ARSENAL ARSENE WENGER is still waiting for the first of his rumoured A-listers to arrive. TARGETS: Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid), Wayne Rooney (Man Utd), Ashley Williams (Swansea), Marouane Fellaini (Everton), Pepe Reina (Liverpool), Tin Jedvaj (Dinamo Zagreb). ALREADY SIGNED: None. SUMMER SPEND 2012: £40.4m. ASTON VILLA PAUL LAMBERT has to sell before getting more in. TARGETS: Loic Remy (QPR), Emmanuel Adebayor (Spurs), Jermain Defoe (Spurs). ALREADY SIGNED: Antonio Luna (£2m, Seville), Aleksandar Tonev (£2.5m, Lech Poznan), Jores Okore (£4m, Nordsjaelland), Leandro Bacuna (£2.5m, Groningen), Nicklas Helenius (£2m, Aalborg), Jed Steer (Free, Norwich). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £19.5m. CARDIFF MALKY MACKAY has had an £8million offer for Blackpool ace Tom Ince accepted. TARGETS: Tom Ince (Blackpool), Victor Wanyama (Celtic), Benjamin Mendy (Le Havre), Dirk Kuyt (Fenerbahce), Kenwyne Jones (Stoke), Bobby Zamora (QPR). ALREADY SIGNED: Andreas Cornelius (£7.5m FC Copenhagen). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £3.5m. CHELSEA JOSE MOURINHO’S priority is to land a superstar striker — he also needs a midfielder. TARGETS: Edinson Cavani (left, Napoli), Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund), Marco van Ginkel (Vitesse Arnhem), John Ruddy (Norwich), Eliaquim Mangala (Porto). ALREADY SIGNED: Andre Schurrle (£17m, Bayer Leverkusen). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £80.3m. CRYSTAL PALACE IAN HOLLOWAY has agreed a £6million fee for Peterborough striker Dwight Gayle. TARGETS: Charlie Adam (Stoke), Matej Vydra (Udinese), Yohan Mollo (Nancy), Peter Odemwingie (West Brom), Joe Walsh (Crawley). ALREADY SIGNED: Jerome Thomas (free, West Brom). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £350,000. EVERTON ROBERTO MARTINEZ is ready to raid Wigan but will have to fight to keep the Toffees’ top names. TARGETS: Arouna Kone (Wigan), Antolin Alcaraz (Wigan), Scott Sinclair (Man City), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow), Bruno Ecuele Manga (Lorient). ALREADY SIGNED: None. SUMMER SPEND 2012: £14.7m. FULHAM MARTIN JOL wants to reinforce his midfield after last season’s late collapse. TARGETS: Bakary Sako (Wolves), Tom Huddlestone (Spurs), Stewart Downing (Liverpool). ALREADY SIGNED: Maarten Stekelenburg (£4m, Roma), Derek Boateng (free, Dnipro), Fernando Amorebieta (free, At Bilbao), Sascha Riether (£1.3m, Cologne). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £7m. HULL STEVE BRUCE is desperate to add some firepower. TARGETS: Ilombe Mboyo (Gent), Charlie Austin (Burnley), Carlton Cole (West Ham), Darren Bent (A Villa), Peter Odemwingie (West Brom), Scott Carson (Bursaspor). ALREADY SIGNED: Curtis Davies (£2.5m, Birmingham), Maynor Figueroa (free, Wigan), George Boyd (free, Peterborough), Ahmed Elmohamady (£2m, Sunderland). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £2.5m. LIVERPOOL BRENDAN RODGERS needs to spend if Luis Suarez leaves. TARGETS: Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ashley Williams (Swansea). ALREADY SIGNED: Luis Alberto (£6.8m, Seville), Iago Aspas (£7m, Celta Vigo), Simon Mignolet (£9m, Sunderland), Kolo Toure (free, Man City). