Tottenham signed France Under-21 winger Georges-Kevin Nkoudou from Marseille on a five-year contract for around £11 million and let Clinton Njie move in the opposite direction on a season-long loan.
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Spending by Premier League clubs has broken through the one billion pounds (1.17 billion euros, $1.3 billion) barrier in one window for the first time and English sides remained busy on deadline day.
Negotiating with clubs on the continent for a bargain is proving tougher for Premier League chairmen like Steve Parish at Crystal Palace.
Hart, the England goalkeeper, was loaned to Italian club Torino for the rest of the season after dropping to third choice at City behind new signing Claudio Bravo and Willy Caballero under Guardiola.
Luiz has helped Paris Saint-Germain to win two Ligue 1 titles during his time in the French capital, but it’s fair to say that he didn’t convince everybody despite keeping fellow Brazilian Marquinhos out of the side.
Juan Cuadrado has rejoined Juventus on a three-year loan from Chelsea, who yesterday signed left-back Marcos Alonso from Fiorentina.
Hart and Nasri are former City stalwarts, while Ivory Coast striker Bony arrived from Swansea City a year ago at a cost of £25 million.
“Maybe the Sunderland fans don’t know me yet”, Ndong said, “but I promise that they will quickly discover that I will give everything for them and the club”. Chelsea announced on their official website that a fee had been agreed upon between the two clubs.
The champions broke their transfer record to sign striker Islam Slimani from Sporting Lisbon.
While Valencia prepares for a career on Merseyside, Balotelli’s finally came to an end as he swapped Liverpool for Nice on a permanent deal.
Burnley said it broke its transfer record for the second time this month in signing Ireland midfielder Jeff Hendrick from second-tier Derby but the fee wasn’t disclosed.
“I am pleased he is staying at Chelsea because he is a great forward and he has already scored two really important goals for us this season”.
English Premier League clubs swelled the bank accounts of continental rivals in a summer of record-breaking spending that ended Wednesday with the biggest shock of the transferwindow: David Luiz’s return to Chelsea.
Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere completed an unexpected loan move to Bournemouth, while Tottenham Hotspur pipped Everton to Newcastle United’s Moussa Sissoko in a deal said to be worth 30 million pounds ($52.33 million).
BOURNEMOUTH signed Jack Wilshere on a season-long loan from Arsenal.
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Douglas Santos (above), a left back, last played for Atletico Mineiro and was in Brazil’s lineup that beat Germany in the Olympic final.
