Arsenal
Key signings: Marouane Chamakh (Bordeaux, free), Laurent Koscielny (Lorient, £8.5m).
In the pipeline: Joe Cole, Mark Schwarzer.
What they need: Experienced and reliable goalkeeper, ditto in midfield, and a back-up central defender.
Aston Villa
Key signings: None.
In the pipeline: Aiden McGeady, Scott Parker.
What they need: Players to bolster their threadbare squad.
Birmingham City
Key signings: Ben Foster (Man Utd, £6m), Nikola Zigic (Valencia, £6m).
In the pipeline: Nathaniel Clyne, Moussa Dembele.
What they need: An attacking midfielder to feed towering Zigic.
Blackburn Rovers
Key signing: Hugo Fernandez (Union Deportivo Cornella).
In the pipeline: James Beattie
What they need: A target man.
Blackpool
Key signing: Dekel Keinan (Maccabi Haifa, free).
In the pipeline: Malaury Martin, DJ Campbell.
What they need: At least nine players if Ian Holloway's team are to cope.
Bolton Wanderers
Key signings: Martin Petrov (Man City) and Robbie Blake (Burnley, both free).
In the pipeline: Jack Wilshire (loan), Paul Scharner.
What they need: A centre-forward, and a quality defender.
Chelsea
Key signings: Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool, £5.5m) and Matej Delac (Inter Zapresic, £2.7m).
In the pipeline: Fernando Torres.
What they need: Need to gradually rebuild, and buy promising younger players to replace ageing team.
Everton
Key signings: Jermaine Beckford (Leeds, free), Joao Silva (Desportivo Das Aves, undisclosed) and Jan Mucha (Legia, Warsaw, free).
In the pipeline: Nedum Onuoha.
What they need: Cover at centre-back, a Landon Donovan lookalike.
Fulham
Key signings: Jonathan Greening (West Bromwich), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal, both free).
In the pipeline: Robbie Keane.
What they need: A centre-forward and a ball-winning midfielder.
Liverpool
Key signings: Milan Jovanic (Standard Liège, free), Jonjo Shelvey (Charlton, £1.7m).
In the pipeline: Maynor Figueroa, Joe Cole.
What they need: An experienced left-back and cover everywhere.
Manchester City
Key signings: Yaya Touré (Barcelona, £28m), David Silva (Valencia, £25m), Jérôme Boateng (Hamburg, £11m).
In the pipeline: James Milner, Edin Dzeko, David Suarez.
What they need: A world-class striker and an experienced centre-back.
Manchester United
Key signings: Javier Hernandez (Chivas, £6m), Chris Smalling (Fulham, £10m).
In the pipeline: Mario Balotelli, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
What they need: An attacking winger, and a right-back wouldn't go amiss.
Newcastle United
Key signing: James Perch (Nottm Forest, £1.5m).
In the pipeline: Dan Gosling.
What they need: Two defenders, a midfielder and a striker.
Stoke City
Key signing: Florent Cuvelier (Portsmouth).
In the pipeline: Victor Obinna (Inter).
What they need: Defensive midfielder, a forward to inject pace.
Sunderland
Key signings: Cristian Riveros (Cruz Azul, undisclosed), Simon Mignolet (Sint Truidense, £2m), Ahmed Al-Muhammadi (ENPPI, loan).
In the pipeline: Sol Campbell, Nedum Onuoha.
What they need: A centre-back, and a midfielder to replace Lorik Cana.
Tottenham Hotspur
Key signing: Sandro (Internacional, £6m).
In the pipeline: Luis Fabiano, Joe Cole.
What they need: A top midfielder.
West Bromwich Albion
Key signings: Steven Reid (Blackburn), Pablo Ibanez (Atletico Madrid, free), Gabriel Tamas (Auxerre, £800,000).
In the pipeline: David N'Gog.
What they need: A stronger defence.
West Ham United
Key signings: Thomas Hitzlsperger (Lazio, free), Pablo Barrera (UNAM Pumas, £4m), Frédéric Piquonne (Lyon, £1m).
In the pipeline: Loïc Rémy.
What they need: Full-backs, a centre-half, a midfielder and a striker.
Wigan Athletic
Key signings: Mauro Boseli (Estudiantes), Antolin Alcaraz (Bruges, both undisclosed).
In the pipeline: David N'Gog.
What they need: A goalscorer and a couple of full-backs.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Key signings: Steven Fletcher (Burnley, £6.5m), Stephen Hunt (Hull, £3m), Steven Mouyokolo (Hull, £2.5m), Jelle van Damme (Andelecht, £2.5m).
In the pipeline: James Beattie.
What they need: A midfielder and a couple of strikers.
James Orr
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