Football Matters: Premier League Preview - The Relegation Battle

The Goalkeeper

The final part of my Premier League Preview focussing on the clubs fighting to avoid relegation.

14th - Bournemouth

I think Bournemouth are another team that have done some great business this summer. They also have an excellent manager in Eddie Howe and I was tempted to put them in the 'mid-table safety' section but there is a chance they could be battling with the other six teams here to beat the drop. In Jordon Ibe they have a very promising winger from Liverpool who looks to have an England future ahead of him if his development continues as it should. Hopefully unlike his predecessors Allardyce will look at players from other clubs outside the top six or seven in the table. Another promising young player they've signed is Lewis Cook from Leeds United who has played for England up to the U19 squad and the U21 call up must be around the corner. Nathan Ake, on loan from Chelsea, impressed at Watford last season on his last loan spell and should help shore up a back line that is short on centre backs although he can play left back and central midfield. Howe is in his second spell at the club, returning in October 2012 after he previously managed them from December 2008 to January 2011 in his maiden outing as a manager. He impressed so much in his first season in the Premier League last season that his name was mentioned in the race to replace Roy Hodgson. The Cherries should be safe this season but maybe need a top striker and centre back support before the end of the month.

Ins = Jordon Ibe – Liverpool - £15m, Lewis Cook – Leeds United - £10m, Brad Smith – Liverpool - £6m, Lys Mousset – Le Harve - £5.4m, Emerson Hyndman – Fulham - £750k, Nathan Ake – Chelsea – Loan, Mark Travers, Mikael Ndjoli – Millwall - Outs = Matt Ritchie – Newcastle United - £12m, Tommy Elphick – Aston Villa - £3.6m, Lee Tomlin – Bristol City - £3m, Jayden Stockley – Aberdeen – Free, Sylvain Distin – Released, Jon Muleba – Released, Mason Walsh – Released, Stephane Zubar – Released, Josh Wakefield – Released, Josh Carmichael - Released

Loans Out = Glenn Murray – Brighton & Hove Albion, Harry Cornick – Leyton Orient, Matt Butcher – Yeovil Town, Jordan Green – Newport County, Joe Quigley - Gillingham

Squad =

GK – Artur Boruc – 36 – Poland 63 caps – 2015 from Southampton

GK – Adam Federici – 31 – Australia 16 caps – 2015 from Reading

GK – Ryan Allsop – 24 – England – 2013 from Leyton Orient

GK – Mark Travers – 17 – Republic of Ireland – 2016 from unattached in Ireland

RB – Simon Francis – 31 – England – 2012 from Charlton Athletic

RB – Adam Smith – 25 – England – 2014 from Tottenham Hotspur

LB – Tyrone Mings – 23 – England – 2015 from Ipswich Town

LB – Brad Smith – 22 – Australia 9 caps – 2016 from Liverpool

LB – Charlie Daniels – 29 – England – 2012 from Leyton Orient

LB – Rhoys Wiggins – 28 – Wales – 2016 from Sheffield Wednesday

CB – Steve Cook – 25 – England – 2012 from Brighton & Hove Albion

CB - Nathan Ake – 21 – Netherlands – 2016 from Chelsea (on loan)

