Premier League: Club by club guide
Steve Tongue on who went where and for how much, plus prospects for your club in the new season
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In: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax, £11m)
Last season: 4th
Prediction: 4th: Realistic objectives this season, in order of difficulty, are to win a trophy, hold on to fourth position and come through next week's Champions' League play-offs.
Aston Villa
In: Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough, £12m), Courtney Cameron (Northampton, undisclosed), Fabian Delph (Leeds United, undisc), Habib Beye (Newcastle, undisc)
Last season: 6th
Prediction: 7th: Many well-wishers for their policy of signing English talent, but Barry and Laursen will be missed. Delph and the injured Downing are not ready to have an impact.
Birmingham
In: Christian Benitez (Santos Laguna, £7.8m), Roger Johnson (Cardiff City, £5m), Scott Dann (Coventry City, £2.5m), Barry Ferguson, (Rangers £1.5m), Giovanny Espinoza (Barcelona SC, undisc), Joe Hart (Man City, loan), Lee Bowyer (West Ham, free)
Last season: 2nd (Championship)
Prediction: 18th: Have not pushed the boat out very far. Could Benitez be as effective as Christophe Dugarry a few years back? If not, they may be sunk.
Blackburn
In: Nikos Giannakopoulos (Asteras Tripolis, £52,000), Steven N'Zonzi (Amiens SC, undisc), Gael Givet (Marseille, undisc), Elrio Van Heerden (Bruges, free), Lars Jacobsen (Everton, free), Franco di Santo (Chelsea, loan)
Last season: 15th
Prediction: 12th: Big Sam had a big job in pulling them round from 19th at Christmas last season but got them organised and can continue the progress even without Santa Cruz.
Bolton
In: Zat Knight (Aston Villa, undisc), Sam Ricketts (Hull, undisc), Paul Robinson (West Bromwich Albion, loan), Sean Davis (Portsmouth, free)
Last season: 13th
Prediction: 15th: Talk of modifying style but may be better off with what they know. Can survive with solid if unspectacular English signings.
Burnley
In: Steven Fletcher (Hibs, £3m), Tyrone Mears (Derby, £500,000), Brian Easton (Hamilton, £350,000), David Edgar (Newcastle, free), Richard Eckersley (Man Utd, Tribunal), Fernando Guerrero (Independiente, loan)
Last season: 5th (Championship)
Prediction: 20th: This year's Hull? They'd love to think so, but lack the resources and do not appear to have a Geovanni. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Chelsea
In: Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow, £18m), Daniel Sturridge (Man City, undisclosed), Ross Turnbull (Middlesbrough, free
Last season: 3rd
Prediction: 1st: Would have pushed United much harder had Guus Hiddink been there all season. Should do so under Carlo Ancelotti.
Everton
In: Anton Peterlin (Ventura County Fusion, undisc), Luke Garbutt (Leeds, undisc), Jo (Man City, loan), Shkodran Mustafi (Hamburg, free)
Last season: 5th
Prediction: 8th: Two successive fifth places and an FA Cup final has been a great effort. Youngsters are coming through, but David Moyes needs cash.
Fulham
In: Bjorn Helge Riise (Lillestrom, undisc), Stephen Kelly (Birmingham, free)
Last season: 7th
Prediction: 10th: Will find their squad badly stretched by Europa League commitments. Holding on to centre-half Brede Hangeland will be a small victory.
Hull
In: Steven Mouyokolo (Boulogne, £2m), Seyi Olofinjana (Stoke, £3m), Jozy Altidore (Villarreal, loan)
Last season: 17th
Prediction: 19th: Had run out of steam by December after a great start and do not appear to have been reinvigorated over the summer. A long haul.
Liverpool
In: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth, £17.5m) Aaron King (Rushden & Diamonds, undisc), Chris Mavinga (Paris St Germain, undisc), Alberto Aquilani (Roma, £20m)
Last season: 2nd
Prediction: 2nd: Have they just sold the title for £30m? With Xabi Alonso in a settled formation, Liverpool would have been a great bet. Should still go close.
