Hull City have signed 11 players before their return to the Premier League - will they stay up?
Centre-back Nobel Mendy and goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis joined in deals believed to be worth over £20m
Hull have also brought in experienced Premier League players such as Matt Targett, Jack Butland and Joe Gelhardt
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Image source, Getty ImagesHull City have completed 11 summer signings but do not appear to be content to stop there.
They are in advanced talks over a £21m deal for Panathinaikos forward Andreas Tetteh, with Roma also interested in the Greece international, according to reporter Ekrem Konur, external on X.
Sunderland
Image source, Getty ImagesSunderland are another promoted side to have struck gold in the transfer market.
They made 15 new signings in last summer's transfer window after winning promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs, like Hull City.
Signings included Granit Xhaka from Bayer Leverkusen, Nordi Mukiele from PSG and Brighton's Simon Adingra.
Manager Regis Le Bris' side won 14 and drew 12 games to finish the season in seventh.
Sunderland will play European football in their second season in the Premier League after qualifying for the Europa League.
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I've supported Hull City since 1987, and there's been plenty of times that we've proven people wrong. I'm not saying we are going to survive but I do think we've got a good chance. According to the "experts" we should be playing in League 1 not the Premier League.
Craig, Dagenham originally from Hull
Leicester are certainly a cautionary tale, Alec, but Nottingham Forest are a case in point that sometimes promoted clubs earn success by adopting a frenzied approach to the transfer market.
In 2022, Nottingham Forest broke the English record of the most signings made in a single transfer window, for their return to the Premier League.
They signed a total of 21 players, which included Morgan Gibbs-White, Taiwo Awoniyi and Neco Williams.
Forest finished 16th that season and have remained in the Premier League since, despite being docked four points in March 2024 for breaching profit and sustainability rules in that first season back in the top flight.
Their highest spot in the league was seventh place in 2024-25, securing a spot in the Europa League.
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Hull are a prime example why the football pyramid will fall apart under the constant changing of rules. If they get relegated this season they will find themselves in Leicester position and possibly every team who tries to buy survival or promotion. Up for sale.
Alec, Wales
Burnley
Burnley-esque you say Harry?
Former manager Scott Parker was handed 14 new signings after leading Burnley into the Premier League in 2025, including Kyle Walker from Manchester City and Armando Broja from Chelsea.
However, Parker left the Clarets before the end of the campaign as they finished 19th after just four wins in the league last season and were relegated back to the Championship.
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I just think Hull have had a Burnley-esque transfer window. They've signed essentially no-one of note and I can't even remotely predict how it'll go. When Leeds and Sunderland came up, you could see their style reflected in their signings. Even Ipswich and Coventry have shown some intent.
Harry, Manchester
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Melissa Edwards
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, Hull CityHull City's return to the Premier League has been rewarded with an ambitious summer transfer window.
The Tigers have completed 11 new signings so far and have broken their own transfer record twice in the process:
And with the Premier League back up and running in less than a week, they don't appear to be slowing down.
Manager Sergej Jakirovic confirmed to BBC Radio Humberside on Saturday that the club are chasing deals for one of three potential right-backs, plus an additional striker.
Hear from him on BBC Sounds here
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So they are the main headlines involving some of the Premier League's big hitters, but what about the transfer stories elsewhere in the top flight?
Hull City, one of the division's newly promoted sides, have been very busy transforming their squad from Championship play-off winners into an outfit capable of competing in the Premier League.
We will soon find out how successful they have been.
The Tigers kick off at home to Manchester United on Saturday (12:30 BST).
The question is, can they repeat the recent success of Sunderland, Leeds and Nottingham Forest, who all made waves in the transfer market after being promoted to the Premier League...
If you are just joining us, where have you been?
It has been another intriguing day of transfer speculation in the Premier League.
Here are Monday's main headlines:
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Re: Emma @13:18 - whilst I agree on a centre-back, we have Jeremy Jacquet and Giovanni Leoni who have age on their side and the Ronald Araujo loan for this season so we 100% do not need Dayot Upamecano. He is just a more expensive Ibrahima Konate, someone we won't miss. Bradley Barcola adds some dynamism which we lacked under Arne Slot.
