Angel Di Maria, Diego Costa, Alexis Sanchez, Radamel Falcao… has the English Premier League ever had it so good?

Gone are the days when it is thought that the world’s best players are not attracted to the hustle and bustle of the English league. Even Stoke and Leicester can brag a bit, having brought in Bojan Krkic from Barcelona and Esteban Cambiasso from Inter Milan respectively.

Nigeria got a good deal too, with Brown Ideye breaking West Brom’s record in a £10m transfer. God only knows that West Brom saw that Stephen Keshi didn’t see before dropping him from the World Cup squad.

Manchester United’s loan-signing of Falcao should be the surprise of the summer ─ similar to Arsenal signing Mesit Ozil in 2013.

There were departures, of course, with a certain Luis Suarez ─ EPL’s top scorer and player of the year last season ─ moving to Barcelona of Spain for a mere £70m, which, to be fair, is the third most expensive transfer in football history.

The summer of 2014 did not only attract some of the world’s best players, it also saw the English teams break their transfer spend yet again, hitting over £800m ─ and steadily approaching the £1bn mark.

TheCable presents a comprehensive list of the transfers.

 

ARSENAL

In: Alexis Sanchez (Barcelona, £31.8m), Calum Chambers (Southampton, £16m), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United , £16m), Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle, £8m), David Ospina (Nice, £3.5m), Elias Chatzitheodoridis (Mas Kallitheakos, Undisclosed), Hugo Keto (HJK Helsinki, Undisclosed), Ben Sheaf (West Ham, Undisclosed).

Out: Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona, £15m), Johan Djourou (Hamburg, £2.5m), Thomas Eisfeld (Fulham, Undisclosed), Ignasi Miquel (Norwich City, Undisclosed) Zak Ansah (Charlton Athletic), Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City), Zachari Fagan (Welling United), Bacary Sagna (Manchester City), Chuks Aneke (Zulte Waregem), Nicklas Bendtner (Wolfsburg), Leander Siemann (Porto B), Wellington Silva (Almeria, Loan), Carl Jenkinson (West Ham United, Loan), Benik Afobe (MK Dons, Loan), Ryo Miyaichi (FC Twente, Loan) Jon Toral (Brentford).

Released: Daniel Boateng, Park Chu-Young.

ASTON VILLA

In: Carlos Sanchez (Elche, Undisclosed), Joe Cole (West Ham), Aly Cissokho (Valencia, Undisclosed), Tom Leggett, Isaac Nehemie (Both Southampton, Undisclosed), Philippe Senderos (Valencia), Kieran Richardson (Fulham).

Out: Jordan Bowery (Rotherham United, £250,000), Samir Carruthers (MK Dons, Undisclosed), Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, Undisclosed), Marc Albrighton (Leicester City), Nathan Delfouneso (Blackpool), Nicklas Helenius (Aalborg, Loan), Yacouba Sylla (Erciyesspor, Loan), Jed Steer (Doncaster Rovers, Loan), Antonio Luna (Verona, Loan), Daniel Johnson (Chesterfield, Loan), Aleksander Tonev (Celtic, Loan), Janoi Donacien (Tranmere, Loan), Joe Bennett (Brighton, Loan).

Released: Aidan Grant, Andras Stieber.

BURNLEY

In: Lukas Jutkiewicz (Middlesbrough, £1.5m), Marvin Sordell (Bolton, Undisclosed), Michael Kightly (Stoke City, Undisclosed), Stephen Ward (Wolves, Undisclosed), George Boyd (Hull City, Undisclosed), Matt Gilks (Blackpool), Steven Reid (West Brom), Matt Taylor (West Ham), Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea, Loan), Michael Keane (Manchester United, Loan).

Out: David Edgar (Birmingham City), Joseph Mills (Oldham), Junior Stanislas (Bournemouth), Chris Baird (West Brom), Luke O’Neill (Scunthorpe United, Loan).

Released: Kyle Brownhill, Alex Coleman, Luke Conlan, Jack Errington, Micah Evans, Luke Gallagher, Nick Liversedge, Archie Love, Brian Stock, Keith Treacy.

CHELSEA

In: Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid, £35m), Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona, £30m), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid, £15.8m), Loic Remy (QPR, £8.5m), Mario Pasalic (Hajduk Split, £2.4m), Didier Drogba (Galatasaray).

