English Premier League 07/08

The 07/08 English Premier League will kickoff in about a month time, here's the list of what happen in the transfer market.

Arsenal
In: Lukasz Fabianski (Legia Warsaw), Eduardo da Silva (Dinamo Zagreb), Bacary Sagna (Auxerre), Havard Nordtveit (Haugesund)
Out: Jeremie Aliadiere (Middlesbrough), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Arturo Lupoli (Fiorentina), Freddie Ljungberg (West Ham), Jose Antonio Reyes (Atletico Madrid), Fabrice Muamba (Arsenal), Mart Poom *Wartford)

Can da Silva fill Henry's boots?

Aston Villa
In: Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham United), Marlon Harewood (West Ham United)
Out: Eric Djemba-Djemba (released), Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham), Steven Davis (Fulham), Aaron Hughes (Fulham), Gavin McCann (Bolton), Jlloyd Samuel (Bolton), Lee Hendrie (Sheffield United), Robert Olejnik (Falkirk), Chris Sutton (retired)

1 of the relegation team this season?

Birmingham City
In: Franck Queudrue (Fulham), Liam Ridgewell (Aston Villa), Olivier Kapo (Juventus), Garry O'Connor (Lokomotiv Moscow), Fabrice Muamba (Arsenal), Stuart Parnaby (Middlesbrough), Daniel De Ridder (Celta Vigo), Richard Kingson (Hammarby), Rafael Schmitz (Lille loan)
Out: Julian Gray (released), Bruno N'Gotty, Stephen Clemence, DJ Campbell (all Leicester)

Daniel de Ridder is a good bargain.

Blackburn Rovers
In: Gunnar Nielsen (BK Frem Copenhagen), Maceo Rigters (NAC Breda), Roque Santa Cruz (Bayern Munich)
Out: Andy Todd (Derby County), Michael Gray (Wolves)

Mid table team

Bolton Wanderers
In: Jlloyd Samuel, Gavin McCann (both Aston Villa), Danny Guthrie (Liverpool, loan), Mikel Alonso (Real Sociedad, loan), Heidar Helguson (Fulham), Christian Wilhelmsson (Nantes, loan), Daniel Braaten (Rosenborg), Zoltan Harsanyi (FC Senec), Blerim Dzemaili (FC Zurich), Gerald Cid (Bordeaux)
Out: Henrik Pedersen, Quinton Fortune, David Thompson, Cesar Martin (all released), Tal Ben Haim (Chelsea), Chris Howarth (Carlisle)

Mid table team

Chelsea
In: Steve Sidwell (Reading), Danny Philliskirk (Oldham), Claudio Pizarro (Bayern Munich), Tal Ben Haim (Bolton Wanderers), Florent Malouda (Lyon)
Out: Geremi (Newcastle United), Khalid Boulahrouz (Sevilla, season loan), Juan Sebastian Veron (released), Yves Makabu-Ma-Kalambay (Hibernian), Nuno Morais (Apoel Nicosia), Jimmy Smith (Norwich loan), Michael Mancienne (QPR loan), Ben Sahar (QPR loan)

Big 4

Derby County
In: Robert Earnshaw (Norwich City), Tyrone Mears (West Ham United), Andy Todd (Blackburn Rovers), Claude Davis (Sheffield United), Lewis Price (Ipswich Town), Andy Griffin (Portsmouth)
Out: Paul Peschisolido (Luton) , Seth Johnson , Paul Boertien, Morten Bisgaard (all released), Lee Camp (QPR), Lee Grant (Sheffield Wednesday)

1 of the relegation team this season?

Everton
In: Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United), Steven Pienaar (Borussia Dortmund)
Out: Alessandro Pistone (released), Richard Wright (West Ham United), Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United)

Mid table team

Fulham
In: Aaron Hughes (Aston Villa), Steven Davis (Aston Villa), Diomansy Kamara (West Bromwich Albion), Chris Baird (Southampton, Paul Konchesky (West Ham United), David Healy (Leeds), Lee Cook (QPR), Diomansy Kamara (West Brom)
Out: Claus Jensen, Tomasz Radzinski, Mark Pembridge (released), Mark Crossley (Oldham) Wayne Routledge, Jan Lastuvka, Vincenzo Montella (end of loans), Heidar Helguson (Bolton Wanderers), Michael Brown (Wigan Athletic), Franck Queudrue (Birmingham), Matty Collins (Swansea)

1 of the relegation team this season?

