After a busy summer of wheeling and dealing in the English Premiership, you could be forgiven for missing some transfers. Here at The Side Netting we realised this and Andy gallantly took it upon himself to provide you with a club-by-club walkthrough of the Summer window. He's detailed not only all the ins and outs of each club, but also identified their best value signing, as well as who the club should have signed and rated how each club performed.
With a lot of new faces coming into the Premiership, reading this will keep you on top of all the possible conversations you'll have about English football.
ARSENAL
Ins - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Southampton, £11m), Gervinho (Lille £10.7m), Chu Young Park (Monaco, £3m),
Carl Jenkinson (Charlton, £1m), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen, undisclosed), Andre Santos (Fenerbahce, £6.2m),
Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea, loan), Mikel Arteta (Everton, £10m).
Outs - Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona, £35m), Samir Nasri (Manchester City, £24m), Gael Clichy (Manchester City, £7m), Emmanuel Eboue (Galatasaray, £3m),
Armand Traore (QPR, undisclosed), Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich, undisclosed),
Best Value Signing - Per Mertesacker
Should Have Signed - A real replacement for Fabregas (not a goalkeeper).
Transfer Window Rating - 6/10 - Lost their two key players and replaced them with good players, but not world beaters.
ASTON VILLA
Ins - Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan, £9.5m), Shay Given (Manchester City, £3.5m), Alan Hutton (Tottenham, undisclosed), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham, loan).
Outs - Stewart Downing (Liverpool, £20m), Ashley Young (Manchester United, £16m), Luke Young (QPR, undisclosed),
Brad Friedel (Tottenham, free), Nigel Reo-Coker (Bolton, free), John Carew (West Ham, free)
Best Value Signing - Alan Hutton
Should Have Signed - An experienced winger.
Transfer Window Rating - 5/10 - Lost two of their key players and replaced only one of them.
BLACKBURN
Ins - Simon Vukcevic (Sporting Lisbon, £2m), David Goodwillie (Dundee United, £2m), Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade, undisclosed),
Bruno Ribiero (Gremio Prudente, free), Scott Dann (Birmingham, £6m), Yakubu (Everton, undisclosed).
Outs - Phil Jones (Manchester United, £16.5m), Frank Fielding (Derby, undisclosed), Nikola Kalinic (Dnipro, undisclosed),
Zurab Khizanishvili (Kayserispor, free), Benjani (Portsmouth, free), Brett Emerton (Sydney FC, free)
Best Value Signing - Scott Dann
Should Have Signed - A right back who is under the age of 25.
Transfer Window Rating - 6/10 - Phil Jones is a loss but he's been well replaced in Scott Dann, and they have bought some useful attacking players.
BOLTON
Ins - Chris Eagles and Tyrone Mears (Burnley, joint £3m), David Ngog (Liverpool, undisclosed), Darren Pratley (Swansea, free),
Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa, free), Tuncay (Wolfsburg, loan), Dedryck Boyata (Man City, loan), Gael Kakuta (Chelsea, loan),
Outs - Ali Al Habsi (Wigan, £4m), Matt Taylor (West Ham, £2.2m), Johan Elmander (Galatasaray, free), Tamir Cohen (Maccabi Haifa, free), Joey O'Brien (West Ham, free)
Best Value Signing - Chris Eagles
Should Have Signed - Someone to replace either or both fullbacks.
Transfer Window Rating - 6/10 - They've gone for quantity over quality but the squad has slightly improved.
CHELSEA
Ins - Juan Mata (Valencia, £29m), Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht, £20m), Thibaud Courtois (Genk, £5m), Oriol Romeu (Barcelona, £4.4m), Lucas Piazon (Sao Paulo, undisclosed),
Raul Meireles (Liverpool, undisclosed)
Outs - Michael Mancienne (Hamburg, £3m), Slobodan Rajkovic (Hamburg, £1.8m), Yury Zhirkov (Anzhi, undisclosed), Nemanja Matic (Benfica, undisclosed),
Fabio Borini (Parma, undisclosed), Thibaud Courtois (Atletico Madrid, loan), Jeffrey Bruma (Hamburg, loan), Ulises Davila (Vitesse Arnhem, loan), Patrick van Aanholt (Wigan, loan),
Gael Kakuta (Bolton, loan), Yossi Benayoun (Arsenal, loan)
Best Value Signing - Juan Mata
Should have Signed - Another centre back. Terry and Alex are both aging and David Luiz needs a partner for the future.