Out: David Luiz (Paris Saint-Germain, £50m), Romelu Lukaku (Everton, £28m), Demba Ba (Besiktas, £4.7m), Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland, Undisclosed), Ashley Cole (Roma), Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday), Frank Lampard (New York City FC), George Cole, Daniel Pappoe (Both Brighton & Hove Albion), Billy Clifford (Walsall), Tomas Kalas (Cologne, Loan), Wallace (Vitesse Arnhem, Loan), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Mönchengladbach, Loan), Bertrand Traore (Vitesse Arnhem, Loan), Cristian Cuevas (Club Universidad de Chile, Loan), Mario Pasalic (Elche, Loan), Ryan Bertrand (Southampton, Loan), Gael Kakuta (Rayo Vallecano, Loan), John Swift (Rotherham, Loan), Oriol Romeu (Stuttgart, Loan), Kenneth Omeruo (Middlesbrough, Loan), Christian Atsu (Everton, Loan), Marko Marin (Fiorentina, Loan), Josh McEachran (Vitesse Arnhem, Loan), Victor Moses (Stoke, Loan), Fernando Torres, Marco van Ginkel (both AC Milan, Loan), Nathaniel Chalobah (Burnley, Loan).

Released: Samuel Eto’o, Henrique Hilario, Milan Lalkovic, Adam Nditi, Jhon Pirez.

CRYSTAL PALACE

In: Martin Kelly (Liverpool, £1.5m), Fraizer Campbell (Cardiff City, £900,000), James McArthur (Wigan, Undisclosed), Zeki Fryers (Tottenham, Undisclosed), Chris Kettings (Blackpool), Brede Hangeland (Fulham), Kevin Doyle (Wolves, Loan), Wilfried Zaha (Manchester United, Loan).

Out: Jose Campana (Sampdoria, £1.4m), Neil Alexander, Osman Sow (Both Hearts), Kagisho Dikgacoi (Cardiff City), Dean Moxey (Bolton Wanderers), Aaron Wilbraham (Bristol City), Jonathan Parr (Ipswich Town), Ross Fitzsimons (Bolton Wanderers), Alex Wynter (Portsmouth, Loan), Kwesi Appiah (Cambridge United, Loan), Jack Hunt (Nottingham Forest, Loan), Stephen Dobbie (Fleetwood Town, Loan), Glenn Murray (Reading, Loan).

Released: Danny Gabbidon, Ibra Sekajja, Quade Taylor, Derek Tieku, Tom King, Alistair Gordon.

EVERTON

In: Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea, £28m), Muhamed Besic (Ferencvaros, £4m), Gareth Barry (Manchester City, £1m), Brendon Galloway (MK Dons, Undisclosed), Samuel Eto’o (Chelsea), Christian Atsu (Chelsea, Loan).

Out: Shane Duffy (Blackburn Rovers, £1.5m), Magaye Gueye (Millwall), John Lundstram (Blackpool, Loan), Matthew Kennedy (Hibernian, Loan).

Released: Mason Springthorpe, Ibou Touray, Apostolos Vellios.

HULL CITY

In: Abel Hernandez (Palermo, £9.5m), Jake Livermore (Tottenham, £8m), Robert Snodgrass (Norwich City, £7m), Andrew Robertson (Dundee United, £2.85m), Michael Dawson (Tottenham, Undisclosed), Mohamed Diame (West Ham, Undisclosed), Tom Ince (Blackpool, Compensation to be agreed), Karim Rossi (Stoke City), Gaston Ramirez (Southampton, Loan), Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle, Loan).

Out: Shane Long (Southampton, £12m), George Boyd (Burnley, Undisclosed), Matty Fryatt (Nottingham Forest), Paul McElroy (Sheffield Wednesday), Conor Henderson (Crawley Town), Cameron Stewart (Ipswich Town), Jack Barlow (Boston United), Robert Koren (Melbourne City), Mark Oxley (Hibernian, Loan), Conor Townsend (Dundee United, Loan), Joe Dudgeon (Barnsley, Loan).

Released: Abdoulaye Faye, Paul Dudgeon.

LEICESTER CITY

In: Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton, £8m), Danny Simpson (QPR, Undisclosed), Tom Lawrence (Manchester United, Undisclosed), Matthew Upson (Brighton), Marc Albrighton (Aston Villa), Jack Barmby, Louis Rowley (Both Manchester United), Ben Hamer (Charlton), Esteban Cambiasso (Inter), Kris Scott (Swansea), Nick Powell (Manchester United, Loan).

Out: Lloyd Dyer (Watford), George Taft (Burton Albion), Zak Whitbread (Derby County), Neil Danns (Bolton Wanderers), Ben Frempah (Ross County), Paul Gallagher (Preston North End, Loan), Conrad Logan (Rochdale, Loan).

Released: Sean St Ledger, Kieran Kennedy, Ryan Watson, Adam Dawson, Jak McCourt, Marcel Barrington, Jacob Blyth, Michael Cain, Harry Panayiotou, James Pearson, Alie Sesay, Adam Smith.

LIVERPOOL

In: Alberto Moreno (Sevilla, £12m), Adam Lallana (Southampton, £25m), Dejan Lovren (Southampton, £20m), Lazar Markovic (Benfica, £19.8m), Divock Origi (Lille, undisclosed), Emre Can (Bayer Leverkusen, £10m), Rickie Lambert (Southampton, undisclosed), Mario Balotelli (AC Milan, £16m), Lawrence Vigouroux, Kevin Stewart (Both Tottenham Hotspur), Javier Manquillo (Atletico Madrid, Loan).

Out: Luis Suarez (Barcelona, £70m), Daniel Agger (Brondby, £3m), Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace, £1.5m), Conor Coady (Huddersfield Town, £375,000), Pepe Reina (Bayern Munich, Undisclosed), Jack Robinson (QPR, Undisclosed), Villyan Bijev (Slavia Sofia), Jakub Sokolik (Yeovil Town), Michael Ngoo (Kilmarnock), Luis Alberto (Malaga, Loan), Iago Aspas (Sevilla, Loan), Andre Wisdom (West Brom, Loan), Brad Smith (Swindon Town, Loan), Tiago Ilori (Bordeaux, Loan), Divock Origi (Lille, Loan), Joao Carlos Teixeira (Brighton, Loan), Oussama Assaidi (Stoke City, Loan), Jordan Ibe (Derby County, Loan), Sebastian Coates (Sunderland, Loan).

Released: Yalany Baio, Yusuf Mersin, Michael Ngoo, Craig Roddan, Stephen Sama.

MANCHESTER CITY

In: Eliaquim Mangala (Porto, £31.8m), Fernando (Porto, £12m), Willy Caballero (Malaga, £6.5m), Bruno Zuculini (Racing Club, Undisclosed), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Frank Lampard (New York City, Loan).

Out: Javi Garcia (Zenit St Petersburg, £12m), Jack Rodwell (Sunderland, £10m), Gareth Barry (Everton, £1m), Emyr Huws (Wigan, Undisclosed), Costel Pantilimon (Sunderland), Joleon Lescott (West Brom), Alex Henshall (Ipswich Town), Ellis Plummer (St Mirren), Reece Wabara (Doncaster Rovers), Marcos Lopes (Lille, Loan), Greg Leigh (Crewe Alexandra, Loan), Jason Denayer (Celtic, Loan), Devante Cole (Barnsley, Loan), Bruno Zuculini, Alvaro Negredo (both Valencia, Loan), Micah Richards (Fiorentina, Loan).

Released: Thomas Agyiri, Kieran Kennedy, Joleon Lescott, George Swan, Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely.

MANCHESTER UNITED

In: Daley Blind (Ajax, £14m), Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid, £59.7m), Marcos Rojo (Sporting Lisbon, £16m), Luke Shaw (Southampton, £30m), Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao, £28m), Vanja Milinkovic (Vojvodina, Undisclosed), Radamel Falcao (Monaco, Loan).

Out: Danny Welbeck (Arsenal, £16m), Alexander Buttner (Dynamo Moscow, £4.4m), Patrice Evra (Juventus, £1.5m), Bebe (Benfica, £2.3m), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund, Undisclosed), Tom Lawrence (Leicester City, Undisclosed), Jack Barmby (Leicester City), Feredrico Macheda (Cardiff City), Nemanja Vidic (Inter), Louis Rowley (Leicester City), Rio Ferdinand (QPR), Charni Ekangamene (Zulte Waregem), Vanja Milinkovic (FK Vojvodina, Loan), Angelo Henriquez (Dynamo Zagreb, Loan), Nani (Sporting Lisbon, Loan), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace, Loan), Javier Hernandez (Real Madrid, Loan), Michael Keane (Burnley, Loan), Nick Powell (Leicester City, Loan).

Released: Sam Byrne, Ryan Giggs, Jack Rudge.

NEWCASTLE

In: Remy Cabella (Montpellier, £12m), Karl Darlow, Jamaal Lascelles (Nottingham Forest, £6m combined), Emmanuel Riviere (Monaco, £6.3m), Siem de Jong (Ajax, £6m), Daryl Janmaat (Feyenoord, Undisclosed), Ayoze Perez (Tenerife, £1.5m), Jack Colback (Sunderland), Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar Donetsk, Loan).

