All 20 clubs graded: How did your team do in the transfer market?

ByEurosport

Updated 02/09/2015 at 17:34 GMT

Premier League clubs spent around £850 million this summer – but how much of it was wisely spent, and which clubs needed to dip into their pockets a bit more?

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We have given all 20 Premier League clubs a grade for their efforts over the summer.

Note: Total spend and net spend values taken from Transfermarkt

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Arsenal

Arsenal's Petr Cech in action with Liverpool's Christian Benteke

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Buying Petr Cech addressed a key weakness for Arsenal and proved Wenger can recruit at the top of the market. Sadly, he failed to take on board either of these lessons when it came to all other areas of his squad, leaving Arsenal in the preposterous position of being the only club in the top five European leagues not to sign an outfield player this summer. If only Karim Benzema had been up for it…

Ins: Petr Cech (Chelsea)

Outs: Ryo Miyaichi (St Pauli), Abou Diaby (Marseille), Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray), Carl Jenkinson (West Ham, loan), Wojciech Szczesny (Roma, loan)

Total spend: £10m

Net spend: £8m

Grade: E

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Aston Villa

Micah Richards clears the ball for Aston Villa

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Villa’s Francophile summer saw them return to Ligue 1 time and again for new recruits but the loss of Benteke to Liverpool left a hole in the squad that Tim Sherwood could not plug. Failed moves for Dimitar Berbatov and Emmanuel Adebayor leave them short of a frontline striker of palpable quality.

Ins: Jordan Amavi (Nice), Idrissa Gueye (Lille), Jordan Ayew (Lorient), Jordan Veretout (Nantes), Rudy Gestede (Blackburn), Scott Sinclair (Man City), Jose Angel Crespo (Cordoba), Micah Richards (Man City), Mark Bunn (Norwich), Matija Sarkic (Anderlecht), Joleon Lescott (West Brom), Tiago Ilori (Liverpool, loan)

Outs: Darren Bent (Derby), Andreas Weimann (Derby), Matt Lowton (Burnley), Enda Stevens (Portsmouth), Yacouba Sylla (Rennes), Antonio Luna (Eibar), Shay Given (Stoke), Fabian Delph (Manchester City), Christian Benteke (Liverpool), Joe Bennett (Bournemouth)

Total spend: £45m

Net spend: £200,000

Grade: C-

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Bournemouth

Crystal Palace's Glenn Murray celebrates scoring their second goal

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Bournemouth recruited widely and ambitiously and securing Glenn Murray on deadline day could be a key addition as they seek to build on an impressive start and stay in the top flight.

Ins: Tyrone Mings (Ipswich), Max Gradel (St Etienne), Lee Tomlin (Middlesbrough), Joshua King (Blackburn), Sylvain Distin (Everton), Artur Boruc (Southampton), Adam Federici (Reading), Christian Atsu (Chelsea, loan), Filippo Costa (Chievo), Glenn Murray (Crystal Palace), Tomas Andrade (River Plate, loan), Joe Bennett (Aston Villa)

Outs: Josh McQuoid (Luton), Mohamed Coulibaly (Racing Santander), Ryan Fraser (Ipswich, loan ), Brett Pitman (Ipswich), Ian Harte, Darryl Flavahan, Miles Addison (all released)

Total spend: £21m

Net spend: £21m

Grade: B

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Chelsea

Pedro (Chelsea) v WBA

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Oh dear. Let’s start with Pedro and acknowledge that he is a fantastic signing who makes Chelsea a more dangerous team. But reported moves for John Stones and Paul Pogba evaporated and deadline day was marked by the arrival of two defenders of dubious quality. A cry for help from Jose Mourinho with his side struggling for form? It certainly wasn’t a great look in the face of Manchester City’s transfer onslaught.