Transfer Window Rating - 9/10 - Bought some exciting young players to try and solve the problem of an aging squad.
EVERTON
Ins - Eric Dier (Sporting Lisbon, loan), Denis Stracqualursi (Tigre, loan), Royston Drenthe (Real Madrid, loan).
Outs - Mikel Arteta (Arsenal, £10m), Jermaine Beckford (Leicester, £4m), James Vaughan (Norwich, £2.5m),
Best Value Signing - Royston Drenthe
Should Have Signed - A striker, or three since they sold two.
Transfer Window Rating - 3/10 - Another disappointing window for Everton who have sold some of their best players and failed to replace them adequately.
FULHAM
Ins - Pajtim Kasami (Palermo, £4m), John Arne Riise (Roma, £2.4m), Marcel Gecov (Slovan Liberec, undisclosed), Csaba Somogyi (Rakospalotai, free),
Zdenek Grygera (Juventus, free), Bryan Ruiz (Twente, £10.6m), Orlando Sa (Porto, free)
Outs - Jonathan Greening (Nottingham Forest, £670,000), Kagisho Dikgacoi (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Zoltan Gera (West Brom, free),
Diomansy Kamara (Eskisehirspor, free), John Paintsil (Leicester, free)
Best Value Signing - Zdenek Grygera
Should Have Signed - A young, creative midfielder to help their somewhat stale midfield.
Transfer Window Rating - 7/10 - Some smart signings from Jol, and some gambled that may pay off.
LIVERPOOL
Ins - Stewart Downing (Liverpool, £20m), Jordan Henderson (Sunderland, £16m), Charlie Adam (£9m), Jose Enrique (Newcastle, £6m), Alexander Doni (Roma, free),
Sebastian Coates (Nacional, undisclosed), Craig Bellamy (Manchester City, free)
Outs - Joe Cole (Lille, loan) Christian Poulsen (Evian, undisclosed) Alberto Aquilani (AC Milan, loan), Paul Konchesky (Leicester, £1.5m),
Emiliano Insua (Sporting Lisbon, undisclosed), Daniel Ayala (Norwich, undisclosed), Milan Jovanovic (Anderlecht, free),
Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Wolfsburg, free),Christian Poulsen (Evian, undisclosed), David Ngog (Bolton, undisclosed), Raul Meireles (Chelsea, undisclosed)
Best Value Signing - Jose Enrique
Should Have Signed - They signed everyone.
Transfer Window Rating - 9/10 - Spent so much money, but it's lead to a greatly improved squad.
MANCHESTER CITY
Ins - Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, £38m), Samir Nasri (Arsenal, £24m), Gael Clichy (Arsenal, £7m), Stefan Savic (Partizan Belgrade, £6m),
Owen Hargreaves (Manchester United, free).
Outs - Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich, £10m), Shay Given (Aston Villa, £3.5m), Felipe Caicedo (Levante, £880,000), Jo (Internacional, undisclosed),
Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham, loan), Dedryck Boyata (Bolton, loan), Roque Santa Cruz (Real Betis, loan), Vladimir Weiss (Espanyol, loan),
Michael Johnson (Leicester, loan), Shaun Wright-Phillips (QPR, undisclosed), Craig Bellamy (Liverpool, free).
Best Value Signing - Despite being extremely pricey - Sergio Aguero
Should Have Signed - A top quality centre back to partner Kompany.
Transfer Window Rating - 8/10 - Have spent the most, but Aguero and Nasri have made their attacking line-up terrifying.
