Epl transfer budget

EUROPE’S big summer
scramble kicks off
today as the transfer
window opens.
The top teams in England
have been busy recruiting
and rebuilding, doing
business totalling
£156million which can be
registered with the
Premier League and the
FA from today.
There are many more
moves ahead before the
window shuts on
September 2, with names
like Wayne Rooney,
Gareth Bale and Cristiano
Ronaldo in the mix.
SunSport looks at the
deals which could go
through in the next couple
of months.
ARSENAL
ARSENE WENGER is
still waiting for the
first of his rumoured A-
listers to arrive.
TARGETS: Gonzalo
Higuain (Real Madrid),
Wayne Rooney (Man Utd),
Ashley Williams
(Swansea), Marouane
Fellaini (Everton), Pepe
Reina (Liverpool), Tin
Jedvaj (Dinamo Zagreb).
ALREADY SIGNED:
None.
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£40.4m.
ASTON VILLA
PAUL LAMBERT has to
sell before getting
more in.
TARGETS: Loic Remy
(QPR), Emmanuel
Adebayor (Spurs),
Jermain Defoe (Spurs).
ALREADY SIGNED:
Antonio Luna (£2m,
Seville), Aleksandar Tonev
(£2.5m, Lech Poznan),
Jores Okore (£4m,
Nordsjaelland), Leandro
Bacuna (£2.5m,
Groningen), Nicklas
Helenius (£2m, Aalborg),
Jed Steer (Free, Norwich).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£19.5m.
CARDIFF
MALKY MACKAY has
had an £8million offer
for Blackpool ace Tom
Ince accepted.
TARGETS: Tom Ince
(Blackpool), Victor
Wanyama (Celtic),
Benjamin Mendy (Le
Havre), Dirk Kuyt
(Fenerbahce), Kenwyne
Jones (Stoke), Bobby
Zamora (QPR).
ALREADY SIGNED:
Andreas Cornelius (£7.5m
FC Copenhagen).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£3.5m.
CHELSEA
JOSE MOURINHO’S
priority is to land a
superstar striker — he
also needs a
midfielder.
TARGETS: Edinson
Cavani (left, Napoli),
Robert Lewandowski
(Dortmund), Marco van
Ginkel (Vitesse Arnhem),
John Ruddy (Norwich),
Eliaquim Mangala (Porto).
ALREADY SIGNED:
Andre Schurrle (£17m,
Bayer Leverkusen).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£80.3m.
CRYSTAL PALACE
IAN HOLLOWAY has
agreed a £6million fee
for Peterborough
striker Dwight Gayle.
TARGETS: Charlie Adam
(Stoke), Matej Vydra
(Udinese), Yohan Mollo
(Nancy), Peter
Odemwingie (West Brom)
, Joe Walsh (Crawley).
ALREADY SIGNED:
Jerome Thomas (free,
West Brom).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£350,000.
WIG SICK ... Arouna
Kone could leave
Wigan to be reunited
with Roberto Martinez
at Everton
EVERTON
ROBERTO MARTINEZ is
ready to raid Wigan but
will have to fight to
keep the Toffees’ top
names.
TARGETS: Arouna Kone
(Wigan), Antolin Alcaraz
(Wigan), Scott Sinclair
(Man City), Keisuke Honda
(CSKA Moscow), Bruno
Ecuele Manga (Lorient).
ALREADY SIGNED:
None.
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£14.7m.
FULHAM
MARTIN JOL wants to
reinforce his midfield
after last season’s late
collapse.
TARGETS: Bakary Sako
(Wolves), Tom
Huddlestone (Spurs),
Stewart Downing
(Liverpool).
ALREADY SIGNED:
Maarten Stekelenburg
(£4m, Roma), Derek
Boateng (free, Dnipro),
Fernando Amorebieta
(free, At Bilbao), Sascha
Riether (£1.3m, Cologne).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£7m.
HULL
STEVE BRUCE is
desperate to add some
firepower.
TARGETS: Ilombe Mboyo
(Gent), Charlie Austin
(Burnley), Carlton Cole
(West Ham), Darren Bent
(A Villa), Peter
Odemwingie (West Brom)
, Scott Carson (Bursaspor)
.
ALREADY SIGNED:
Curtis Davies (£2.5m,
Birmingham), Maynor
Figueroa (free, Wigan),
George Boyd (free,
Peterborough), Ahmed
Elmohamady (£2m,
Sunderland).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£2.5m.
LIVERPOOL
BRENDAN RODGERS
needs to spend if Luis
Suarez leaves.
TARGETS: Hatem Ben
Arfa (Newcastle), Henrikh
Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar
Donetsk), Ashley Williams
(Swansea).
ALREADY SIGNED: Luis
Alberto (£6.8m, Seville),
Iago Aspas (£7m, Celta
Vigo), Simon Mignolet
(£9m, Sunderland), Kolo
Toure (free, Man City).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£29m.
MAN CITY
MANUEL PELLEGRINI
has already spent
£45million but still
wants a top
goalscorer.
TARGETS: Mario Gomez
(B Munich), Robert
Lewandowski (Dortmund)
, Oscar Cardozo (Benfica),
Alvaro Negredo (Seville),
Pablo Osvaldo (Roma).
