Premier League Summer 2012 transfer window

-A GAME OF TWO HALVES PREMIER LEAGUE, SUMMER 2012 THE BIGGEST TRANSFERS THIS SUMMER EDEN HAZARD OSCAR Lille Chelsea ROBIN VAN PERSIE Arsenal - Man Utd Internacional Chelsea €32m MATIJA NASTASIC €25m Fiorentina Man City €24m €12m €17m €12m €16.5m €16m €15m €15m €15m STEVEN FLETCHER JOE ALLEN MOUSA DEMBELE EFFECT ON THE TWITTERSPHERE We analysed the top players in this window that have an active Twitter account to see the effect their transfer had on their followerbase. 1 Followers 24 hrs before transfer 1 Followers 24 hrs after transfer Percentage increase MOUSA DEMBELE was the surprise Twitter winner in this window, his profile increased by a HUGE SANTI CAZORLA 22% MOUSA DEMBELE OLIVIER GIROUD 18.8% 348% STEVEN FLETCHER 1% LUKAS PODOLSKI 0.3% EDEN HAZARD 1.1% ROBIN VAN PERSIE 2.7% 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 TALK OF THE TERRACE ANDY CARROLL, now on loan to West Ham, cost Liverpool €35m in January 2011. He only managed 11 goals during his stay with the Merseyside club, equating to €3.2m a goal. QPR brought in the most players in this transfer window, with 10, though 5 of these were on a free. Italian club Fiorentina on Manchester United striker DIMITAR BERBATOV after he turned down a transfer having agreed terms, joining Fulham instead; "We can deem ourselves happy he did not join Fiorentina: he did not deserve our city, he did not deserve to wear our jersey and the values that represent it." FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE 2012/13: Wigan's starting XI+4 subs in their Premier League match with Chelsea would cost you €76.5m. Chelsea's starting XI+4 subs from the same game would cost you €106.8m MONEY TALKS - SPENT - RECEIVED €60m €40m €20m €20m €40m €60m Chelsea €81m €0 Tottenham Hotspur €55.9m €57.5m Manchester City 11 €49.2m €18.5m Manchester United £49m £5.5m Arsenal €40.5m €41m Liverpool €29m £11m Sunderland €25m €9.5m Southampton €21.2m £0 West Ham United €20.25m €2.8m QPR £19m €0.7m Aston Villa €16.5m £2.5m Swansea City £15.5m €21.2m Everton €11.7m £13m Norwich City €8.5m £0 Newcastle United €7.1m €5m Wigan Athletic £6.7m €10.2m Fulham €бm £21m Stoke City €4bn+ €бm £0.5m total spending in the transfer market of the of the 20 teams Reading in the Premier League received more than Premier League over the last four years £5m €0.7m they spent West Browmwich Albion €3m €2m €476.15m TOTAL £222.6m WEPLAY nfogr& Making visual data valuable" Sources: kred.com, telegraph.co.uk, en.violachannel.tv. premierleague.com GASTON RAMIREZ Bologna - Southampton JACK RODWELL EvertonMan City Benfica Man City Wolves Sunderland Fulham Spurs Swansea Liverpool MontpellierArsenal OLIVIER GIROUD SHINJI KAGAWA SANTI CAZORLA JAVI GARCIA