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Barclays Premier League points table 03/09/2012

Summer transfers in English Premier League and Most Expensive players

Summer transfers in English Premier League

€ 43m

Arsenal

Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla from Malaga for a fee of 19m; French forward Olivier Giroud from Montpellier for a fee of 12m; German forward Lukas Podolski from Koln for a fee of 12m.

€ 25.6m

Aston Villa

Defender Ashley Westwood from Crewe for a fee of 2.5m; Belgian forward Christian Benteke from Genk for a fee of 8.8m; Forward Jordan Bowery from Chesterfield for a fee of 0.7m; Defender Joe Bennett from Middlesbrough for a fee of 3.2m; Dutch defender Ron Vlaar from Feyenoord for a fee of 3.8m; Defender Matthew Lowton from Sheffield United for a fee of 3.8m; Moroccan midfielder Karim El Ahmadi from Feyenoord for a fee of 2.8m; Australian forward Brett Holman on a free transfer from AZ Alkmaar.

€ 97.7m

Chelsea

Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta from Marseille for a fee of 8.8m; Nigerian forward Victor Moses from Wigan for a fee of 8.9m; Brazilian midfielder Oscar from Internacional for a fee of 32m; Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard from Lille for a fee of 40m; German midfielder Marko Marin from Werder Bremen for a fee of 8m.

€ 13.5m

Everton

Costa Rican defender Bryan Oviedo from Kobenhavn; Scottish forward Matthew Kennedy from Kilmarnock; Belgian forward Kevin Mirallas from Olympiakos for a fee of 7.7m; South African midfielder Steven Pienaar from Tottenham for a fee of 5.8m; Scottish forward Steven Naismith on a free transfer from Glasgow Rangers.

€ 7.5m

Fulham

Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov from Manchester United for a fee of 5m; Midfielder Kieran Richardson from Sunderland for a fee of 2.5m; Colombian forward Hugo Rodallega on a free transfer from Wigan; German defender Sascha Riether on loan from Koln; Croatian forward Mladen Petric on a free transfer from Hamburger.

€ 37.6m

Liverpool

German forward Samed Yesil from Bayer Leverkusen for a fee of 1.3m; Turkish midfielder Nuri Sahin on loan from Real Madrid; Moroccan midfielder Oussama Assaidi from Heerenveen for a fee of 4m; Welsh midfielder Joe Allen from Swansea for a fee of 19m; Italian forward Fabio Borini from Roma for a fee of 13.3m.

€ 44m

Manchester City

Brazilian defender Maicon from Inter Milan for a fee of 6m; Serbian defender Matija Nastasic from Fiorentina for a fee of 15.2m; Forward Scott Sinclair from Swansea for a fee of 7.8m; Goalkeeper Richard Wright on a free transfer from Preston; Midfielder Jack Rodwell from Everton for a fee of 15m.

€ 63.7m

Manchester United

Chilean forward Angelo Henriquez from Universidad Chile for a fee of 4.5m; Dutch defender Alexander Buttner from Vitesse for a fee of 5m; Dutch forward Robin van Persie from Arsenal for a fee of 30.7m; Midfielder Nick Powell from Crewe for a fee of 7.5m; Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa from Borussia Dortmund for a fee of 16m.

€ 10.4m

Newcastle

Dutch midfielder Vurnon Anita from Ajax for a fee of 8.5m; Australian defender Curtis Good from Melbourne Heart for a fee of 0.6m; Congolese midfielder Gael Bigirimana from Coventry for a fee of 1.3m; French midfielder Romain Amalfitano on a free transfer from Reims.

€ 10.9m

Norwich City

Goalkeeper Mark Bunn from Blackburn for a fee of 1.3m; Norwegian midfielder Alexander Tettey from Rennes for a fee of 1.5m; Cameroonian defender Sebastien Bassong from Tottenham for a fee of 3m; Spanish defender Javier Garrido on loan from Lazio; Defender Michael Turner from Sunderland for a fee of 1.9m; Scottish midfielder Robert Snodgrass from Leeds for a fee of 3.2m; Midfielder Jacob Butterfield on a free transfer from Barnsley; Scottish defender Steven Whittaker on a free transfer from Glasgow Rangers.

