THE PREMIERSHIP TRANSFER WINDOW IS SHUT – WHO CLOSED THE BEST DEAL

Now the premiership transfer window is closed, lets relax and have a look at some of the new signings and the potential impact the may have on the title challenge this season. Like most football enthusiast, I was glued to the TV screen switching between BBC sport and Sky Sports News. Was I the only one who noticed the Sky sports news attempt at usurping the yellow colour of BBC sports? From the yellow tie of Jim white to the yellow dress of his side kick lady and the yellow background emblazoned with the words “transfer dead line”, it is all about the colour yellow. What happened to red?

Sky Sports anchors in Yellow

Talking about red, one has the feeling that David Moyes at Manchester united is already seeing Red. In my opinion, the news today should be why no one wants to sign for ManU or “MoyesU”. Since the appointment of David Moyes as the new manager of the super duper club of the premiership, it looks like all of a sudden the club lost its allure to top players. It started with the audacious bid to sign Cesc Fabregas and Tiago Alcantara from FC Barcelona and the ridiculous attempt by David Moyes to milk his former club dry by signing their best players and both attempt backfired in David Moyes’ face. The kids from Barcelona are more than contented to stay at Barcelona even they are not guaranteed regular starting positions than to make the move to arguably most famous club in the world. Don’t ask me why.

Although David Moyes eventually signed Marroune Fellaini from Everton at almost the same price he bid for the two players together (Leighton Baines and Fellaini) initially, I wonder whether Mr Moyes’ scouting agents are aware that their scope and budget has widened. It seems they are not aware that, they can scout for players playing for any club in the world. Other than that, how can one explain that, they missed the availability of Mesut Ozil?

Mesut Ozil in Real Madrid

Arsene Wenger has at last made his words count my splashing the cash. But is it the right signing? I doubt. In my opinion Arsenal is not lacking in creativity. What Arsenal is lacking is a powerful midfield enforcer in the calibre of Yaya Toure or Maroune Fellaini. In other words Mesut Ozil is the kind of player Manchester United needs and Marroune Fellaini is the right player for Arsenal in the current situation. Arsenal also needs a powerful striker that would give the team options against a well organised side. That Arsene Wenger didn’t buy Demba Ba from Chelsea for £10 Million is a kind of bizarre to me.

Chelsea finished their business long ahead of the dead line. It is sign of knowing exactly what one wants that Jose Mourinho gave Wayne Rooney 48 hours after their match at Old Trafford to decide whether he wants the move or not. When it became clear that the player wasn’t willing to move Jose quickly move for Samuel Etoo as an alternative. Was it a good signing on a free transfer? YES! A lot of people would say Etoo has passed his prime but I still see him scoring 20 odd goals for Chelsea this season. The fact that Jose realised immediately that, he cannot rely on Torres to score the goals needed to make impact in the championship race tells of a man on a mission with a winning formula.

Samuel Eto'o signed for Chelsea

Brendan has learnt a lot from his last season’s experience and has identified and closed all his deals a day before the deadline. In Sturridge, he has a striker who can guarantee him goals. When Louis Suarez comes of suspension, Liverpool will really be a force reckon with. They have a lot of pace upfront in Raheem Sterling and Victor Moses.

Manchester City also finished their business long before the deadline. They did away with the guys who are more of a distraction in Balotelli and Tevez. With Dzeko, Aguero and Negredo, they still possess enough fire power to threaten any defence. Their defence is however, in the absence of Vincent Kompany a bit shaky for my liking. They definitely could have strengthened the defence to cope with the gruelling Champions league and the premiership season.

Despite their loss to Arsenal last Sunday, I still believe that Tottenham have invested the money generated from the sale of Gareth Bale wisely. AVB should just learn from his mistakes at Chelsea and not try to side line the old guard like Jermaine Defoe immediately. That is exactly what cost him the match at Arsenal. The new guys need time to gel in into the team.

OUTLOOK OF THE SEASON

Chelsea and Manchester city are going to battle it out for premiership. Four other teams (Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham) are going to scramble for other two Champions league places.

DEALS CLOSED ON THE FINAL DAY

ü  Arsenal sign Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid for £42.4m

ü  Marouane Fellaini joins Man Utd from Everton for £27.5m

ü  Liverpool sign centre-backs Mamadou Sakho and Tiago Ilori for a combined fee of about £25m.

ü  Everton sign Wigan midfielder James McCarthy for £13m and agree deals for Manchester City's Gareth Barry and Chelsea's Romelu Lukaku on season-long loans

ü  Aston Villa recruit Czech Republic striker Libor Kozak for £7m.

ü  West Brom sign forward Stephane Sessegnon for £5m-plus and Victor Anichebe for fee rising to £6m

And for those who just arrived from another planet Gareth Bale has joined Real Madrid

Gareth Bale

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