While most folks couldn’t wait to give their opinion on the recently completed transfer market, I decided to take the international break off. Now with the best league in sports starting back up tomorrow, I figured it was time to go over my grades for each club’s summer. Feel free to comment, criticize and praise below.
Notable arrivals: Abdoulaye Meite (West Brom), Valon Behrami (Lazio), Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson (HK Kopavogur), Georg Grasser (Grazer AK)
Notable departures: George McCartney (Sunderland), Anton Ferdinand (Sunderland), Richard Wright (Ipswich Town), Bobby Zamora (Fulham), John Pantsil (Fulham), Nolberto Solano, Freddie Ljungberg.
Grade: D. McCartney, Ferdinand, Zamora, Pantsil, Ljungberg. It was enough to drive Alan Curbishley away, now we’ll see if Gianfranco Zola can play with the cards left behind.