What the chalkstripes in Kenna HQ speculations department are saying: Manager attempts to bounce back from his disappointing title defence last season by signing three defensive midfield players and making Christian Benteke his second-most-expensive player – 35/1
Second transfer window – Friday 4 October 2018
Remaining budget: £5m
First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (8th)
In
Steven Defour – Burnley midfielder – £5m
Roberto Pereyra – Watford midfielder – £9m
Islam Slimani – Leicester City striker – £13m
Adama Diomande – Hull striker – £10m
Out
Leighton Baines – Everton defender – sold for £18m to Bala Rinas
Jimmy Savile – HMP Kenna midfielder – free
Wayne Routledge – Swansea midfielder -free
Jordan Rhodes – Middlesborough striker – free
Formation: 4-4-2
Remaining budget: none
Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (5th)
Season preview in one sentence (on 26 August): Pedro, Mahrez, Lukaku and Lens have all started the season in fine fettle, but question marks hang over John Terry and Diafra Sakho for all the wrong reasons.
Forster, F (TW2)
SOT
£ ?m
Dawson, C (TW1)
WBA
£ 8m
Monreal, N
ARS
£ 0.5m
Wimmer, K (TW2)
TOT
£ ?m
Smalling, C
MUN
£ 6m
Ibe, J (TW2)
LIV
£ ?m
Pugh, M (TW2)
BOU
£ ?m
Mahrez, R
LEI
£ 5m
Lens, J
SUN
£ 0.5m
Lukaku, R
EVE
£ 30m
Emenike, E (TW2)
WHM
£ ?m
£ ?m
First transfer window – Friday 2 October 2015
In
Dawson, C – West Brom defender – £8m
Out Terry, J – Chelsea defender – £0.5m (to Cowley Casuals)
In
Forster, F – Southampton goalkeeper – £?m
Wimmer, K – Tottenham defender – £?m
Ibe, J – Liverpool midfielder – £?m
Pugh, M – Bournemouth midfielder – £?m
Emenike, E – West Ham striker – £?m
Out Stekelenburg, M – Southampton goalkeeper – free Zabaleta, P – Manchester City defender – free Grealish, J – Aston Villa midfielder – free Pedro – Chelsea midfielder – free Sakho, D – West Ham striker – free
Season preview in one sentence: Accomplished back five – should Don Vito get a starting berth – but flimsy going forward and unlikely to be able to do it on a cold, wet Tuesday night in Stoke.
Ospina, D (TW2)
ARS
£ 6.00
Baines, L
EVE
£ 5.00
Vertonghen, J (TW2)
TOT
£ 10.00
Kolarov, A
MCY
£ 5.00
Terry, J
CHE
£ 17.00
Moses, V (TW1)
STO
£ 0.50
Sigurdsson, G
SWA
£ 10.00
Elia, E (TW2)
SOT
£ 2.00
Boyd, G (TW2)
BUR
£ 0.50
Austin, C (TW1)
QPR
£ 0.50
Sturridge, D (TW2)
LIV
£ 0.50
£ 96m
First transfer window – Friday 17 October 2014
In
Richardson, K – defender, AVL – £5m
Moses, V – midfielder, STO – £0.5m
Tiote, C – midfielder, NEW – £0.5m
Austin, C – striker, QPR – £0.5m
Balotelli, M – striker, LIV – £1m
Out Jones, P – defender, MUN – £0.5m Markovic, L – midfielder, LIV – £0m Hoilett, J – midfielder, QPR – £0m Krkic, B – striker, STO – £0m Riviere, E – striker, NEW – £0m
Out Mannone, V – goalkeeper, SUN – £0m Richardson, K – defender, AVL – £0.5m Arteta, M – midfielder, ARS – £0m Tiote, C – midfielder, NEW – £0m Balotelli, M – striker, LIV – £0m
