Which Premier League teams have still signed no players?

12 Jul 2022 12:46 BST
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Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea, 2021/22 — © ProShots

It is only July 12 and there have already been well over 100 transfers by Premier League teams this summer.

There will no doubt be hundreds more before the transfer window closes on September 1.

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Some teams have already been very active. Arsenal have signed four players in Gabriel Jesus, Fabio Vieira, Marquinhos and Matt Turner, spending almost £100m.

Aston Villa have spent just shy of £50m on Diego Carlos, Boubacar Carlos and the permanent deals of Philippe Coutinho and Robin Olsen. Leeds have also been very active, surpassing the £90m mark on Brenden Aaronson, Rasmus Kristensen, Tyler Adams, Luis Sinisterra and Marc Roca.

Liverpool have made the biggest transfer of the summer so far by paying £86m for Benfica’s Darwin Nunez, while also paying £5.3m on Fulham’s Fabio Carvalho and £4.4m on Aberdeen’s Calvin Ramsay.

Man City made the highest-profile deal of the window so far in Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund for £51.3m. Finally, Tottenham have also started well in the summer market by buying five players already; Yves Bissouma, Ivan Perisic, Fraser Forster, Josh Keeley and club record signing Richarlison.

Newcastle have made their mark as expected with three signings, including Lille centre-back Sven Botman.

Man Utd have been quiet but have at least brought in one player in Feyenoord left-back Tyrell Malacia.

But while the aforementioned teams and others have been doing their business early in order to have as much of their squad together as possible for the start of pre-season, a couple of teams have signed no one.

These teams are Chelsea and Leicester.

© ProShots - Chelsea have not signed a player yet this summer

Chelsea’s lack of business has been impacted by their ownership change, with Roman Abramovich forced to relinquish control and Todd Boehly leading a takeover of the Blues.

They are in negotiations to sign Raheem Sterling, though, and are expected to announce the deal this week.

That will leave Leicester as the only Premier League yet to sign a player with the 2016 champions barely linked to a player in the market yet.

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