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Manager: Arsene Wenger (Fr)
Remi Garde (Fr) Free
Patrick Vieira (Fr) pounds 3.5m
Glenn Helder (Neth) pounds 2.3m
Dennis Bergkamp (Neth) pounds 7.5m
Nicolas Anelka (Fr) pounds 500,000
Valur Fannar Gislason (Ice) Free
Gilles Grimandi (Fr) pounds 1.5m
Alexander Manninger (Aut) pounds 500,000
Luis Boa Morte (Por) pounds 1.75m
Marc Overmars (Neth) pounds 6m
Emmanuel Petit (Fr) pounds 3.5m
Alberto Mendez (Ger) pounds 250,000
TOTAL COST pounds 27.3m
ASTON VILLA (4)
Manager: Brian Little (Eng)
Sasa Curcic (Yug) pounds 4m
Savo Milosevic (Yug) pounds 3.5m
Dwight Yorke (Trinidad) pounds 120,000
Mark Bosnich (Aus) Free
TOTAL COST pounds 7.62m
BARNSLEY (8)
Manager: Danny Wilson (Eng)
Clint Marcelle (Trinidad) Free
Arjan de Zeeuw (Neth) pounds 250,000
Jovo Bosancic (Croa) Free
Laurens Ten Heuvel (Neth) pounds 75,000
Georgi Hristov (Mac) pounds 1.5m
Eric Tinkler (SA) pounds 650,000
Ales Krizan (Sloven) pounds 500,000
Lars Leese (Ger) pounds 250,000
TOTAL COST pounds 3.225m
BLACKBURN (8)
Manager: Roy Hodgson (Eng)
Lars Bohinen (Nor) pounds 700,000
Per Pedersen (Den) Unknown
Henning Berg (Nor) pounds 400,000
Anders Andersson (Swe) pounds 500,000
Martin Dahlin (Swe) pounds 2.5m
Stephane Henchoz (Swit) pounds 3m
Patrick Valery (Fr) Free
John Filan (Aus) Tribunal
TOTAL COST pounds 7.1m
BOLTON (5)
Manager: Colin Todd (Eng)
Gudni Bergsson (Ice) pounds 65,000
Michael Johansen (Den) pounds 1.2m
Per Frandsen (Den) pounds 350,000
Mixu Paatelainen (Fin) pounds 350,000
Arnar Gunnlaugsson (Ice) pounds 100,000
TOTAL COST pounds 2.065m
CHELSEA (13)
Manager: Ruud Gullit (Neth)
Gianfranco Zola (It) pounds 4.5m
Gianluca Vialli (It) Free
Roberto Di Matteo (It) pounds 4.9m
Ruud Gullit (Neth) Free
Franck Leboeuf (Fr) pounds 2.5m
Dan Petrescu (Rom) pounds 2.3m
Frode Grodas (Nor) pounds 60,000
Dimitri Kharin (Rus) pounds 200,000
Celestine Babayaro (Nigeria) pounds 2.25m
Ed de Goey (Neth) pounds 2.25m
Tore Andre Flo (Nor) pounds 300,000
Bernard Lambourde (Fr) pounds 1.5m
Gustavo Poyet (Urug) Free
TOTAL COST pounds 20.76m
COVENTRY (5)
Manager: Gordon Strachan (Sco)
Kyle Lightborne (Ber) Unknown
Magnus Hedman (Swe) pounds 600,000
Martin Johansen (Den) Free
Trond Egil Soltvedt (Nor) pounds 500,000
Roland Nilsson (Swe) pounds 200,000
TOTAL COST pounds 1.3m
CRYSTAL PALACE (4)
Manager: Steve Coppell (Eng)
Kevin Muscat (Aus) pounds 200,000
Carl Veart (Aus) pounds 200,000
Hermann Hreidarsson (Ice) Free
Attilio Lombardo (It) pounds 1.6m
TOTAL COST pounds 2m
DERBY COUNTY (10)
Manager: Jim Smith (Eng)
Robin van der Laan (Neth) pounds 675,000
Jacob Laursen (Den) pounds 500,000
Ron Willems (Neth) pounds 300,000
Aljosa Asanovic (Croa) pounds 950,000
Mauricio Solis (C Rica) pounds 500,000
Igor Stimac (Croa) pounds 1.57m
Paulo Wanchope (C Rica) pounds 700,000
Mart Poom (Est) pounds 500,000
Stefano Eranio (It) Free
Francesco Baiano (It) pounds 650,000
TOTAL COST pounds 6.345m
EVERTON (2)
