Man City excel, Man Utd late show, Liverpool fall short, spree at Chelsea: The Premier League transfer window ranked

Arsenal — B+ After missing out on the Champions League last season there might have been reason for Arsenal to consider how much money they wanted to commit to another year of Mikel Arteta. Thankfully for the Spaniard, they saw enough to continue to back him and they have delivered an impressive collection of new players.

The most interesting pair of arrivals are the Manchester City duo, Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko. For now it appears the club have made the right decision.

Missing out on Douglas Luiz is a blow, but that was an attempt borne out of opportunity, rather than a failed long-term pursuit. Ad In: Marquinhos (Sao Paulo), Fabio Vieira (Porto), Matt Turner (New England Revolution), Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal) Premier LeaguePremier League clubs' near-£2bn transfer spend smashes record and dwarfs La Liga2 HOURS AGO Out: Dinos Mavropanos (Stuttgart), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), Jonathan Dinzeyi (Released), Joel Lopez (Released), Jordan McEneff (Released), Harry Clarke (Stoke) Loan, Tyreece John-Jules (Ipswich) Loan, Dan Ballard (Sunderland), Zak Swanson (Portsmouth), Alex Kirk (Ayr United) Loan, Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille), Mika Biereth (RKC Waalwijk) Loan, Jordi Osei-Tutu (VFL Bochum), Auston Trusty (Birmingham), Loan Nuno Tavares (Marseille) Loan, Charlie Patino (Blackpool) Loan, Pablo Mari (Monza), Alex Runarsson (Alanyaspor) Loan, Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Rotherham) Loan, Salah-Edinne Oulad M'hand (Hull) Loan, Nicolas Pepe (Nice) Loan Chelsea and Man City to resume battle to sign Gvardiol in January — Paper Round Aston Villa — C Rumours have started to grow in the last couple of weeks that all is not well at Aston Villa, and Steven Gerrard’s brow looks evermore furrowed.