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ARSENAL: In: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax), Emmanuel Adebayor (Man City).

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

BIRMINGHAM: 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), Mehdi Nafti (Aris Thessaloniki).

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

BOLTON: In: Sean Davis (Portsmouth), Paul Robinson (West Bromwich Albion).

BURNLEY: In: Brian Easton (Hamilton), Richard Eckersley (Manchester United), David Edgar (Newcastle), Steven Fletcher (Hibs), Tyrone Mears (Derby). Out: Alex MacDonald (Falkirk, loan), 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). Out: Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn), *Andy van der Meyde, *Nuno Valente.

FULHAM: In: Stephen Kelly (Birmingham). Out: Collins John (Roesclare), *Moritz Volz.

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

LIVERPOOL: In: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth). Out: Paul Anderson (Nttm Forest), Jack Hobbs (Leicester), Sami Hyypia (Bayer Leverkusen), Jermaine Pennant (Real Zaragoza), Sebastian Leto (Panathinaikos).

MANCHESTER CITY: In: Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn), Stuart Taylor (Aston Villa), Carlos Tevez (Man Utd), Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal). Out: Gelson Fernandes (St Etienne), Jo (Everton, loan), Jo Hart (Birmingham, loan), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Darius Vassell (Ankaragucu), *Danny Mills, *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: Out: *Vincent Pericard, *Phillips.

SUNDERLAND: In: Fraizer Campbell (Man Utd), Paulo Da Silva (Toluca). Out: Michael Chopra (Cardiff), Nick Colgan (Grimsby), Greg Halford (Wolves), *David Connolly, *Darren Ward, *Dwight Yorke.

TOTTENHAM: Out: Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest), *Ricardo Rocha, Didier Zokora (Sevilla).

WEST HAM: In: Herita Ilunga (Toulouse), Luis Jimenez (Internazionale, loan), Peter Kurucz (Ujpest). Out: Lee Bowyer (Birmingham), Kyel Reid (Sheffield Utd), Freddie Sears (Crystal Palace, loan).

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

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

* Denotes released and free agent.

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