MANCHESTER UNITED
Ins - David De Gea (Atletico Madrid, £17.8m), Phil Jones (Blackburn, £16.5m), Ashley Young (Aston Villa, £16m).
Outs - Gabriel Obertan (Newcastle, £3.25m), Wes Brown (Sunderland, £1m), John O'Shea (Sunderland, undisclosed), Owen Hargreaves (Manchester City, free),
Paul Scholes (retired), Edwin van der Sar (retired), Bebe (Besiktas, loan), Ritchie de Laet (Norwich, loan).
Best Value Signing - Ashley Young
Should Have Signed - Creative (and good) central midfielder ie Luka Modric.
Transfer Window Rating - 8/10 - Bought young, talented players to create a well, balanced team but have spent a lot in the process.
NEWCASTLE
Ins - Davide Santon (Inter Milan £5m) Yohan Cabaye (Lille, £4.3m), Gabriel Obertan (Manchester United, £3.25m), Sylvain Marveaux (Rennes, free),
Mehdi Abeid (Lens, free), Demba Ba (West Ham, free).
Outs - Jose Enrique (Liverpool, £6m), Kevin Nolan (West Ham, £4m), Wayne Routledge (Swansea, undisclosed), Joey Barton (QPR, free),
Ben Tozer (Northampton, free), Sol Campbell (released), Shefki Kuqi (Oldham, free), Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton, loan), Xisco (Deportivo La Coruna, loan),
Fraser Forster (Celtic, loan),
Best Value Signing - Yohann Cabaye
Should Have Signed - A small, quick striker to partner their three tall ones (Peter Lovenkrands doesn't count).
Transfer Window Rating - 7/10 - Controversially, I think Newcastle have improved over the window despite selling their best players. Santon is a very good replacement for Enrique and Cabaye is better than Barton/Nolan.
NORWICH
Ins - Steve Morison (Millwall, £2.8m), James Vaughan (Everton, £2.5m), Anthony Pilkington (Huddersfield, £2m), Daniel Ayala (Liverpool, undisclosed),
Elliott Bennett (Brighton, undisclosed), Bradley Johnson (Leeds, free), Ritchie De Laet (Manchester United, loan), Kyle Naughton (Tottenham, loan).
Outs - Owain Tudur Jones (Inverness, undisclosed), Cody McDonald (Coventry, undisclosed), Luke Daley, Steven Smith (Preston, free), (Plymouth, free),
Matt Gill (Bristol Rovers, free), Sam Habergham (Tamworth, free), Jens Berthel Askou (Vejle Kolding, free), Stephen Hughes (released),
Cody McDonald (Coventry, undisclosed).
Best Value Signing - Bradley Johnson
Should Have Signed - An effective winger.
Transfer Window Rating - 6/10 - Unsurprisingly better since they've been promoted but not improved as much as they could have done.
Q.P.R
Ins - DJ Campbell (Blackpool, £1.2m), Armand Traore (Arsenal, undisclosed), Danny Gabbidon (West Ham, free), Kieron Dyer (West Ham, free),
Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff, free), Joey Barton (Newcastle, free), Shaun Wright-Phillips (QPR, undisclosed), Anton Ferdinand (Sunderland, £3m).
Outs - Mikele Leigertwood, (Reading, undisclosed), Georgias Tofas (Anagennisi Dherynia, free), Josh Parker (Oldham, free), Joe Oastler (Torquay, free),
Lee Brown (Bristol Rovers, free), Pascal Chimbonda (released), Gavin Mahon (Notts County, free), Romone Rose (Muangthong United, free),
Peter Ramage (Crystal Palace, loan), Angelo Balanta (MK Dons, loan), Leon Clarke (Swindon, free), Kaspars Gorkss (Reading, loan), Michael Doughty (Crawley, loan).
Best Value Signing - Joey Barton
Should Have Signed - Another centre back - still the area where they are poorest.
Transfer Window Rating - 7/10 - Rangers have improved impressively for their first season in the Premiership.