Manchester City
In: Carlos Tevez (unattached, £25m), Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn Rovers, £17m), Kolo Toure (Arsenal, £16m), Gareth Barry (Aston Villa, £12m), Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal, undisc), Loris Karius (Stuttgart, free), Nils Zander (Schalke 04, free), Stuart Taylor (Aston Villa, free)
Last season: 10th
Prediction: 5th: It cost a tidy sum (£124m) to go down one place last season. Better rewards for better signings this time but still no top-four place.
Manchester United
In: Antonio Valencia (Wigan, £17m), Gabriel Obertan, (Bordeaux, £3m), Sean McGinty (Charlton, undisc), Michael Owen (Unattached, free), Jean-Pierre Louvel (Le Havre, undisc), Mame Biram Diouf (Molde, undisc)
Last season: 1st
Prediction: 3rd: Forty goals in all competitions from Ronaldo and Tevez represent an awfully large hole, which Michael Owen will not fill.
Portsmouth
In: Aaron Mokoena (Blackburn Rovers, free), Steve Finnan (Espanyol, free), Frederic Piquionne (Lyon, loan), Antti Niemi (free agent)
Last season: 14th
Prediction: 17th: Live the dream now, pay later. Relegation may be the price if they are forced to sell more talent before 31 August.
Stoke
In: Dean Whitehead (Sunderland, £3m), Matthew Lund (free), Ben Marshall (free)
Last season: 12th
Prediction: 14th: A frustrating summer so far. Opponents will be well prepared but still not necessarily capable of coping with the bombardment.
Sunderland
In: Lorik Cana (Marseille, £5m), Fraizer Campbell, (Manchester United, £3.5m), Paulo da Silva (Toulca, undisc), Darren Bent (Spurs, £10m)
Last season: 16th
Prediction: 11th: Survived by two points, scoring only 34 goals. Bent, Campbell and Steve Bruce's know-how can bring significant improvement.
Tottenham
In: Peter Crouch (Portsmouth, undisc), Kyle Naughton, Kyle Walker (both Sheffield United, undisc), Sebastien Bassong (Newcastle, £9m)
Last season: 8th
Prediction: 6th: Dealing and wheeling still to be done, no doubt. Despite Bassong's arrival, entertainment promised at both ends of the pitch again no doubt.
West Ham
In: Fabio Daprela (Grasshopper Club Zurich, undisc), Peter Kurucz (Ujpest FC, undisc), Jack Lampe (Harlow Town, undisc), Herita Llunga (Toulouse, undisc), Frank Nouble (Chelsea, undisc), Luis Jimenez (Inter Milan, loan)
Last season: 9th
Prediction: 9th: Distinct lack of excitement about Gianfranco Zola's signings. Carlton Cole must have some help scoring the goals.
Wigan
In: Jason Scotland (Swansea, £2m), Jordi Gomez (Swansea, £1.75m), Hendry Thomas (Deportivo Olimpia, undisclosed), James McCarthy (Hamilton, undisc), Scott Sinclair (Chelsea, loan), Roman Golobart (Espanyol, free), Abian Serrano (Las Palmas, free)
Last season: 11th
Prediction: 13th: Roberto Martinez has to live up to his billing as a bright young manager. He has either bought cleverly or aimed too low.
Wolves
In: Kevin Doyle (Reading, £6.5m), Greg Halford (Sunderland, £2m), Ronald Zubar (Marseille, £2m), Andrew Surman (Southampton, £1.2m), Nenad Milijas (Red Star Belgrade, undisc), Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, free)
Last season: 1st (Championship)
Prediction: 16th: Mick McCarthy will not get carried away and should comfortably avoid his last experience at this level with Sunderland. Staying up will more than suffice.
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