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How The Champ Shaped Up In The Summer Of 2017

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End of deadline day and all the deals (and any that followed late) have been announced, so how did sides shape up against their Championship opponents over the summer.

Plenty of sides had a few outgoings as the month progressed, and whilst some were active ahead of deadline day on the incoming front – things certainly kicked into gear in the final few days as would’ve been expected and happens every year now.

As an aside – I’m not adding fees and all that malarky with so many deals undisclosed – I’m not that conscientious! Suffice to say for this season deals broke the billion mark again over the summer across all divisions and fees are only going in one direction.

Source correct as of middayish yesterday but I’m not aware of any deals still awaiting approval.

Aston Villa:

In

John Terry – Chelsea (free), Ahmed Elmohamady – Hull (undisclosed), Chris Samba – Free agent (free), Glenn Whelan – Stoke (£1.5m), Sam Johnstone – Manchester United (loan), Josh Onomah – Tottenham (loan), Robert Snodgrass – West Ham (loan).

Out

Libor Kozak (released), Niall Mason – Doncaster (undisclosed), Carlos Sanchez Moreno – Fiorentina (£3m), Jordan Veretout – Fiorentina (£7m), Nathan Baker – Bristol City (undisclosed), Leandro Bacuna – Reading (undisclosed), Pierluigi Gollini – Atalanta (loan), Carles Gil – Deportivo La Coruna (loan), Aaron Tshibola – MK Dons (loan), Jordan Amavi – Marseille (loan), Gary Gardner – Barnsley (loan), Kevin Toner – Stevenage (loan), Matija Sarkic – Wigan (loan).

Barnsley:

In

Zeki Fryers – Crystal Palace (free), Liam Lindsay – Partick Thistle (undisclosed), Stevie Mallan – St Mirren (£200k), Jason McCarthy – Southampton (£200k), Cameron McGeehan – Luton (undisclosed), Ethan Pinnock – Forest Green (undisclosed), Ben Williams – Blackburn (free), Lloyd Isgrove – (free), Brad Potts – Blackpool (undisclosed), Matty Pearson – Accrington (undisclosed), Mamadou Thiam – Dijon (undisclosed), Dimitri Kevin Cavare – Rennes (undisclosed), Ike Ugbo – Chelsea (loan), Joe Williams – Everton (loan), Harvey Barnes – Leicester (loan), Gary Gardner – Aston Villa (loan), Oli McBurnie – Swansea (loan).

Out

Marc Roberts – Birmingham (undisclosed), Josh Scowen – QPR (released), Marley Watkins – Norwich (released), Cole Kpekawa – Colchester (undisclosed), Kayden Jackson – Accrington (undisclosed), Sessi D’Almeida – Blackpool (undisclosed), Stefan Payne – Shrewsbury (undisclosed), Alex Mowatt – Oxford (loan).

Birmingham:

In

Craig Gardner – West Brom (undisclosed), Marc Roberts – Barnsley (undisclosed), David Stockdale – Brighton (free), Cheikh Ndoye – Angers (free), Isaac Vassell – Luton (undisclosed), Harlee Dean – Brentford (undisclosed), Jason Lowe – Blackburn (free), Cohen Bramall – Arsenal (loan), Sam Gallagher – Southampton (loan), Carl Jenkinson – Arsenal (loan), Jeremie Boga – Chelsea (loan), Jota – Brentford (undisclosed), Maxime Colin – Brentford (undisclosed), Liam Walsh – Everton (loan).

Out

Kerim Frei – Istanbul Basaksehir (undisclosed), Adam Legzdins – Burnley (undisclosed), Ryan Shotton – Middlesbrough (undisclosed), Greg Stewart – Aberdeen (loan), Andrew Shinnie – Luton (loan), Viv Solomon-Otabor – Blackpool (loan), Diego Fabbrini – Real Oviedo (loan), Dan Scarr – Wycombe (loan), Clayton Donaldson – Sheffield United (loan), Maikel Kieftenbeld – Derby (undisclosed).

