melou (£3.5m from Nice), Billy Gilmour (loan from Chelsea), Kenny Coker (undisclosed from Southend)
Out: Emiliano Buendia (£38m to Aston Villa), Alex Tettey (free), Mario Vrancic (free), Marco Stiepermann (released), Orjan Nyland (released), Moritz Leitner (released), Philip Heise (undisclosed to Karlsruher), Sebastian Soto (loan to FC Porto), Josip Drmic (loan to HNK Rijeka), Sam McCallum (loan to QPR)
Southampton
In: Theo Walcott (undisclosed from Everton), Romain Perraud (£12m from Brest)
Out: Wesley Hoedt (undisclosed to Anderlecht), Angus Gunn (£5m to Norwich), Ryan Bertrand (free), Jake Hesketh (free), Josh Sims (free), Jake Vokins (loan to Ross County), Alex Jankewitz (undisclosed to Young Boys)
Tottenham
In:
Out: Juan Foyth (£12.8m to Villarreal), Paolo Gazzaniga (free), George March (free), Jack Roles (free), Danny Rose (free to Watford), Kazaiah Sterling (free)
Watford
In: Emmanuel Dennis (undisclosed from Club Brugge), Kwadwo Baah (undisclosed from Rochdale), Imran Louza (undisclosed from FC Nantes), Mattie Pollock (undisclosed from Grimsby), Josh King (free from Everton), Ashley Fletcher (free from Watford), Danny Rose (free from Tottenham), Peter Etebo (loan from Stoke), Dapo Mebude (free from Rangers), Vincent Angelini (free from Celtic)
Out: Achraf Lazaar (free), Carlos Sanchez (free), Jerome Sinclair (free), Ben Wilmot (undisclosed to Stoke), Ignacio Pussetto (loan to Udinese)
West Ham
In: Thierry Nevers (undisclosed from Reading), Armstrong Oko-Flex (free from Celtic), Pierre Ekwah Elimby (undisclosed from Chelsea)
Out: Felipe Anderson (£4m to Lazio), Oladapo Afolayan (free to Bolton), Fabian Balbuena (free)
Wolves
In: Jose Sa (£6.25m from Olympiacos), Yerson Mosquera (undisclosed from Atletico Nacional), Franciso Trincao (loan from Barcelona), Louie Moulden (free from Man City)
Out: Rui Patricio (£10m to Roma)
Via msn.com