€ 21.1m

QPR

Spanish midfielder Esteban Granero from Real Madrid for a fee of 8m; Cameroonian defender Stephane Mbia from Marseille for a fee of 6m; Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar on a free transfer from Inter Milan; Portuguese defender Jose Bosingwa on a free transfer from Chelsea; Canadian midfielder Junior Hoilett on a free transfer from Blackburn; South Korean midfielder Ji-Sung Park from Manchester United for a fee of 3.1m; Brazilian defender Fabio on loan from Manchester United; Goalkeeper Robert Green on a free transfer from West Ham; Forward Andy Johnson on a free transfer from Fulham; New Zealand defender Ryan Nelsen on a free transfer from Tottenham; Malian midfielder Samba Diakite from Nancy for a fee of 4m.

€ 6.8m

Reading

Goalkeeper Stuart Taylor on a free transfer from Manchester City; Wales defender Chris Gunter from Nottingham Forest for a fee of 3m; Jamaican defender Adrian Mariappa from Watford for a fee of 3.8m; Defender Nicky Shorey on a free transfer from West Brom; Irish defender Pierce Sweeney from Bray Wanderers; Midfielder Garath McCleary on a free transfer from Nottingham Forest; Midfielder Danny Guthrie from Newcastle United; Russian forward Pavel Pogrebnyak from Stuttgart.

€ 37.8m

Southampton

Uruguayan forward Gaston Ramirez from Bologna for a fee of 15.2m; Zambian forward Emmanuel Mayuka from Young Boys Bern for a fee of 4m; Japanese defender Maya Yoshida from Venlo for a fee of 2.5m; Argentinean goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga from Gillingham for a fee of 3.2m; Defender Nathaniel Clyne from Crystal Palace for a fee of 3.2m; North Ireland midfielder Steven Davis from Glasgow Rangers for a fee of 1m; Forward Jay Rodriguez from Burnley for a fee of 8.7m.

€ 12.6m

Stoke City

Scottish midfielder Charlie Adam from Liverpool for a fee of 6.2m; American midfielder Maurice Edu from Glasgow Rangers for a fee of 0.7m; American defender Geoff Cameron from Houston Dynamo for a fee of 2.2m; Midfielder Michael Kightly from Wolverhampton for a fee of 3.5m; Scottish midfielder Jamie Ness from Glasgow Rangers.

€ 27.8m

Sunderland

Midfielder Danny Rose on loan from Tottenham Hotspur; Midfielder Adam Johnson from Manchester City for a fee of 12.6m; Scottish forward Steven Fletcher from Wolverhampton for a fee of 15.2m; French forward Louis Saha on a free transfer from Tottenham; Spanish defender Carlos Cuellar on a free transfer from Aston Villa.

€ 20.4m

Swansea City

Spanish midfielder Pablo Hernandez from Valencia for a fee of 7m; South Korean midfielder Sung-Yong Ki from Celtic Glasgow for a fee of 7m; Forward Jamie Proctor from Preston; Defender Kyle Bartley from Arsenal for a fee of 1.3m; Israeli forward Itay Shechter on loan from Kaiserslautern; Spanish midfielder Michu from Rayo Vallecano for a fee of 2.6m; Spanish defender Chico from Genoa for a fee of 2.5m; Canadian midfielder Jonathan de Guzman on loan from Villarreal.

€ 65.4m

Tottenham

American forward Clint Dempsey from Fulham for a fee of 7.5m; French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris from Lyon for a fee of 10m; Belgian midfielder Moussa Dembele from Fulham for a fee of 19m; Togolese forward Emmanuel Adebayor (permanent signing) from Manchester City for a fee of 6.4m; Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen from Ajax Amsterdam for a fee of 12.5m; Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson from Hoffenheim for a fee of 10m.

€ 5m

West Brom

Macedonian defender Goran Popov on loan from Dynamo Kyiv; Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku on loan from Chelsea; Swedish forward Markus Rosenberg on a free transfer from Werder Bremen; Argentinean midfielder Claudio Yacob on a free transfer from Racing Avellaneda; Belgian forward Yassine El Ghanassy on loan from Gent; Goalkeeper Ben Foster (permanent signing) from Birmingham for a fee of 5m.

