Get ready for another nine months of excitement, drama,
controversy, highs and lows: the Premier League is back.
Can champions Manchester City hold off the challenge of rivals
United? Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool have all named permanent
managers this summer and will be looking to improve on last
season's league finishes.
Will Arsene Wenger be plotting a renewed title challenge from
Arsenal?
The aim for newly promoted teams Southampton, Reading and West
Ham is likely to be to stay up, while potential strugglers Norwich,
Swansea and West Brom have all named new managers.
2011-2012 season
Premier League: 3rd
FA Cup: Fifth
round
Carling Cup: Quarter-finals
Champions League: Last 16
Players in: Santi Cazorla (Malaga) £15m*,
Olivier Giroud (Montpellier)
£12m*, Lukas
Podolski (Cologne) £11m*.
Players out: Robin van Persie (Man Utd)
£22.5m*, Carlos
Vela (Real Sociedad) Undisclosed, Manuel Almunia (Watford) Free,
Tom Cruise (Torquay) Free,
Gavin Hoyte (Dagenham &
Redbridge) Free, Jeffrey Monakana (Preston)
Free, Rhys Murphy (Telstar) Free, Benik Afobe (Bolton) Loan,
Joel Campbell (Real Betis) Loan, Denilson (Sao Paulo) Loan,
Ryo Miyaichi (Wigan) Loan,
Pedro Botelho (Atletico Paranaense)
Undisclosed.
* Reported cost of player. Officially undisclosed fee.
Summer so far:
Key fixtures:
2011-2012 season
Premier League: 16th
FA Cup: Fourth
round
Carling Cup: Third round
Players in: Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord) £3.2m*,
Matthew Lowton (Sheffield
United) £3m*, Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord)
£2.5m*, Brett
Holman (AZ Alkmaar) Free.
Players out: James Collins (West Ham) £2.5m,
Emile Heskey (released),
Reece Caira (Western Sydney Wanderers) Free,
Carlos Cuellar (Sunderland)
Free, Connor Taylor (Walsall)
Free.
Summer so far:
Key fixtures:
2011-2012 season
Premier League: 6th
FA Cup: Winners
Carling Cup: Quarter-final
Champions League: Winners
Players in: Eden Hazard (Lille) £32m*,
Oscar (Internacional) £25m*,
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen)
£6.5m*, Thorgan
Hazard (Lens) Undisclosed.
Players out: Didier Drogba (Shanghai
Shenhua) Free, Salomon Kalou (Lille) Free,
Jacob Mellis (Barnsley) Free,
Marko Mitrovic (Brescia) Free, Jeffrey Bruma (Hamburg) Loan, Thibaut
Courtois
(Atletico Madrid) Loan, Ulises Davila (Sabadell) Loan, Kevin de Bruyne (Werder Bremen)
Loan, Matej Delac (Guimaraes) Loan, Ben Gordon (Birmingham) Loan,
Rohan Ince (Yeovil) Loan,
Tomas Kalas (Vitesse Arnhem) Loan, Milan Lakovic (Guimaraes) Loan, Romelu Lukaku (West Brom) Loan,
Patrick van
Aanholt
(Vitesse Arnhem) Loan, Sam
Walker (Bristol Rovers) Loan, Jose Bosingwa (Released).
Summer so far:
Key fixtures:
2011-2012 season
Premier League: 7th
FA Cup: Semi-finals
Carling Cup: Fourth round
Players in: Steven Pienaar (Tottenham)
£4.5m, Steven
Naismith (Rangers) Free.
Players out: Jack Rodwell (Man City) £12m,
Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls)
£1m*, Joseph Yobo (Fenerbahce) £2m*,
Joao Silva (Levski Sofia) Undisclosed,
Aristote Nsiala (Accrington) Free, Adam Forshaw (Brentford) Free,
Connor Roberts (Cheltenham)
Free, James Wallace (Tranmere) Free*,
Marcus Hahnemann (Released), James McFadden (Released).
Summer so far:
Key fixtures:
2011-2012 season
Premier League: 9th
FA Cup: Fourth
round
Carling Cup: Third round
Europa League: Group stages
Players in: George Williams (MK Dons)
Undisclosed, Mladen Petric (Hamburg) Free,
Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) Free,
Sascha Riether (Cologne)
Loan.
Players out: Marcel Gecov (Gent) Undisclosed, Richard
Barroilhet
(RKC Waalwijk) Free, Dickson Etuhu (Blackburn) Free,
Andrew Johnson (QPR) Free,
Danny Murphy (Blackburn) Free,
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading)
Free, Bjorn Helge
Riise
(Lillestrom) Free, Orlando Sa (AEL Limassol) Free.
Summer so far:
Key fixtures: