Major signings in 2024/2025 pre-season transfer window

The following is a list of major signings during the 2024/2025 pre-season transfer window, which closed on August 30 (transfer fees reported by club or media include add-ons):
ENGLAND
Raheem Sterling: From Chelsea to Arsenal (loan)
Jadon Sancho: From Manchester United to Chelsea (loan)
Dominic Solanke: From Bournemouth to Tottenham Hotspur (65 million pounds)
Pedro Neto: From Wolverhampton Wanderers to Chelsea (54 million pounds)
Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui: From Bayern Munich to Manchester United (50 million pounds combined)
Amadou Onana: From Everton to Aston Villa (50 million pounds)
Manuel Ugarte: From Paris St Germain to
Manchester United (50 million euros)
Joao Felix: From Atletico Madrid to Chelsea (46 million pounds)
Joshua Zirkzee: From Bologna to Manchester United (42.5 million euros)
Evanilson: From Porto to Bournemouth (40.2 million pounds)
Archie Gray: From Leeds United to Tottenham Hotspur (40 million pounds)
Jean-Clair Todibo: From Nice to West Ham United (40 million euros)
Georginio Rutter: From Leeds United to Brighton & Hove Albion (40 million pounds)
Riccardo Calafiori: From Bologna to Arsenal (40 million euros)
lan Maatsen: From Chelsea to Aston Villa (40 million pounds)
Mikel Merino: From Real Sociedad to Arsenal (31 million pounds)
Eddie Nketiah: From Arsenal to Crystal Palace (30 million pounds)
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: From Leicester to Chelsea (30 million pounds)
Yankuba Minteh: From Newcastle to Brighton (30 million pounds)
Joachim Andersen: From Crystal Palace to Fulham (30 million pounds)
Fabio Carvalho: From Liverpool to Brentford (27.5 million pounds)
David Raya: From Brentford to Arsenal (27 million pounds)
Aaron Ramsdale: From Arsenal to Southampton (25 million pounds)
Matt O’Riley: From Celtic to Brighton & Hove Albion (25 million pounds)
Sepp van den Berg: From Liverpool to Brentford (25 million pounds)
Filip Jorgensen: From Villarreal to Chelsea (20 million pounds)
Omari Hutchinson: From Chelsea to Ipswich (20 million pounds)
Oliver Skipp: From Tottenham Hotspur to Leicester City (20 million pounds)
Filip Jorgensen: From Villarreal to Chelsea (20 million pounds)
Sander Berge: From Burnley to Fulham (20 million pounds)
Omari Kellyman: From Aston Villa to Chelsea (19 million pounds)
Jake O’Brien: From Olympique Lyonnais to Everton (17 million pounds)
Dean Huijsen: From Juventus FC to AFC Bournemouth (15.2 million euros)
Aaron Wan-Bissaka: From Manchester United to West Ham United (15 million pounds)
Cameron Archer: From Aston Villa to Southampton FC (15 million pounds)
Mateus Fernandes: From Sporting to Southampton (15 million pounds)
Federico Chiesa: From Juve to Liverpool (12 million euros)
Ismaila Sarr: From Olympique de Marseille to Crystal Palace (12.5 million pounds)
Caleb Wiley: From Major League Soccer to Chelsea (8.5 million pounds)
lkay Gundogan: From Barcelona to Manchester City (undisclosed)
Ross Barkley: From Luton to Aston Villa (undisclosed)
Samuel lling-Junior: From Juve to Aston Villa (undisclosed)
Enzo Barrenechea: From Juve to Aston Villa (undisclosed
Adam Lallana: From Brighton to Southampton (undisclosed)
Tosin Adarabioyo: Fulham to Chelsea (free transfer)
Jorgen Strand Larsen: Celta Vigo to Wolverhampton Wanderers (undisclosed)
liman Ndiaye: From Olympique de Marseille to Everton (undisclosed)
Caleb Okoli: From Atalanta to Leicester City (undisclosed)
Miodrag Pivas: From Jedinstvo Ub to Newcastle United (undisclosed)
Yang Min-Hyeok: From Gangwon FC to Tottenham Hotspur (undisclosed)
Kuryu Matsuki: From FC Tokyo to Southanmpton FC (undisclosed)
Anwar EI Ghazi: From Mainz to Cardiff City (undisclosed)
Wilson Odobert: From Burnley to Tottenham Hotspur (undisclosed)
Dara 0’Shea: from Burnley to Ipswich Town (undisclosed)
Alex Moreno: From Aston Villa to Nottingham Forest (fee undisclosed)
Sam Johnstone: From Crystal Palace to Wolverhampton (undisclosed)
Daichi Kamada: From Lazio to Crystal Palace (free transfer)
Neto: From Bournemouth to Arsenal (loan)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Mohamed Elneny: From Arsenal to A-Jazira (free transfer)
SCOTLAND
Kasper Schmeichel: From Anderlecht to Celtic (free transfer)
TURKEY
Youssef En-Nesyri: From Sevilla to Fenerbahce (20 milion euros)
AUSTRIA
Bobby Clark: From Liverpool to RB Salzburg (10 million pounds).
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