Bolton:

In

Will Buckley – Sunderland (free), Adam Le Fondre – Cardiff (free), Mark Little – Bristol City (free), Andrew Taylor – Wigan (free), Stephen Darby – Bradford (free), Sammy Ameobi – Newcastle (free), Aaron Wilbraham – Bristol City (undisclosed), Adam Armstrong – Newcastle (loan), Reece Burke – West Ham (loan), Josh Cullen – West Ham (loan), Antonee Robinson – Everton (loan), Craig Noone – Cardiff (undisclosed).

Out

Conor Wilkinson – Gillingham (undisclosed), Jamie Proctor – Rotherham (undisclosed), Max Clayton – Blackpool (released), Will Jaaskelainen – Crewe (released), Dean Moxey – Exeter (released), George Newell – Motherwell (released), Liam Trotter – AFC Wimbledon (released), Lawrie Wilson – Port Vale (released), Alex Samizadeh – Kilmarnock (free), Sam Lavelle – Morecambe (free).

Brentford:

In

Theo Archibald – Celtic (undisclosed), Ali Coote – Dundee (undisclosed), Henrik Dalsgaard – Zulte Waregem (undisclosed), Luke Daniels – Scunthorpe (free), Marcus Forss – West Brom (free), Kamohelo Mokotjo – Twente (undisclosed), Neal Maupay – St Etienne (undisclosed), Ollie Watkins – Exeter (undisclosed), Mads Bech Sorensen – AC Horsens (undisclosed), Emiliano Marcondes – FC Nordsjaellend (free), Nikolaj Kirk – FC Midtjylland (loan).

Out

James Ferry – Stevenage (undisclosed), Akaki Gogia – Dynamo Dresden (undisclosed), Philipp Hofmann – Greuther Furth (undisclosed), Domic Kurasik – Colchester (released), Kyjuon Marsh-Brown – Bedford (released), Alan McCormack – Luton (released), Marc Rio – UA Horta (released), Harlee Dean – Birmingham (undisclosed), Jack Bonham – Carlisle (loan), Konstantin Kerschbaumer – Arminia Bielefeld (loan), Tom Field – Bradford City (loan), Reece Cole – Newport (loan), Manny Onariase – Rotherham (undisclosed), Jota – Birmingham (undisclosed), Maxime Colin – Birmingham (undisclosed).

Bristol City:

In

Famara Diedhiou – Angers (£5.3m), Eros Pisano – Hellas Verona (free), Nathan Baker – Aston Villa (undisclosed), Niclas Eliasson – IFK Norrkoping (£1.8m), Cauley Woodrow – Fulham (loan), Jonathan Leko – West Brom (loan), Tyreeq Bakinson – Luton (undisclosed), Rory Holden – Derry (undisclosed), Luke Steele – Panathinaikos (free).

Out

Mark Little – Bolton (released), Lee Tomlin – Cardiff (undisclosed), Aaron Wilbraham – Bolton (undisclosed), Shaun McCoulsky – Newport (loan), Gustav Engvall – Djurgardens (loan), Diego De Girolamo – Chesterfield (loan), Scott Golbourne – MK Dons (loan).

Burton:

In

Liam Boyce – Ross County (undisclosed), Jake Buxton – Wigan (free), Matty Lund – Rochdale (free), Stephen Warnock – Wigan (free), Hope Akpan – Blackburn (free), Luke Murphy – Leeds (loan), Connor Ripley – Middlesbrough (loan), Sean Scannell – Huddersfield (loan), Joe Mason – Wolves (loan), John Brayford – Sheffield United (free), Will Miller – Burton (loan).

Out

Phil Edwards – Bury (released), Sam Hornby – Port Vale (free), Callum Reilly – Bury (released), John Mousinho – Oxford (loan), Jackson Irvine – Hull (undisclosed), Marcus Harness – Port Vale (loan), Damien McCrory – Portsmouth (loan).

Cardiff:

In

Lee Camp – Rotherham (free), Neil Etheridge – Walsall (free), Nat Mendez-Laing – Rochdale (free), Callum Paterson – Hearts (£400k), Danny Ward – Rotherham (£1.6m), Loic Damour – Borg-Peronnas (free), Lee Tomlin – Bristol City (undisclosed), Tyrone Duffus – Everton (free), Omar Bogle – Wigan (£700k), Liam Feeney – Blackburn (loan), Craig Bryson – Derby (loan).

