Welcome to the Premier League Summer Transfers of the 2011-12 season! This was a season that saw the football landscape shift dramatically, with clubs splashing the cash to bring in new talent and others bidding emotional farewells to club legends. Remember the jaw-dropping moment when Manchester City signed Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid? Or the suspenseful saga of Cesc Fabregas leaving Arsenal for Barcelona? This was a summer that had it all – drama, suspense, and a whole lot of footballing magic. So, lace up your boots, put on your favorite team’s jersey, and get ready to relive one of the most exciting transfer windows in Premier League history. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or a casual observer, we guarantee you’ll find something to pique your interest. So, without further ado, let’s dive into the rollercoaster ride that was the Premier League Summer Transfers Season 2011-12!
| ARSENAL | NEWCASTLE UNITED | |||||
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| 30-May | Thomas Cruise | Released | 10-Jun | Yohan Cabaye (Lille, France - Newcastle) | Undisclosed | |
| 30-May | Jens Lehmann | Retired | 16-Jun | Kevin Nolan (Newcastle - West Ham United) | Undisclosed | |
| 08-Jun | Carl Jenkinson (Charlton Athletic - Arsenal) | £1,000,000 | 17-Jun | Demba Ba (West Ham United - Newcastle) | £4,000,000 | |
| 24-Jun | Mark Randall (Arsenal - Chesterfield) | Free | 18-Jun | Sylvain Marveaux (Rennes, France - Newcastle) | Free | |
| 02-Jly | Roarie Deacon (Arsenal - Sunderland) | Free | 23-Jun | Ben Tozer (Newcastle - Northampton) | Free | |
| 04-Jly | Gael Clichy (Arsenal - Manchester City) | £7,000,000 | 28-Jun | Daniel Leadbitter (Newcastle - Torquay) | Free | |
| 11-Jly | Gervinho (Lille, France - Arsenal) | £10,500,000 | 01-Jly | Mehdi Abied (Lens, France - Newcastle) | Undisclosed | |
| 18-Jly | Denilson (Arsenal - Sao Paulo, Brazil) | Loan | 16-Jly | Kazenga LuaLua (Newcastle - Brighton & Hove Albion) | Loan | |
| 26-Jly | Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Arsenal - Ipswich Town) | Undisclosed | 01-Aug | Wayne Routledge (Newcastle - Swansea City) | £2,000,000 | |
| 26-Jly | James Shea (Arsenal - Dagenham & Redbridge) | Loan | 05-Aug | Michael Richardson (Newcastle - Leyton Orient) | Loan | |
| 05-Aug | Kyle Bartley (Arsenal - Rangers, Scotland) | Loan | 09-Aug | Gabriel Obertan (Manchester United - Newcastle Utd) | Undisclosed | |
| 08-Aug | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Southampton - Arsenal) | £15,000,000 | 11-Aug | Jose Enrique (Newcastle United - Liverpool) | £6,000,000 | |
| 15-Aug | Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal - Barcelona) | £35,000,000 | 11-Aug | Phil Airey (Newcastle - Hibernian, Scotland) | Loan | |
| 16-Aug | Jamie Edge (Arsenal - West Bromwich Albion) | Undisclosed | 11-Aug | James Tavernier (Newcastle - Carlisle United) | Loan | |
| 16-Aug | Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal - Galatasaray, Turkey) | £3,000,000 | 17-Aug | Fraser Forster (Newcastle - Celtic, Scotland) | Season loan | |
| 16-Aug | Carlos Vela (Arsenal - Real Sociedad, Spain) | Season loan | 26-Aug | Joey Barton (Newcastle United - QPR) | Free | |
| 16-Aug | Pedro Botelho (Arsenal - Rayo Vallecano) | Loan | 30-Aug | Davide Santon (Inter Milan - Newcastle United) | Undisclosed | |
| 19-Aug | Joel Campbell (Deportivo Saprissa, Costa Rica - Arsenal) | Undisclosed | 30-Aug | Rob Elliot (Charlton Athletic - Newcastle United) | Undisclosed | |
| 24-Aug | Samir Nasri (Arsenal - Manchester City) | £25,000,000 | ||||
| 30-Aug | Armand Traore (Arsenal - QPR) | Undisclosed | NORWICH CITY | |||
| 30-Aug | Park Chu-Young (AS Monaco - Arsenal) | £3,000,000 | 27-May | James Vaughan (Everton - Norwich City) | Undisclosed | |
| 31-Aug | Andre Santos (Fenerbahce, Turkey - Arsenal) | £6,200,000 | 30-May | Jens Berthel Askou | Released | |
| 31-Aug | Henri Lansbury (Arsenal - West Ham United) | Season loan | 06-Jun | Steve Morison (Millwall - Norwich City) | Undisclosed | |
