Transfers Facts And Figures

Premier League in and outs - Updated 02/09/13

Up till today £629 Million has been spent on 149 players by the 20 Premier league teams.
Biggest spenders are Tottenham having spent over £108 million on just 7 players, and Man City spending £99 million on just 5 players.Crystal Palace managed to bring in 15 players for just under £7 million.

Biggest spenders - Tottenham £108.9m, Man City £99.1m, Chelsea £63.5m, Liverpool £51.8m
Biggest sellers - Tottenham £104.3m, Everton £33.5m, Liverpool £26m, Sunderland £19.5m
Biggest Profits - Everton £10.5m, Sunderland £3.12m, Newcastle £150,000
Biggest Losses - Man City £87.1m, Chelsea £61m, Southampton £36m
Most players in - Crystal Palace 15, Sunderland 14, Hull 11, Swansea 10
Most players out - Chelsea 33, Arsenal 29, Tottenham 22

Arsenal          
In    4    Yaya Sanogo, Mathieu Flamini, Emiliano Viviano (Loan), Mesut Ozil
Out    29    Francis Coquelin (Loan), Johan Djourou (Loan), Chuks Aneke (Loan), Joel Campbell (Loan), Ignasi Miquel (Loan), Andre Santos, Vito Mannone, Sanchez Watt, Andrey Arshavin, Denilson, Jordan Wynter, Craig Eastmond, Samir Bihmoutine, Reice Charles-Cook, Sead Hajrovic, Conor Henderson, Jernade Meade, Nigel Oldfield Spence-Neita, Joshua Rees, Philip Roberts, James Shea, Sebastien Squillaci, Martin Angha, Kyle Ebecilio, Elton Monteiro, Daniel Boateng, Zach Fagan, Gervinho, Marouane Chamakh
          
Aston Villa          
In    8    Antonio Luna, Nicklas Helenius, Leandro Bacuna, Jores Okore, Aleksandar Tonev, Jed Steer, Liam Prynn, Libor Kozak
Out    18    Graham Burke (Loan), Samir Carruthers (Loan), Darren Bent (Loan), Nathan Delfouneso (Loan), Enda Stevens (Loan), Stephen Ireland (Loan), Courtney Cameron, Brett Holman, Derrick Williams, Eric Lichaj, Calum Barrett, Joshua Barton, Daniel Devine, Richard Dunne, Andrew Marshall, Jean Makoun, Stiliyan Petrov, Barry Bannan,
          
Cardiff City          
In    7    Andreas Cornelius, John Brayford, Steven Caulker, Simon Moore, Gary Medel, Kevin Theophile-Catherine, Peter Odemwingie
Out    7    Ben Nugent (Loan), Joe Ralls (Loan), Jese Darko, Nat Jarvis, Stephen McPhail, Elliott Parish, Heidar Helguson
          
Chelsea          
In    8    Marco van Ginkel, Andre Schurrle, Mark Schwarzer, Cristian Cuevas, Stipe Perica, Willian, Samuel Eto'o, Christian Atsu
Out    33    Cristian Cuevas (Loan), Oriel Romeu (Loan), Billy Clifford (Loan), Patrick Bamford (Loan), Marko Marin (Loan), Patrick van Aanholt (Loan), Todd Kane (Loan), George Saville (Loan), Sam Walker (Loan), Thibaut Courtois (Loan), Daniel Pappoe (Loan), Milan Lalkovic (Loan), Wallace (Loan), Christian Atsu (Loan), Romelu Lukaku (Loan), Victor Moses (Loan), Amin Affane, Yossi Benayoun, Abdul Deen-Conteh, Paulo Ferreira, Hilarious, Florent Malouda, Archange Nkumu, Ross Turnbull, Jeffrey Bruma, Ben Gordon, Rohan Ince, James Ashton, Samuel Bangura, Conor Clifford, Tom Howard, Nortei Nortey, Adam Phillip
          