Out

Tom Adeyemi – Ipswich (released), Semi Ajayi – Rotherham (undisclosed), Emyr Huws – Ipswich (undisclosed), Adam le Fondre – Bolton (free), Deji Oshilaja – AFC Wimbledon (free), Theo Wharton – York (released), Peter Whittingham – Blackburn (free), Rickie Lambert – unattached, Idriss Saadi – RC Strasbourg (£1.3m), Ben Wilson – Oldham (loan), Ibrahim Meite – Crawley (loan), Declan John – Rangers (loan), Stuart O’Keefe – Portsmouth (loan), Craig Noone – Bolton (undisclosed), Matty Kennedy – Portsmouth (loan).

Derby:

In

Curtis Davies – Hull (undisclosed), Andre Wisdom – Liverpool (£2m), Tom Huddlestone – Hull (undisclosed), Tom Lawrence – Leicester (undisclosed), Sam Winnall – Sheffield Wednesday (loan), Maikel Kieftenbeld – Birmingham (undisclosed).

Out

Abdoul Kaamara – Guingamp (released), Will Hughes – Watford (£8m), Alefe Santos – Yeovil (released), Tom Ince – Huddersfield (undisclosed), Cyrus Christie – Middlesbrough (undisclosed), Timi Elsnik – Swindon (loan), Kellan Gordon – Swindon (loan), Farren Rawson – Accrington (loan), Jacob Butterfield – Sheffield Wednesday (loan), Craig Bryson – Cardiff (loan).

Fulham:

In

Marcelo Djalo – Lugo (undisclosed), Ibrahima Cisse – Standard Liege (undisclosed), Aboubakar Kamara – Amiens SC (undisclosed), Rui Fonte – Braga (undisclosed), Lucas Piazon – Chelsea (loan), Oliver Norwood – Brighton (loan), Tomas Kalas – Chelsea (loan), Sheyi Ojo – Liverpool (loan), Rafa Soares – Porto (loan), Jordan Graham – Wolves (loan), Yohan Mollo – Zenit St Petersburg (free).

Out

Cameron Burgess – Scunthorpe (undisclosed), Jack Grimmer – Coventry (free), Ryan Tunnicliffe – Millwall (free), Jozabed – Celta Vigo (undisclosed), Scott Malone – Huddersfield (undisclosed), Richard Stearman – Sheffield United (undisclosed), Jesse Joronen – AC Horsens (free), Lasse Vigen Christensen – Brondby (undisclosed), Sone Aluko – Reading (undisclosed), Ragnar Sigurdsson – Rubin Kazan (loan), Cauley Woodrow – Bristol City (loan), Marek Rodak – Rotherham (loan).

Hull:

In

Liam Edwards – Swansea (free), Fraizer Campbell – Crystal Palace (free), Kevin Stewart – Liverpool (undisclosed), Ondrej Mazuch – Sparta Prague (undisclosed), Callum Burton – Shrewsbury (undisclosed), Seb Larsson – Sunderland (free), Stephen Kingsley – Swansea (undisclosed), Jon Toral – Arsenal (undisclosed), Nouha Dicko – Wolves (undisclosed), Jackson Irvine – Burton (undisclosed), Ola Aina – Chelsea (undisclosed), Michael Hector – Chelsea (loan), Fikayo Tomori – Chelsea (loan).

Out

Curtis Davies – Derby (undisclosed), Harry Maguire – Leiceter (undisclosed), Josh Tymon – Stoke (released), Tom Huddlestone – Derby (undisclosed), Eldin Jakupovic – Leicester (undisclosed), Ahmed Elmohamady – Aston Villa (undisclosed), Andy Robertson – Liverpool (undisclosed), Sam Clucas – Swansea (undisclosed), Jonathan Edwards – Accrington (loan).

Ipswich:

In

Tom Adeyemi – Cardiff (free), Joe Garner – Rangers (undisclosed), Emyr Huws – Cardiff (undisclosed), Martyn Waghorn – Rangers (undisclosed), Bersant Celina – Manchester City (loan), Dominic Iorfa – Wolves (loan), Callum Connolly – Ipswich (loan).

