Window of opportunity: the Premiership's arrivals and departures this summer
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IN: Jens Lehmann (Borussia Dortmund, £1.25m), Philippe Senderos (Servette, undisclosed), Gael Clichy (Cannes, nominal), Danny Karbassiyoon (Roanoke Star, undisclosed), Michael Papadopulos (Banik Ostrava, loan), Olafur-Ingi Skulason (Fylkir, loan).
OUT: David Seaman (Manchester City, free), Oleg Luzhny, Graham Barrett, Jermaine Brown (all released), Moritz Volz (Fulham, loan), Igor Stepanovs (Beveren, loan), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona, loan), Jermaine Pennant (Leeds, loan), Liam Chilvers (Colchester, loan), Sebastian Svard (FC Copenhagen, loan), Juan (Millwall, loan), Guillaume Warmuz (Borussia Dortmund, free), Francis Jeffers (Everton, loan).
ASTON VILLA
IN: Gavin McCann (Sunderland, £2.25m), Thomas Sorensen (Sunderland, £2.25m), Robert Olejnik (FK Austria, undisclosed).
OUT: Michael Husbands, Leon Hylton, John McGrath, Ian Taylor, Oyvind Leonhardsen, Mark Atkinson, Oliver Williams (all released); Alan Wright (Middlesbrough, free), Colin Marshall (Clyde, loan), Boaz Myhill (Macclesfield, loan), Steve Staunton (Coventry, free), Hassan Kachloul (Wolves, loan).
BIRMINGHAM CITY
IN: Christophe Dugarry (Bordeaux, free), David Dunn (Blackburn, £5.5m), Luciano Figueroa (Rosario Central, £2.5m), Maik Taylor (Fulham, loan), Mikael Forssell (Chelsea, loan).
OUT: Michael Johnson (Derby, nominal), Tom Williams (QPR, loan), Craig Fagan (Colchester, loan), Clint Davies, Jonathan Hutchinson, Andy Marriott, Tommy Mooney, Steve Vickers, Tony Capaldi, Peter Gilbert (all released).
BLACKBURN
IN: Lorenzo Amoruso (Rangers, £1.4m), Brett Emerton (Feyenoord, £2.2m), Steven Reid (Millwall, £2.5m), Vratislav Gresko (Parma, £1.2m), David Yelldell (Stuttgart Kickers, £100,000), Barry Ferguson (Rangers, £7.5m), Markus Babbel (Liverpool, loan), Dino Baggio (Lazio, loan).
OUT: Henning Berg, James Corbett, Darren Dunning, Darren Hockenhull, Marc Richards, Hakan Sukur, Ryan Robinson (all released), David Dunn (Birmingham, £5.5m), Damien Duff (Chelsea, £17m), John Curtis, Keith Gillespie, Craig Hignett (all Leicester, free), Egil Ostenstad (Rangers, free), Jonathan Douglas, Neil Danns (both Blackpool, loan), Gordon Greer (Kilmarnock, free).
BOLTON
IN: Stylianos Giannakopoulos (Olympiakos, free), Florent Laville (Lyon, £500,000), Ivan Campo (Real Madrid, free), Kevin Davies (Southampton, free), Mario Jardel (Sporting Lisbon, free), Emerson Thome (Sunderland, free), Glen Little (Burnley, loan).
OUT: Gerald Forchelet (Chateauroux, loan), Jonathan Walters (Crewe, loan), Mike Whitlow (Sheffield Utd, free), Gudni Bergsson (retired), Chris Armstrong, Christopher Downey, Colin Hendry, Leam Richardson, Paul Warhurst, Stig Tofting (all released), Gareth Farrelly, Delroy Facey (both Burnley, loan).
CHARLTON
IN: Matt Holland (Ipswich, £750,000), Simon Royce (Leicester, free), Paolo di Canio (free), Carlton Cole (Chelsea, loan), Chris Perry (Tottenham, loan).
OUT: Matthias Svensson (Derby, loan), Jamie Martin, Paul Robson, Fatih Dincer, Greg Sharland, Jesper Blomqvist, Tahar El Khalej, Robbie Mustoe, Ben Roberts, John Robinson (all released), Paul Konchesky (Tottenham, loan).
CHELSEA
IN: Joe Cole (West Ham £6.6m), Juan Sebastian Veron (Manchester United, £15m), Damien Duff (Blackburn, £17m), Glen Johnson (West Ham, £6m), Wayne Bridge (Southampton, £7m), Géremi (Real Madrid, £6.9m), Adrian Mutu (Parma £15.8m), Jurgen Macho (Sunderland, free), Marco Ambrosio (Chievo, free), Neil Sullivan (Tottenham, free), Hernan Crespo (Internazionale, £16.8m), Alexei Smertin (Bordeaux, £3.5m), Claude Makelele (Real Madrid, £16.7m).
