Areola rival + £ 4.5 million Diekite defenders offer goals

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Round-up of the whistle transfer we look closer to several offers made recently in the Premier League.

Don’t forget that you can find all confirmed transfer listed here Throughout the summer.

And we Complete pre-season guide Also contains many other articles to read before a new campaign!

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Mads Hermansen (Leicester City to West Ham United, £ 20 million)

The Hammers have strengthened their goalkeeper option by signing former Leicester number 1 Mads Hermansen (£ 4.5 million) with a five -year contract.

The 25 -year -old Danish international impressed last season, despite being revealed with Leicester.

Follow the departure of Poland ŁUKASZ FABIAńSKI At the end of last season, West Ham was looking for a new goalkeeper. Hermansen will now provide competition for 32 years old children Areola Alphonse (£ 4.5 million), which made 26 premier league performances in the 2024-25 campaign.

Hermansen played 72 times for Leicester and won their championship with them in 2024.

The raw FPL number was not impressive last season, because it played for the degraded team. But according to Statsbomb, he was not the one who could be blamed – he was a little above the par for ‘goals stored above average’ (equivalent to XG prevented). AREOLA SAME:

Opta actually has the Areola as one of the worst players for XGP, only highlights the difference between the two expected goals models!

Seeing both Areola and Hermansen valued at £ 4.5 million, it will be interesting to see who started the most in the league this season. The Hammers defense rate increased under Graham Potter, so anyone who got a nod could offer fantasy values.

But it might not be wise to choose one of this as your goalkeeper option for the beginning of this season because it is not clear who will play more.

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Malick Thiaw (AC Milan to Newcastle United, £ 35 million)

Newcastle has completed the signing of a 24 -year -old central defender, Malick Thiaw, From AC Milan.

Bringing a young defender is clearly a priority for Eddie Howe this window, with And Burn (£ 5.0 million), Jamal Lascelles (£ 4.5 million), and Fabian Schär (£ 5.5 million) above 30. Sven Botman (£ 5.0 million) also suffered a little due to injury problems.

Thiaw appeared 31 times for AC Milan in Serie A last season and also got three caps for Germany.

Stopper has long been one of the top targets of Howe, and it is not difficult to understand why. At 6ft 4in, he is dominant in the air and very fast for players with its size. Pace is one thing that is lacking in the middle of Newcastle.

He offers tactical flexibility, which is able to play as a right or left central defender, and is even displayed in the central role of three backs during the 2022/23 season. However, in the end, he was a competition that was needed for Schar, with Botman and Burn covering the left.

Thiaw feels comfortable with the ball, which is able to provide sharp bait and break the lines and diagonal sweep to switch to playing. In the Serie A 2024/25 campaign, he was ranked among the 10 top defenders for long tickets, on average, 3.5 per match. It all sounds very similar to Schar too.

While ambitious in his distribution, he rarely handed over ownership – the settlement rate of graduation of 93.6% was better by only two defenders in the league last season.

Despite his height, he did not score one league goal in three years with Milan. Schar must have the advantage there …

Thiaw was only 24 years old, and it was impossible to replace Schär soon. However, he will still be a precious addition and welcome to Tyneside, because his potential to be a clear long -term substitute. He will also provide an important depth for Eddie Howe’s back line.

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Bafode Diactite (Lelles’s wife, Bourneyard, .6.6.6).

Bournemouth has spoken to secure a 24 -year -old signing Bafode is actted From Lille. He will be the most expensive signing of the two cherries ever.

He appeared in 31 Ligue 1 matches last season, helped Lille secure the fifth finish, and also made 10 appearances in the Champions League.

His arrival came after Bournemouth saw three main defenders departing during this transfer window. Illia Zabarnyi It is the newest to go, join Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. Earlier, Dean Huijsen moved to Real Madrid for £ 50 million, while Milos will come Sold to Liverpool for £ 40 million.

Ceri is expected to continue to strengthen their defense before the transfer window is closed, with another central defender reported on the agenda.

Diakite can turn into a solid choice for FPL troops as well.

The 2024/25 season in Lille established him as one of the standards in the French League.

Comfortable at the central defender and right -back, he was recognized because of physical, speed, and sharp tactical awareness.

He was not too impressive in the ‘defcon’ front but maybe it was more related to the style – no Ligue I team had more ownership than Lille in 2024/25.