Liverpool
In: Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid), Krisztian Nemeth, Andras Simon (MTK Hungaria), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen), Yossi Benayoun (West Ham United), Ryan Babel (Ajax), Lucas Leiva (Gremio), Sebastian Leto (Lanus), Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao), Nikolay Mihaylov (Levski Sofia), Ryan Crowther (Stockport)
Out: Danny Guthrie (Bolton Wanderers), Luis Garcia (Atletico Madrid), Boudewijn Zenden (Marseille), Djibril Cisse (Marseille) , Craig Bellamy (West Ham), Jerzy Dudek (Real Madrid), Florent Sinama-Pongolle (Recreativo Huelva), Robbie Fowler (Cardiff), Danny Guthrie (Bolton, loan), Adam Hammill (Southampton, loan)

El Nino to stomp up EPL?

Manchester City
In: Rolando Bianchi (Reggina), Gelson Fernandes (FC Sion), Geovanni (Cruzeiro), Martin Petrov (Atletico Madrid), Valeri Bojinov (Fiorentina), Elano (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vedran Corluka (Dinamo Zagreb), Javier Garrido (Real Sociedad)

Out: Joey Barton (Newcastle), Sylvain Distin (Portsmouth), Trevor Sinclair (Cardiff), Nicky Weaver (Charlton), Stephen Jordan (Burnley), Hatem Trabelsi (released)

How long will Eriksson last and who will he buy?

Manchester United
In: Jonny Evans, Danny Simpson (Sunderland, return from loans), Nani (Sporting), Anderson (Porto), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Tomasz Kuszczak (West Brom)
Out: Kieran Richardson (Sunderland), Guiseppe Rossi (Villarreal), Alan Smith (Newcastle)

The defending Champion to retain title?

Middlesbrough
In: Jonathan Woodgate (Real Madrid), Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal), Tuncay Sanli (Fenerbahce), Luke Young (Charlton Athletic)
Out: Mark Viduka (Newcastle), Abel Xavier (LA Galaxy), Stuart Parnaby (Birmingham), Malcolm Christie (released), Danny Graham (Carlisle)

Relegation team.

Newcastle United
In: Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Joey Barton (Manchester City), David Rozehnal (Paris St Germain), Geremi (Chelsea), Alan Smith (Manchester United)
Out: Scott Parker (West Ham), Titus Bramble (Wigan), Antoine Sibierski (Wigan), Craig Moore (released), Pavel Srnicek (released), Olivier Bernard (released), Alan O'Brien (Hibernian)

Big Sam need to tighten up the defence.

Portsmouth
In: David Nugent (Preston), John Utaka (Rennes), Sulley Muntari (Udinese), Sylvain Distin (Manchester City), Hermann Hreidarsson (Charlton), Martin Cranie (Southampton), Arnold Mvuemba (Rennes)
Out: Svetoslav Todorov (Charlton Athletic), Andy Griffin (Derby), Andy Cole (released)

Mid table team.

Reading
In: Kalifa Cisse (Boavista), Emerse Fae (Nantes)
Out: Steve Sidwell (Chelsea), Greg Halford (Sunderland)

Not so lucky this season.

Sunderland
In: Greg Halford (Reading), Russell Anderson (Aberdeen), Michael Chopra (Cardiff City), Kieran Richardson (Manchester United), Dickson Etuhu (Norwich City), Paul McShane (West Bromwich Albion)
Out: Kenny Cunningham (released), Tommy Miller (Ipswich), Jonny Evans, Danny Simpson (Manchester United, end of loans), Stephen Elliott (Wolves)

Keano's team to survive.

Tottenham Hotspur
In: Gareth Bale (Southampton), Darren Bent (Charlton Athletic), Younes Kaboul (Auxerre), Danny Rose (Leeds United), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Hertha Berlin)
Out: Reto Ziegler (Sampdoria), Mark Yeates (Colchester), Emil Hallfredsson (Lyn-Oslo)

Bent worth £16 mil?

West Ham United
In: Scott Parker (Newcastle United), Julien Faubert (Bordeaux), Richard Wright (Everton), Craig Bellamy (Liverpool), Freddie Ljungberg (Arsenal)
Out: Tyrone Mears (Derby County), Teddy Sheringham (Colchester), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa), Roy Carroll (Rangers), Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool), Paul Konchesky (Fulham), Marlon Harewood (Aston Villa), Shaun Newton (Leicester)

Tevez staying?

Wigan Athletic
In: Michael Brown (Wigan), Jason Koumas (West Brom), Carlo Nash (Preston), Andreas Granqvist (Helsingborgs), Mario Melchiot (Rennes), Titus Bramble (Newcastle), Antoine Sibierski (Newcastle), Antonio Valencia (Villarreal, loan)
Out: Arjan de Zeeuw (Coventry City), David Unsworth (released), Matt Jackson (Watford), Lee McCulloch (Rangers), Andy Webster (Rangers, loan)

Relegation team.



Pete