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August has been an expensive month for a lot of clubs which are gearing up for the Barclay’s English premier league which kicks off this weekend. The biggest premiership transfer spend this month was by Chelsea who purchased Brazillian Ramires from Benfica. The 23-year-old midfielder has signed with the club for an initial 4 year contract at the cost of €22M.
Transfers to English premier league clubs in the month of August came to over €45 Million. Below we look at the important transfers of the 2010 English premier league teams and list some of the most expensive transfers of the summer.
| Date | Player | New Club | Old Club | €m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2010 | Christian Poulsen | Liverpool | Juventus | 5.5 |
| Aug 2010 | Nedum Onuoha | Sunderland | Manchester City | |
| Aug 2010 | Kenwyne Jones | Stoke City | Sunderland | 9.7 |
| Aug 2010 | Craig Cathcart | Blackpool | Manchester United | 0.6 |
| Aug 2010 | Bebe | Manchester United | Guimaraes | 8.8 |
| Aug 2010 | Nicky Shorey | West Brom | Aston Villa | 1.8 |
| Aug 2010 | Mame Biram Diouf | Blackburn | Manchester United | |
| Aug 2010 | Ivan Klasnic | Bolton | Nantes | |
| Aug 2010 | Ramires | Chelsea | Benfica Lisbon | 22 |
| Aug 2010 | Winston Reid | West Ham | Midtjylland | 4.2 |
2010 Premier league Most Expensive Transfers
| Date | player | New Club | Old Club | €m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2010 | David Silva | Manchester City | Valencia | 32 |
| Aug 2010 | Ramires | Chelsea | Benfica Lisbon | 22 |
| Jul 2010 | Aleksandar Kolarov | Manchester City | Lazio | 19 |
| Jun 2010 | Jerome Boateng | Manchester City | Hamburger | 12.5 |
| Jul 2010 | Laurent Koscielny | Arsenal | Lorient | 12 |
Arsenal Transfers
The gunners have been spending a lot of cash this summer with contracts signed by Frenchman Laurent Koscielny from Layton Orient ( €12m) and Brazilian forward Wellington Silva from Fluminense (€4m).
Birmingham Transfers
The Brum side signed midfielder Enric Valles from Spanish NAC Breda as well as Nikola Zigic from Valencia (€7m); Also acquired recently was Ben Foster (goalkeeper) from Man-U for €7m.
Blackpool
Defender Craig Cathcart from was signed from Manchester United(€0.6m).
Bolton
Bolton Wanderers paid €2.4m for Marcos Alonso from Real Madrid.
Chelsea
The big purchase of the 2010 English premier league , Ramires from Benfica joined chelse at a cost of €22m. Also joining the blues this season is midfielder Yossi Benayoun from Liverpool (€6m).
Everton Transfers
€1m for Magaye Gueye of France, bought from Strasbourg. Portuguese forward Joao Silva was signed up from Aves, for €.6m.
Liverpool Transfers
Midfielder Jonjo Shelvey was contracted from Charlton Athletic for€2m. <idfielder Christian Poulsen from Denmark cost the red devils €5.5m on transfer from Juventus. Also acquired was defender Danny Wilson from Scottish Glasgow Rangers for €2.3m; Also of note is a free transfer of Joe Cole from Chelsea.
Man-City Transfers
Manchester City paid €19m for Aleksandar Kolarov, defender from LazioYaya Toure from Barcelona also joined and Spaniard David Silva moved from Valencia for a whopping €32m; Jerome Boateng from Hamburg joined at a cost of €12.5m.
Manchester United Transfers
Premier league team Man United signed Bebe from Guimaraes for €8.8m, Hernandez from Guadalajara Chivas for €10m and Chris Smalling from Fulham(€8m).
Newcastle Transfers
Newcastle bought James Perch, a defender from Nottingham Forest for a fee of €1.2m. Free transfers for the Newcastle side include Sol Campbell (Arsenal) and Dan Gosling(Everton).
Stoke City Transfers
Another big premier league acquisition this season is Kenwyne Jones who was bought from Sunderland for€9.7m.
Sunderland Transfers
Angeleri (Estudiantes) for a fee of €1.8m; Bramble from Wigan Athletic(€1.2m) and Belgian goalkeeper Mignolet from Sint-Truiden for a fee of €2.5m.
Tottenham Hotspur Transfers
Spurs paid €10m for midfielder Sandro from Internacional.
West Brom Transfers
The Baggies bought Nicky Shorey from’Villa ( €1.8m), US goalkeeper Myhill from Hull City (€1.8m;) and defender Gabriel Tamas from Auxerre for a fee of €0.9m.
West Ham Transfers
Winston Reid from Midtjylland (€4.2m); Frederic Piquionne from French teamLyon for €1.2m and Barrera from Pumas (€4.7m).
Wigan Athletic Transfers
Wigan Athletic picked up James McArthur from Hamilton for€0.5m, Ronnie Stam from Twente for €4m, forward Mauro Boselli Estudiantes(€6m).
Wolves Transfers
Wolves bought two players from Hull City, paying €3.6m for Stephen Hunt and another €3m for Steven Mouyokolo. Additional transfers for Wolves included Jelle van Damme (€3.3m from Anderlecht) and Steven Fletcher (Burnley, €7.8m). As money.co.uk points out – there are plenty of very financially savvy footballers out there.
One thing is for sure, all of these transfers are impacting on the English premier league odds – but one can only speculate as to which of the twenty competing teams will win the premiership.
Who are you betting on winning the 2010 English premier league? Did the managers spend wisely and get value for money? What kind of betting bonus will you use to bet on the final?
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