Of course, if we look at DC points for two Bournemouth centers last season, there is the potential to shine:

In the attack, the greatness of the air, especially on the set-piece, made him a threat, after scoring 13 league goals for Lille-even though it did not have a raft of chance:

Season	Application	Minute	Shot	Target
2024/2025	31	2767	16	4
2023/2024	21	1697	16	5
2022/2023	33	2656	19	3

If he can marry DC points with goals and clean sheets semi-frequent-bonemouth and nine seasons can become gems for £ 4.5 million.

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Evann Guessand (Nice to Aston Villa, £ 26 million)

Interesting additional for the option to attack Unai Emery, Evann Guess Dan (£ 6.5 million) Join after an impressive season at Nice. He scored 12 goals and helped the last eight past eight and was named the season player as the fourth Nice Finish in Ligue 1.

International player Ivorian can be proven to be a critical encouragement for the frontlines of Aston Villa, with Ollie Watkins (£ 9.0 million) is the only middle attacker recognized in the current squad.

Departure Marcus Rashford And Marco Asensio, After their loan mantra ended, it left the Unai Emery side of the option in the attack. The Premier League and UEFA financial regulations have made the challenging task squad strengthening for Villa.

Guess and form to be a flexible acquisition that is able to fill a role similar to Rashford on the Emery side.

Just like Rashford, he offers the ability to operate anywhere in the front lines, as well as in position number 10.

In Ligue 1 last season, only 10 out of 30 of his starts came as the middle attacker, with eight on the right wing and nine used as a supporting striker. As a result, the 24 -year -old player is registered as a midfielder at FPL.

The flexibility is reflected in the underlying numbers when it reaches a double number for left foot shots, right foot shots and headers in 2024/25.

However, not in the game set, he only had an opportunity made every 80 minutes.

He is likely to make a regular performance from the bench in the first few weeks, so he watched and waited.

Villa opening equipment is relatively profitable, with a house clash against Newcastle in Gameweek 1 stands out as the heaviest test up to around Gameweeks 8 or 9.

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Armando number (Chelsea to Burnley, £ 20 million)
Lesley Well (Chelsea to Burnley, £ 23 million)

Burnley completed the double swoop from Chelsea, taking players outside like Stamford Bridge.

Armando Broja (£ 5.5 million) is now the signing of the 113th for The Clarets this summer, and will hope he can nail the position of the striker next season.

The 23 -year -old player debuted the first team for Chelsea in 2020 and since then made only 38 appearances for them in all competitions, scoring three goals.

Albanian international has agreed to a five-year contract at Turf Moor, after spending time with loans at Fulham, Southampton and Everton in the last season. None of the mantra Meanwhile was successful, if we were honest, with six goals – out of 21 began and 11 sub -performances of Saints in 2021/22 – the best return.

There is competition for the central attackers Burnley, but no player has appeared at this time guaranteed an initial role. Zian Flemming (£ 5.5 million), which is currently injured, and Lyle Foster (£ 5.0 million) standing on the road of Broja, while we have even seen several midfielders attacking Clarets on the peak in pre-season.

Maybe Broja doesn’t have many ways to convince competition, then, but he himself has many things to prove to FPL managers.

Lesley Bush (£ 5.0 million) spent most of last season on loan on Southampton, playing most of their games during the time there.

The French defensive midfielder was signed by the Blues in 2023 from Rennes at the same price as what Burnley paid, after only making 15 appearances in two years for the West London club.

This will be a DC point occasionally and a few more, with one goal to count the best season.

Even then, he only filled the defensive contribution threshold in four out of 18 starting last season. The file below: Forget.

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Arthur Masuaku (free agent to Sunderland, free)

Former left back West Ham and Hero of FPL cult Arthur Masuaku (£ 4.0 million) Joined Sunderland as a free agent, making it the signing of the 10th summer so far.

The 31 -year -old international Congo will bring the Premier League experience to the ranks of Régis Le Bris, when he made 128 appearances for West Ham for his time there.

He will compete Reinildo (£ 4.0 million) for a few minutes in the left-back place but he is likely to play the second violin for a while, after not being bound and pre-season this summer.

“We are still in the process of increasing troops and new signing that are increasingly new like the two will help troops, even if they start later. So, we must be patient with them, to build their foundation for this season.” -Regis Le Bris at Marc Guuu and Arthur Masuaku, to the In-house club media on Sunday

“We will see. Every day, we will make their level assessment and see how far we can encourage them through training sessions. Lift the intensity, contact. If they react well, they can then join the troops. If they do not react well, we wait one day, two days, and judge again. So we will see for next week.” – Regis Le Bris about whether Marc Guuu and Arthur Masuaku will be suitable for Gameweek 1, via North Echo