How Man United's main rivals spent their summer transfer window — explained and rated

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How Man United's main rivals spent their summer transfer window — explained and rated

Manchester City

Ins: Jack Grealish, Scott Carson

Notable outs: Sergio Aguero, Eric Garcia

It was a relatively quiet window at Manchester City with Pep Guardiola keeping hold of his best players and bringing in Jack Grealish on a £100 million transfer from Aston Villa. However, the oil-rich club have failed to sign Tottenham striker Harry Kane and head into the new season without a dedicated no.9.

Rating: 4/10

Chelsea

Ins: Romelu Lukaku, Saul Niguez

Notable outs: Fikayo Tomori, Tammy Abraham, Olivier Giroud, Kurt Zouma

Chelsea's transfer window ended up being much better than initially expected following the deadline day arrival of Saul Niguez from Atletico Madrid on a season-long loan with an option to buy. Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan, of course, was the biggest summer transfer in the Premier League. 

Rating: 8/10

Liverpool

Ins: Ibrahima Konate

Notable outs: Georginio Wijnaldum, Xherdan Shaqiri, Harry Wilson, Marco Grujic

Ibrahima Konate, the £36 million centre-back from RB Leipzig, is Liverpool only major transfer of the summer. No replacement for Georginio Wijnaldum in midfield was signed and Jurgen Klopp's side mostly focused on renewing the contracts of several key first-team players.

Rating: 2/10

Tottenham

Ins: Cristian Romero, Pierluigi Gollini, Bryan Gil, Pape Matar Sarr, Emerson Royal

Notable outs: Danny Rose, Erik Lamela, Moussa Sissoko, Serge Aurier

Tottenham are reaping the rewards of a very successful summer transfer window, sitting at the top of the Premier League table with 9 points after 3 games. However, keeping hold of Harry Kane could prove to be Spurs' biggest deal of the deal. The England skipper is yet to start firing and things are looking up for Spurs under new manager Nuno Espirito Santo's men this season.

Rating: 7/10

Arsenal

Ins: Nuno Tavares, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Ben White, Martin Odegaard, Aaron Ramsdale, Takehiro Tomiyasu

Notable outs: Dani Ceballos, David Luiz, Willian, Hector Bellerin, Joe Willock

Few clubs can spend £150 million in one transfer window and still leave their fanbase leaving completely demoralised — but Arsenal have somehow managed to pull it off. The Gunners have brought in a lot of young and promising talent but Mikel Arteta's men remain rock bottom of the Premier League table after finishing 8th last season. As long as senior players at the Emirates will continue to refuse to stand up to the plate, it's hard to see things improving in North London.

Rating: 5/10

AuthorGeorgy TsepkovskiySourceTribuna.com
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