| 31-Aug | Joel Campbell (Arsenal - Lorient, France) | Loan | 06-Jun | Matthew Gill (Norwich City - Bristol Rovers) | Free | |
| 31-Aug | Gilles Sunu (Arsenal - Lorient, France) | Undisclosed | 14-Jun | Elliott Bennett (Brighton - Norwich City) | Undisclosed | |
| 31-Aug | Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen - Arsenal) | £9,000,000 | 17-Jun | Ritchie de Laet (Manchester United - Norwich City) | Loan | |
| 31-Aug | Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea - Arsenal) | Season loan | 28-Jun | Angus Gunn (Norwich City - Manchester City) | Undisclosed | |
| 31-Aug | Mikel Arteta (Everton - Arsenal) | £10,000,000 | 01-Jly | Samuel Habergham (Norwich City - Tamworth) | Undisclosed | |
| 31-Aug | Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal - Sunderland) | Season loan | 01-Jly | Bradley Johnson (Leeds United - Norwich City) | Free | |
| 06-Jly | Anthony Pilkington (Huddesfield Town - Norwich City) | Undisclosed | ||||
| ASTON VILLA | 19-Jly | Luke Daley (Norwich City - Plymouth Argyle) | Free | |||
| 27-May | Harry Forrester | Released | 21-Jly | Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur - Norwich City) | Season loan | |
| 27-May | Isaiah Osbourne (Aston Villa - Hibernian, Scotland) | Free | 28-Jly | Owain Tudur Jones (Norwich City - Inverness CT) | Free | |
| 27-May | Moustapha Salifou | Released | 29-Jly | Jed Steer (Norwich City - Yeovil Town) | Loan | |
| 27-May | Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa - Bolton Wanderers) | Free | 12-Aug | Steven Smith (Norwich City - Preston North End) | Free | |
| 27-May | Robert Pires | Released | 13-Aug | Daniel Ayala (Liverpool - Norwich City) | £800,000 | |
| 03-Jun | Brad Friedel (Aston Villa - Tottenham Hotspur) | Free | 31-Aug | Tom Adeyemi (Norwich City - Oldham Athletic) | Loan to Jan | |
| 23-Jun | Ashley Young (Aston Villa - Manchester United) | £17,000,000 | 31-Aug | Cody McDonald (Norwich City - Coventry City) | Undisclosed | |
| 14-Jly | Stewart Downing (Aston Villa - Liverpool) | £20,000,000 | ||||
| 18-Jly | Shay Given (Manchester City - Aston Villa) | £3,500,000 | QUEENS PARK RANGERS | |||
| 29-Jly | Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan Athletic - Aston Villa) | £9,500,000 | 29-May | Georgios Tofas | Released | |
| 06-Aug | John Carew (Aston Villa - West Ham United) | Free | 30-May | Josh Parker | Released | |
| 26-Aug | Andreas Weimann (Aston Villa - Watford) | Loan | 30-May | Gavin Mahon | Released | |
| 27-Aug | Jonathan Hogg (Aston Villa - Watford) | Undisclosed | 01-Jun | Mikele Leigertwood (QPR - Reading) | Free | |
| 27-Aug | Luke Young (Aston Villa - QPR) | Undisclosed | 01-Jun | Romone Rose | Released | |
| 29-Aug | Jean Makoun (Aston Villa - Olympiakos, Greece) | Loan | 17-Jun | Lee Brown (QPR - Bristol Rovers) | Free | |
| 31-Aug | Alan Hutton (Tottenham Hotspur - Aston Villa) | £3,000,000 | 28-Jun | Joe Oastler (QPR - Torquay United) | Free | |
| 31-Aug | Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham Hotspur - Aston Villa) | Season loan | 21-Jly | Max Ehmer (QPR - Yeovil Town) | Loan | |
| 12-Jly | Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff City - QPR) | Free | ||||
| BLACKBURN ROVERS | 13-Jly | Kieron Dyer (West Ham United - QPR) | Free | |||
| 09-May | Frank Fielding (Blackburn - Derby County) | Undisclosed | 25-Jly | Danny Gabbidon (West Ham United - QPR) | Free | |
| 01-Jun | Maceo Rigters | Released | 01-Aug | Angelo Balanta (QPR - Milton Keynes Dons) | Loan | |
| 08-Jun | Phil Jones (Blackburn - Manchester United) | £17,000,000 | 04-Aug | Dudley "DJ" Campbell (Blackpool - QPR) | £1,200,000 | |
| 01-Jly | Zurab Khizanishvili (Blackburn - Kayserispor, Turkey) | Free | 05-Aug | Peter Ramage (QPR - Crystal Palace) | Loan | |
| 01-Jly | Myles Anderson (Aberdeen - Blackburn) | Undisclosed | 10-Aug | Brian Murphy (Ipswich Town - QPR) | Undisclosed | |
| 13-Jly | Aaron Doran (Blackburn - Inverness CT) | Undisclosed | 11-Aug | Bruno Perone (Tombense, Brazil - QPR) | Free | |
| 21-Jly | Benjani (Blackburn - Portsmouth) | Free | 19-Aug | Michael Doughty (QPR - Crawley Town) | Loan | |
