Sep 4, 2026
Chelsea moved on 39 players this summer, and 22 of them are still theirs
Seventeen sold, 22 loaned out and more than £500m recouped by the club’s own count. The loans are the part that comes back next summer.
transfer window
45 articles tagged with "transfer window"
Sep 3, 2026
Sancho has been unattached for two months, and the window closing does not stop anyone signing him
The summer window shut on September 1, but a genuinely unattached player can still be registered as long as his contract ended before the deadline. Sa...
Sep 3, 2026
Manchester City spent a record £458m this summer, and Haaland is still their only striker
City broke their own transfer record twice and rebuilt an entire midfield. They came out of the window with one recognised centre-forward, and a net s...
Sep 2, 2026
Liverpool have not won in six, and the case for keeping Iraola is his own first season at Bournemouth
Two draws, two points, and a winless run that stretches back into last season. Liverpool have spent again, and the best argument for keeping faith wit...
Sep 2, 2026
The Premier League spent £3.48bn this summer, and the other four big leagues combined spent less
A record window closed at 11pm on Tuesday. The gross figure beat last year’s record by nearly £300m, and £2.17bn of it came straight back through sale...
Aug 31, 2026
Leao has gone to Galatasaray for 45 million euros, and Aston Villa would not raise their offer
AC Milan confirmed Rafael Leao’s permanent transfer on Sunday, ending seven seasons. Aston Villa had him talked round to the Premier League and then s...
Aug 30, 2026
Alvarez was not in the squad, and Atletico were three up at Sevilla by half-time
Alex Baena scored twice on his first start of the season and Ademola Lookman added the other as Atletico Madrid won 3-1 at Sevilla, three days before...
Aug 30, 2026
Manchester United have two days, a striker to sell and no left-back
Fiorentina have put a loan offer on the table for Joshua Zirkzee, Toby Collyer is off to West Brom for an initial 3 million pounds, and the position U...
Aug 29, 2026
Barcola is set to sign to 2031, and Liverpool’s other two winger targets have gone the other way
Liverpool have agreed a deal with Paris Saint-Germain for Bradley Barcola worth up to about £123m. Ibrahim Mbaye is joining Aston Villa instead, and Y...
Aug 29, 2026
Atletico have given Alvarez until Sunday, and a deadline is the wrong tool for this
Julian Alvarez has not trained for three days and will not travel to Sevilla. Atletico’s chief executive says he is confused and struggling, and the c...
Aug 29, 2026
Villa sold Watkins for £50m and broke their transfer record on his replacement the same night
Ollie Watkins is completing a move to Al Hilal, Nicolas Jackson has signed for a club-record £65m, and Aston Villa also have an agreement with PSG for...
Aug 28, 2026
Newcastle sold Tonali, Guimaraes and Gordon, and gave the No 6 shirt to a 24-year-old from Manchester City
Nico Gonzalez is Newcastle’s seventh signing of a summer spent replacing people. He cost around £50 million and inherits a shirt number with recent hi...
Aug 28, 2026
Chelsea have spent all summer buying, and the £7.5m goalkeeper might be the important one
Chelsea agreed a deal for Emiliano Martinez on 27 August, five days before the window shuts. It is the cheapest signing of their summer and it says th...
Aug 28, 2026
Palace have won one of their last ten against City, and that one was the FA Cup final
Pierre Sage’s first home league game kicks off at 12.30am IST on Saturday, with Marc Guehi back at Selhurst Park in a Manchester City shirt and Enzo M...
Aug 27, 2026
Everton passed on the £50m option, and Grealish now has five days to choose
Fabrizio Romano says the decision comes within days. Everton want another loan, Villa are the homecoming, and Manchester City want £300,000 a week off...
Aug 27, 2026
Liverpool have had two bids rejected for Minteh, and Barcola has now missed three PSG squads
Liverpool want two wingers before Tuesday’s deadline. Brighton will not move on £70m for an injured Minteh, and PSG will not move on Barcola’s price.
Aug 26, 2026
Chelsea have spent 408 million euros on 11 players, and two of them are 35 and 36
Morgan Rogers cost 138 million euros on his own. Jordan Henderson arrived on a free at 36, and no club in world football has spent more this summer th...
Aug 26, 2026
Manchester City have sold three midfielders this summer, and now have six days to sign Enzo Fernandez
Manchester City let Chelsea’s £120 million deadline for Enzo Fernandez pass twelve days ago. Fabrizio Romano says a formal bid is coming before the wi...
Aug 26, 2026
Baleba is a Manchester United player at last, and he cannot play until mid-September
United confirmed the Cameroon midfielder on Tuesday in a deal worth up to £70m, almost a year after Brighton priced him at £100m. An ankle injury mean...
Aug 25, 2026
Savinho left Manchester City as their record sale, and turned up at Tottenham with a different name
An initial £75 million, £10 million in add-ons and a five-year contract have taken the Brazilian winger from Manchester City to north London. No club...
Aug 25, 2026
Watkins has agreed terms with Al-Hilal, and Villa have a week to replace him
The Saudi window runs six weeks longer than the Premier League’s, which is the whole problem for Aston Villa as they hold out for £55m.
Aug 22, 2026
Arsenal were asking about Quansah a week ago, and have now paid Villa £51m for Konsa
A fortnight of £20m standoffs ended on Thursday, a day before the opener Ezri Konsa could not be registered for. His Arsenal debut may come at Villa P...
Aug 18, 2026
The Premier League has spent £2.14bn before its first match, and a third of it went to other Premier League clubs
English clubs are £2.14bn into the summer window with the season still two days away, but almost £785m of that was paid by one Premier League club to...
Aug 17, 2026
Rodri is going to Barcelona for 76.5 million euros, with a year left on his City deal
Manchester City accepted Barcelona’s third bid over the weekend, 60 million up front and 16.5 million in add-ons, for the midfielder who won them the...