CB – Baily Cargill – 21 – England – Youth product

CM – Andrew Surman – 29 – England – 2014 from Norwich City

CM – Shaun MacDonald – 28 – Wales 4 caps – 2011 from Swansea City

CM – Lewis Cook – 19 – England – 2016 from Leeds United

CM – Emerson Hyndman – 20 – USA 2 caps – 2016 from Fulham

CM – Dan Gosling – 26 – England – 2014 from Newcastle United

CM – Harry Arter – 26 – Republic of Ireland 2 caps – 2010 from Woking

CM – Eunan O'Kane – 26 – Republic of Ireland 4 caps – 2012 from Torquay United

RM – Junior Stanislas – 26 – England – 2014 from Burnley

LM – Jordon Ibe – 20 – England – 2016 from Liverpool

LM – Mark Pugh – 29 – England – 2010 from Hereford United

LM – Max Gradel – 28 – Ivory Coast 45 caps – 2015 from St Etienne

LM – Ryan Fraser – 22 – Scotland – 2013 from Aberdeen

ST – Benik Afobe – 23 – England – 2016 from Wolverhampton Wanderers

ST – Callum Wilson – 24 – England – 2014 from Coventry City

ST – Joshua King – 24 – Norway 22 caps – 2015 from Blackburn Rovers

ST – Lys Mousset – 20 – France – 2016 from Le Havre

ST – Lewis Grabban – 28 – Jamaica – 2016 from Norwich City

ST – Tokelo Rantie – 25 – South Africa 31 caps – 2013 from Malmo (Sweden)

ST – Mikael Ndjoli – 18 – England – 2016 from Millwall

ST – Josh O'Hanlon – 20 – Republic of Ireland – 2014 from Longford Town (Ireland)

15th – Watford

Watford are another club with a new manager as Walter Mazzarri joins having last managed Inter Milan in 2014. He has also managed Napoli, Sampdoria, Reggina, Livorno, Pistoiese and Acireale – all in Italy. In fifteen years of management with those clubs he won the Coppa Italia in 2012 with Napoli and was runner-up in the Serie A with them in 2013. He left for Inter soon after. Their squad is one of the most multi-national in the league and is littered with purchases from Udinese and Granada as the clubs are all financially linked. Their stand out player last season was Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo and if he can repeat that form the goals he and Troy Deeney score can keep the Hornets in the top division. I don't know too much about a lot of their signings (to the point where I considered the line 'will Isaac be a Success?' but I have come across Christian Kabasele and Juan Camilo Zuniga before who I believe will strengthen their defence.

Ins = Isaac Success – Granada - £12.5m, Christian Kabasele – Genk - £5.8m, Brice Dja Djedje – Marseille - £3m, Jerome Sinclair – Liverpool – Free, Juan Camilo Zuniga – Napoli - Loan Outs = Jose Manuel Jurado – Espanyol - £2.1m, Almen Abdi – Sheffield Wednesday - £4m, Daniel Pudil – Sheffield Wednesday – Undisclosed, Gabrielle Angella – Udinese – Undisclosed, Miguel Layun – FC Porto – Undisclosed, Josh Doherty – Leyton Orient – Free, Bernard Mensah – Aldershot – Free, George Byers – Swansea City – Free, Joel Ekstrand – Released, Uche Ikpeazu – Released, Jorell Johnson – Released, Luke Simpson - Released

Loans Out = Steven Berghuis – Feyenoord, Juanfran – Deportivo La Coruna, Dennon Lewis – Woking, Mathias Ranegie – Djurgardens, Obbi Oulare – Zulte Waregem, Adalberto Penaranda - Udinese

Squad =

GK – Heurelho Gomes – 35 – Brazil 11 caps – 2014 from Tottenham Hotspur

GK – Costel Pantilimon – 29 – Romania 22 caps – 2016 from Sunderland

GK – Giedrius Arlauskis – 28 – Lithuania 23 caps – 2015 from Steuea Bucharest

GK – Rene Gilmartin – 29 – Republic of Ireland – 2014 from St Patrick's Athletic

RB – Juan Camilo Zuniga – 30 – Colombia 61 caps – 2016 from Napoli (on loan)

