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ARSENAL: In: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax). Out: *Amaury Bischoff, *Rui Fonte, Emmanuel Adebayor (Man City).

ASTON VILLA: In: Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough). Out: Gareth Barry (Man City), Martin Laursen (retired), Stuart Taylor (Man City), Zat Knight (Bolton).

BIRMINGHAM CITY: In: Barry Ferguson (Rangers), Lee Bowyer (West Ham), Christian Benitez (Santos Laguna), Giovanny Espinoza (Barcelona SC), Roger Johnson (Cardiff), Scott Dann (Coventry), Joe Hart (Man City, loan). Out: Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Krystian Pearce (Peterborough, loan), Mehdi Nafti (Thessaloniki), *Radhi Jaidi.

BLACKBURN ROVERS: In: Gaël Givet (Marseille), Steven N'Zonzi (Amiens), Elrio van Heerden (Bruges), Lars Jacobsen (Everton), Nikos Giannakopoulos (Asteras Tripolis). Out: Roque Santa Cruz (Man City), Matt Derbyshire (Olympiakos), Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth), Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven), Tugay (retired).

BOLTON WANDERERS: In: Sean Davis (Portsmouth), Paul Robinson (West Bromwich), Zat Knight (Aston Villa), Sam Ricketts (Hull). Out: Blerim Dzemaili (Torino).

BURNLEY: In: Brian Easton (Hamilton), Richard Eckersley (Man Utd), David Edgar (Newcastle), Steven Fletcher (Hibs), Tyrone Mears (Derby). Out: *Steve Jones, *Gabor Kiraly, Alan Mahon (Tranmere).

CHELSEA: In: Daniel Sturridge (Man City), Ross Turnbull (Middlesbrough), Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow). Out: Ben Sahar (Espanyol), Slobodan Rajkovic (FC Twente, loan).

EVERTON: In: Jo (Man City, loan), Anton Peterlin (Ventura), Luke Garbutt (Leeds), Shkodran Mustafi (Hamburg). Out: Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn), *Andy van der Meyde, *Nuno Valente.

FULHAM: In: Stephen Kelly (Birmingham), Bjorn Helge Riise (Lillestrom). Out: Collins John (Roesclare), *Moritz Volz, Leon Andreasen (Hannover 96).

HULL CITY: In: Steven Mouyokolo (Boulogne). Out: *Michael Bridges, John Welsh (Tranmere), Dean Windass (Darlington), Wayne Brown (Leicester), Sam Ricketts (Bolton).

LIVERPOOL: In: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), Chris Mavinga (Paris St-Germain), Stephen Sama (Borussia Dortmund). Out: Jermaine Pennant (Real Zaragoza), Sami Hyypia (Bayer Leverkusen), Sebastian Leto (Panathinaikos).

MANCHESTER CITY: In: Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn), Stuart Taylor (Aston Villa), Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal), Nils Zander (Schalke). Out: Jo (Everton, loan), Gelson Fernandes (St Etienne), Joe Hart (Birmingham, loan), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Felipe Caiecedo (Sporting Lisbon, loan), Ched Evans (Sheffield Utd), Darius Vassell (Ankaragucu), Michael Ball, *Dietmar Hamann.

MANCHESTER UNITED: In: Gabriel Obertan (Bordeaux), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Antonio Valencia (Wigan), Mame Biram Diouf (Molde). Out: Richard Eckersley (Burnley), Fraizer Campbell (Sunderland), Manucho (Valladolid), Lee Martin (Ipswich), Rodrigo Possebon (Braga, loan), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).

PORTSMOUTH: In: Aaron Mokoena (Blackburn). Out: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Sean Davis (Bolton), Arnold Mvuemba (Lorient, loan), *Noe Pamarot, *Jerome Thomas, *Lauren, *Djimi Traoré, *Glen Little.

STOKE CITY: In: Matthew Lund, Ben Marshall (both Crewe), Dean Whitehead (Sunderland). Out: *Vincent Pericard, *Demar Phillips.

SUNDERLAND: In: Fraizer Campbell (Man Utd), Paulo Da Silva (Toluca), Lorik Cana (Marseille). Out: Michael Chopra (Cardiff), Greg Halford (Wolves), Dean Whitehead (Stoke), *David Connolly, *Darren Ward, *Dwight Yorke.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: In: Kyle Naughton, Kyle Walker (both Sheffield Utd). Out: Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest), Didier Zokora (Seville).

WEST HAM UNITED: In: Herita Ilunga (Toulouse), Luis Jimenez (Inter, loan), Peter Kurucz (Ujpest), Jack Lampe (Harlow Town), Frank Nouble (Chelsea). Out: Lee Bowyer (Birmingham), Kyel Reid (Sheffield Utd), Freddie Sears (Crystal Palace, loan), *Lucas Neill, *Diego Tristan.

WIGAN ATHLETIC: In: Jason Scotland (Swansea), Hendry Thomas (Olimpia), Jordi Gomez (Espanyol), James McCarthy (Hamilton). Out: *Henri Camara, *Antoine Sibierski, Antonio Valencia (Man Utd).

WOLVES: In: Greg Halford (Sunderland), Kevin Doyle, Marcus Hahnemann (both Reading), Nenad Milijas (RS Belgrade), Andrew Surman (Southampton), Ronald Zubar (Marseille). Out: Darren Potter (Sheff Wed).

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