STOKE
Ins - Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham, free), Matthew Upson (West Ham, free), Cameron Jerome (Birmingham, £4m), Peter Crouch (Tottenham, £10m),
Wilson Palacios (Tottenham, £8m).
Outs - Carl Dickinson (Watford, undisclosed), Eidur Gudjohnsen (AEK Athens, free), Abdoulaye Faye (West Ham, free), Ibrahima Sonko Ipswich, free)
Best Value Signing - Jonathan Woodgate
Should Have Signed - A creative midfielder to give them another option if they go behind.
Transfer Window Rating - 8/10 - Despite getting terrible value for money, they have certainly bought effective players for their style and are definitely better as a result.
SUNDERLAND
Ins - Connor Wickham (Ipswich, £13m), Craig Gardner (Birmingham, £5m), Ahmed Elmohamady (ENPPI, £2m), Ji Dong-won (Chunnam Dragons, £2m),
Wes Brown (Man United, £1m), James McClean (Derry City, £350,000), John O'Shea (Man United, undisclosed), Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham, free),
David Vaughan (Blackpool, free), Keiren Westwood (Coventry, free), Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal, loan).
Outs - Jordan Henderson (Liverpool, £16m), Steed Malbranque (St Etienne, undisclosed), Bolo Zenden (released), Cristian Riveros (Kayserispor, loan),
George McCartney (West Ham, loan), Anton Ferdinand (QPR, £3m).
Best Value Signing - Sebastian Larsson
Should Have Signed - Much like Stoke, a creative central midfielder - one who is better than Cattermole.
Transfer Window Rating - 6/10 - The most active side in the window are better off but could be accused of going for quantity over quality.
SWANSEA
Ins - Michel Vorm (Utrecht, £1.5m), Danny Graham (Watford, £3.5m), Leroy Lita (Middlesbrough, £1.75m), Wayne Routledge (Newcastle, undisclosed),
Jose Moreira (Benfica, undisclosed), Steven Caulker (Totteham, loan), Federico Bessone (Leeds, undisclosed), Darnel Situ (Lens, undisclosed).
Outs - Dorus de Vries (Wolves, free), Darren Pratley (Bolton, free), Albert Serran (AEK Larnaca, free), Cedric van der Gun (released),
Gorka Pintado (AEK Larnaca, free), Yves Ma-Makalamby (released)
Best Value Signing - Michel Vorm
Should Have Signed - A strong, defensive midfielder - Swansea are a quick but lightweight team.
Transfer Window Rating - 7/10 - some good signings to benefit their quick style as well as a target man, which they needed.
TOTTENHAM
Ins - Brad Friedel (Aston Villa, free), Cristian Ceballos (Barcelona, free), Souleymane Coulibaly (Siena, undisclosed),
Emmanuel Adebayor (Man City, loan), Yago Falque (Juventus, loan), Scott Parker (West Ham, £5m)
Outs - Peter Crouch (Stoke, £10m), Wilson Palacios, Stoke, £8m), Jamie O'Hara (Wolves, £5m), Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy £1.8m), Alan Hutton (Aston Villa, undisclosed),
Jonathan Woodgate (Stoke, free), Kyle Naughton (Norwich, loan), Steven Caulker (Swansea, loan), Bongani Khumalo (Reading, loan),
Ryan Mason (Doncaster, loan), Jonathan Obika (Yeovil, loan), David Bentley (West Ham, loan), Jermaine Jenas (Aston Villa, loan).
Best Value Signing - Souleymane Coulibaly
Should Have Signed - A centre back who isn't made of glass.
Transfer Window Rating - 8/10 - Have shifted alot of dead wood and have bought sensibly for the present and the future.
W.B.A
Ins - Shane Long (Reading, £6.5m), Zoltan Gera (Fulham, free), Marton Fulop (Ipswich, free), Gareth McAuley (Ipswich, free), Billy Jones (Preston, free),
Ben Foster (Birmingham, loan).
