Soccer-Major English transfers
Major signings by English premier league
clubs
for the new soccer season starting on Saturday
(tabulate under player, nationality if foreign, position, former
club, fee in pounds where known or reported):
Arsenal
David Grondin, France, defender, St Etienne, 500,000 pounds
($815,900).
Nelson Vivas, Argentina, defender, Lugano, 2.0 million.
Aston Villa
Alan Thompson, midfielder, Bolton Wanderers, 4.5 million
David Unsworth, defender, West Ham, 3.0 million
Blackburn Rovers
Kevin Davies, forward, Southampton, 7.25 million
Sebastien Perez, France, defender, Bastia, 3.0 million
Darren Peacock, defender, Newcastle United, free
Charlton Athletic
Neil Redfearn, midfielder, Barnsley, 1.1 million
Chris Powell, defender, Derby County, 825,000
Emeka Ifejiagwa, Nigeria, defender, Lagos, 20,000
Chelsea
Pierluigi Casiraghi, Italy, striker, Lazio, 5.4 million
Brian Laudrup, Denmark, forward, Rangers, free
Albert Ferrer, Spain, defender, Barcelona, 2.2 million
Marcel Desailly, France, defender, AC Milan, 4.6 million
Coventry City
Robert Jarni, Croatia, defender, Real Betis, 2.6 million
Jean-Guy Wallemme, France, defender, Lens.
Paul Hall, Jamaica, forward, Portsmouth, 300,000
Ian Brightwell, defender, Manchester City, free
Derby County
Horacio Carbonari, Argentina, defender, Rosario Central, 2.7
million
Stefan Schnoor, Germany, defender, Hamburg, free
Everton
Olivier Dacourt, France, midfielder, Strasbourg, 3.8 million
John Collins, midfielder, Monaco, 2.5 million
Marco Materazzi, Italy, defender, Perugia, 2.5 million
Leeds United
Clyde Wijnhard, Netherlands, forward, Willem II, 1.5 million
Danny Granville, defender, Chelsea, 1.5 million
Leicester City
Gerry Taggart, defender, Bolton Wanderers, free
Liverpool
Sean Dundee, Germany, forward, Karlsruhe, 2.0 million
Steve Staunton, Ireland, midfielder, Aston Villa, free
Vegard Heggem, Norway, defender, Rosenborg Trondheim
Manchester United
Jaap Stam, Netherlands, defender, PSV Eindhoven, 10 million
Jesper Blomqvist, Sweden, winger, Parma, 4.4 million
Middlesbrough
Gary Pallister, defender, Manchester United, 2.5 million
Dean Gordon, defender, Crystal Palace, 900,000
Newcastle United
Dietmar Hamann, Germany, midfielder, Bayern Munich, 4.5 million
Stephane Guivarc'h, France, forward, Auxerre, 3.5 million
Laurent Charvet, France, midfielder, Cannes, 520,000
Carl Serrant, defender, Oldham Athletic, 500,000
George Georgiadis, Greece, midfielder, Panathinaikos, 420,000
Garry Brady, midfielder, Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest
Dougie Freedman, forward, Wolverhampton Wanderers, 950,000
Jean-Claude Darcheville, France, forward, Rennes, 700,000
Sheffield Wednesday
Wim Jonk, Netherlands, midfielder, PSV Eindhoven, 2.5 million
Southampton
Mark Hughes, forward, Chelsea, 650,000
Stuart Ripley, forward, Blackburn Rovers, 1.5 million
James Beattie, forward, Blackburn Rovers, 1.0 million
David Howells, midfielder, Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur
Paolo Tramezzani, Italy, defender, Piacenza, 1.4 million
West Ham
Javier Margas, Chile, defender, Universidad Catolica, 2.0 million
Ian Wright, forward, Arsenal
Marc Keller, France, forward, Karlsruhe
Shaka Hislop, goalkeeper, Newcastle United, free
Neil Ruddock, defender, Liverpool
Wimbledon
none
($1=.6128 Pound) (REUTERS)
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