| In / Out |
Player |
Position
| From / To |
Cost |
Verdict |
| In |
Daniel Sturridge |
Forward |
Man City |
TBC |
An England under 21 striker who has already scored for Chelsea in pre season. Could be a future star for club and country. |
| In |
Ross Turnbull |
Goalkeeper |
Middlesbrough |
Free |
A young English keeper to replace the departed Carlo Cudicini and provide some competition for Hilario as backup to Petr Cech. |
| In |
Yuri Zhirkov |
Midfielder/Defender |
CSKA Moscow |
£18m |
Probably Russia's best player. Left sided and can play in defence or as an attacking winger. |
| In |
Nemanja Matic |
Midfielder |
MFK Matic |
£1.5m |
21 Year old midfielder who has two full caps for Serbia. |
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| Out |
Franco Di Santo |
Striker |
Blackburn |
Loan |
Used sparingley as sub in last season's campaign. Loan spell at Blackburn should give him some first team action. |
| Out |
Michael Mancienne |
Defender |
Wolves |
Loan |
Loaned back for a season to Wolves where he will now get regular Premier League experience. |
| Out |
Claudio Pizarro |
Striker |
Werder Bremen |
Undisclosed |
Went on a season long loan and not featured in any future plans so moving on was probably in the best interest of all parties. |
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