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Shane Long: Southampton agree £12m fee with Hull City for striker

Long only moved to the KC Stadium in January

Wednesday 13 August 2014 15:16 BST

Shane Long is closing in on a £12m transfer to Southampton from Hull City, according to reports.

The Republic of Ireland striker only moved to the KC Stadium in January, and scored six goals in his 15 Premier League appearances for the club.

Long is expected to become the Saint's fourth signing this summer, after deals were completed for Dusan Tadic, Pelle and Fraser Forster.

Newly appointed manager Ronaldo Koeman has seen his squad ripped apart since the end of last season, with five key members of his squad sold.

According to the Daily Mirror, Koeman moved for Long after his top target, Manchester United's Javier Henrnandez, rejected a move to St Mary's.

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Alexis Sanchez - Barcelona to Arsenal (£35m)

Arsenal will look to their second most expensive signing in their history to fire them to a first Premier league title in 11 years

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Mathieu Debuchy - Newcastle to Arsenal (£12m)

Arsenal unveiled new signing Mathieu Debuchy after completing a drawn out move for the French right-back to replace Bacary Sagna

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Calum Chambers - Southampton to Arsenal (£16m)

Chambers has only made 18 Premier League starts in his relatively young career, but that's all it took to persuade Arsene Wenger to sign the 19-year-old as he became the fifth player to leave Saints for a reported £16m

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Joe Cole - West Ham to Aston Villa (Free)

Joe Cole's time at West Ham came to an end after he agreed a free transfer to Premier League rivals Aston Villa

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Philippe Senderos - Valencia to Aston Villa (Free)

The Swiss defender featured at the World Cup, having already confirmed his return to the Premier League with Villa

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Michael Kightly - Stoke to Burnley (Undisclosed)

Michael Kightly spent last season on loan with Burnley and has made the move a permanent one

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Diego Costa - Atletico Madrid to Chelsea (£32m)

After a fairly long pursuit, Chelsea completed the signing of La Liga winner Diego Costa from Atletico Madrid after triggering his £32m release clause

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Cesc Fabregas - Barcelona to Chelsea (£30m)

Cesc Fabregas returned to England but not with his former club Arsenal, as the Spaniard joined the Blues in a £30m deal

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Didier Drogba - Galatasaray to Chelsea (Free)

The Chelsea legend returned to his former home as he signed a new one-year deal, having been released by Turkish side Galatasaray at the end of the season.

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Muhamed Besic - Ferencváros to Everton (£4m)

The defensive midfielder was quietly impressive for Bosnia in the World Cup, and returned to complete a £4m move to Merseyside

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Romelu Lukaku - Chelsea to Everton (£28m)

Romelu Lukaku made his loan move to the Toffees permanent as he completed a club-record transfer for £28m

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Gareth Barry - Manchester City to Everton (Free)

Barry was another who turned a loan-move into a permanent one as he joined the Toffees following his release from Premier League champions City

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Brendan Galloway - MK Dons to Everton (£4m)

The Toffees signed the teenage defender to a long-term five-year contract, with the hope that he will develop alongside John Stones to be the first-choice Everton centre-back partnership in the years to come

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Jake Livermore - Tottenham to Hull (£8m)

You guessed it - another loan move-turned-permanent as Livermore left Spurs in an £8m to join the FA Cup finalists

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Robert Snodgrass - Norwich to Hull (£7m)

Relegated Norwich allowed Robert Snodgrass to join Hull for an immediate return to the Premier League

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Tom Ince - Blackpool to Hull (Free)

Tom Ince was one of the most sought-after free agents on the market this summer, but despite reports of him joining Inter Milan, he agreed to move to Hull with Blackpool receiving a compensation fee

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Matthew Upson - Brighton and Hove Albion to Leicester (Free)

Matthew Upson rejected the chance to stay with the Seagulls to have one more crack at the top flight

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Marc Albrighton - Aston Villa to Leicester (Free)

Much was hoped from Albrighton at Villa, but his failure to push on has seen him join newly-promoted Leicester on a free transfer

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Leonardo Ulloa - Brighton to Leicester (undisclosed)

Ulloa scored 25 goals in 52 appearances for Brighton since joining them from Spanish side Almeria in January 2013, enough to convince the Premier League newcomers to sign him up

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Rickie Lambert - Southampton to Liverpool (£4m)

Lambert agreed a move to his boyhood club Liverpool before heading to the World Cup with England

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Adam Lallana - Southampton to Liverpool (£25m)

The Reds quickly followed up the move for Lambert with a hefty transfer for Saints skipper Lallana

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Lazar Markovic - Benfica to Liverpool (£20m)

Following the sale of Luis Suarez, Liverpool invested nearly a third of the £75m in 20-year-old Lazar Markovic

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Emre Can - Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool (£9.5m)

The Reds added Bayer Leverksuen ace Emre Can at the beginning of the summer

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Dejan Lovren - Southampton to Liverpool (£20m)

Lovren followed Lallana and Lambert in moving to Anfield after he finally got the move that he was pushing for. Having featured at the World Cup for Croatia, much is expected of the centre-back in order to solidify the Reds' defence