Manager: Howard Kendall (Eng)
Claus Thomsen (Den) pounds 900,000
Slaven Bilic (Croa) pounds 4.5m
TOTAL COST pounds 5.4m
LEEDS UNITED (10)
Manager: George Graham (Sco)
Tomas Brolin (Swe) pounds 4.5m
Gunnar Halle (Nor) pounds 475,000
Tommy Knarvik (Nor) Free
Pierre Laurent (Fr) pounds 225,000
Robert Molenaar (Neth) pounds 950,000
Lucas Radebe (SA) pounds 250,000
Tony Yeboah (Gha) pounds 3.4m
Alf Inge Haland (Nor) pounds 1.6m
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Neth) pounds 2m
Bruno Ribeiro (Por) pounds 500,000
TOTAL COST pounds 13.9m
LEICESTER (3)
Manager: Martin O'Neill (N Irl)
Pontus Kamark (Swe) pounds 840,000
Franck Rolling (Fr) pounds 100,000
Kasey Keller (US) pounds 900,000
TOTAL COST pounds 1.84m
LIVERPOOL (7)
Manager: Roy Evans (Eng)
Stig Inge Bjornebye (Nor) pounds 600,000
Bjorn Tore Kvarme (Nor) Free
Jorgen Nielsen (Den) pounds 400,000
Nicholas Rizzo (It) c.pounds 200,000
Patrik Berger (Cz Rep) pounds 3.25m
Oyvind Leonhardsen (Nor) pounds 3.5m
Karlheinz Riedle (Ger) pounds 1.8m
TOTAL COST pounds 9.75m
MANCHESTER UTD (7)
Manager: Alex Ferguson (Sco)
Jordi Cruyff (Neth) pounds 1.4m
Ronny Johnsen (Nor) pounds 1.2m
Peter Schmeichel (Den) pounds 550,000
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Nor) pounds 1.5m
Raimond van der Gouw (Neth) Free
Karel Poborsky (Cz Rep) pounds 3.5m
Erik Nevland (Nor) Nominal fee
TOTAL COST pounds 8.15m
NEWCASTLE UNITED (7)
Manager: Kenny Dalglish (Sco)
Philippe Albert (Bel) pounds 2.65m
Faustino Asprilla (Col) pounds 6.7m
Pavel Srnicek (Cz Rep) pounds 350,000
Alessandro Pistone (It) pounds 4.3m
Bjarni Gudjonsson (Ice) pounds 500,000
Temuri Ketsbaia (Geo) Free
Jon Dahl Tomasson (Den) pounds 2.2m
TOTAL COST pounds 16.7m
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (5)
Manager: David Pleat (Eng)
Regi Blinker (Neth) pounds 275,000
Dejan Stefanovic (Yug) pounds 2m
Benito Carbone (It) pounds 3m
Orlando Trustfull (Neth) pounds 750,000
Patrick Blondeau (Fr) pounds 1.8m
TOTAL COST pounds 7.825m
SOUTHAMPTON (5)
Manager: David Jones (Eng)
Ken Monkou (Neth) pounds 750,000
Claus Lundekvam (Nor) pounds 400,000
Robbie Slater (Aus) pounds 250,000
Egil Ostenstad (Nor) pounds 800,000
Ulrich van Gobbel (Neth) pounds 1.3m
TOTAL COST pounds 3.5m
TOTTENHAM (5)
Manager: Gerry Francis (Eng)
Espen Bardsen (Nor) Free
Allan Nielsen (Den) pounds 1.65m
Steffen Iversen (Nor) pounds 2.5m
Ramon Vega (Swit) pounds 3.75m
David Ginola (Fr) pounds 2m
TOTAL COST pounds 9.9m
WEST HAM (5)
Manager: Harry Redknapp (Eng)
Stan Lazaridis (Aus) pounds 300,000
Ludek Miklosko (Cz Rep) pounds 300,000
Marc Rieper (Den) pounds 500,000
Eyal Berkovitch (Isr) pounds 1.75m
David Terrier (Fr) Trial
TOTAL COST pounds 2.85m
WIMBLEDON (1)
Manager: Joe Kinnear (Eng)
Efan Ekoku (Nigeria) pounds 900,000
TOTAL COST pounds 900,000
Total overseas players 126
Total cost pounds 156.64m
Average cost each player pounds 1.24m
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