/ 9 July 2004

The Premiership sales

With a month to go until it all kicks off again, here is the first part of the ins, outs and maybes from the transfer market.

Arsenal

In: Manuel Almunia (goalkeeper £500 000, Celta Vigo), Robin van Persie (forward, £2,75-million, Feyenoord), Arturo Lupoli (forward, free, Parma)

Out: Sylvain Wiltord (forward, free), Kanu (forward, free), David Bentley (forward, loan, Norwich), Igors Stepanovs (defender, free), Rami Shaaban (goalkeeper, free), Martin Keown (defender, free), Alex Bailey (free), Stephen Bradley (free), Liam Chilvers (free), Craig Holloway (free), Nicky Nicolau (free), Michal Papadopoulos (free), Paulinho (free), Ashley Probets (free)

Possible arrivals: Hatem Trabelsi (right-back, Ajax)

Possible departures: Giovanni van Bronckhorst (defender, Barcelona, £2-million)

Aston Villa

In: Martin Laursen (back, £3-million, Milan)

Out: Moustapha Hadji (midfielder, free, Espanyol), Dion Dublin (striker, free, Leicester City), Ronny Johnsen (defender, free)

Possible arrivals: Mathieu Berson (midfielder, £2-million, Nantes), Vaclav Drobny (defender, £1-million, Strasbourg), Danny Murphy (midfielder, £2-million, Liverpool) Patrick Kluivert (striker, free, Barcelona), Marc van Bommel (midfielder, PSV, £4-million)

Possible departures: Peter Crouch (striker, £1-million, Norwich/ Southampton/Bolton), Marcus Allback (striker, £1,5-million, PSV)

Birmingham City

In: Emile Heskey (striker, £3,5-million, Liverpool), Muzzy Izzet (midfielder, free, Leicester), Julian Gray (midfielder, free, Crystal Palace)

Out: Bryan Hughes (midfielder, free, Charlton)

Possible arrivals: Jesper Gronkjaer (midfielder, £3-million, Chelsea), Andy Reid (midfielder, £5-million, Nottingham Forest), Mario Melchiot (defender, free, Chelsea)

Possible departures: Ian Bennett (goalkeeper, free, Leeds)

Blackburn Rovers

In: Javier de Pedro (midfielder, free, Real Sociedad), Paul Dickov (striker, £150 000, Leicester), Dominic Matteo (defender, free, Leeds)

Out: None

Possible arrivals: Morten Gamst Pedersen (midfielder, £2-million, Tromso)

Possible departures: Andy Todd (defender, £500 000, Wigan), Dwight Yorke (forward, free, Qatar), Andy Cole (forward, £1-million), Garry Flitcroft (midfielder, £500 000, Wigan)

Bolton Wanderers

In: Michael Bridges (forward, free, Leeds), Les Ferdinand (forward, free, Leicester), Rahdi Jaidi (defender, free, Esperance de Tunis)

Out: Per Frandsen (midfielder, free, Wigan), Jeff Smith (midfielder, free, Port Vale), Steve Howey (defender, free), Ibrahim Ba (forward, free)

Possible arrivals: Emerson Thome (defender, free agent), Youri Djorkaeff (forward, free agent), Aliou Cissé (midfield, £500 000, Birmingham), Jordi Cruyff (forward, free, Espanyol), Fernando Hierro (defender, free agent), Brahim Hemdani (defender, £1-million, Marseille), Peter Crouch (striker, £1-million, Aston Villa)

Possible departures: Mario Jardel (forward, free), Anthony Barness (defender, free, West Ham), Henrik Pedersen (forward, free, Silkeborg)

Charlton

In: Stefan Andersen (goalkeeper, £720 000, AB Copenhagen), Dennis Rommedahl (midfielder, £2-million, PSV Eindhoven), Bryan Hughes (midfielder, free, Birmingham City)

Out: Adrian Deane (free), Stephen Hughes (free), Sergio Leite (free), Richard Rufus (retired) Gary Rowett (retired)

Possible arrivals: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (striker, free agent)