Crystal Palace          
In    15    Elliot Grandin, Kevin Phillips, Dwight Gayle, Stephen Dobbie, Jerome Thomas, Marouane Chamakh, Jose Campan, Florian Marange, Neil Alexande, Jason Puncheon (Loan, Jimmy Keb, Adrian Mariappa, Barry Bannan, Cameron Jerome (Loan), Jack Hunt
Out    10    Ryan Inniss (Loan), Dale Banton (Loan), Peter Ramage (Loan), Alex Marrow, Jermaine Easter, Aaron Akuruka, Kadell Daniel, Bryan Fenwick, Jack Holland, Andre Moritz
          
Everton          
In    7    Gerard Deulofeu (Loan), Antolin Alcaraz, Joel Robles, Arouna Kone, Gareth Barry (Loan), James McCarthy, Romelu Lukaku (Loan)
Out    10    Conor McAleny (Loan), Johan Hammar, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sam Kelly, Jan Mucha, Phil Neville, Jasper Johns, Jake Bidwell, Marouane Fellaini, Victor Anichebe
          
Fulham          
In    9    Abel Taarabt (Loan), Maarten Stekelenburg, Fernando Amorebieta, Derek Boateng, Sasha Riether, Ange-Freddy Plumain, Darren Bent (Loan), Scott Parker, Elsad Zverotic
Out    16    Ryan Williams (Loan), Dan Burn (Loan), Marcus Bettinelli (Loan), Cauley Woodrow (Loan), Marcello Trotta (Loan), Chris Baird, Simon Davies, Mahamadou Diarra, Thomas Donegan, Corey Gameiro, James Musa, Richard Peniket, Mladen Petric, Mark Schwarzer, Alex Smith, Csaba Somogyi
          
Hull City          
In    11    Curtis Davies, Maynor Figueroa, George Boyd, Ahmed Elmohamady, Allan McGregor, Steve Harper, Danny Graham (Loan), Yannick Sagbo, Jake Livermore (Loan), Tom Huddlestone, Gedo (Loan)
Out    18    Mark Oxley (Loan), Tom Cairney (Loan), Jack Hobbs (Loan), Cameron Stewart (Loan), Conor Townsend (Loan), Corry Evans, Andy Dawson, Sonny Bradley, Danny East, Mark Cullen, Jamie Devitt, Paul McKenna, Seyi Olofinjana, Jay Simpson, Lewis Clarkson, Kealan Dillon, Daniel Emerton, Francis McCaffrey
          
Liverpool          
In    8    Iago Aspas, Luis Alberto , Kolo Toure, Simon Mignolet, Aly Cissokho (Loan), Mamadou Sakho, Tiago Ilori, Victor Moses (Loan)
Out    18    Suso (Loan), Henoc Mukendi (Loan), Conor Coady (Loan), Jack Robinson (Loan), Pepe Reina (Loan), Oussame Assaidi (Loan), Fabio Borini (Loan), Andy Carroll, Michael Ngoo, Jamie Stephens, Jonjo Shelvey, Danny Wilson, Tyrell Belford, Jamie Carragher, Peter Gulasci, Jay Spearing, Stewart Downing, Daniel Pacheco
          
Manchester City          
In    5    Jesus Navas, Fernandinho, Stevan Jovetic, Alvaro Negredo, Martin Demichelis
Out    16    Reece Wabara (Loan), Karim Rekik (Loan), Scott Sinclair (Loan), Albert Rusnak (Loan), Abdul Razak (Loan), Gareth Barry (Loan), Harry Bunn (Loan), Denis Suarez, Carlos Tevez, Wayne Bridge, Filippo Mancini, Ryan McGivern, Roque Santa Cruz, Kolo Toure, Jeremy Helan, Maicon
          
Manchester United          
In    2    Guillermo Varela, Marouane Fellaini
Out    15    Reece James (Loan), Ryan Tunnicliffe (Loan), Sam Johnstone (Loan), Nick Powell (Loan), Reece Brown, John Cofie, Michele Fornasier, Luke Giverin, Luke Hendrie, Luke McCullough, Paul Scholes, Gyliano Van Velzen, Freddie Veseli, Sean McGinty, Scott Wootton
          
Newcastle United          
In    2    Loic Remy (Loan), Olivier Kemen
Out    11    James Tavernier (Loan), Mehdi Abeid (Loan), Michael Richardson (Loan), Shane Ferguson (Loan), Adam Campbell (Loan), JJ Hooper, Steve Harper, Yven Moyo, Danny Simpson, James Perch, Brad Inman
          