| 22-Jly | Jason Brown (Blackburn - Aberdeen) | Undisclosed | 19-Aug | Leon Clarke (QPR - Swindon Town) | Free | |
| 24-Jly | Tom Hitchcock (Blackburn - Plymouth Argyle) | Loan | 24-Aug | Kaspars Gorkss (QPR - Reading) | Undisclosed | |
| 02-Aug | Jake Kean (Blackburn - Rochdale) | Loan | 26-Aug | Joey Barton (Newcastle United - QPR) | Free | |
| 03-Aug | David Goodwillie (Dundee United - Blackburn) | £2,800,000 | 27-Aug | Rowan Vine (QPR - Exeter City) | Loan | |
| 09-Aug | Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade - Blackburn) | Undisclosed | 27-Aug | Luke Young (Aston Villa - QPR) | Undisclosed | |
| 11-Aug | Nikola Kalinic (Blackburn - Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) | Undisclosed | 30-Aug | Armand Traore (Arsenal - QPR) | Undisclosed | |
| 12-Aug | Keith Andrews (Blackburn - Ipswich Town) | Loan to Jan | 31-Aug | Tommaso Trani (AC Milan, Italy - QPR) | Free | |
| 12-Aug | Gavin Gunning (Blackburn - Dundee United) | Undisclosed | 31-Aug | Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City - QPR) | Undisclosed | |
| 23-Aug | Simon Vukcevic (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal - Blackburn) | £3,000,000 | 31-Aug | Anton Ferdinand (Sunderland - QPR) | Undisclosed | |
| 25-Aug | Brett Emerton (Blackburn - Sydney FC, Australia) | Free | 31-Aug | Jason Puncheon (Southampton - QPR) | Loan to Jan | |
| 31-Aug | Scott Dann (Birmingham City - Blackburn Rovers) | £8,000,000 | ||||
| 31-Aug | El Hadji Diouf | Released | STOKE CITY | |||
| 01-Jun | Ibrahima Sonko | Released | ||||
| BOLTON WANDERERS | 14-Jun | Abdoulaye Faye (Stoke - West Ham United) | Free | |||
| 24-May | Jlloyd Samuel | Released | 11-Jly | Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham Hotspur - Stoke City) | Free | |
| 24-May | Gavin McCann | Retired | 19-Jly | Eidur Gudjohnsen (Stoke City - AEK Athens) | Free | |
| 24-May | Johan Elmander (Bolton Wanderers - Galatasaray) | Free | 28-Jly | Matthew Lund (Stoke City - Oldham Athletic) | Loan | |
| 01-Jly | Darren Pratley (Swansea City - Bolton) | Free | 29-Jly | Carl Dickinson (Stoke City - Watford) | Undisclosed | |
| 04-Jly | Ali Al-Habsi (Bolton - Wigan Athletic) | £4,000,000 | 03-Aug | Andrew Davies (Stoke City - Crystal Palace) | Loan | |
| 11-Jly | Danny Ward (Bolton - Huddersfield Town) | £1,000,000 | 09-Aug | Matthew Upson (West Ham United - Stoke City) | Free | |
| 23-Jly | Matt Taylor (Bolton - West Ham United) | £2,200,000 | 17-Aug | Ben Marshall (Stoke City - Sheffield Wednesday) | Loan | |
| 27-Jly | Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa - Bolton Wanderers) | Free | 19-Aug | Louis Moult (Stoke City - Accrington Stanley) | Loan | |
| 29-Jly | Chris Eagles (Burnley - Bolton Wanderers) | £3,000,000 | 31-Aug | Peter Crouch (Tottenham Hotspur - Stoke City) | £12,000,000 | |
| 29-Jly | Tyrone Mears (Burnley - Bolton Wanderers) | 31-Aug | Wilson Palacios (Tottenham Hotspur - Stoke City) | £8,000,000 | ||
| 30-Jly | Joey O'Brien (Bolton Wanderers - West Ham United) | Free | 31-Aug | Cameron Jerome (Birmingham City - Stoke City) | Undisclosed | |
| 08-Aug | Tamir Cohen - (Bolton Wanderers Maccabi Haifa, Israel) | Free | ||||
| 12-Aug | Tuncay Sanli (Wolfsburg, Germany - Bolton Wanderers) | Season loan | SUNDERLAND | |||
| 26-Aug | Dedryck Boyata (Manchester City - Bolton Wanderers) | Season loan | 08-Jun | Jordan Henderson (Sunderland - Liverpool) | £20,000,000 | |
| 31-Aug | Gael Kakuta (Chelsea - Bolton Wanderers) | Loan to Jan | 09-Jun | Ahmed Elmohamady (ENPPI, Egypt - Sunderland) | Undisclosed | |
| 31-Aug | David Ngog (Liverpool - Bolton Wanderers) | £4,000,000 | 22-Jun | Keiren Westwood (Coventry City - Sunderland) | Free | |
| 22-Jun | Sebastien Larsson (Birmingham City - Sunderland) | Free | ||||
| CHELSEA | 29-Jun | Connor Wickham (Ipswich Town - Sunderland) | £8,100,000 | |||
| 30-May | Carl Magnay | Released | 30-Jun | Ji Dong-won (Chunnam Dragons, S Korea - Sunderland) | Undisclosed | |
| 30-May | Michael Woods | Released | 30-Jun | Jean Yves Mvoto (Sunderland - Oldham Athletic) | Free | |