Possible departures: None

Chelsea

In: Arjen Robben (midfielder/forward, £12-million, PSV Eindhoven), Petr Cech (goalkeeper, £7,1-million, Rennes), Mateja Kezman (forward, £5,4-million, PSV Eindhoven)

Out: Marcel Desailly (free), Mario Melchiot (free), Winston Bogarde (free), Mbark Boussoufa (free), Danny Jeffreys (free), Joel Kitamirike (free), Emmanuel Petit (free)

Possible arrivals: Didier Drogba (forward, £22-million, Marseille), Fernando Morientes (forward, £22-million, Real Madrid), Christian Chivu (defender, £15-million, Roma), Emerson (midfielder, £15-million, Roma)

Possible departures: Jesper Gronkjaer (midfielder, £3-million, Birmingham), Mario Stanic (midfielder, free), Hernan Crespo (striker, loan/free, Milan)

Crystal Palace

In: Gabor Kiraly (goalkeeper, free, Hertha Berlin)

Out: Julian Gray (midfielder, free, Birmingham), Jamie Smith (free), Curtis Fleming (free)

Possible arrivals: Jamie Scowcroft (forward, £750 000, Leicester), Julian Speroni (goalkeeper, £700 000, Dundee), Kevin Campbell (forward, free, Everton), Steve Lomas (midfielder, £500 000, West Ham), Eirik Bakke (midfielder, £1-milion, Leeds), Kevin Kyle (forward, £1-million, Sunderland), Dean Ashton (forward, £1-million, Crewe), Mark Hudson (defender, £600 000, Fulham), Sandor Torghelle (forward, £300 000, MTK Budapest), Emerson Boyce (defender, free, Luton)

Possible departures: Dougie Freedman (forward, £500 000, Leicester/ Coventry), Neil Shipperley (forward)

Everton

In: Marcus Bent (forward, £450 000, Ipswich Town)

Out: Niclas Alexandersson (midfielder, free, IFK Gothenburg), Paul Gerrard (goalkeeper, free, Nottingham Forest), David Unsworth (defender, free), Alex Nyarko (midfielder, free), Steve Simonsen (goalkeeper, free, Stoke), Scot Gemmill (midfield, free)

Possible arrivals: Brahim Hemdani (defender, £1-million, Marseille), Mathieu Flamini (midfielder, Marseille), Joe Cole (midfield, loan, Chelsea), Thomas Helveg, defender, free agent)

Possible departures: Duncan Ferguson (forward, free), Kevin Campbell (forward, free, Crystal Palace), Steve Watson (midfield, £300 000, West Brom), Tobias Linderoth (£1-million, midfield, FC Copenhagen), Thomas Gravesen £2-million, midfield, Athletic Bilbao), Wayne Rooney (forward, £40-million, Manchester United)

Fulham

In: Billy McKinlay (midfielder, free, Leicester)

Out: Dave Beasant (free), Thomas Davis (free), Louis Fazakerley (free), Barry Hayles (forward, free, Sheffield United), Jon Harley (defender, nominal, Sheffield United), Andrejs Stolcers (midfielder, free)

Possible arrivals: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (forward, free), Frederic Kanouté (striker, £4-million, Tottenham Hotspur)

Possible departures: Sean Davis (midfielder, £3-million, Tottenham), Mark Hudson (defender, £600 000, Crystal Palace)

Liverpool

In: Djibril Cissé (striker, £14-million, Auxerre)

Out: Emile Heskey (£3,5-million, striker, Birmingham), Stephen Vaughan (defender, free, Chester), Stephen Gillespie (striker, free, Bristol City), Bruno Cheyrou (midfielder, loan, Marseille)

Possible arrivals: Vicente (midfielder, £6-million, Valencia), Roberto Ayala (defender, £3-million, Valencia )

Possible departures: Djimi Traoré (defender, £1-million, West Brom), Markus Babbel (defender, free), Dietmar Hamann (midfielder, £1-million, Bayern Munich), El Hadji Diouf (forward, £3-million, Malaga), Neil Mellor (striker, loan, Crewe). —