{"id":4733,"date":"2024-08-19T14:35:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/?p=4733"},"modified":"2024-08-28T10:35:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T10:35:42","slug":"summer-transfers-that-could-shock-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/summer-transfers-that-could-shock-the-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Summer Transfers That Could Shock The Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the EPL transfer window hurtles towards its conclusion there are inevitably still big deals to be struck and high-profile moves to be made.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Players switching to Premier League clubs will undoubtedly shock the soccer world in terms of either their unexpected nature or perhaps the wow factor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s <\/strong><strong>9 Summer Transfers That Could Shock The Premier League<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>9. Kalvin Philips<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kalvin-Philips-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kalvin Philips\" class=\"wp-image-4734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kalvin-Philips-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kalvin-Philips-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kalvin-Philips-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kalvin-Philips-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kalvin-Philips.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips looks set to join newly promoted Ipswich Town this summer. With odds even amongst several bookmakers, the England international seems likely to make the switch to Portman Road on a rumored loan deal. Phillips has been out of favor at City and also failed to impress during a spell at West Ham United last season. Why not check out the latest odds and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportytrader.com\/en\/betting-tips\/football\/england\/premier-league-49\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statistics for EPL teams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8. Anthony Elanga<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Anthony-Elanga-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Elanga\" class=\"wp-image-4735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Anthony-Elanga-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Anthony-Elanga-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Anthony-Elanga-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Anthony-Elanga.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Former Manchester United and now Nottingham Forest winger Antony Elagna is thought to be a target for ambitious Newcastle United. At odds of as much as 8\/1, the youngster would provide dynamism in wider areas having already shown flair on the run and an eye for goal whilst at The City Ground.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>7. Jack Grealish<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jack-Grealish.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Grealish\" class=\"wp-image-4736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jack-Grealish.jpg 736w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jack-Grealish-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Once a fan favorite, Jack Grealish has seen his playing time decimated by Pep Guardiola over the last twelve months and his career at Manchester City now seems to be coming to an end. Bookmakers are offering odds of 15\/8 that the Englishman will soon make his return to boyhood club Aston Villa before the end of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Manuel Locatelli<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"873\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Manuel-Locatelli.jpg\" alt=\"Manuel Locatelli\" class=\"wp-image-4737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Manuel-Locatelli.jpg 708w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Manuel-Locatelli-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Juventus midfielder Manuel Locatelli has emerged as a transfer target for Tottenham Hotspur. With odds of around 20\/1 amongst some bookmakers, the Italian could arrive in the Premier League before the end of August, adding a touch of calm and class to proceedings at White Hart Lane this coming season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Mikel Merino<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mikel-Merino.jpg\" alt=\"Mikel Merino\" class=\"wp-image-4738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mikel-Merino.jpg 682w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mikel-Merino-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mikel-Merino-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Real Sociedad midfielder Mikel Merino rose to recent prominence following his World Cup goalscoring exploits against Germany. The Spaniard is odds on in some markets to join Arsenal with The Gunners boss eager to strengthen further and finally snatch the Premier League title away from favourites Manchester City.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Alexander Isak<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Alexander-Isak-1.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Isak\" class=\"wp-image-4739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Alexander-Isak-1.jpg 954w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Alexander-Isak-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Alexander-Isak-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alexander Isak has already shown his immense quality in the Premier League, featuring upfront for Newcastle United and having scored 35 goals across his two full seasons so far. Bookmakers are at odds of 7\/1 that the Swedish forward will soon be heading for Stamford Bridge before the end of the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Evan Ferguson<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Evan-Ferguson-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Evan Ferguson\" class=\"wp-image-4740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Evan-Ferguson-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Evan-Ferguson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Evan-Ferguson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Evan-Ferguson-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Evan-Ferguson.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Brighton&#8217;s promising young forward Evan Ferguson could potentially head to Manchester United this summer. With odds of 6\/1 across numerous bookmakers, the Irish international is likely being pursued by several other Premier League sides and European clubs. Ferguson is highly sought after following an accomplished and eye-catching campaign with The Seagulls last season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Rodrygo<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rodrygo-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Rodrygo\" class=\"wp-image-4741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rodrygo-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rodrygo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rodrygo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rodrygo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rodrygo.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Real Madrid&#8217;s Rodrygo is rumored to be a target for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/news\/4019801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League Champions Manchester City<\/a>. At odds of around 6\/1, the young Brazilian is already a serial winner and would bring guaranteed quality in attacking areas and make the Citizens an even greater threat to the European game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Victor Osimhen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Victor-Osimhen-971x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Victor Osimhen\" class=\"wp-image-4742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Victor-Osimhen-971x1024.jpg 971w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Victor-Osimhen-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Victor-Osimhen-768x810.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Victor-Osimhen.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>One of the brightest attacking talents on the continent, Victor Osimhen is a Serie A winner and has established himself as a proven elite forward. The Blues would gladly welcome the Nigerian into the Boehly revolution. Bookmakers are at odds of 5\/1 that Osimhen will become a Chelsea player before the end of the month and for a rumored fee in excess of \u00a3100 million!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the EPL transfer window hurtles towards its conclusion there are inevitably still big deals to be struck and high-profile moves to be made.\u00a0 Players switching to Premier League clubs will undoubtedly shock the soccer world in terms of either their unexpected nature or perhaps the wow factor! Here\u2019s 9 Summer Transfers That Could Shock&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Soccer"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Summer-Transfers-That-Could-Shock-The-Premier-League-1024x536.jpg",1024,536,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Adam Leadbeater","author_link":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/author\/adam\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Soccer","slug":"soccer","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":504,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":504,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Soccer","category_nicename":"soccer","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4744,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733\/revisions\/4744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}