Ins: Asmir Begovic (Stoke), Nathan (Atletico Paranaense), Danilo Pantic (Partizan), Radamel Falcao (Monaco), Pedro (Barcelona), Baba Rahman (Augsburg), Kenedy (Fluminense), Papy Djilobodji (Nantes), Michael Hector (Reading)

Outs: Petr Cech (Arsenal), Mohamed Salah (Roma, loan), Didier Drogba (Montreal), Christian Atsu (Bournemouth, loan), Gael Kakuta (Sevilla), Mario Pasalic (Monaco, loan), Josh McEachran (Brentford), Tomas Kalas (Middlesbrough. loan), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid), Marco van Ginkel (Stoke, loan), Patrick Bamford (Crystal Palace, loan), Lucas Piazon (Reading, loan), Juan Cuadrado (Juventus, loan), Oriol Romeu (Southampton), Marko Marin (Trabzonspor, loan), Islam Feruz (Hibernian, loan), Michael Hector (Reading, loan)

Total spend: £59m

Net spend: £24m

Grade: D

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Crystal Palace

Yohan Cabaye celebrates scoring the third goal for Crystal Palace

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Cabaye was arguably the signing of the summer by any club as he became the poster boy for the new, or at least significantly altered, power dynamic in European football. Sako has also had a good impact and Alan Pardew can be very content with his summer’s work. Palace are an awful lot stronger than they were at the end of last season.

Ins: Yohan Cabaye (PSG), Alex McCarthy (QPR), Patrick Bamford (Chelsea, loan), Bakary Sako (Wolves), Connor Wickham (Sunderland)

Outs: Lewis Price (Sheffield Wednesday), Stephen Dobbie (Bolton), Jerome Thomas, Owen Garvan, Peter Ramage (all free), Glenn Murray (Bournemouth), Adlene Guedioura (Watford)

Total spend: £20m

Net spend: £16m

Grade: A

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Everton

John Stones and Roberto Martinez

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A solid transfer window from Everton in which their greatest success was keeping John Stones from the clutches of Chelsea. Few clubs could resist multiple big offers from Roman Abramovich and a transfer request from the player to keep hold of a young talent but Everton have bucked the trend, to their credit. Deulofeu and Cleverley look neat additions to the squad while Funes Mori is an interesting one on deadline day, costing £9.5m.

Ins: Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona), David Henen (Olympiakos), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Ramiro Funes Mori (River Plate), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham)

Outs: Antolin Alcaraz (UD Las Palmas), Sylvain Distin (Bournemouth), Luke Garbutt (Fulham)

Total spend: £15m

Net spend: £15m

Grade: B

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Leicester City

Napoli's Gokhan Inler controls the ball during their Champions League soccer match against Olympique Marseille at San Paolo stadium in Naples November 6, 2013 (Reuters)

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The Foxes made a few clever additions to the squad with Gokhan Inler a particularly eyecatching replacement for fans favourite Esteban Cambiasso. Premier League top scorer Riyad Mahrez (!) also stayed despite some wild rumours linking him with Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain.

Ins: Robert Huth (Stoke), Christian Fuchs (Schalke), Shinji Okazaki (Mainz), N’Golo Kanté (Caen), Yohan Benalouane (Atalanta), Gokhan Inler (Napoli), Nathan Dyer (Swansea)

Outs: Chris Wood (Leeds United), Esteban Cambiasso (free), Paul Gallagher (Preston), Matthew Upson (MK Dons), David Nugent (Middlesbrough)

Total spend: £27m

Net spend: £23m

Grade: B

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Liverpool

Christian Benteke celebrates his goal for Liverpool against Bournemouth

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As so often with big squad renewals of this kind, it still needs to come out in the wash. But Gomez has looked bright, Milner and Clyne are solid Premier League performers and Christian Benteke is a striker of real quality, so we have this down as a successful window, even taking into account the loss of Sterling. Firmino still has it all to prove, although he’s shown flashes of quality.

Ins: Christian Benteke (Aston Villa), Roberto Firmino (Hoffenheim), Nathaniel Clyne (Southampton), Danny Ings (Burnley), Joe Gomez (Charlton), James Milner (Manchester City), Adam Bogdan (Bolton)

Outs: Steven Gerrard (Los Angeles Galaxy), Glen Johnson (Stoke), Sebastian Coates (Sunderland), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Andre Wisdom (Norwich City, loan), Rickie Lambert (West Brom), Brad Jones (free), Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), Mario Balotelli (AC Milan, loan), Lazar Markovic (Fenerbahce, loan), Fabio Borini (Sunderland), Tiago Ilori (Aston Villa, loan)

Total spend: £78m

Net spend: £18m

Grade: B-

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Manchester City

Manchester City's Raheem Sterling

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After rightly getting stick for last season’s poor performance in the transfer market, albeit hamstrung by FFP considerations that no longer apply, City have outmanoeuvred the rest of the pack with a brilliant summer’s work. Sterling and De Bruyne could be two of the most exciting and dangerous young players in England this season and putting them either side of David Silva is a wonderful prospect. They look a team reinvigorated – and all it took was nearly £150m.