RB – Brice Dja Djedje – 25 – Ivory Coast 7 caps – 2016 from Marseille

RB – Allan Nyom – 28 – Cameroon 14 caps – 2015 from Udinese

RB – Juan Carlos Paredes – 29 – Ecuador 63 caps – 2014 from Granada

LB – Jose Holebas – 32 – Greece 38 caps – 2015 from Roma

CB – Miguel Britos – 31 – Uruguay – 2015 from Napoli

CB – Sebastian Prodl – 29 – Austria 50 caps – 2015 from Werder Bremen

CB – Craig Cathcart – 27 – Northern Ireland 24 caps – 2014 from Blackpool

CB – Christian Kabasele – 25 – Belgium – 2016 from Genk

CB – Tommie Hoban – 22 – Republic of Ireland – Youth product

CB – Essaid Belkalem – 27 – Algeria 19 caps – 2014 from Granada

CM – Etienne Capoue – 28 – France 7 caps – 2015 from Tottenham Hotspur

CM – Mario Suarez – 29 – Spain 3 caps – 2016 from Fiorentina

CM – Valon Behrami – 31 – Switzerland 63 caps – 2015 from SV Hamburg

CM – Ben Watson – 31 – England – 2015 from Wigan Athletic

CM – Sean Murray – 22 – Republic of Ireland – Youth product

CM – Abdoulaye Doucoure – 23 – France – 2016 from Rennes

CM – Adlene Guedioura – 30 – Algeria 32 caps – 2015 from Crystal Palace

RM – Ikechi Anya – 28 – Scotland 21 caps – 2013 from Granada

LM – Nordin Amrabat – 29 – Morocco 23 caps – 2016 from Malaga

ST – Odion Ighalo – 27 – Nigeria 11 caps – 2014 from Udinese

ST – Troy Deeney – 28 – England – 2010 from Walsall

ST – Matej Vydra – 24 – Czech Republic 16 caps – 2015 from Udinese

ST – Isaac Success – 20 – Nigeria – 2016 from Granada

ST – Jerome Sinclair – 19 – England – 2016 from Liverpool

ST – Alex Jakubiak – 19 – Scotland – Youth product

ST – Ola Adeyemo – 21 – Nigeria – 2016 from Dundee United

16th – Swansea City

I have to admit I do love the Swansea City story, their rise through the divisions since 2005 to the Premier League in 2011 and the fact that their Supporters Society plays such a big part in the club making it a club with true fan involvement. Unfortunately since the reigns of Brendan Rodgers and Michael Laudrup I feel the club has lost momentum and maybe that was partly down to the inexperience of former manager Gary Monk. It is now Francesco Guidolin's job to stop the rot and turn the tide along with many other popular phrases. His job is already harder with the loss of Andre Ayew and Ashley Williams however it will be interesting to see how new strikers Fernando Llorente and Borja Baston settle into the Premier League. The 60 year-old Italian Guidolin has been in management in his home country since 1986 at clubs including Palermo, Udinese, Atalanta, Parma and Genoa but has only worked outside Italy once at Monaco for a year 2005-06.

Ins = Borja Baston – Atletico Madrid - £15m, Leroy Fer – Queens Park Rangers - £4.75m, Fernando Llorente – Sevilla – Undisclosed, Mike van der Hoorn – Ajax – Undisclosed, Tyler Reid – Manchester United – Undisclosed, Mark Birighitti – Newcastle Jets – Free, George Byers – Watford – Free, Outs = Andre Ayew – West Ham United - £20.5m, Ashley Williams – Everton - £12m, Alberto Paloschi – Atalanta - £6m, Eder – Lille - £3.4m, Raheem Hanley – Northampton Town

Loans Out = Bafetimbi Gomis – Marseille, Kenji Gorre – Northampton Town, Kyle Bartley – Leeds United, Liam Shephard – Yeovil Town, Oliver Davies – Kilmarnock, Matt Grimes – Leeds United, Ryan Hedges – Yeovil Town, Josh Sheehan – Newport County, Adam King – Southend United, Josh Vickers - Barnet

Squad =

GK – Lukasz Fabianski – 31 – Poland 34 caps – 2014 from Arsenal

GK – Kristoffer Nordfeldt – 27 – Sweden 5 caps – 2015 from Heerenveen (Netherlands)

GK – Mark Birighitti – 25 – Australia 1 cap – 2016 from Newcastle Jets (Australia)