| 30-May | Jan Sebek | Released | 30-Jun | Craig Gardner (Birmingham - Sunderland) | £6,000,000 | |
| 31-May | Michael Mancienne (Chelsea - SV Hamburg) | £1,750,000 | 01-Jly | David Healy (Sunderland - Rangers) | Free | |
| 03-Jun | Jacopo Sala (Chelsea - SV Hamburg) | Undisclosed | 01-Jly | Nathan Luscombe (Sunderland - Hartlepool United) | Free | |
| 22-Jun | Danny Philliskirk (Chelsea - Sheffield United) | Free | 01-Jly | Michael Kay (Sunderland - Tranmere Rovers) | Free | |
| 01-Jly | Nemanja Matic (Chelsea - Benfica, Portugal) | Undisclosed | 01-Jly | Robbie Weir (Sunderland - Tranmere Rovers) | Free | |
| 01-Jly | Fabio Borini (Chelsea, Parma, Italy) | Undisclosed | 02-Jly | Roarie Deacon (Arsenal - Sunderland) | Free | |
| 05-Jly | Jeffrey Bruma (Chelsea - SV Hamburg) | Loan | 06-Jly | Cristian Riveros (Sunderland - Kayserispor, Turkey) | Loan | |
| 07-Jly | Jack Cork (Chelsea - Southampton) | Undisclosed | 07-Jly | Wes Brown (Manchester United - Sunderland) | Undisclosed | |
| 11-Jly | Sam Walker (Chelsea - Northampton Town) | Loan | 07-Jly | John O'Shea (Manchester United - Sunderland) | Undisclosed | |
| 26-Jly | Thibaut Courtois (Genk, Belgium - Chelsea) | Undisclosed | 08-Jly | David Vaughan (Blackpool - Sunderland) | Free | |
| 26-Jly | Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea - Atletico Madrid) | Season loan | 15-Jly | Liam Noble (Sunderland - Carlisle United) | Loan | |
| 04-Aug | Oriol Romeu (Barcelona - Chelsea) | £4,350,000 | 03-Aug | Steed Malbranque (Sunderland - St Etienne, France) | Undisclosed | |
| 06-Aug | Yury Zhirkov (Chelsea - Anzhi Makhachkala, Russia) | £13,200,000 | 09-Aug | James McClean (Derry City - Sunderland) | £350,000 | |
| 17-Aug | Ben Gordon (Chelsea - Peterborough United) | Loan | 10-Aug | George McCartney (Sunderland - West Ham United) | Season loan | |
| 18-Aug | Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht, Belgium - Chelsea) | £20,000,000 | 31-Aug | Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal - Sunderland) | Season loan | |
| 19-Aug | Milan Lalkovic (Chelsea - Doncaster Robers) | Loan | 31-Aug | Anton Ferdinand (Sunderland - QPR) | Undisclosed | |
| 24-Aug | Slobodan Rajkovic (Chelsea - SV Hamburg, Germany) | Undisclosed | ||||
| 24-Aug | Juan Mata (Valencia, Spain - Chelsea) | £23,500,000 | SWANSEA CITY | |||
| 28-Aug | Ulises Davila (Chivas Guadalajara, Mexico - Chelsea) | Undisclosed | 01-Jun | Kerry Morgan (Swansea City - Neath, Wales) | Free | |
| 28-Aug | Ulises Davila (Chelsea - Vitesse, Netherlands) | Loan | 01-Jun | Albert Serran (Swanswa City - AEK Larnaca) | Free | |
| 31-Aug | Patrick van Aanholt (Chelsea - Wigan Athletic) | Season loan | 13-Jun | Scott Donnelly (Swansea City - Wycombe Wanderers) | Loan | |
| 31-Aug | Gael Kakuta (Chelsea - Bolton Wanderers) | Loan to Jan | 22-Jun | Dorus De Vries (Swansea City - Wolves) | Free | |
| 31-Aug | Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea - Arsenal) | Season loan | 30-Jun | Cedric van der Gun | Released | |
| 31-Aug | Raul Meireles (Liverpool - Chelsea) | Undisclosed | 30-Jun | Jamie Grimes | Released | |
| 30-Jun | Yves Ma-Kalambay | Released | ||||
| EVERTON | 01-Jly | Darren Pratley (Swansea City - Bolton) | Free | |||
| 27-May | James Vaughan (Everton - Norwich City) | Undisclosed | 01-Jly | Danny Graham (Watford - Swansea City) | £3,500,000 | |
| 14-Jun | Hope Akpan (Everton - Crawley) | Free | 01-Jly | Steven Caulker (Tottenham Hotspur - Swansea City) | Season loan | |
| 22-Jun | Kieran Agard (Everton - Yeovil) | Free | 08-Jly | Jose Moreira (Benfica, Portugal - Swansea City) | Undisclosed | |
| 29-Jly | Iain Turner (Everton - Preston North End) | Free | 01-Aug | Wayne Routledge (Newcastle - Swansea City) | £2,000,000 | |
| 31-Aug | Jermaine Beckford (Everton - Leicester City) | £4,000,000 | 03-Aug | Leroy Lita (Middlesbrough - Swansea City) | £1,750,000 | |
| 31-Aug | Mikel Arteta (Everton - Arsenal) | £10,000,000 | 03-Aug | Gorka Pintado | Released | |