Ins: Raheem Sterling (Liverpool), Patrick Roberts (Fulham), Fabian Delph (Aston Villa), Enes Unal (Bursaspor), David Faupala (Lens), Kevin De Bruyne (Wolfsburg), Nicolas Otamendi (Valencia)

Outs: Scott Sinclair (Aston Villa), James Milner (Liverpool), Dedryck Boyata (Celtic), Angelino (New York City, loan), Micah Richards (Aston Villa), Karim Rekik (Marseille), John Guidetti (Celta Vigo), Jason Denayer (Galatasaray, loan), Stevan Jovetic (Inter Milan), Edin Dzeko (Roma), Rony Lopes (Monaco)

Total spend: £143m

Net spend: £100m

Grade: A+

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Manchester United

Manchester United's Dutch midfielder Memphis Depay (L) vies with Swansea City's English defender Kyle Naughton during the English Premier League football match between Swansea City and Manchester United at The Liberty Stadium in Swansea, south Wales on Au

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United have made some excellent signings, bringing in the young talents of Memphis, Martial, Darmian and Schneiderlin coupled with the experience of Schweinsteiger. But they managed to alienate and then fail to sell David De Gea and have left the struggling Wayne Rooney horribly exposed with only Martial as any real back-up. Another centre-back was also required and they never signed their world-beater despite trawling Europe for one so, despite spending nine figures, they are still left with real weak points in their squad. Another up and down window for Ed Woodward, to put it kindly.

Ins: Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton), Memphis Depay (PSV), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Matteo Darmian (Torino), Sergio Romero (Sampdoria), Anthony Martial (Monaco)

Outs: Tom Cleverley (Everton), Ben Amos (Bolton), Tom Thorpe (Rotherham), Saidy Janko (Celtic), Nani (Fenerbahce), Will Keane (Preston, loan), Robin van Persie (Fenerbahce), Angel Di María (Paris St-Germain), Javier Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen), Jonny Evans (West Brom), Adnan Januzaj (Borussia Dortmund, loan), Anders Lindegaard (West Brom), Rafael (Lyon), Tyler Blackett (Celtic, loan)

Total spend: £100m

Net spend: £28m

Grade: C+

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Newcastle

Newcastle United's Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic (R) reacts after receiving a red card

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Mike Ashley finally got his cheque book out to add quality to the Newcastle squad and although Mitrovic might be the most reckless player the Premier League has ever seen, Thauvin and Wijnaldum should bring quality to the Newcastle attack. They are stronger now than they were at the start of the summer.

Ins: Georginio Wijnaldum (PSV), Aleksandar Mitrovic (Anderlecht), Chancel Mbemba (Anderlecht), Ivan Toney (Northampton), Florian Thauvin (Marseille)

Outs: Jonas Gutierrez (Deportivo), Ryan Taylor (Hull), Adam Campbell (Notts County), Remie Streete (Port Vale), Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff, loan), Remy Cabella (Marseille, loan), Davide Santon (Inter), Olivier Kemen (Lyon)

Total spend: £49m

Net spend: £45m

Grade: C+

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Norwich City

Democratic Republic of Congo's Dieumerci Mbokani celebrates scoring against Ivory Coast during their semi-final soccer match of the 2015 African Cup of Nations in Bata February 4, 2015

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Prior to Monday evening, it was hard to envisage Norwich fans getting too excited about their club’s transfer dealings. That's all changed though following the arrival of Mbokani, who boasts a hugely impressive goal record. For supporters who made the weekend trip to Southampton, Cameron Jerome’s benching can’t come soon enough.