Out

Christophe Berra – Hearts (free), Paul Digby – Mansfield (released), Brett Pitman – Portsmouth (undisclosed), Steven Taylor – Peterborough (released), Kieffer Moore – Rotherham (loan), Josh Emmanuel – Rotherham (loan).

Leeds:

In

Madger Gomes – Liverpool (free), Pontus Jansson – Torino (£3.6m), Mateusz Klich – Twente (£1.5m), Hadi Sacko – Sporting Lisbon (£1.6m), Felix Wiedwald – Werder Bremen (£500k), Vurnon Anita – Newcastle (free), Caleb Ekuban – Chievo Verona (£500k), Samu Saiz – SD Huesca (£3.1m), Ezgjan Alioski – Lugano (£3.2m), Ouasim Bouy – Juventus (free), Jay-Roy Grot – NEC Nijmegen (£750k), Andy Lonergan – Wolves (free), Pawel Cibicki – Malmo (£1.5m), Matthew Pennington – Everton (loan), Cameron Borthwick-Jackson – Manchester United (loan), Pierre-Michel Lasogga – Hamburg (loan).

Out

Jordan Botaka – Sint-Truiden (released), Charlie Taylor – Burnley (compensation), Billy Whitehouse – Alfreton Town (released), Guiseppe Bellusci – Palermo (free), Marco Silvestri – Hellas Verona (undisclosed), Lee Erwin – Kilmarnock (undisclosed), Chris Wood – Burnley (£15m), Liam Bridcutt – Nottingham Forest (£1m), Rob Green – Huddersfield (free).

Middlesbrough:

In

Enes Mahmutovic – Fola Esch (undisclosed), Cyrus Christie – Derby (undisclosed), Jonny Howson – Norwich (undisclosed), Martin Braithwaite – Toulouse (£9m), George Miller – Bury (undisclosed), Britt Assombalonga – Nottingham Forest (£15m), Darren Randolph – West Ham (£5m), Ashley Fletcher – West Ham (£6.5m), Ryon Shotton – Birmingham (undisclosed), Marvin Johnson – Oxford (undisclosed), Connor Roberts – Swansea (loan), Lewis Baker – Chelsea (loan).

Out

Jordan Rhodes – Sheffield Wednesday (undisclosed), Viktor Fischer – Mainz (undisclosed), Brad Guzan – Atlanta United (undisclosed), Victor Valdes (retired), Bernardo Espinosa – Girona (undisclosed), James Husband – Norwich (undisclosed), Cristhian Stuani – Girona (undisclosed), Gaston Ramirez – Sampdoria (undisclosed), Alex Baptiste – QPR (released), Marten de Roon – Atalanta (undisclosed), Joe Fryer – Stevenage (loan), Julien De Sart – Zulte Waregem (loan), Antonio Barragan – Real Betis (loan), Callum Cook – Blackpool (loan), Harry Chapman – Blackburn (loan), Connor Ripley – Burton (loan).

Millwall:

In

Tom Elliot – AFC Wimbledon (free), James Meredith – Bradford (free), George Saville – Wolves (undisclosed), Jed Wallace – Wolves (undisclosed), Conor McLaughlin – Fleetwood (free), Jake Cooper – Reading (undisclosed), Ryan Tunnicliffe – Fulham (free), Kristian Brymora – Newcastle Jets (free), David Martin (free).

Out

David Forde – Cambridge (released), Joe Martin – Stevenage (released), Gregg Wylde – Plymouth (free), Shaun Cummings – Rotherham (free), David Worrall – Port Vale (free), Harry Smith – Swindon (loan), Nadjim Abdou – AFC Wimbledon (loan), Sid Nelson – Yeovil (loan), James Brown – Carlisle (loan), Calum Butcher – Mansfield (loan).