GK – Gerhard Tremmel – 37 – Germany – 2011 from Red Bull Salzburg

RB – Kyle Naughton – 27 – England – 2015 from Tottenham Hotspur

RB – Angel Rangel – 33 – Spain – 2007 from Terrassa (Spain)

RB – Connor Roberts – 20 – Wales – Youth product

LB – Neil Taylor – 27 – Wales 34 caps – 2010 from Wrexham

LB – Franck Tabanou – 27 – France – 2015 from St Etienne

LB – Stephen Kingsley – 22 – Scotland 1 cap – 2014 from Falkirk

CB – Federico Fernandez – 27 – Argentina 32 caps – 2014 from Napoli

CB – Jordi Amat – 24 – Spain – 2013 from Espanyol

CB – Mike van der Hoorn – 23 – Netherlands – 2016 from Ajax

CM – Jack Cork – 27 – England – 2015 from Southampton

CM – Ki Sung-yeung – 27 – South Korea 84 cpas – 2012 from Celtic

CM – Leroy Fer – 26 – Netherlands 11 caps – 2016 from Queens Park Rangers

CM – Leon Britton – 33 – England – 2011 from Sheffield United

CM – Jay Fulton – 22 – Scotland – 2014 from Falkirk

AM – Gylfi Sigurdsson – 26 – Iceland 44 caps – 2014 from Tottenham Hotspur

RM – Wayne Routledge – 31 – England – 2011 from Newcastle United

RM – Nathan Dyer – 28 – England – 2009 from Southampton

RM – Modou Barrow – 23 – Gambia 5 caps – 2014 from Ostersunds FK (Sweden)

LM – Jefferson Montero – 26 – Ecuador 60 caps – 2014 from Morelia (Mexico)

ST – Fernando Llorente – 31 – Spain 24 caps – 2016 from Sevilla

ST – Borja Baston – 23 – Spain – 2016 from Atletico Madrid

ST – Marvin Emnes – 28 – Netherlands – 2014 from Middlesbrough

ST – Oliver McBurnie – 20 – Scotland – 2015 from Bradford City

17th – West Bromwich Albion

So far West Brom have only made one dip into the transfer market and that is for Scottish winger Matt Phillips. For the last few seasons I've predicted West Brom to be relegated only for them to stay up so this year I'm putting them in the last survival spot in the hope that they drop. I don't know why I don't like the Baggies but I just don't. I do however like Tony Pulis and he is the perfect manager for any club in the lower half of the Premier League. He did a fantastic job at Stoke City from 2006 to 2013 before Mark Hughes (in my opinion) took them to the next level then kept Crystal Palace in the league before joining West Brom. Looking at the squad it does seem thin and has some particularly ageing players like Gareth MacAuley (36) and Jonas Olsson (33). They also have to resolve the issue of Saido Berahino who seems intent of leaving the club but as yet there seems to be no firm buyer on the table.

Ins = Matt Phillips – Queens Park Rangers - £5.5m Outs = Anders Lingaard – Preston North End – Free, Josh Ezewele – Yeovil Town – Free, Victor Anichebe – Released, Stephane Sessegnon - Released

Loans Out = Callam Jones – Accrington Stanley, Tyler Roberts – Oxford United, Kyle Howkins – Mansfield Town, Tahvon Campbell – Yeovil Town

Squad =

GK – Ben Foster – 33 – England 8 caps – 2012 from Birmingham City

GK – Boaz Myhill – 33 – USA 19 caps – 2010 from Hull City

GK – Jack Rose – 21 – England – Youth product

RB – Cristian Gamboa – 26 – Costa Rica 47 caps – 2014 from Rosenborg

LB – Sebastien Pocognoli – 29 – Belgium 13 caps – 2014 from Hannover 96

CB – Jonas Olsson – 33 – Sweden 25 caps – 2008 from NEC Nijmegen (Netherlands)