Image source, Getty ImagesMohamed Moallim
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesAt first glance, Bradley Barcola looks like the natural successor to Luis Diaz.
Liverpool chose not to sign a direct replacement after the Colombian's departure last summer, but the underlying data suggests the Paris St-Germain forward could fill that void.
Opta's player similarity model rates the Frenchman as the winger whose output most closely resembled Diaz's across Europe's top five leagues in 2025-26 (78%), with Mohamed Salah (65%), Lamine Yamal (61%) and Vinicius Junior (61%) the next closest matches.
A closer look, however, suggests Liverpool would not simply be replacing one winger with another.
Barcola is a left winger by trade, having played almost all of his Champions League minutes for PSG on that flank, but his game is shaped by a centre-forward's instincts. He played as a striker until the age of 17, something reflected in his movement and shot selection.
Last season, he averaged 3.5 shots per 90 minutes in Ligue 1, placing him among the division's most active shooters despite operating from wide areas.
His 9.83 expected goals (xG) ranked in the 95th percentile among wingers across Europe's top five leagues, meaning only around 5% of wide players consistently found themselves in better goalscoring positions.
Barcola converted those chances into 11 league goals, outperforming his xG, while no PSG player or Ligue 1 winger recorded a higher xG total during the 2025-26 campaign.
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Why sign another right-footed left winger? It makes no sense.
Sam, Liverpool
Michael Emons
BBC Sport reporter
Bradley Barcola is right footed, although he prefers to play on the left wing, but can also play on the right or through the middle.
However, with PSG also having Georgia's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and France's Desire Doue as wide options, Barcola does not play 90 minutes every match so a move to Anfield would give him more playing time.
With Mohamed Salah leaving on a free transfer at the end of last season having scored 257 goals in a hugely successful nine-year spell with the Reds, Liverpool clearly need to strengthen their attack.
France forward Hugo Ekitike ruptured his Achilles tendon in April and is not expected to play again in 2026, while Cody Gakpo, another who can play on the left and in the middle, has been linked with a move to Tottenham, although Liverpool say they do not want to sell.
The Reds' other current attacking options include 17-year-old Rio Ngumoha, Italy forward Federico Chiesa and new signing Victor Munoz.
Assuming Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola sticks with three forwards playing behind a central striker, where do you think Bradley Barcola would fit best, if Liverpool complete his signing from Paris St-Germain?
Iraola started with Rio Ngumoha on the right, Cody Gakpo on the left and Florian Wirtz in the number 10 role behind Alexander Isak up front in the Reds' recent win over Como.
And remember, he has Hugo Ekitike to return from injury...
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Here is hoping Liverpool say no to PSG and their pricing of Bradley Barcola. Man City say no to Chelsea and their pricing of Enzo Fernandez. And Everton say no to Chelsea and their pricing of Liam Delap. Silly money that clubs could stop if they all stopped being so desperate.
Karen, Felixstowe
Image source, Getty ImagesParis St-Germain manager Luis Enrique refused to be drawn on the future of Bradley Barcola after the attacker was left out of the squad for Sunday night's Trophee des Champions defeat to Lens.
Enrique was questioned about the futures of Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye, both linked with moves to Liverpool this summer, after they were omitted from PSG's 20-man squad for the match.
However, the Spaniard declined to discuss speculation surrounding the pair, saying: "I'll talk about the transfer window when it's closed. Not before and not after.
"Since it's almost over, I'll talk about everything."
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I honestly don't think we need Bradley Barcola this season. I think Dayot Upamecano at Bayern would make much more sense as a target to sew up the aging centre-back issue, but maybe Iraola knows something I don't.
Emma, Warrington
Image source, Getty ImagesParis St-Germain have been strengthening their playing pool over the past week, with World Cup final match-winner Ferran Torres arriving from Barcelona and 21-year-old Belgian winger Mika Godts joining from Ajax.
Godts appears set to either provide Bradley Barcola with strong competition for a starting place or be a like-for-like replacement in Luis Enrique's squad should the France forward depart for Liverpool.