| 31-Aug | Denis Stracqualursi (Tigre, Argentina - Everton) | Season loan | 10-Aug | Michel Vorm (Utrecht, Netherlands - Swansea City) | £1,500,000 | |
| 31-Aug | Royston Drenthe (Real Madrid - Everton) | Season loan | 19-Aug | David Cornell (Swansea City - Hereford United) | Loan | |
| 22-Aug | Ryan Harley (Swansea City - Brighton & Hove Albion) | Undisclosed | ||||
| FULHAM | 26-Aug | Shaun MacDonald (Swansea City - AFC Bournemouth) | £80,000 | |||
| 30-Jun | Eddie Johnson | Released | 30-Aug | Gerhard Tremmel (Red Bull Salzburg - Swansea City) | Free | |
| 30-Jun | Matthew Saunders | Released | 31-Aug | Fede Bessone (Leeds United - Swansea City) | Free | |
| 30-Jun | Pascal Zuberbuhler | Released | ||||
| 30-Jun | John Pantsil (Fulham - Leicester City) | Free | TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR | |||
| 01-Jly | Diomansy Kamara (Fulham - Eskisehirspor, Turkey) | Free | 03-Jun | Brad Friedel (Aston Villa - Tottenham Hotspur) | Free | |
| 04-Jly | Kagisho Dikgacoi (Fulham - Crystal Palace) | Undisclosed | 16-Jun | Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham Hotspur - Stoke City) | Released | |
| 11-Jly | Csaba Somogyi (Ajax, Netherlands - Fulham) | Free | 21-Jun | Jamie O'Hara (Tottenham Hotspur - Wolves) | £5,000,000 | |
| 13-Jly | John Arne Riise (AS Roma, Italy - Fulham) | £3,500,000 | 01-Jly | Steven Caulker (Tottenham Hotspur - Swansea City) | Season loan | |
| 18-Jly | Jonathan Greening (Fulham - Nottingham Forest) | £600,000 | 11-Jly | Cristian Ceballos (Barcelona - Tottenham Hotspur) | Free | |
| 20-Jly | Marcel Gecov (Slovan Liberec - Fulham) | £700,000 | 18-Jly | Souleymane Coulibaly (AC Siena - Tottenham Hotspur) | Undisclosed | |
| 25-Jly | Pajtim Kasami (Palermo, Italy - Fulham) | £5,000,000 | 19-Jly | Paul-Jose M'Poku (Tottenham Hotspur - Standard Liege) | Undisclosed | |
| 26-Jly | David Stockdale (Fulham - Ipswich Town) | Season loan | 21-Jly | Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur - Norwich City) | Season loan | |
| 02-Aug | Zoltan Gera (Fulham - West Bromwich Albion) | Released | 25-Jly | Bongani Khumalo (Tottenham Hotspur - Reading) | Season loan | |
| 01-Aug | Danny Hoesen (Fulham - Fortuna Sittard, Netherlands) | Loan | 28-Jly | Nathan Byrne (Tottenham Hotspur - AFC Bournemouth) | Season loan | |
| 17-Aug | Carlos Salcido (Fulham - Tigres, Mexico) | Loan | 28-Jly | Ryan Mason (Tottenham Hotspur - Doncaster Rovers) | Season loan | |
| 24-Aug | Lauri Dalla Valle (Fulham - Dundee United) | Loan | 04-Aug | Jonathan Obika (Tottenham Hotspur - Yeovil Town) | Loan to Jan | |
| 30-Aug | Keanu Marsh-Brown (Fulham - Dundee United) | Loan | 08-Aug | Mirko Ranieri (Tottenham Hotspur - Esperia Viareggio) | Season loan | |
| 31-Aug | Zdenek Grygera (Juventus, Italy - Fulham) | Free | 15-Aug | Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur - LA Galaxy, USA) | £3,500,000 | |
| 31-Aug | Orlando Sa (Porto, Portugal - Fulham) | Free | 16-Aug | Adam Smith (Tottenham Hotspur - Milton Keynes Dons) | Season loan | |
| 31-Aug | Bryan Ruiz (FC Twente, Netherlands - Fulham) | £10,600,000 | 25-Aug | David Button (Tottenham Hotspur - Leyton Orient) | Loan to Jan | |
| 25-Aug | Yago Falque (Juventus - Tottenham Hotspur) | Season loan | ||||
| LIVERPOOL | 25-Aug | Emmanuel Abedayor (Man City - Tottenham Hotspur) | Season loan | |||
| 08-Jun | Jordan Henderson (Sunderland - Liverpool) | £20,000,000 | 31-Aug | Scott Parker (West Ham United - Tottenham Hotspur) | £5,000,000 | |
| 16-Jun | Nikola Sarik | Released | 31-Aug | David Bentley (Tottenham Hotspur - West Ham United) | Season loan | |
| 06-Jly | Charlie Adam (Blackpool - Liverpool) | £9,000,000 | 31-Aug | Peter Crouch (Tottenham Hotspur - Stoke City) | £12,000,000 | |
| 07-Jly | Stephen Darby (Liverpool - Rochdale) | Season loan | 31-Aug | Wilson Palacios (Tottenham Hotspur - Stoke City) | £8,000,000 | |
| 10-Jly | Dean Bouzanis (Liverpool - Melbourne Victory) | Free | 31-Aug | Callum Tapping (Tottenham Hotspur - Hearts) | Undisclosed | |
| 13-Jly | Paul Konchesky (Liverpool - Leicester City) | Undisclosed | 31-Aug | Alan Hutton (Tottenham Hotspur - Aston Villa) | £3,000,000 | |
