Aaron Hickey, Boubacar Kamara and Southampton’s rebuild – The under-the-radar Premier League signings we love

The whole concept of an 'under-the-radar signing' these days in the Premier League is a bit of a weird one. In terms of revenue and eyeballs the Premier League is by some distance the biggest league in the world; the days of teams being frugal are long gone. Whether by foreign investment or obscene TV deals teams in the bottom half of the Premier League can spend far more than most of the top-half clubs in the rest of Europe’s top five leagues.

Some clubs (hello Brentford and Brighton) are still trying to exploit the market but a lot of clubs are just throwing money at their problems. Ad/> So we’ve gone through all the business the league has done so far and tried to pick out a handful of signings that we think are flying under the radar a bit. For some of these we’ve doubled — or tripled — up when it comes to clubs and their signings.

Let’s get started. Premier League'The same target' — Conte says Spurs and Roma are battling superclubs29/07/2022 AT 12:50 Boubacar Kamara/Diego Carlos (Aston Villa) Let’s start with Kamara because this was absolutely wild. Under Jorge Sampaoli, Kamara had established himself as one of the best young defensive midfielders in Europe whilst also being capable of filling in at centre-back.

With his contract at Marseille expiring, clubs such as Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United were all linked. Instead he moved to Villa and it seems as if he will start at the base of Steven Gerrard’s 4-3-3. Incredibly given how good the Brazilian has been, there’s a chance Douglas Luiz now won’t be a regular starter, although that hasn’t really been confirmed yet.