€ 22m

West Ham

Forward Andy Carroll on loan from Liverpool; Midfielder Matt Jarvis from Wolverhampton for a fee of 9.5m; French midfielder Alou Diarra from Marseille for a fee of 2.5m; Welsh defender James Collins from Aston Villa for a fee of 3.2m; Swiss goalkeeper Raphael Spiegel from Grasshoppers; Malian forward Modibo Maiga from Sochaux for a fee of 6m; North Ireland defender George McCartney (permanent signing) from Sunderland; Finnish goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen on a free transfer from Bolton; Senegalese midfielder Mohamed Diame on a free transfer from Wigan; Irish goalkeeper Stephen Henderson from Portsmouth for a fee of 0.8m.

€ 10.2m

Wigan

Ivory Coast forward Arouna Kone from Levante for a fee of 3.5m; Japanese midfielder Ryo Miyaichi on loan from Arsenal; Spanish defender Ivan Ramis from Mallorca for a fee of 6m; Scottish midfielder Fraser Fyvie from Aberdeen for a fee of 0.7m.

The most expensive transfers

date	player	to	from	m€
Jun 12	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	Lille	40
Jul 12	Oscar	Chelsea	Internacional	32
Aug 12	Robin-van Persie	Manchester United	Arsenal	30.7
Aug 12	Moussa Dembele	Tottenham	Fulham	19
Aug 12	Joe Allen	Liverpool	Swansea	19

UEFA Champions League 2012/13 Fixtures and groups

Group A
Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Paris Saint Germain, Dinamo Zagreb

 Playing on Sept. 18
 Group A
 Dinamo Zagreb v Porto
 Paris St Germain v Dynamo Kiev
 Group B
  Montpellier HSC v Arsenal
  Olympiakos Piraeus V Schalke 04
  Group C
  Malaga v Zenit St Petersburg  
  AC Milan v Anderlecht
  Group D
  Borussia Dortmund v Ajax Amsterdam
  Real Madrid v Manchester City
    
Sept. 19
Group E
Shakhtar Donetsk v Nordsjaelland
Chelsea v Juventus
Group F
Lille v BATE Borisov
Bayern Munich v Valencia
Group G
Barcelona v Spartak Moscow 
Celtic v Benfica
Group H
Manchester United v Galatasaray                
Group B

Arsenal, Schalke, Olympiakos, Montpellier
Braga v CFR Cluj
  

Playing on Oct. 2
Group E
Juventus v Shakhtar Donetsk
Nordsjaelland v Chelsea
Group F
Valencia v Lille
BATE Borisov v  Bayern Munich
Group G
Benfica v Barcelona
Spartak Moscow v Celtic
Group H
CFR Cluj V Manchester United
Galatasaray v Braga
    
Oct. 3
Group A
Dynamo Kiev v Dinamo Zagreb                      
Group C

AC Milan, Zenit St Petersburg, Anderlecht, Malaga
Porto v Paris St Germain
Group B
Schalke 04 v Montpellier HSC
Arsenal v Olympiakos Piraeus
Group C
Anderlecht v Malaga
Zenit St Petersburg v AC Milan
Group D
Man City v Borussia Dortmund
Ajax Amsterdam V Real Madrid

Playing on Oct. 23
Group E
Nordsjaelland v Juventus
Shakhtar Donetsk v Chelsea
Group F
BATE Borisov v Valencia
Lille v Bayern Munich
Group G
Spartak Moscow v Benfica
Barcelona v Celtic
Group H
Galatasaray v CFR Cluj
Manchester United v Braga
   
Oct. 24
Group A
Porto v Dynamo Kiev
Dinamo Zagreb v Paris St Germain           
Group D
Real Madrid, Manchester City, Ajax Amsterdam,Borussia Dortmund 
Group B
Arsenal v Schalke 04
Montpellier HSC v Olympiakos 
Group C
Zenit St Petersburg v Anderlecht
Malaga v AC Milan
Group D
Ajax Amsterdam v Man City
Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid

    
Playing on Nov. 6
Group A
Dynamo Kiev v Porto
Paris St Germain v Dinamo ZagreGroup B
Schalke 04 v Arsenal
Olympiakos Piraeus v Montpellier
Group C
Anderlecht v Zenit St Petersburg 
AC Milan v Malaga
Group D
Man City v Ajax Amsterdam 
Real Madrid v Dortmund 
    