| 14-Jly | Stewart Downing (Aston Villa - Liverpool) | £20,000,000 | 31-Aug | Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham Hotspur - Aston Villa) | Loan | |
| 15-Jly | Alexander Doni (AS Roma - Liverpool) | Undisclosed | ||||
| 19-Jly | Peter Gulacsi (Liverpool - Hull City) | Season loan | WEST BROMWICH ALBION | |||
| 28-Jly | Martin Hansen (Liverpool - Bradford City) | Loan | 09-May | Ryan Allsop (West Brom - Millwall) | Undisclosed | |
| 04-Aug | Milan Jovanovic (Liverpool - Anderlecht, Belgium) | Free | 23-May | Gareth McAuley (Ipswich - West Brom) | Free | |
| 04-Aug | Thomas Ince (Liverpool - Blackpool) | Undisclosed | 30-May | Dean Kiely | Retired | |
| 11-Aug | Jose Enrique (Newcastle United - Liverpool) | £6,000,000 | 03-Jun | Billy Jones (Preston NE - West Brom) | Free | |
| 13-Aug | Daniel Ayala (Liverpool - Norwich City) | £800,000 | Levante | Borja Valero (West Brom - Villarreal, Spain) | Undisclosed | |
| 18-Aug | Nabil El Zhar (Liverpool - Levante) | Undisclosed | 01-Jly | Abdoulaye Meite (West Brom - Dijon, France) | Free | |
| 22-Aug | Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Liverpool - Wolfsburg, Germany) | Undisclosed | 01-Jly | Scott Carson (West Brom - Bursaspor, Turkey) | Undisclosed | |
| 26-Aug | Alberto Aquilani (Liverpool - AC Milan, Italy) | Season loan | 10-Jly | Gianni Zuiverloon (West Brom - Real Mallorca, Spain) | Undisclosed | |
| 27-Aug | Emiliano Insua (Liverpool - Sporting Lisbon, Portugal) | Undisclosed | 22-Jly | Marcus Haber (West Brom - St. Johnstone) | Undisclosed | |
| 30-Aug | Sebastian Coates (Nacional - Liverpool) | Undisclosed | 29-Jly | Boaz Myhill (West Brom - Birmingham City) | Season loan | |
| 31-Aug | Joe Cole (Liverpool - Lille) | Season loan | 29-Jly | Ben Foster (Birmingham City - West Brom) | Season loan | |
| 31-Aug | Villyan Bijev (Liverpool - Fortuna Dusseldorf) | Season loan | 02-Aug | Zoltan Gera (Fulham - West Bromwich Albion) | Free | |
| 31-Aug | Christian Poulsen (Liverpool - Evian, France) | Undisclosed | 04-Aug | Giles Barnes (West Brom - Doncaster Rovers) | Free | |
| 31-Aug | David Ngog (Liverpool - Bolton Wanderers) | £4,000,000 | 05-Aug | Chris Wood (West Brom - Birmingham City) | Loan | |
| 31-Aug | Craig Bellamy (Manchester City - Liverpool) | Undisclosed | 06-Aug | Marton Fulop (Ipswich Town - West Brom) | Free | |
| 31-Aug | Raul Meireles (Liverpool - Chelsea) | Undisclosed | 09-Aug | Shane Long (Reading - West Brom) | Undisclosed | |
| 15-Aug | Ishmael Miller (West Brom - Nottingham Forest) | £1,200,000 | ||||
| MANCHESTER CITY | 16-Aug | Jamie Edge (Arsenal - West Bromwich Albion) | Undisclosed | |||
| 13-May | James Poole (Manchester City - Harlepool United) | Free | 31-Aug | James Hurst (West Brom - Blackpool) | Season loan | |
| 01-Jun | Kim Skogsrud (Manchester City - Rangers) | Free | 31-Aug | Marek Cech (West Brom - Trabzonspor, Turkey) | Undisclosed | |
| 01-Jun | Tom Skogsrud (Manchester City - Rangers) | Free | 31-Aug | Pablo Ibanez (West Brom - Birmingham City) | Undisclosed | |
| 01-Jun | Denis Suarez (Celta Vigo - Manchester City) | Undisclosed | ||||
| 16-Jun | Karim Rekik (Feyenoord - Manchester City) | Undisclosed | WIGAN ATHLETIC | |||
| 24-Jun | Andrew Tutte (Manchester City - Rochdale) | Free | 29-May | Jason Koumas | Released | |
| 24-Jun | Shaleum Logan (Manchester City - Brentford) | Free | 29-May | Joe Holt | Released | |
| 25-Jun | Scott Kay (Manchester City - Maccelsfield Town) | Free | 04-Jly | Ali Al-Habsi (Bolton - Wigan Athletic) | £4,000,000 | |
| 28-Jun | Angus Gunn (Norwich City - Manchester City) | Undisclosed | 07-Jly | Steven Caldwell (Wigan Athletic - Birmingham City) | Free | |
| 28-Jun | Mohammed Abu (Manchester City - Strømsgodset IF) | Loan | 09-Jly | Daniel de Ridder (Wigan Athletic - Grasshoppers) | Free | |
| 29-Jun | Javan Vidal | Released | 18-Jly | Antonio Amaya (Wigan Athletic - Real Betis, Spain) | Undisclosed | |
| 29-Jun | Felipe Caicedo (Manchester City - Levante) | £880,000 | 29-Jly | Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan Athletic - Aston Villa) | £9,500,000 | |