OUT: Graeme Le Saux (Southampton, swap), Jean Anis, Scott Cousins, Ed de Goey, Albert Ferrer, Rhys Evans, Jody Morris, Andrew Ross, Robert Wolleaston (all released), Gianfranco Zola (Cagliari, free), Enrique de Lucas (Alaves, loan expired), Leon Knight (Brighton, loan), Boudewijn Zenden (Middlesbrough, loan), Alexei Smertin (Portsmouth, loan), Mikael Forssell (Birmingham, loan), Leon Knight (Brighton, £100,000), Carlton Cole (Charlton, loan).
EVERTON
IN: Joseph Yobo (Marseille, £4.5m), Li Tie (Liaoning, undisclosed), Francis Jeffers (Arsenal, loan), Nigel Martyn (Leeds, nominal), James McFadden (Motherwell, £1.25m), Kevin Kilbane (Sunderland, £1m).
OUT: Kevin McLeod (Queens Park, nominal), Paul Gerrard (Sheffield Utd, loan), Steven Beck, David Carney, George Pilkington, Juliano Rodrigo (all released), Mark Pembridge (Fulham, £750,000).
FULHAM
IN: Junichi Inamoto (Gamba Osaka, loan), Martin Djetou (Parma, loan), Jerome Bonnissel (Bordeaux, free), Moritz Volz (Arsenal, loan), Dave Beasant (Brighton), Mark Crossley (Middlesbrough, £500,000), Mark Pembridge (Everton, £750,000).
OUT: Steve Finnan (Liverpool, £3.5m), Maik Taylor (Birmingham, loan), Steve Marlet (Marseille, loan), Elvis Hammond (Norwich, loan), Ross Flitney (Brighton, loan), Mark Hudson (Oldham, loan), Calum Willock (Bristol Rovers, loan), Mertin Herrera (Estudiantes, loan), Abdeslam Ouaddou (Rennes, loan), John Collins, Lucas Cornwall, Bjarne Goldbaek, Dave Shevel (all released).
LEEDS UNITED
IN: Didier Domi (Paris St-Germain, loan), Jody Morris (free), Zoumana Camara (Lens, loan), Lamine Sakho, Salomon Olembe, Cyril Chapuis (all Marseille, loan), Jermaine Pennant (Arsenal, loan), Roque Junior (Milan, loan).
OUT: Danny Milosevic (Crewe, loan), Harpal Singh (Bury, loan), Jacob Burns, Thomas Newey (both released), Harry Kewell (Liverpool, £5m), Olivier Dacourt (Roma, £3.5m), Shane Cansdell-Sherriff (AGF Aarhus), Richard Fidler (Ossett Town, released), Paul Okon (released), Stephen McPhail (Nottm Forest, loan), Danny Mills (Middlesbrough, loan), Matthew Kilgannon (West Ham, loan), Harpal Singh (Bury, loan), Nigel Martyn (Everton, nominal).
LEICESTER CITY
IN: Steve Howey (Manchester City, undisclosed), Riccardo Scimeca (Nottingham Forest, free), Danny Coyne (Grimsby, free), Paul Brooker (Brighton, free), Keith Gillespie (Blackburn, free), Lilian Nalis (Chievo, free), Les Ferdinand (free), Ben Thatcher (Tottenham, free), Nicolas Priet (Lyon, free), Craig Hignett, John Curtis (both Blackburn, free), Marcus Bent (Ipswich, loan).
OUT: Ashley Lyth, Jonathan Ashton, Darren Eadie, Tim Flowers, Karl Lewis, Stefan Oakes, Michael Price, Martin Reeves, Simon Royce, Jonathan Stevenson, Nicky Summerbee, Graeme Walton (all released).
LIVERPOOL
IN: Steve Finnan (Fulham, £3.5m), Harry Kewell (Leeds, £5m), Anthony Le Tallec, Florent Sinama-Pongolle (both Le Havre), Carl Medjani (St Etienne, free).
OUT: Matthew Murray, Tim Dittmer, Chris McGrath, Pegguy Arphexad, Bernard Diomede, Vegard Heggem, Stephen McNulty, Mark Peers (all released); Patrik Berger (Portsmouth, free); Andrew Nicholas (Swindon, free), Stephen Warnock (Coventry, loan), Neil Mellor (West Ham, loan), Markus Babbel (Blackburn, free), Gregory Vignal (Rennes, free), Aliou Diarra (Bastia, loan).
MANCHESTER CITY
IN: Trevor Sinclair (West Ham, £2.5m), David Seaman (Arsenal, free), Michael Tarnat (Bayern Munich, free), Antoine Sibierski (Lens, £700,000), Paul Bosvelt (Feyenoord, free), Steve McManaman (Real Madrid, free), Claudio Reyna (Sunderland, £2.5m).
OUT: Niclas Jensen (Borussia Dortmund, £750,000), Steve Howey (Leicester, undisclosed), Shaun Goater (Reading, £500,000), Kevin Horlock (West Ham, £300,000), Lucien Mettomo (Kaiserslautern, £500,000), Paul Ritchie (Walsall, free), Peter Schmeichel (retired), Tyrone Loran, Brian Murphy, Stephen Paisley, Gary Browne, Mark Egerton, James Almond, David Tickle, Adrian Orr, Ashley Timms, Philip Gilder, Adam James, Ali Benarbia (all released), Vicente Matias Vuoso (Santos Laguna), Chris Shuker (Rochdale, loan), Carlo Nash (Middlesboro, nominal).