Nov. 7
Group E
Juventus v Nordsjaelland
Chelsea v Shakhtar Donetsk                      
Group E

Chelsea, Shakthar Donetsk, Juventus, FC Nordsjaelland
Group F
Valencia v BATE Borisov
Bayern Munich v Lille
Group G
Benfica v Spartak Moscow
Celtic v Barcelona
Group H
CFR Cluj v Galatasaray
Braga v Manchester United

Playing on Nov. 20
Group E
Nordsjaelland v Shakhtar Donetsk
Juventus v Chelsea
Group F
BATE Borisov v Lille 
Valencia v Bayern Munich
Group G
Spartak Moscow v Barcelona
Benfica v Celtic
Group H
Galatasaray v Manchester Utd
CFR Cluj v Braga                                             
Group F
Bayern Munich, Valencia, Lille, BATE Borisov
  
Nov. 21
Group A
Porto v Dinamo Zagreb
Dynamo Kiev v Paris St Germain
Group B
Arsenal v Montpellier HSC 
Schalke 04 v Olympiakos 
Group C
Zenit St Petersburg v Malaga
Anderlecht v AC Milan
Group D
Ajax Amsterdam v Dortmund
Manchester City v Real Madrid

Playing on Dec. 4
Group A
Dinamo Zagreb v Dynamo Kiev 
Paris St Germain v Porto                                     
Group G
Barcelona, Benfica, Spartak Moscow, Celtic
Group B
Montpellier HSC v Schalke 04
Olympiakos Piraeus v Arsenal
Group C
Malaga v Anderlecht
AC Milan v Zenit St Petersburg 
Group D
Borussia Dortmund v Man City
Real Madrid v Ajax Amsterdam
    
Dec. 5
Group E
Shakhtar Donetsk v Juventus
Chelsea v Nordsjaelland
Group F
Lille v Valencia
Bayern Munich v BATE Borisov
Group G
Barcelona v Benfica
Celtic v Spartak Moscow 
Group H
Manchester United v CFR Cluj
Braga v Galatasaray
Group H
Manchester Utd, Braga, Galatasaray, CFR Cluj

The shopping list of EPL clubs!!!!!

It is one of the most eventful transfer windows this season and with less than 72 hours more for the close of the transfer window the buying and selling still goes on. Here are list of players that each club will be targeting the next few days.

Arsenal

Positions they need to strong-  

A striker, midfielder and possibly a defender.

Transfer targets-

Jesus Navas (Sevilla)

Ibrahim Afellay (Barcelona) (On-loan)

Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle)

Yann M'villa (Rennes)

Aston Villa

Positions they need to strong-  

At least one center-back, a midfielder and another striker

Transfer targets-

Christian Benteke (Aston Villa)

Aaron Cresswell (Ipswich)

Chelsea

Positions they need to strong-  

A Striker

Transfer targets-

Andre Schurrle (Bayer Leverkusen)

Hulk (Porto)

Falcao (Atletico Madrid)

Everton

Positions they need to strong-  

Another striker, another midfielder

Transfer targets- 

Charlie Adam (Liverpool)

Kevin Doyle (Wolves)

Liverpool

Positions they need to strong-  

At least one more goal-getter & a defender if Manchester City follow up their interest in Daniel Agger

Transfer targets- 

Clint Dempsey (Fulham)

Ashley Williams (Swansea)

Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea)

 Manchester United

Positions they need to strong-  

A defensive Midfielder

Transfer targets- 

Cheick Tiote (Newcastle United)

Manchester City

Positions they need to strong-  

Another Center half, Striker and possibly a midfielder

Transfer targets- 

Javi Martinez (Athletic Bilbao)

Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao)

Daniele De Rossi (Roma)

Leandro Damiao (Internacional)

Daniel Agger (Liverpool)

Newcastle United

Positions they need to strong-  

Another Striker and a Center half.

Transfer targets- 

Andy Carroll (Liverpool)

Douglas (FC Twente)

Tottenham 

Positions they need to strong-  

Winger and a striker

Transfer targets- 

Moussa Dembele (Fulham)

Falcao (Athletic Bilbao)

Damiao (Internacional)

Moutinho (Porto)

Yann M'Villa (Rennes)

Willian (Shakthar)

Hugo Loris (Lyon)

Barclays Premier League points table 22/08/2012