| 01-Jly | David Gonzalez (Manchester City - Aberdeen) | Loan | 02-Aug | David Jones (Wolves - Wigan Athletic) | Free | |
| 01-Jly | Donal McDermott (Manchester City - Huddersfield Town) | Undisclosed | 02-Aug | Mauro Boselli (Wigan Athletic - Estudiantes, Argentina) | Loan | |
| 04-Jly | Gael Clichy (Arsenal - Manchester City) | £7,000,000 | 12-Aug | Nouha Dicko (Strasbourg, France - Wigan Athletic) | Free | |
| 06-Jly | Stefan Savić (Partisan Belgrade - Manchester City) | £6,000,000 | 20-Aug | Roman Golobart (Wigan Athletic - Inverness CT) | Loan | |
| 14-Jly | Patrick Vieira | Retired | 30-Aug | Albert Crusat (Almeria - Wigan Athletic) | £2,000,000 | |
| 14-Jly | Ben Mee (Manchester City - Burnley) | Loan | 31-Aug | Shaun Maloney (Celtic - Wigan Athletic) | Undisclosed | |
| 18-Jly | Jérôme Boateng (Manchester City - Bayern Munich) | £11,847,000 | 31-Aug | Patrick van Aanholt (Chelsea - Wigan Athletic) | Season loan | |
| 18-Jly | Shay Given (Manchester City - Aston Villa) | £3,500,000 | ||||
| 20-Jly | Jo (Manchester City - Internacional, Brazil) | Undisclosed | WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS | |||
| 26-Jly | Kieran Trippier (Manchester City - Burnley) | Loan | 12-May | Marcus Hahnemann | Released | |
| 27-Jly | Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid - Manchester City) | £38,000,000 | 31-May | David Jones (Wolves - Wigan Athletic) | Free | |
| 28-Jly | Michael Johnson (Manchester City - Leicester City) | Loan | 31-May | John Dunleavy | Released | |
| 31-Jly | Abdisalam Ibrahim (Manchester City - NEC) | Loan | 21-Jun | Jamie O'Hara (Tottenham Hotspur - Wolves) | £5,000,000 | |
| 05-Aug | Costel Pantilimon (Poli Timisoara - Manchester City) | Undisclosed | 22-Jun | Dorus De Vries (Swansea - Wolves) | Free | |
| 24-Aug | Samir Nasri (Arsenal - Manchester City) | £25,000,000 | 29-Jun | Steven Mouyokolo (Wolves - Sochaux, France) | Loan | |
| 25-Aug | Emmanuel Abedayor (Man City - Tottenham Hotspur) | Season loan | 11-Jly | Roger Johnson (Birmingham City - Wolves) | £7,000,000 | |
| 26-Aug | Dedryck Boyata (Manchester City - Bolton Wanderers) | Season loan | 11-Jly | Greg Halford (Wolves - Portsmouth) | Undisclosed | |
| 29-Aug | Ryan McGivern (Manchester City - Bristol City) | Loan | 18-Jly | Scott Malone (Wolves - AFC Bournemouth) | Loan | |
| 29-Aug | Roque Santa Cruz (Manchester City - Real Betis) | Season loan | 20-Jly | Nathan Rooney | Released | |
| 31-Aug | John Guidetti (Manchester City - Feyenoord) | Season loan | 24-Jly | Adriano Basso (Wolves - Hull City) | Free | |
| 31-Aug | Owen Hargreaves (Man United - Manchester City) | Free | 26-Jly | Danny Batth (Wolves - Sheffield Wednesday) | Loan | |
| 31-Aug | Ahmed Benali (Manchester City - Rochdale) | Season loan | 02-Aug | Carl Ikeme (Wolves - Middlesbrough) | Loan | |
| 31-Aug | Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City - QPR) | Undisclosed | 05-Aug | Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Wolves - Sheffield United) | Loan | |
| 31-Aug | Craig Bellamy (Manchester City - Liverpool) | Undisclosed | 15-Aug | Andy Keogh (Wolves - Leeds United) | Loan to Jan | |
| 23-Aug | Stefan Maierhofer (Wolves - Red Bull Salzburg, Austria) | Undisclosed | ||||
| MANCHESTER UNITED | 27-Aug | Leigh Griffiths (Wolves - Hibernian) | Loan | |||
| 30-May | Joe Dudgeon (Manchester United - Hull City) | Undisclosed | 27-Aug | Sam Winnall (Wolves - Hereford United) | Loan | |
| 30-May | Paul Scholes | Retired | 31-Aug | David Davis (Wolves - Inverness CT) | Loan | |
| 08-Jun | Phil Jones (Blackburn - Manchester United) | £17,000,000 | ||||
| 24-Jun | Bebe (Manchester United - Besiktas, Turkey) | Loan | ||||
| 02-Jly | Conor Devlin | Released | ||||
| 04-Jly | Ritchie de Laet (Manchester United - Norwich) | Loan | ||||
| 11-Jly | Ashley Young (Aston Villa - Manchester United) | £17,000,000 | ||||
| 18-Jly | David de Gea (Atletico Madrid - Manchester United) | £18,900,000 | ||||
| 26-Jly | Owen Hargreaves (Man United - Manchester City) | Free | ||||