Ins: Graham Dorrans (West Brom), Youssouf Mulumbu (West Brom), Robbie Brady (Hull), Andre Wisdom (Liverpool, loan), Jake Kean (Blackburn), Dieumerci Mbokani (Dynamo Kiev, loan)

Outs: Cameron McGeehan (Luton), Mark Bunn (Aston Villa), Michael Turner (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Bradley Johnson (Derby)

Total spend: £7m

Net spend: £7m

Grade: B-

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Southampton

Celtic's Virgil van Dijk looks dejected after conceding at Malmo

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Typical Southampton: selling their best players for a tidy sum, then recruiting new stars on the cheap. Cedric and Romeu have been among Saints’ star performers, filling the space vacated by Clyne and Schneiderlin respectively, while deadline day signing Van Dijk was the final addition they so desperately needed after Toby Alderwierald’s exit in defence. But their biggest deal of the summer? Keeping Victor Wanyama. His head might not be right at the moment, but expect him to be back destructing play after the international break.

Ins: Jordy Clasie (Feyenoord), Juanmi (Malaga), Cedric Soares (Sporting), Cuco Martina (Twente), Maarten Stekelenburg (Fulham, loan), Steven Caulker (QPR, loan), Oriol Romeu (Chelsea), Virgil van Dijk (Celtic)

Outs: Artur Boruc (Bournemouth), Jos Hooiveld (AIK), Cody Cropper (MK Dons), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Dani Osvaldo (Porto), Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United)

Total spend: £34m

Net spend: £2m

Grade: B

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Stoke City

Stoke's Xherdan Shaqiri warms up before the match

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Be honest… Hands up who genuinely thought Stoke could pull off the Shaqiri deal? Not even the Swiss international has his arm raised. Here was a man with Champions League and World Cup pedigree, and yet Mark Hughes made it happen. Chuck in Wollscheid, Van Ginkel and Afellay and it’s hard to foresee how it could have gone any better for Stoke. Even the loss of Begovic hasn’t unsettled them, with Jack Butland stepping up as a more than capable replacement.

Ins: Joselu (Hannover), Philipp Wollscheid (Bayer Leverkusen), Marco van Ginkel (Chelsea, loan), Shay Given (Aston Villa), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Jakob Haugaard (FC Midtylland), Moha El Ouriachi (Barcelona), Ibrahim Afellay (Barcelona), Xherdan Shaqiri (Inter), Sergio Molina (Real Madrid)

Outs: Steven Nzonzi (Sevilla), Asmir Begovic (Chelsea), Thomas Sorensen, Wilson Palacios, Andy Wilkinson (all free)

Total spend: £21m

Net spend: £3m

Grade: A+

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Sunderland

Sunderland's Younes Kaboul lies on the floor in pain

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A real mixed bag. M’Vila and Lens have already been on target for Sunderland, but Kaboul looks a liability in defence. Much may hinge on Borini having a successful second spell at the Stadium of Light.

Ins: Jeremain Lens (Dynamo Kiev), Younes Kaboul (Tottenham), Sebastian Coates (Liverpool), Adam Matthews (Celtic), Yann M’Vila (Rubin Kazan), Ola Toivonen (Rennes, loan), Fabio Borini (Liverpool), DeAndre Yedlin (Tottenham)

Outs: El-Hadji Ba (Charlton), Santiago Vergini (Getafe, loan), Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace), Emmanuele Giaccherini (Bologna, loan)

Total spend: £32m

Net spend: £25m

Grade: C

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Swansea City

Bafetimbi Gomis celebrates with Andre Ayew after scoring the second goal for Swansea against Manchester United

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How do Swansea keep on improving season after season? This year’s sensation is Ayew, who already has three Premier League goals and an early contender for assist of the season against Manchester United. The other additions are more unknown, although Eder could prove useful in attack. They're stronger than last season and could threaten the top six.

Ins: Eder (Braga), Franck Tabanou (St-Etienne), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Heerenveen), Oliver McBurnie (Bradford City), Andre Ayew (Marseille)

Outs: David Cornell (Oldham), Jazz Richards (Fulham), Alan Tate, Gerhard Tremmel (free), Nathan Dyer (Leicester, loan)

Total spend: £9m

Net spend: £8.5m

Grade: B+

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Tottenham

Tottenham's new signings Kieran Trippier, Dele Alli, Clinton Njie, Toby Alderweireld and Kevin Wimmer pose for photographers before the game

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Has something happened to Daniel Levy? Spurs were ominously quiet on Deadline Day, secretly hoping Saido Berahino would pull a Peter Odemwingie and drive down to London. He didn’t, leaving them hopelessly short in attack and Alderweireld as their only addition of real quality. One cause for celebration, however, is that they kept hold of Hugo Lloris, Christian Eriksen and Harry Kane. Still, the conclusion is a bleak one.