Norwich:

In

Mario Vrancic – Darmstadt (undisclosed), Marley Watkins – Barnsley (free), Christoph Zimmermann – Borussia Dortmund (free), James Husband – Middlesbrough (undisclosed), Marcel Franke – Greuther Furth (undisclosed), Adam Phillips – Liverpool (free), Tristan Abrahams – Leyton Orient (undisclosed), Tom Trybull – ADO Den Haag (free), Marco Stiepermann – VfL Bochum (undisclosed), Sean Raggett – Lincoln (undisclosed), Savvas Mourgos – Arsenal (undisclosed), Grant Hanley – Newcastle (undisclosed), Angus Gunn – Manchester City (loan), Harrison Reed – Southampton (loan).

Out

Ryan Bennett – Wolves (released), Kyle Lafferty – Hearts (released), Conor McGrandles – MK Dons (free), Sebastian Bassong (released), Youssouf Mulumbu (released), Declan Rudd – Preston (undisclosed), John Ruddy – Wolves (released), Michael Turner – Southend (released), Steven Whittaker – Hibernian (released), Graham Dorrans – Rangers (undisclosed), Jonny Howson – Middlesbrough (undisclosed), Jacob Murphy – Newcastle (undisclosed), Tony Andreu – Coventry (released), Ebou Adams – Shrewsbury (loan), Carlton Morris – Shrewsbury (loan), Tristan Abrahams – Leyton Orient (loan), Diallang Jaiyesimi – Grimsby (loan), Sean Raggett – Lincoln (loan), Ben Godfrey – Shrewsbury (loan), Harry Toffolo – Doncaster (loan).

Nottingham Forest:

In

Jason Cummings – Hibernian (undisclosed), Barrie McKay – Rangers (undisclosed), Joe Coveney – Manchester City (free), Liam Bossin (free), Daryl Murphy – Newcastle (undisclosed), Tendayi Darikwa – Burnley (undisclosed), Andreas Bouchalakis – Olympiakos (free), Liam Bridcutt – Leeds (£1m), Kieran Dowell – Everton (loan), Adam Federici – Reading (loan).

Out

Britt Assombalonga – Middlesbrough (£15m), Gboly Ariyibi – MK Dons (loan), Jorge Grant – Notts County (loan), Alex Iacovitt – Forest Green (loan), Ryan Yates – Notts County (loan), Thomas Lam – Twente (loan).

Preston:

In

Declan Rudd – Norwich (£1m), Josh Harrop – Manchester United (undisclosed), Sean Maguire – Cork (undisclosed), Kevin O’Connor – Cork (undisclosed), Darnell Fisher – Rotherham (undisclosed), Stephy Mavididi – Arsenal (loan).

Out

Jermaine Beckford – Bury (released), Anders Lindegaard (released), Eoin Doyle – Oldham (loan).

QPR:

In

Charlie Owens – Tottenham (free), Giles Phillips – FC Barrington (free), Josh Scowen – Barnsley (free), Chay Tilt – West Brom (free), Alex Baptiste – Middlesbrough (free), Paul Smyth – Linfield (undisclosed), David Wheeler – Exeter (undisclosed), Kazenga LuaLua – Brighton (loan).

Out

Michael Doughty – Peterborough (undisclosed), Ben Gladwin – Blackburn (undisclosed), Karl Henry (released), Josh Bowler – Everton (undisclosed), Abdenasser El Khayati – ADO Den Haag (free), Jack Williams – Wycombe (loan), Eberechi Eze – Wycombe (loan), Brandon Comley – Colchester (loan), Matt Ingram – Northampton (loan).

Reading:

In

Pelle Clement – Ajax (undisclosed), Jon Dadi Bodvarsson – Wolves (undisclosed), Vito Mannone – Sunderland (undisclosed), Modou Barrow – Swansea (undisclosed), Leandro Bacuna – Aston Villa (undisclosed), Dave Edwards – Wolves (undisclosed), Sone Aluko – Fulham (undisclosed).

Out

Jack Stacey – Luton (undisclosed), Niall Keown – Partick Thistle (undisclosed), Ali Al-Habsi – Al-Hilal (undisclosed), Dominic Samuel – Blackburn (undisclosed), Paolo Hurtado – Vitoria de Guimaraes (undisclosed), Jake Cooper – Millwall (undisclosed), Deniss Rakels – Lech Poznan (loan), Robert Dickie – Lincoln (loan), Adam Federici – Nottingham Forest (loan).