CB – James Chester – 27 – Wales 17 caps – 2015 from Hull City

CB – Jonny Evans – 28 – Northern Ireland 53 caps – 2015 from Manchester United

CB – Gareth McAuley – 36 – Northern Ireland 63 caps – 2011 from Ipswich Town

CB – Craig Dawson – 26 – England – 2010 from Rochdale

CM – James Morrison – 30 – Scotland 41 caps – 2007 from Middlesbrough

CM – Darren Fletcher – 32 – Scotland 73 caps – 2015 from Manchester United

CM – Craig Gardner – 29 – England – 2014 from Sunderland

CM – Claudio Yacob – 29 – Argentina 3 caps – 2012 from Racing Club (Argentina)

CM – Sam Field – 18 – England – Youth product

RM – Callum McManaman – 25 – England – 2015 from Wigan Athletic

RM – Matt Phillips – 25 – Scotland 4 caps – 2016 from Queens Park Rangers

LM – Chris Brunt – 31 – Northern Ireland 54 caps – 2007 from Sheffield Wednesday

LM – James McLean – 27 – Republic of Ireland 42 caps – 2015 from Wigan Athletic

ST – Salomon Rondon – 26 – Venezuela 53 caps – 2015 from Zenit St Petersburg

ST – Rickie Lambert – 34 – England 11 caps – 2015 from Liverpool

ST – Saido Berahino – 23 – England – Youth product

ST – Jonathan Leko – 17 – England – Youth product

18th - Sunderland

They narrowly survived last season but will Sunderland be as lucky this time around? They've shored the defence with Papa Djilobodji from Chelsea and Paddy McNair from Manchester United and have just secured Adnan Januzaj on loan from United. If the Black Cats can add a striker or two to their roster then that will help their chances as that seems to be the weak spot in their team with only Jermain Defoe and Fabio Borini. New manager David Moyes is determined to prove he is the manager that clubs wanted when he was at Everton rather than the man sacked from Manchester United after less than a year in the seat. Personally I think he was always set up to fail at United and he is a better manager than he was in that torrid year. Whether he can keep Sunderland up for another year though I'm not so sure. That could be as big a test as any he's had before.

Ins = Papa Djilobodji – Chelsea - £8m, Paddy McNair – Manchester United - £5.5m, Donald Love – Manchester United - £5.5m, Adnan Januzaj – Manchester United - Loan Outs = Santiago Vergini – Boca Juniors - £770k, Emmanuel Giaccherini – Napoli – Undisclosed, Steven Fletcher – Sheffield Wednesday – Free, Danny Graham – Blackburn Rovers – Free, Martin Smith – Kilmarnock – Free, Mikael Mandron – Eastleigh – Free, Liam Agnew – Released, Steven Harper – Released, Wes Brown - Released

Loans Out = Adam Matthews – Bristol City, Will Buckley – Sheffield Wednesday, Sebastian Coates – Sporting Lisbon

Squad =

GK – Vito Mannone – 28 – Italy – 2013 from Arsenal

GK – Jordan Pickford – 22 – England – Youth product

RB – Billy Jones – 29 – England – 2014 from West Bromwich Albion

RB – Donald Love – 21 – Scotland – 2016 from Manchester United

LB – Patrick van Aanholt – 25 – Netherlands 6 caps – 2014 from Chelsea

CB – Papy Djilobodji – 27 – Senegal 12 caps – 2016 from Chelsea

CB – Younes Kaboul – 30 – France 5 caps – 2015 from Tottenham Hotspur

CB – Jan Kirchhoff – 25 – Germany – 2016 from Bayern Munich

CB – Paddy McNair – 21 – Northern Ireland 11 caps – 2016 from Manchester United

CB – Lamine Kone – 27 – Ivory Coast 6 caps – 2016 from Lorient (France)

CB – John O'Shea – 35 – Republic of Ireland 113 caps – 2011 from Manchester United