Outs - Scott Carson (Bursaspor, £2.1m), Ishmael Miller (Nottingham Forest £1.2m), Borja Valero (Villarreal, undisclosed), Marek Cech (Trabzonspor, undisclosed),
Abdoulaye Meite (Dijon, free), Gianni Zuiverloon (Real Mallorca, free), Giles Barnes (Doncaster, free), Dean Kiely (retired), Boaz Myhill (Birmingham, loan),
Chris Wood (Birmingham, loan), James Hurst (Blackpool, loan), Marek Cech (Trabzonspor, undisclosed), Pablo Ibanez (Birmingham, undisclosed).
Best Value Signing - Zoltan Gera
Should Have Signed - Some good defenders, the area they need most improvement, but which they seemed to ignore.
Transfer Window Rating - 6/10 - Again, shifted a number of fringe players (mostly to Birmingham), and brought in some good players, but in the wrong areas.
WIGAN
Ins - Ali Al Habsi (Bolton, £4m), Shaun Maloney (Celtic, £1m), Albert Crusat (Almeria, undisclosed), David Jones (Wolves, free), Nouha Dicko (released, free),
Patrick van Aanholt (Chelsea, loan).
Outs - Charles N'Zogbia (Aston Villa, £9.5m), Antonio Amaya (Real Betis, undisclosed), Daniel de Ridder (Grasshopper Zurich, free), Mauro Boselli (Estudiantes, loan),
Steven Caldwell (Birmingham, free), Jason Koumas (released).
Best Value Signing - Patrick Van Aanholt
Should Have Signed - A better winger replacement than Shaun Maloney.
Transfer Window Rating - 4/10 - Lost their best player and bought a lot of mediocrity.
WOLVES
Ins - Roger Johnson (Birmingham, £7m), Jamie O'Hara (Tottenham, £5m), Dorus De Vries (Swansea, free)
Outs - Greg Halford (Portsmouth, undisclosed), David Jones (Wigan, free), Geoffrey Mujangi Bia (Standard Liege, free), Marcus Hahnemann (released),
Steven Mouyokolo (Sochaux, loan),
Best Value Signing - Roger Johnson
Should Have Signed - Another defender, as well as Johnson.
Transfer Window Rating - 6/10 - Relatively inactive but Roger Johnson could be the key to improving their terrible defence.
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As an added bonus, here are the Premier League teams who I think have grabbed a bargain and who has been the victim of daylight robbery:
Top five best value Premier League transfers:
1. Yohann Cabaye - Lille to Newcastle - £4.3m
2. Zdenek Grygera - Juventus to Fulham - Free
3. Michel Vorm - Utrecht to Swansea - £1.5m
4. Souleymane Coulibaly - Siena to Tottenham - £1.7m
5. Jose Enrique - Newcastle to Liverpool - £6m
Top five worst value Premier League transfers:
1. Jordan Henderson - Sunderland to Liverpool - £16m
2. Alex Oxlade Chamberlain - Southampton to Arsenal - £12m
3. Cameron Jerome - Birmingham City to Stoke - £4m
4. Stewart Downing - Aston Villa to Liverpool - £20m
5. Peter Crouch - Tottenham to Stoke - £10m
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And, as an even sweeter bonus, here's a round up of the ten best value transfers from the rest of Europe this window:
1. Nuri Sahin - Dortmund to Real Mardid - €10m
2. Diego Forlan - Athletico Madrid to Inter Milan - €5m
3. Goran Pandev - Inter to Napoli - Loan
4. Arda Turan - Galatasaray to Athletico Madrid - €12m
5. Phillipe Mexes - Roma to Milan - Free
6. Miralem Pjanic - Lyon to Roma - €10m
7. Jeremy Toulalan - Lyon to Malaga €10m
8. Taye Taiwo - Marseille to Milan - Free
9. Pablo Piatti - Almeria to Valencia - €8m
10. Blaise Matuidi - St. Etienne to PSG - €8m
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