Sheffield United:

In

George Baldock – MK Dons (undisclosed), Ched Evans – Chesterfield (£500k), Enda Stevens – Portsmouth (free), Nathan Thomas – Hartlepool (£300k), Richard Stearman – Fulham (undisclosed), John Lundstram – Oxford (undisclosed), Jamal Blackman – Chelsea (loan), Cameron Carter-Vickers – Tottenham (loan), Ben Heneghan – Motherwell (undisclosed), Clayton Donaldson – Birmingham (loan).

Out

Graham Kelly – Port Vale (free), Marc McNulty – Coventry (free), Jay O’Shea – Bury (free), Stegan Scougall – St Johnstone (free), Matt Done – Rochdale (free), Ben Whiteman – Doncaster (loan), George Long – AFC Wimbledon (loan), Chris Hussey – Swindon (loan), Louis Reed – Chesterfield (loan), James Wilson – Walsall (loan), John Brayford – Burton (free).

Sheffield Wednesday:

In

George Boyd – Burnley (free), Joost van Aken – Heerenveen (undisclosed), Frederico Venancio – Vitoria de Setubal (loan), Jacob Butterfield – Derby (loan).

Out

Claude Dielna – New England Revolution (free), Urby Emanuelson – Utrecht (free), Darryl Lachman – Willem II (free), Vincent Sasso – Belenenses (released), Jose Semedo – Vitoria de Setubal (free), Filipe Melo – Chaves (free), Sean Clare – Gillingham (loan), Sam Winnall – Derby (loan), Lewis McGugan (free).

Sunderland:

In

Aiden McGeady – Everton (£250k), James Vaughan – Bury (£500k), Jason Steele – Blackburn (£500k), Robbin Ruiter – Utrecht (free), Brendan Galloway – Everton (loan), Tyias Browning – Everton (loan), Lewis Grabban – Bournemouth (loan), Marc Wilson – Bournemouth (undisclosed), Jonny Williams – Crystal Palace (loan), Callum McManaman – West Brom (undisclosed).

Out

Joleon Lescott (released), Jan Kirchhoff (released), Seb Larsson – Hull (free), Will Buckley – Bolton (free), Steven Pienaar – Bidvest Wits (free), Victor Anichebe – Beijing Enterprises (free), Jordan Pickford – Everton (£30m), Jermain Defoe – Bournemouth (free), Vito Mannone – Reading (undisclosed), Fabio Borini – Milan (loan), Jeremain Lens – Besiktas (loan), Max Stryjek – Accrington (loan).

Wolverhampton Wanderers:

In

Ryan Bennett (free), Roderick Miranda – Rio Ave (undisclosed), Phil Ofuso-Ayeh (free), Barry Douglas – Konyaspor (undisclosed), Ruben Neves – Porto (£15.8m), John Ruddy – Norwich (free), Will Norris – Cambridge (undisclosed), Pedro Goncalves – Valencia (free), Boubacar Hanne – Pacos de Ferreira (free), Oska Buur (free), Willy Boly – Porto (free), Diogo Jota – Atletico Madrid (loan), Leo Bonatini – Al-Hilal (loan), Alfred N’Diaye – Villarreal (loan).

Out

George Saville – Millwall (undisclosed), Jed Wallace – Millwall (undisclosed), Jon Dadi Bodvarsson – Reading (loan), Dave Edwards – Reading (undisclosed), Andy Lonergan – Leeds (free), Nouha Dicko – Hull (undisclosed), Jonathan Flatt – Cheltenham (loan), Paul Gladon – Heracles (loan), Nicu Carnat – Esbjerg (loan), Ethan Ebanks-Landell – MK Dons (loan), Dominic Iorfa – Ipswich (loan), Niall Ennis – Shrewsbury (loan), Lee Evans – Wigan (loan), Duckens Nazon – Coventry (loan), Joe Mason – Burton (loan), Will Randall – Forest Green (loan), Jordan Graham – Fulham (loan), Jack Ruddy – Oldham (loan).

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