MANCHESTER UNITED
IN: David Bellion (Sunderland), Eric Djemba-Djemba (Nantes, £3.5m), Tim Howard (NJ/NY MetroStars, £2.3m), Cristiano Ronaldo (Sporting Lisbon, £12.24m), Kleberson (Atletico Paranaense, £5.93m).
OUT: David Beckham (Real Madrid, £25m), Juan Sebastian Veron (Chelsea, £15m), Danny Webber (Watford, nominal), Luke Chadwick (Burnley, loan), Michael Stewart (Nottingham Forest, loan), Ricardo (Racing Santander, loan), David Fox (Antwerp, loan), Colin Heath (Antwerp, loan), Laurent Blanc (retired); John Cogger, David May, Kalam Mooniaruck, John Rankin, Lee Roche (all released).
MIDDLESBROUGH
IN: Doriva (Celta Vigo, free), Alan Wright (Aston Villa, free), Carlo Nash (Manchester City, nominal), Gaizka Mendieta (Lazio, loan), Danny Mills (Leeds, loan), Boudewijn Zenden (Chelsea, loan).
OUT: Noel Whelan (Millwall, free), Bradley Jones (Rotherham, loan), Arturo Bernhardt, Alen Boksic, Ben Roberts, Tony Vidmar, Jonathan Agbater, Jason Gavin (all released), Mark Crossley (Fulham, £500,000), Sam Russell (Scunthorpe, loan).
NEWCASTLE UNITED
IN: Lee Bowyer (West Ham, free).
OUT: John Karelse, Damon Robson (both released), Joe Kendrick (1860 Munich, free), James Beaumont, Ross Gardner (both Nottingham Forest, free), Jonathan Brain (Port Vale, free), Brian Kerr (Livingston, loan), Gary Caldwell (Derby, loan), Adam Collin (Oldham, loan), Calvin Zola (Oldham, loan).
PORTSMOUTH
IN: Dejan Stefanovic (Vitesse Arnhem, £1.85m), Yakubu Ayegbeni (Maccabi Haifa, undisclosed), Teddy Sheringham (Tottenham, free), Patrik Berger (Liverpool, free), Boris Zivkovic (Bayer Leverkusen, free), Amdy Faye (Auxerre, £1.5m), Harald Wapenaar (Utrecht), Sebastien Schemmel (West Ham, free), Alexei Smertin (Chelsea, loan), Pavel Srnicek (Brescia, loan), Jason Roberts (West Brom, loan).
OUT: Gianluca Festa (Cagliari, free), Paul Merson (Walsall, free), Jason Crowe, Lee Molyneaux, Luke Nightingale, Carl Tiler, Thomas White (all released), Rowan Vine (Colchester, loan), Courtney Pitt (Luton, loan), Mark Burchill (Wigan, loan).
SOUTHAMPTON
IN: Neil McCann (Rangers, £1.5m), Yonan Folly (St Etienne, £250,000), Fitz Hall (Oldham, £250,000), Darren Kenton (Norwich, free), Leandre Griffit (Amiens, free), Danny Higginbotham (Derby, £1.5m), Graeme Le Saux (Chelsea, swap), Kevin Phillips (Sunderland, £3.25m), Dexter Blackstock (Oxford, undisclosed).
OUT: Kevin Davies, Federico Arias (both released), Wayne Bridge (Chelsea, £7m), Brian Howard (Swindon, free), Paul Williams (Stoke, free).
TOTTENHAM
IN: Helder Postiga (Porto, £6.25m), Bobby Zamora (Brighton, £1.5m), Frédéric Kanouté (West Ham, £3.5m), Mbulelo Mabizela (Orlando Pirates), Stephane Dalmat (Internazionale, loan), Paul Konchesky, (Charlton, loan).
OUT: Steffen Freund, Gavin Kelly, Teddy Sheringham (all released), Ben Thatcher (Leicester, free), Alton Thelwell (Hull, free), Steffen Iversen (Wolves, free), Matthew Etherington (West Ham, swap), Mark Yeates (QPR, loan), Neil Sullivan (Chelsea, free), Chris Perry (Charlton, loan).
WOLVES
IN: Oleg Luzhny (Arsenal, free), Isaac Okoronkwo (Shakhtar Donetsk, free), Silas (União Leiria, £1m), Carlos Kameni (Le Havre, loan), Steffen Iversen (Tottenham, free), Jody Craddock (Sunderland, £1.75m), Henri Camara (Sedan, £1.5m), Joey Gudjonsson (Real Betis, loan), Hassan Kachloul (Aston Villa, loan).
OUT: Marc Edworthy, Michael Branch, Mohammed Camara, Kenny Coleman, Ludovic Pollet (all released), Cedric Roussel (Genk, £700,000), Keith Andrews (Stoke, loan), Jimmi-Lee Jones (Forest Green, loan).
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