Out: Mathieu Debuchy (Arsenal, £12m), James Tavernier (Wigan, £900,000), Dan Gosling (Bournemouth), Jonathan Mitchell (Derby County), Conor Newton (Rotherham), Romain Amalfitano (Dijon), Shola Ameobi (Gaziantep), Steven Logan (Annan Athletic), Adam Campbell (Fleetwood Town, Loan), Sylvain Marveaux (Guingcamp, Loan), Karl Darlow, Jamaal Lascelles (Nottingham Forest, Loans), Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (Roma, Loan), Hatem Ben Arfa (Hull City, Loan).

Released: Brandon Miele, Jonathan Mitchell, Michael Richardson.

QPR

In: Steven Caulker (Cardiff City, £8m), Leroy Fer (Norwich City, £7m), Jordon Mutch (Cardiff City, Undisclosed), Sandro (Tottenham, Undisclosed), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Mauricio Isla (Juventus, Loan), Eduardo Vargas (Napoli, Loan), Niko Kranjcar (Dynamo Kiev, Loan).

Out: Loic Remy (Chelsea, £8.5m), Yossi Benayoun (Maccabi Haifa, Undisclosed), Esteban Granero (Real Sociedad, Undisclosed), Danny Simpson (Leicester City, Undisclosed), Julio Cesar (Benfica), Tom Hitchcock (MK Dons), Aaron Hughes (Brighton), Mo Shariff (Bradford City), Gary O’Neil (Norwich City), Joe Lumley (Accrington Stanley, Loan).

Released: Angelo Balanta, Hogan Ephraim, Andrew Johnson, Stephane Mbia.

SOUTHAMPTON

In: Shane Long (Hull City, £12m), Dusan Tadic (Twente, £10.9m), Fraser Forster (Celtic, £10m), Sadio Mane (Red Bull Salzburg, £10m), Graziano Pelle (Feyenoord, £9m), Florin Gardos (Steaua Bucharest, £6m), Saphir Taider (Inter, Loan), Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea, Loan), Toby Alderweireld (Atletico Madrid, Loan).

Out: Luke Shaw (Manchester United, £30m), Adam Lallana (Liverpool, £25m), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool, £20m), Calum Chambers (Arsenal, £16m), Rickie Lambert (Liverpool, £4m), Billy Sharp (Leeds United, £600,000), Tom Leggett, Isaac Nehemie (Both Aston Villa, Undisclosed), Saphir Taider (Inter, loan cancelled), Danny Fox (Nottingham Forest), Andy Robinson (Bolton), Lee Barnard (Southend United), Matt Young (Sheffield Wednesday), Jonathan Forte (Oldham Athletic), Dani Osvaldo (Inter, Loan), Jordan Turnbull (Swindon Town, Loan), Gaston Ramirez (Hull City, Loan), Jos Hooiveld (Norwich City, Loan).

Released: Lee Barnard, Joe Curtis, Guly Do Prado, Andreas Sony.

STOKE CITY

In: Bojan Krkic (Barcelona, undisclosed), Dionatan Teixeira (Banska Bystrica, Undisclosed), Mame Biram Diouf (Hannover 96), Phil Bardsley (Sunderland), Steve Sidwell (Fulham), Victor Moses (Chelsea, Loan), Oussama Assaidi (Liverpool, Loan).

Out: Cameron Jerome (Norwich City, £1.5m), Michael Kightly (Burnley, Undisclosed), Jordan Keane (Alfreton Town), Ed Sanders (Sheffield Wednesday), Karim Rossi (Hull City), Kevin Gomez-Nieto (Helmond), James Alabi (Accrington Stanley, Loan), Jamie Ness (Crewe Alexandra, Loan).

Released: Juan Agudelo, Lucas Dawson, Matthew Etherington, Ben Heneghan, Jordan Richardson.

SUNDERLAND

In: Jack Rodwell (Manchester City, £10m), Will Buckley (Brighton, £2.5m), Patrick van Aanholt (Chelsea, Undisclosed), Jordi Gomez (Wigan Athletic), Billy Jones (West Brom), Costel Pantilimon (Manchester City), Santiago Vergini (Estudiantes, Loan), Sebastian Coates (Liverpool, Loan), Ricky Alvarez (Inter, Loan).

Out: Ignacio Scocco (Newell’s Old Boys, £2.1m), Carlos Cuellar (Norwich), Phil Bardsley (Stoke City), Jack Colback (Newcastle), Craig Gardner (West Brom), Billy Knott (Bradford City), John Egan (Gillingham), Kieren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday), Louis Laing (Nottingham Forest), Reece Noble (Durham City), Oscar Ustari (Newell’s Old Boys), David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest), Jordan Pickford (Bradford City, Loan), Scott Harrison (Hartlepool United), Valentin Roberge (Stade de Reims, Loan).