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Fernando - Porto to Manchester City (£12m)

Manchester City's largest piece of transfer business so far this summer is the £12m addition of Fernando, who was a January target for Manuel Pellegrini

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Bacary Sagna - Arsenal to Manchester City (Free)

Bacary Sagna may have ended his Arsenal career on a high note, but he won't get a warm welcome when he returns to the Emirates after he joined City for nothing

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Willy Caballero - Malaga to Manchester City (£6m)

Pellegrini tapped into his former club Malaga to lure goalkeeper Willy Caballero to the Etihad

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Eliaquim Mangala - Porto to Manchester City (£32m)

Atheltic, composed French defender should slot into City's starting XI after completing a reported £32m move from Porto

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Ander Herrera - Athletic Madrid to Manchester United - (£28.5m)

The first player to join United's squad revamp, Herrera was a failed target last year, but paid his own release clause in order to secure a move to Old Trafford

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Luke Shaw - Southampton to Manchester United (£30m)

Despite just one full season in the Premier League and a handful of England caps, Louis van Gaal sanctioned the record-breaking move for Shaw after the World Cup

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Siem de Jong - Ajax to Newcastle (£6m)

Newcastle ended their transfer exile by brining in former Ajax captain De Jong

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Emmanuel Riviere - Monaco to Newcastle (£6m)

Newcastle completed the £6m signing of Monaco forward Riviere to continue their influx of French players at St James' Park

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Daryl Janmaat - Feyenoord to Newcastle (£5m)

Daryl Janmaat agreed to join the Magpies in order to replace the departed Frenchman Mathieu Debuchy

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Remy Cabella - Montpellier to Newcastle (£12m)

Remy Cabella left Montpellier to complete a £12m switch to the north-east

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Rio Ferdinand - Manchester United to QPR (Free)

Rio Ferdinand turned down 'lucrative offers' to remain in the Premier League with promoted QPR

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Stephen Caulker - Cardiff City to QPR (undisclosed)

The 22-year-old centre-back was brought in after spending just a year with relegated Cardiff City. He will line-up alongside other new recruit Rio Ferdinand

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Dusan Tadic - FC Twente to Southampton (10.9m)

Dusan Tadic became Southampton's first signing under new manager Ronald Koeman

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Shane Long - Hull to Southampton (£12m)

Long completed a move to his third club of 2014 after agreeing a £12m move to the south coast as Southampton look to rebuild their squad after their summer depletion.

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Mame Biram Diouf - Hannover to Stoke (Free)

Mame Biram Diouf returned to the Premier League after a spell in Germany, as Stoke secured the former Manchester United striker

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Phil Bardsley - Sunderland to Stoke (Free)

The controversial character move south to join Stoke on a free transfer

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Steve Sidwell - Fulham to Stoke (Free)

Steve Sidwell was released by Fulham following their relegation last season, and the well-travelled midfielder elected to join Stoke in an instant return to the Premier League

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Jack Colback - Newcastle to Sunderland (Free)

Colback stunned Magpies fans when he moved across the city to fierce rivals Sunderland on a free transfer

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Jordi Gomez - Wigan to Sunderland (Free)

The FA Cup winner left the Championship club in order to head north to join Sunderland

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Costel Pantilimon - Manchester City to Sunderland (Free)

After three years with Manchester City, Pantilimon headed to Sunderland to try and resurrect his first-team career

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Lukasz Fabianski - Arsenal to Swansea (Free)

Having lifted the FA Cup trophy in his final appearance for the Gunners, Fabianski headed to Wales to join Swansea and rival Michel Vorm for the starting berth

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Bafetimbi Gomis - Lyon to Swansea (Free)

Bafetimbi Gomis has long been linked with a move to the Premier League, and he finally got his wish when he left Lyon to join the Swans

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Jefferson Montero - Morella to Swansea (Undisclosed)

Ecuador international Jefferson Montero has completed a move to the Liberty Stadium after his participation at the World Cup, joining from Mexican side Morella

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Gylfi Sigurdsson - Tottenham to Swansea (Swap)

Gylfi Sigurdsson returned to Swansea after two years with Tottenham, completing a swap deal with left-back Ben Davies

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Ben Davies - Swansea to Tottenham (Swap)

Ben Davies joined Tottenham from Swansea in a swap deal involving Gylfi Sigurdsson, and the left-back looks set to be first-choice at White Hart Lane under Mauricio Pochettino

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Eric Dier - Sporting Lisbon to Tottenham (£4m)

Eric Dier returned to the UK after 14 years in Portugal, with the defender spening his youth career with Sporting Lisbon

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Joleon Lescott - Manchester City to West Brom (Free)

After finding himself out of Manuel Pellegrini's plans, Lescott moved on from the Premier League champions in order to join West Brom

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Craig Gardner - Sunderland to West Brom (Free)

Craig Gardner left Sunderland after last season's near-miss with relegation in order to join the Baggies

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Mauro Zarate - Velez Sarsfield to West Ham (Undisclosed)

The once high-rated Argentinian joined the Hammers after a brief spell back in his homeland

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Southampton face Liverpool, who they sold Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren to, in their opening match of the season at Anfield on Sunday.

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