| 26-Jly | Edwin van der Sar | Retired | ||||
| 05-Aug | Ryan Tunnicliffe (Manchester United - Peterborough) | 6 month loan | ||||
| 08-Aug | Nicky Ajose (Manchester United - Peterborough) | Undisclosed | ||||
| 15-Aug | Wes Brown (Manchester United - Sunderland) | Undisclosed | ||||
| 16-Aug | John O'Shea (Manchester United - Sunderland) | Undisclosed | ||||
| 16-Aug | Scott Wootton (Manchester United - Peterborough) | Loan | ||||
| 16-Aug | Robbie Brady (Manchester United - Hull City) | Loan | ||||
| 16-Aug | Oliver Gill | Released | ||||
| 19-Aug | Joshua King (Man Utd - Borussia Monchengladbach) | Loan | ||||
| 24-Aug | Gabriel Obertan (Manchester United - Newcastle Utd) | Undisclosed | Player transfers or loans between Premier League clubs in bold | |||
| 30-Aug | Reece Brown (Manchester United - Doncaster Rovers) | Loan | Incoming Player Transfer or Loan | |||
| 30-Aug | Danny Drinkwater (Manchester United - Barnsley) | Loan | Outgoing Player Transfer or Loan | |||
| 31-Aug | Oliver Norwood (Manchester United - Scunthorpe Utd) | Loan | Data correct to 31st August 2011 | |||
Unforgettable Premier League Summer Transfers of 2011-12
As football enthusiasts, we all know that the summer transfer window is one of the most exciting times of the year. The 2011-12 Premier League season was no exception, with a flurry of activity that had fans on the edge of their seats. Let’s take a trip down memory lane and revisit some of the most significant deals that shaped the season.
Biggest Incoming Transfers
The summer of 2011 saw some of the biggest names in football making their way to the Premier League. Manchester City, fresh off their FA Cup victory, made a statement by signing Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid. The Argentine striker would go on to become a club legend, scoring vital goals and helping City to multiple Premier League titles.
Meanwhile, Liverpool were also busy in the transfer market, bringing in Jordan Henderson from Sunderland. Despite initial criticism, Henderson proved his worth over the years, becoming a key figure in Liverpool’s midfield and eventually captaining the side to Champions League and Premier League glory.
Notable Outgoing Transfers
While there were many exciting arrivals, the summer transfer window also saw some notable departures. Arsenal fans were left heartbroken as Cesc Fabregas returned to his boyhood club, Barcelona. Fabregas had been a key player for the Gunners, and his departure marked the end of an era at the Emirates.
Another significant outgoing transfer was that of Carlos Tevez from Manchester City to Juventus. Despite his controversial tenure at City, Tevez had been a prolific scorer, and his departure left a void in City’s attack.
Surprise Moves
The summer transfer window is also known for its surprise moves, and the 2011-12 season was no different. One of the most unexpected transfers was that of Raul Meireles from Liverpool to Chelsea. The Portuguese midfielder had only been at Liverpool for a season, and his move to rivals Chelsea came as a shock to many.
Another surprise was the loan move of Emmanuel Adebayor from Manchester City to Tottenham Hotspur. The Togolese striker had fallen out of favour at City, and his move to Spurs proved to be a masterstroke, as he enjoyed a successful season at White Hart Lane.
These are just a few of the many exciting transfers that took place during the summer of 2011. Each move, whether big or small, played a part in shaping the Premier League season that followed. So, as we look forward to the next transfer window, let’s remember the drama, excitement, and unpredictability that the summer of 2011 brought us.
About the author: Harvey Watkins
Harvey Watkins is a football specialist who lives and breathes match predictions, betting angles, and stats-based analysis. With more than six years in sports content, he has earned a strong reputation for producing football coverage that is sharp, informed, and backed by the numbers. His work digs into form, xG, trends, team data, and market movement to give readers a…