Released: Carlos Cuellar, Andrea Dossena, Jordan Laidler, Alejandro Rodriguez Gorrin, Jordan Watson, Mobido Diakite.

SWANSEA CITY

In: Federico Fernandez (Napoli, £7m), Jefferson Montero (Morelia, £4m), Marvin Emnes (Middlesbrough, £1.5m), Moudo Barrow (Ostersunds, Undisclosed), Stephen Kingsley (Falkirk, Undisclosed), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Tottenham, Swap), Adrian Maric (GAIN, Undisclosed), Lukasz Fabianski (Arsenal), Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon), James Demetriou (Nottingham Forest), Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Tottenham).

Out: Ben Davies (Tottenham, £8m plus swap), Michel Vorm (Tottenham, £4.5m), Gwion Edwards (Crawley Town, £700,000), Chico Flores (Lekhwiya, Undisclosed), Alejandro Pozuelo (Rayo Vallecano, Undisclosed), Thomas Atyeo (Aberystwyth Town), Jose Canas (Espanyol), Kris Scott (Leicester City), Leroy Lita (Barnsley), Daniel Alfei (Northampton Town, Loan), Michu (Napoli, Loan).

Released: Leroy Lita, Jernade Meade, David Ngog, Darnel Situ.

TOTTENHAM

In: Ben Davies (Swansea City, £8m plus swap), Federico Fazio (Sevilla, £8m), Michel Vorm (Swansea, £4.5m), Eric Dier (Sporting Lisbon, £4m), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders, £2m), Benjamin Stambouli (Montpellier, Undisclosed).

Out: Jake Livermore (Hull City, £8m), Iago Falque (Genoa, £4m), Heurelho Gomes (Watford), Lawrence Vigouroux, Kevin Stewart (Both Liverpool), Darren McQueen (Ipswich Town), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City, Swap), Michael Dawson (Hull City, Undisclosed), Sandro (QPR, Undisclosed), Zeki Fryers (Crystal Palace, Loan), Grant Hall (Birmingham City, Loan), Alex Pritchard (Brentford, Loan), Kenny McEvoy (Peterborough United, Loan), Shaquile Coulthirst (Southend United, Loan), Jordan Archer (Northampton Town, Loan), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders, Loan), Lewis Holtby (Hamburg, Loan).

Released: Giancarlo Gallifuoco, Cameron Lancaster, Roman Michael-Percil, Jonathan Miles.

WEST BROM

In: Brown Ideye (Dynamo Kiev, £10m), Sebastien Pocognoli (Hannover 96, £1.5m), Jason Davidson (Heracles Almelo, Undisclosed), Cristian Gamboa (Rosenborg, Undisclosed), Sebastian Blanco (Metalist Kharkiv, Undisclosed), Georgios Samaras (Celtic), Craig Gardner (Sunderland), Joleon Lescott (Manchester City), Chris Baird (Burnley), Andre Wisdom (Liverpool, Loan), Silvestre Varela (Porto, Loan).

Out: George Thorne (Derby County, £2m), Billy Jones (Sunderland), Liam Ridgewell (Portland Timbers), Steven Reid (Burnley), Cameron Gayle (Shrewsbury Town), Donervon Daniels (Blackpool, Loan).

Released: Scott Allan, Zoltan Gera, Diego Lugano.

WEST HAM

In: Enner Valencia (Pachuca, £12m), Aaron Cresswell (Ipswich Town, £3.75m), Cheikhou Kouyate (Anderlecht, Undisclosed), Mauro Zarate (Velez Sarsfield, Undisclosed), Diafra Sakho (FC Metz, Undisclosed), Diego Poyet (Charlton, Compensation), Morgan Amalfitano (Marseille), Carl Jenkinson (Arsenal, Loan), Alex Song (Barcelona, Loan).

Out: Ben Sheaf (Arsenal, Undisclosed), Mohamed Diame (Hull City, Undisclosed), Joe Cole (Aston Villa), Matt Taylor (Burnley), Stephen Henderson (Charlton), Robert Girdlestone (Chelmsford City), Charlie Wyke (MK Dons), Raphael Spiegel (Crawley Town, Loan), George Moncur (Colchester United, Loan).

Released: Jack Collison, Alou Diarra, Callum Driver, George McCartney, Jordan Spence.