Norwich City          
In    8    Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Leroy Fer, Carlo Nash, Martin Olsson, Nathan Redmond, Javier Garrido, Gary Hooper, Johan Elmander (Loan)
Out    17    Declan Rudd (Loan), Andrew Surman (Loan), Grant Holt, Tom Adeyemi, Lee Camp, Olumide Durojaiye, George Francomb, Simeon Jackson, Chris Martin, Ramil Sheriff, Korey Smith, Marc Tierney, Elliott Ward, Jed Steer, Korey Smith, James Vaughan, Jacob Butterfield
Southampton          
In    3    Victor Wanyama, Dejan Lovren, Pablo Osvaldo
Out    14    Jason Puncheon (Loan), Emmanuel Mayuka (Loan), Frazer Richardson, Danny Butterfield, Dan Seabourne, Ryan Dickson, Ben Reeves, Sam Hoskins, Tommy Forecast, Alberto Seidi, Richard Chaplow, Steve de Ridde, Vegard Forren, Danny Butterfield
          
Stoke City          
In    7    Marc Muniesa, Erik Pieters, Alex Grant, Juan Agudelo, Oussame Assaidi (Loan), Marko Arnautovic, Stephen Ireland (Loan)
Out    16    Cameron Jerome (Loan), Michael Kightly (Loan), Ryan Shotton (Loan), Michael Clarkson, Rory Delap, Matthew Gledhill, Jadan Hall, Matthew Lund, Andrew Musungu, Carlo Nash, Michael Owen, George Rigg, Mamady Sidibe, Matthew Upson, Dean Whitehead, Florent Cuvelier
          
Sunderland          
In    14    Vito Mannone, Emanuele Giaccherini, El Hadji Ba, Jozy Altidore, Cabral, Modibo Diakite, David Moberg Karlsson, Duncan Watmore, Valentin Roberge, Ondrej Celustka (Loan), Charis Mavrias, Ki Sung-Yeung (Loan), Andrea Dossena, Fabio Borini (Loan)
Out    14    Danny Graham (Loan), Alfred N'Diaye (Loan), Billy Knott (Loan), Stephane Sessegnon, Ahmed Elmohamady, Simon Mignolet, Titus Bramble, Anthony Callaghan, Wade Joyce, Matt Kilgallon, Ryan Noble, Adam Reed, Ben Wilson, James McClean
          
Swansea          
In    10    Jonjo Shelvey, Wilfried Bony, Alejandro Pozuelo, Jonathan de Guzman (Loan), Jordi Amat, Jose Canas, Gregor Zabret, Alex Gogic, Jernade Meade, Alvaro Vazquez (Loan)
Out    7    Alan Tate (Loan), Gwion Edwards (Loan), Kyle Bartley (Loan), Ki Sung-Yeung (Loan), David Cornel, Mark Gower, Kemy Agustien
          
Tottenham Hotspur          
In    7    Paulinho, Nacer Chadli, Roberto Soldado, Etienne Capoue, Vlad Chiriches, Erik Lamela, Christian Eriksen
Out    22    Adam Smith (Loan), Tomislav Gomelt (Loan), Bongoni Khumalo (Loan), Ryan Mason (Loan), Grant Hall (Loan), Massimo Luongo (Loan), Alex Pritchard (Loan), Jake Livermore (Loan), Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Loan), Tom Carroll (Loan), Tom Huddlestone, Clint Dempsey, Steven Caulker, Jack Barthram, David Bentley, John Bostock, William Gallas, Jack Munns, Jake Nicholson, Nathan Byrn, Scott Parker, Gareth Bale
          
West Bromwich Albion          
In    9    Nicolas Anelka, Goran Popov (Loan), Diego Lugano, Matej Vydra (Loan), Scott Sinclair (Loan), Lee Camp, Morgan Amalfitano (Loan), Stephane Sessegnon, Victor Anichebe
Out    7    Scott Allan (Loan), Marc-Antoine Fortune, Gonzalo Jara, Romaine Sawyers, Jerome Thomas, James Hurst, Peter Odemwingie
          
West Ham United          
In    5    Andy Carroll, Danny Whitehead, Adrian, Razvan Rat, Stewart Downing
Out    7    Gary O’Neil, Carlton Cole, Robert Hall, Jake Larkins, Jack Powell, Jami Rafati, Eoin Wearen

New Season

I don't think we have a close season anymore?
I thought we'd have a break after the Confederations cup but the Europa league started the week after and now we've got the friendlies in full swing and the Women's Euros.
Under a month till the Community shield and less than 5 weeks till the new season starts.