Ins: Toby Alderweireld (Atletico Madrid), Kevin Wimmer (Cologne), Kieran Trippier (Burnley), Clinton N’Jie (Lyon), Son Heung-min (Bayer Leverkusen)

Outs: Jordan Archer (Millwall), Cristian Ceballos (Charlton), Bongani Khumalo (Supersport United), Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande), Lewis Holtby (Hamburg), Etienne Capoue (Watford), Younes Kaboul (Sunderland), Benjamin Stambouli (Paris St-Germain), Vlad Chiriches (Napoli), Roberto Soldado (Villarreal), DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland), Aaron Lennon (Everton)

Total spend: £50m

Net spend: £15m

Grade: D+

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Watford

Watford's Etienne Capoue heads over against Southampton

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There’s a real unknown quality about Watford this season. Tipped to go down by many, they’ve made plenty of acquisitions who have been thrust straight into the starting XI. Capoue, Behrami, Holebas and Prodl have helped add early steel to the Hornets, but the long-term performance of this bunch is unclear. Should steer well clear of Derby's worst points haul (11).

Ins: Etienne Capoue (Tottenham), Valon Behrami (Hamburg), Jose Holebas (Roma), Matej Vydra (Udinese), Allan Nyom (Granada), Miguel Britos (Napoli), Jose Manuel Jurado (Spartak Moscow) Sebastian Prodl (Werder Bremen), Giedrius Arlauskis (Steaua Bucharest), Steven Berghuis (Alkmaar), Nathan Ake (Chelsea, loan), Alessandro Diamanti (Guangzhou Evergrande, loan), Obbi Oulare (Club Brugge, undisclosed), Adlene Guedioura (Crystal Palace)

Outs: Jonathan Bond (Reading), Lewis McGugan (Sheffield Wednesday), Diego Fabbrini (Middlesbrough, loan), Juanfran (Deportivo, loan), Daniel Pudil (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday), Matej Vydra (Reading, loan)

Total spend: £21m

Net spend: £18m

Grade: B

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West Brom

West Brom's Saido Berahino looks dejected after missing a chance to score against Watford

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Good news: they kept Saido Berahino. Bad news: he’s refusing to play for them again. Elsewhere, Rondon has sped up John Terry's retirement plans, while Evans and Chester are strong rearguard enforcements. If Berahino stops sulking, they should push for a top half finish.

Ins: James McClean (Wigan), James Chester (Hull), Rickie Lambert (Liverpool), Serge Gnabry (Arsenal, loan) Salomon Rondon (Zenit), Jonny Evans (Manchester United), Anders Lindegaard (Manchester United)

Outs: Graham Dorrans (West Brom), Alex Jones (Birmingham), Kemar Roofe (Oxford City), Youssouf Mulumbu (Norwich), Chris Baird (Derby), Brown Ideye (Olympiacos), Joleon Lescott (Aston Villa)

Total spend: £30m

Net spend: £26m

Grade: B-

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West Ham

Dimitri Payet of West Ham United in action with Cian Bolger of Southend United

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The arrival of Payet has proved a masterstroke, with his assist-o-meter already up-and-running at Upton Park. Song has returned to provide protection in front of the back four, while Moses could prove a brilliant addition on the flank after impressing for Chelsea in pre-season.

Ins: Dimitri Payet (Marseille), Angelo Ogbonna (Juventus), Pedro Obiang (Sampdoria), Darren Randolph (Birmingham), Carl Jenkinson (Arsenal, loan), Manuel Lanzini (Al-Jazira, loan), Alex Song (Barcelona, loan), Victor Moses (Chelsea, loan), Nikica Jelavic (Hull), Michael Antonio (Nottingham Forest)

Outs: Dan Potts (Luton), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Diego Poyet (MK Dons, loan), Modibo Maiga (Al Nassr)

Total spend: £26m

Net spend: £20m

Grade: B+

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