Premier League New Season Guide

Below are a summary of the pre-season transfer as at 11 August 2009.

ARSENAL

Transfer in – Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax ( £11m).
Last season position – 4th

ASTON VILLA

Transfer in – Stewart Downing from Middlesbrough (£12m), Courtney Cameron from Northampton (undisclosed/U),  Fabian Delph from Leeds United (U), Habib Beye from Newcastle (U).
Last season position – 6th

BIRMINGHAM

Transfer in – Christian Benitez from Santos Laguna (£7.8m), Roger Johnson from Cardiff City (£5m), Scott Dann from Coventry City (£2.5m), Barry Ferguson from Rangers (£1.5m), Giovanny Espinoza from Barcelona (U), Joe Hart from Manchester City (loan) and Lee Bowyer from West Ham (free transfer).
Last season position – 2nd (Championship league)

BLACKBURN

Transfer in – Nikos Giannakopoulos from Asteras Tripolis (£52,000), Steven N’Zonzi from Amiens SC (U), Gael Givet from Marseille (U), Elrio Van Heerden from Bruges (free), Franco di Santo from Chelsea (loan)
Last season position – 15th

BOLTON

Transfer in – Zat Knight from Aston Villa (U), Sam Ricketts from Hull (U), Paul Robinson from West Bromwich (loan), Sean Davis from Portsmouth (free)
Last season position – 13th

BURNLEY

Transfer in – Steven Fletcher from Hibs (£3m), Tyrone Mears from Derby (£500,000), Brian Easton from Hamilton (£350,000), David Edgar from Newcastle (free0, Richard Eckersley from Man Utd (tribunal), Fernando Guerrero from Independiente (loan).
Last season position – 3rd (Championship League)

CHELSEA

Transfer in – Yuri Zhirkov from CSKA Mascow (£18m), Daniel Sturridge from Man City (U), Ross Turnbull from Middlesbrough (free)
Last season position – 3rd

EVERTON

Transfer in – Anton Peterlin from Ventura County Fusion (U), Luke Garbutt from Leds (U), Jo from Man City (loan), Shkodran Mustafi from Hamburg (free)
Last season position – 5th

FULHAM

Transfer in – Bjorn Helge Riise from Lillestrom (U), Stephen Kelly from Birmingham (free)
Last season position – 7th

HULL CITY

Transfer in – Steven Mouyokolo from Boulogne (£2m), Seyi Olofinjana from Stoke (£3m), Jozy Altidore from Villarreal (loan)
Last season position – 17th

LIVERPOOL

Transfer in – Glen Johnson from Portsmouth (£17.5m), Aaron King from Rushden & Diamonds (U), Chris Mavinga from Paris St Germain (U), Alberto Aguilani from Roma (£20m)
Last season position – 2nd

MANCHESTER CITY

Transfer in – Carlos Tevez (£25m), Roque Santa Cruz from Blackburn (£17m), Kolo Toure from Arsenal (£16m), Gareth Barry from Aston Villa (£12m), Emmanuel Adebayor from Arsenal (U), Loris Karius from Stuttgart (free), Nils Zander from Schalke 04 (free), Stuart Taylor from Aston Villa (free)
Last season position – 10th

MANCHESTER UNITED

Transfer in – Antonio Valencia from Wigan (£17m), Gariel Obertan from Bordeaux (£3m), Sean McGinty from Charlton (U), Michael Owen (free), Jean-Pierre Louvel from Le Havre (U), Mame Biram Diouf from Molde (U)
Last season position – 1st

PORTSMOUTH

Transfer in – Aaron Mokoena from Blackburn Rovers (free), Steve Finnan from Espanyol (free), Frederic Piquionne from Lyon (loan), Antti Niemi (free)
Last season position – 14th

STOCK CITY

Transfer in – Dean Whitehead from Sunderland (£3m), Matthew Lund (free), Ben Marshall (free)
Last season position – 12th

SUNDERLAND

Transfer in – Lorik Cana from Marseille (£5m), Fraizer Campbell from Man Utd (£3.5m), Paulo da Silva from Toulca (U), Darren Bent from Spurs (£10m)
Last season position – 16th

TOTTENHAM

Transfer in – Peter Crouch from Portsmouth (U), Kyle Naughton and Kyle Walker from Sheffield United (U), Sebastien Bassong from Newcastle (£9m)
Last season position – 8th

WEST HAM UNITED

Transfer in – Fabio Daprela from Grssshopper Club Zurich (U), Peter Kurucz from Ujpest FC (U), Jack Lampe from Harlow Town (U), Herita Llunga from Toulouse (U), Frank Nouble from Chelsea (U), Luis Jimenez from Inter Milan (loan)
Last season position – 9th

WIGAN ATHLETIC

Transfer in – Jason Scotland from Swansea (£2m), Jordi Gomez from Swansea (£1.75m), Hendry Thomas from Deportivo Olimpia (U), James McCarthy from Hamilton (U), Scott Sinclair from Chelsea (loan), Roman Golobart from Espanyol (free), Abian Serano from Las Palmas (free)
Last season position – 11th

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

Transfer in – Kevin Doyle from Reading (£6.5m), Greg Halford from Sunderland (£2m), Ronald Zubar from Marseille (£2m), Andrew Surman from Southampton (£1.2m),  Nenad Milijas from Red Star Belgrade (U), Marcus Hahnemann from Reading (free)
Last season position – 1st (Championship league)

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