The football season is officially over and although it is Euro 2012 and London Olympics is starting soon, the transfer window opens on Friday, and these are the done deals so far for each club in the EPL.
The TW this summer will be very interesting and full of good deals and drama within all the teams.
Arsenal:
Ins:
Lukas Podolski from Koln for £10.9million
Outs:
Manuel Almunia
Gavin Hoyte
Rhys Murphy
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(all free)
Aston Villa:
Ins:
Brett Holman from AZ Alkmaar (free)
Outs:
Emile Heskey
Carlos Cuellar
Brad Guzan
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(all free)
Chelsea:
Ins:
Marko Marin from Werder Bremen for £7-8million
Outs:
Didier Drogba (free)*
* He will leave when his contract ends in mid-June.
BREAKING NEWS: QPR midfielder Joey Barton has been given a 12 match ban and been fined £75,000 by the FA after being sent off and his violent conduct against Manchester City in the last match of the season.
FACT: This is one of the highest bans given to an EPL player in history.
Other deals:
Michael Owen has been released from Manchester United
Owen Hargeaves has been let go from Manchester City after one year at the club
Striker James McFadden and goalkeeper Marcus Hannemann have both left Everton
John Carew, Papa Bouba Diop, Julien Faubert and Abdoulaye Faye have been released by newly promoted West Ham.
Reading have released 13 players.
Defender Danny Shittu is amongst the 8 QPR players who are now free agents.
Newcastle United have signed midfielder Romains Amalfitano from Reims on a free transfer.
Paper Talk:
Chelsea have had a £23.5million bid for Brazilian teenage midfielder Lucas Moura rejected from Sao Paulo.
Defender Carlos Cuellar is set to join Sunderland after being released by Aston Villa.
Manchester United are reportedly interested in buying Everton left-back Lieghton Baines and may offer £10million for him.
Marseille striker/winger Loic Remy is still wanting a move to Tottenham despite no Champions League football next season. He will cost them at least £20million though.
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| Determined to move to Tottenham: Loic Remy could be the player that fires Spurs into the CL next season. |
Arsenal are desperate to free-up some money to bid for Blackburn's winger Junior Holiett who does NOT want to play in the Championship next season.
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| Think about the future: Holiett has the talent to stay in the EPL, and is wanted by London club Arsenal. |
Italian side Udinese are interested in Wolves winger Matt Jarvis and are looking to sign him for £5million.
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| Serie A beckons: Winger Matt Jarvis is wanted by Udinese and they may sign him for £5million. |
Striker Edin Dzeko wants to leave Manchester City after playing the whole season off the bench.
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| Benchwarmer: Dzeko wants to leave City despite winning the EPL this season after lack of match-time. |
Everton and West Ham both want to sign winger Kieran Richardson from Sunderland and are ready to battle for him.
German side Borussia Dortmund are interested in Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner. They are set to make a bid soon.
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| Open to all bids: Bendtner is not needed at Arsenal and could be moving to Germany to play for Dortmund. |
QPR and West Ham both want to sign Blackburn goalkeeper Paul Robinson, who will not like playing in the Championship next season.
West Ham striker Ricardo Vaz Te has warned the club that he could leave if he gets a good opportunity elsewhere, especially in Portugal, his home country.
Arsenal have a back-up plan if Rennes midfielder M'Villa fails to come to the club. They are currently looking at Toulouse captain Etienne Capoue, who is a cheaper alternatve but has the same kind of quality.
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| Wanted: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is scouting the Toulouse captain and may make a bid soon. |
Lille winger Eden Hazard will announce his future on the 2nd of June, after the international friendly between Belgium and England amid reports that he will sign for either Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal or Chelsea.
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| Coming to the EPL, but where? Hazard will either move to one of the Manchester clubs, Chelsea or Arsenal. |
Tottenham winger Gareth Bale has been offered a new £70,000-a-week contract deal to try and keep him at Spurs.
Juventus have confirmed that they are interested in Didier Drogba.
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| Leaving Chelsea: Striker Didier Drogba confirms the rumours, but says he will NOT stay in the EPL. |
Striker Salomon Kalou and full-back Jose Bosingwa will reportedly be released by Chelsea today or tomorrow.
Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli insists that he has not intention of leaving City this summer amid reports that he will move back to Italy.
Tottenham are interested in West Brom defender Jonas Olsson.
Manchester City are lining up a £25million bid for Atletico Bilbao defensive midfielder Javi Martinez.
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| Would bolster the squad: Manchester City are interested in this defensive midfielder (left). |
Manchester City's 20-year-old striker John Guidetti could move to Swansea on loan next season after scoring 20 goals in 23 games while at Feyenoord last term.
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| Rising star: Swansea want to loan this in-form striker from Manchester City after having a great season at Feyenoord. |
Birmingham's 13-year-old wonderkid Foday Nabay, who was called up for England Under-16s last summer, is intrested by Manchester United and Manchester City, however Arsenal are favourites to sign the teenager.
West Bromwich Albion striker Peter Odemwingie wants to leave West Brom and join a 'bigger club' as he wants to challenge for trophies.
Arsenal are lining up a £6.5million bid for Montpellier striker Olivier Giroud.
QPR are ready to offer Tottenham £4million for midfielder Jermaine Jenas to replace their captain Joey Barton who will be out until November.
Stoke are interested in signing Chelsea's young striker Romelu Lukaku who is lacking match-time.
Ajax defender Jan Vertoghen has said that Tottenham are favourites to sign him, but Arsenal are also watching him and could snap him up.
Everton, Sunderland, Fulham and Reading are all looking at 21-year-old Lillestrom striker Bjorn Bergmann Sigurdarson to bolster their attack.
Lille winger Eden Hazard has said that he will either join Chelsa or the two Manchester clubs and the decision that he makes could be based on the role he will be played and the amount of match-time.
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I will post again on Sunday, with a lot of transfer rumours and some more done deals in the EPL.
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