All change at the top with both Manchester clubs, Chelsea and Everton with new managers meaning next season looks really unpredictable.

Man Utd - David Moyes for Alex Ferguson, Moyes is a good manager but at the moment doesn't have that winning mentality of his predecessor. He inherits a great team but they are going to need strengthening to compete on the bigger stage of Europe. Moyes biggest test will be trying to instill the fear of failure that Fergie did and the expectation of success is something he won't be used to.

Man City - Manuel Pellegrini for Roberto Mancini, I don't know much about Pellegrini other than he's done pretty well in Spain with Villarreal and Malaga and had one good season with Real Madrid before getting sacked. The almost unlimited budget at City should help him settle in (they've already spent 45m) but as Mancini found out eleven top players don't always make a good team and I think they will miss Tevez.

Chelsea - Jose Mourinho for Rafa Benitez, we all know about Jose and like Holloway will always give a good after match interview but has he still got it? Although Chelsea have already spent 26m on 3 players I can't see Abramovich giving Jose the open cheque book anymore so he might have to work with what he's got. Lukaku looked good last season and could be the answer to their striking problems if he gets a chance, Torres if he ever finds his form and confidence could still do it, it looks like Ba is on his way again.
Picking up Mark Schwarzer on a free as goalkeeping back up looks a great move.

Everton - Roberto Martinez for David Moyes, I like Martinez but the bar has been raised and survival is not enough at a club that aims for European qualification on a smaller budget. Worryingly for Everton fans Martinez has already signed 3 Wigan players and Man Utd are sniffing around Leighton Baines.

Stoke - Mark Hughes for Tony Pulis, Don't understand this one? Mark Hughes has really lost his way as a manager since leaving Blackburn and Tony Pulis really over achieved with Stoke, I would be really surprised if Stoke improved unless some multi billionaire came in and took them over.

As for the rest Arsenal are reported to have a big pile of money to spend but nobody seems to want to go there. Liverpool have again spent heavy but recouped most of that with sales and they might make a rare profit if Suarez goes (as looks likely). Tottenham's season depends heavily on them keeping Bale and finding a prolific striker to replace Defoe and Adebeyor who were major disappointments last season.
West Brom probably over achieved last season and I don't think Anelka will be able to replace the hole left by Lukaku, Swansea have bought well and could improve next season as long as no-one poaches Laudrup. Newcastle under achieved last season and should improve as long as Pardew isn't totally undermined by Ashley. Aston Villa should be a better team next season with the young players a year older but Lambert's biggest battle will be to keep Benteke. Norwich have been busy in the transfer market but I was surprised they let Grant Holt go and could struggle this season. Sunderland have also been busy in the market and thanks to Mignolet's transfer have money to spend, but who knows what will happen in DiCanio's mind and I think it could all end in tears. Fulham have a new owner but their stay in the Premier league must be coming to an end soon. Southampton are spending big but mid table is as good as they can expect.
Cardiff, Crystal Palace and Hull will just be looking for survival and I think they will all struggle.
That just leaves West Ham :) Andy Carroll did look good at the end of last season and if he stays fit will give us enough to secure a mid table position, but we need more than that to start competing at the higher levels and missing out on Bony was disappointing, also worrying is that we seemed to be linked with some of the worst players in the Premier league every day. I'm hoping we can find a striker to partner Carroll and fill in for him when he gets injured and if we do sign someone pray Fat Sam will actually give him a game.

Nigerian Football Results

Nigerian lower league game to decide championship

Plateau United Feeders 79 - Akurba FC 0 (HT 7-0)
Police Machine FC 67 - Bubayaro FC 0 (HT 6-0)

Needless to say the teams have been suspended pending investigation. Surely even if the other team stood and watched or kicked the ball in their own net it would still be a struggle to score 72 goals in 45 minutes?