ALREADY SIGNED:
Fernandinho (£30m,
Shakhtar Donetsk), Jesus
Navas (£15m, Seville).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£28.2m.
RON IN A MILLION ...
David Moyes hopes to
bring Cristiano Ronaldo
back to Old Trafford
MAN UTD
DAVID MOYES finally
gets his chance to
spend big after 11
years on much tighter
budgets.
TARGETS: Thiago
Alcantara (Barcelona),
Robert Lewandowski
(Dortmund), Cristiano
Ronaldo (R Madrid),
Gareth Bale (Spurs),
Leighton Baines (Everton).
ALREADY SIGNED:
Guillermo Varela (£2.5m).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£47m.
NEWCASTLE
ALAN PARDEW wants a
striker but first he
needs a nod from new
director of football Joe
Kinnear.
TARGETS: Wilfried Bony
(Vitesse Arnhem), Andre-
Pierre Gignac (Marseille),
Darren Bent (A Villa), Siem
De Jong (Ajax), Pierre-
Emerick Aubameyang (St
Etienne), James Tomkins
(W Ham).
ALREADY SIGNED:
None.
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£8.1m.
NORWICH
CHRIS HUGHTON is in
talks with PSV striker
Ola Toivonen after a
£4.8million bid.
TARGETS: Arouna Kone
(Wigan), Gary Hooper
(Celtic), Jonjo Shelvey
(Liverpool), Nathan
Redmond (Birmingham).
ALREADY SIGNED: Ricky
van Wolfswinkel (£8.5m,
S. Lisbon), Javier Garrido
(£1m, Lazio).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£12.5m.
SINC OR SWIM ...
Southampton are just
one of the clubs
tracking Manchester
City's Scott Sinclair
SOUTHAMPTON
MAURICIO
POCHETTINO has been
handed the kind of
financial backing that
will allow him to spend
big.
TARGETS: Victor
Wanyama (Celtic), Pablo
Osvaldo (Roma), Esteban
Granero (QPR), Scott
Sinclair (Man City).
ALREADY SIGNED:
Dejan Lovren (£8.5m,
Lyon).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£27.3m.
STOKE
MARK HUGHES spent
big at Man City and QPR
— but Sparky will have
to work on a much
tighter budget at the
Britannia Stadium.
TARGETS: Roque Santa
Cruz (free), Martin Olsson
(B’burn), Jonjo Shelvey
(L’pool).
ALREADY SIGNED: Erik
Pieters (£3m, PSV
Eindhoven).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£10.6m.
SUNDERLAND
PAOLO DI CANIO is
giving his squad a total
overhaul.
TARGETS: Gino Peruzzi
(Velez S), Luis Cavanda
(Lazio), Alfred Duncan
(Inter), Abel Hernandez
(Palermo), Matej Vydra
(Udinese), John Guidetti
(Man C).
ALREADY SIGNED:
David Karlsson (£1.5m,
G’burg), Modibo Diakite
(free, Lazio), Valentin
Roberge (free, Maritimo),
Cabral (free, Basle),
Duncan Watmore
(£500,000, Altrincham).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£25m.
SWANSEA
MICHAEL LAUDRUP is
unhappy with his
budget.
TARGETS: Wilfried Bony
(Arnhem), Jonjo Shelvey
(Liverpool), Peter
Odemwingie (West Brom)
, Arouna Kone (Wigan),
Alvaro Negredo (Seville).
ALREADY SIGNED: Jordi
Amat (£2.5m, Espanyol),
Jose Canas (free, Betis),
Gregor Zabret (undisc, NK
Domzale).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£15.5m.
VILLA FOR SALE ...
Tottenham are after
Barcelona striker David
Villa
TOTTENHAM
ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS is
determined to keep
Gareth Bale and plans
to spend big.
TARGETS: Tin Jedvaj (D
Zagreb), Alen Halilovic (D
Zagreb), Paulinho
(Corinthians), David Villa
(Barcelona), Christian
Benteke (Aston Villa),
Gerard Deulofeu
(Barcelona), Loic Remy
(QPR).
ALREADY SIGNED:
None.
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£46.4m.
WEST BROM
STEVE CLARKE has his
work cut out replacing
Romelu Lukaku up front
and might have to
work the loan market
to keep Albion in the
league’s top 10.
TARGETS: Matej Vydra
(Udinese), Scott Sinclair
(Man City), Josh
McEachran (Chelsea).
ALREADY SIGNED:
None.
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£4m.
WEST HAM
SAM ALLARYDCE wants
a partner for Andy
Carroll.
TARGETS: Wilfried Bony
(Vitesse Arnhem), Demba
Ba (Chelsea), Romelu
Lukaku (Chelsea), Jefferson
Montero (Morelia), Eljero
Elia (Werder Bremen).
ALREADY SIGNED: Andy
Carroll (£15m, Liverpool),
Razvan Rat (free, Shakhtar
Donetsk), Adrian (free,
Betis), Danny Whitehead
(£500,000, Stockport).
SUMMER SPEND 2012:
£13.3m.