CM – Lee Cattermole – 28 – England – 2009 from Wigan Athletic

CM – Jack Rodwell – 25 – England 3 caps – 2014 from Manchester City

CM – Liam Bridcutt – 27 – Scotland 2 caps – 2014 Brighton & Hove Albion

AM – Sebastian Larsson – 31 – Sweden 87 caps – 2011 from Birmingham City

AM – Jordi Gomez – 31 – Spain – 2014 from Wigan Athletic

AM – Wahbi Khazri – 25 – Tunisia 22 caps – 2016 from Bordeaux

AM – George Honeyman – 21 – England – Youth product

RM – Charalampos Mavrias – 22 – Greece 5 caps – 2013 from Panathinaikos

RM – Duncan Watmore – 22 – England – 2013 from Antrincham

LM – Adnan Januzaj – 21 – Belgium 6 caps – 2016 from Manchester United

LM – Jermain Lens – 28 – Netherlands 31 caps – 2015 from Dynamo Kiev

ST – Jermain Defoe – 33 – England 55 caps – 2015 from Toronto FC

ST – Fabio Borini – 25 – Italy 1 cap – 2015 from Liverpool

19th - Burnley

I've mentioned a few managers that I'm a fan of and Sean Dyche is another one. I remember him from his playing days when he captained Chesterfield to the FA Cup sem-final in 1997 he first caught my attention in a managerial role in around 2013 when in charge or Burnley. I recall watching his post-match interviews on the Football League Show and thinking how refreshing his approach was and that he didn't come out with the cliches that so many managers do. He didn't keep Burnley up the last time they were in the BPL and may now do it this time however despite me predicting them for the drop again I hope I am wrong. They still have some great players from that last foray including Sam Vokes, George Boyd and Ashley Barnes. They also have Andre Gray where they used to have Danny Ings and the former Brentford and Luton Town striker scored 23 goals for Burnley last season on the way to the title (the highest in the division at 25 including 2 for Brentford at the start of the season).

Ins = Nick Pope – Charlton Athletic - £1.1m, Johann Berg Gudmundsson – Charlton Athletic – Undisclosed, Robbie Leitch – Motherwell – Free, Jamie Thomas – Bolton Wanderers – Free, Jon Flanagan – Liverpool - Loan Outs = Joey Barton – Rangers – Free, Matt Gilks – Rangers – Free, Luke Conlan – Morecambe – Free, Lloyd Dyer – Burton Albion – Free, Steven Hewitt – Accrington Stanley – Free, Michael Duff – Retired, Danijel Nizic – Released, Matt Taylor – Northampton Town - Free

Loans Out = Jamie Thomas – Ayr United, Alex Whitmore – Morecambe, Josh Ginnelly - Walsall

Squad =

GK – Tom Heaton – 30 – England 1 cap – 2013 from Bristol City

GK – Paul Robinson – 36 – England 41 caps – 2016 from Blackburn Rovers

GK – Nick Pope – 24 – England – 2016 from Charlton Athletic

RB – Jon Flanagan – 23 – England 1 cap – 2016 from Liverpool (on loan)

RB – Matthew Lowton – 27 – England – 2015 from Aston Villa

RB – Tendayi Darikwa – 24 – England – 2015 from Chesterfield

LB – Daniel Lafferty – 27 – Northern Ireland 13 caps – 2012 from Derry City

LB – Ben Mee – 26 – England - 2012 from Manchester City

LB – Stephen Ward – 30 – Republic of Ireland 36 caps – 2014 from Wolverhampton Wanderers

CB – Michael Keane – 23 – England – 2015 from Manchester United

CB – James Tarkowski – 23 – England - 2016 from Brentford

CB – Kevin Long – 25 – Republic of Ireland – 2010 from Cork City

CB – Tom Anderson – 22 – England – Youth product

CM – Dean Marney – 32 – England – 2010 from Hull City

CM – David Jones – 31 – England – 2013 from Wigan Athletic

RM – George Boyd – 30 – Scotland 2 caps – 2014 from Hull City

RM – Johann Berg Gudmundsson – 25 – Iceland 52 caps – 2016 from Charlton Athletic

LM – Michael Kightly – 30 – England – 2014 from Stoke City

LM – Scott Arfield – 27 – Canada 3 caps – 2013 from Huddersfield Town

ST – Sam Vokes – 26 – Wales 44 caps – 2012 from Wolverhampton Wanderers

ST – Ashley Barnes – 26 – England/Austria – 2014 from Brighton & Hove Albion

ST – Andre Gray – 25 – England – 2015 from Brentford

ST – Lukas Jutkiewicz – 27- England – 2014 from Middlesbrough

ST – Rouwen Hennings – 28 – Germany – 2015 from Karlsruhe

ST – Fredrik Ukvestad – 24 – Norway 1 cap – 2015 from Aalesund (Norway)

ST – Chris Long – 21 – England – 2015 from Everton

20th – Hull City

Whoever comes in to replace Steve Bruce really has a job on their hands. Starting the season with no manager, a squad depleted even further by injuries and reportedly little or no money for transfers there is no wonder they are favourites for the drop. If the new man keeps Hull City in the Premier League it will be a fantastic achievement (I was going to say a miracle but it seems a tad harsh). They have some good players but a number of them are the wrong side of 30 and their defence certainly doesn't look very pacey. I do like Tom Huddlestone and Abel Hernandez though so hopefully they can be the leading stars for the team.

Ins = Jonathan Edwards – Peterborough United – Free, Will Mannion – AFC Wimbledon - Undisclosed Outs = Mohamed Diame – Newcastle United - £4.5m, Ben Clappison – York City – Free, Sone Aluko – Released, Ryan Taylor – Released, Calaum Jahraldo-Martin – Oldham Athletic - Free

Loans Out = Max Clark – Cambridge United, Rory Watson – North Ferriby United

Squad =

GK – Allan McGregor – 34 – Scotland 35 caps – 2013 from Besiktas

GK – Eldin Jakupovic – 31 – Switzerland 1 cap – 2012 from Aris (Greece)

GK – Ducan Kuciak – 31 – Slovakia 10 caps – 2016 from Legia Warsaw

GK – Will Mannion – 17 – England – 2016 from AFC Wimbledon

RB – Ahmed Elmohamady – 28 – Egypt 71 caps – 2013 from Sunderland

RB – Moses Odubajo – 23 – England – 2015 from Brentford

RB – Brian Lenihan – 22 – Republic of Ireland – 2014 from Cork City

LB – Andrew Robertson – 22 – Scotland 10 caps – 2014 from Dundee United

CB – Curtis Davies – 31 – England – 2013 from Birmingham City

CB – Alex Bruce – 31 – Northern Ireland 2 caps – 2012 from Leeds United

CB – Michael Dawson – 32 – England 4 caps – 2014 from Tottenham Hotspur

CB – Harry Maguire – 23 – England – 2014 from Sheffield United

CB – Josh Tymon – 17 – England – Youth product

CM – Tom Huddlestone – 29 – England 4 caps – 2013 from Tottenham Hotspur

CM – Jake Livermore – 26 – England 1 cap – 2014 from Tottenham Hotspur

CM – David Meyler – 27 – Republic of Ireland 16 caps – 2013 from Sunderland

AM – Shaun Maloney – 33 – Scotland 47 caps – 2015 from Chicago Fire

RM – Robert Snodgrass – 28 – Scotland 18 caps – 2014 from Norwich City

LM – Sam Clucas – 25 – England – 2015 from Chesterfield

ST – Abel Hernandez – 26 – Uruguay 27 caps – 2014 from Palermo

ST – Adama Diomande – 26 – Norway 5 caps – 2015 from Stabaek (Norway)

ST – Jonathan Edwards – 19 – England – 2016 from Peterborough United

ST – Greg Luer – 21 – England – 2015 from Burgess Hill Town