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £29m. MAN CITY MANUEL PELLEGRINI has already spent £45million but still wants a top goalscorer. TARGETS: Mario Gomez (B Munich), Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund), Oscar Cardozo (Benfica), Alvaro Negredo (Seville), Pablo Osvaldo (Roma). ALREADY SIGNED: Fernandinho (£30m, Shakhtar Donetsk), Jesus Navas (£15m, Seville). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £28.2m. MAN UTD DAVID MOYES finally gets his chance to spend big after 11 years on much tighter budgets. TARGETS: Thiago Alcantara (Barcelona), Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund), Cristiano Ronaldo (R Madrid), Gareth Bale (Spurs), Leighton Baines (Everton). ALREADY SIGNED: Guillermo Varela (£2.5m). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £47m. NEWCASTLE ALAN PARDEW wants a striker but first he needs a nod from new director of football Joe Kinnear. TARGETS: Wilfried Bony (Vitesse Arnhem), Andre-Pierre Gignac (Marseille), Darren Bent (A Villa), Siem De Jong (Ajax), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (St Etienne), James Tomkins (W Ham). ALREADY SIGNED: None. SUMMER SPEND 2012: £8.1m. NORWICH CHRIS HUGHTON is in talks with PSV striker Ola Toivonen after a £4.8million bid. TARGETS: Arouna Kone (Wigan), Gary Hooper (Celtic), Jonjo Shelvey (Liverpool), Nathan Redmond (Birmingham). ALREADY SIGNED: Ricky van Wolfswinkel (£8.5m, S. Lisbon), Javier Garrido (£1m, Lazio). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £12.5m. SOUTHAMPTON MAURICIO POCHETTINO has been handed the kind of financial backing that will allow him to spend big. TARGETS: Victor Wanyama (Celtic), Pablo Osvaldo (Roma), Esteban Granero (QPR), Scott Sinclair (Man City). ALREADY SIGNED: Dejan Lovren (£8.5m, Lyon). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £27.3m. STOKE MARK HUGHES spent big at Man City and QPR — but Sparky will have to work on a much tighter budget at the Britannia Stadium. TARGETS: Roque Santa Cruz (free), Martin Olsson (B’burn), Jonjo Shelvey (L’pool). ALREADY SIGNED: Erik Pieters (£3m, PSV Eindhoven). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £10.6m. SUNDERLAND PAOLO DI CANIO is giving his squad a total overhaul. TARGETS: Gino Peruzzi (Velez S), Luis Cavanda (Lazio), Alfred Duncan (Inter), Abel Hernandez (Palermo), Matej Vydra (Udinese), John Guidetti (Man C). ALREADY SIGNED: David Karlsson (£1.5m, G’burg), Modibo Diakite (free, Lazio), Valentin Roberge (free, Maritimo), Cabral (free, Basle), Duncan Watmore (£500,000, Altrincham). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £25m. SWANSEA MICHAEL LAUDRUP is unhappy with his budget. TARGETS: Wilfried Bony (Arnhem), Jonjo Shelvey (Liverpool), Peter Odemwingie (West Brom), Arouna Kone (Wigan), Alvaro Negredo (Seville). ALREADY SIGNED: Jordi Amat (£2.5m, Espanyol), Jose Canas (free, Betis), Gregor Zabret (undisc, NK Domzale). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £15.5m. TOTTENHAM ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS is determined to keep Gareth Bale and plans to spend big. TARGETS: Tin Jedvaj (D Zagreb), Alen Halilovic (D Zagreb), Paulinho (Corinthians), David Villa (Barcelona), Christian Benteke (Aston Villa), Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona), Loic Remy (QPR). ALREADY SIGNED: None. SUMMER SPEND 2012: £46.4m. WEST BROM STEVE CLARKE has his work cut out replacing Romelu Lukaku up front and might have to work the loan market to keep Albion in the league’s top 10. TARGETS: Matej Vydra (Udinese), Scott Sinclair (Man City), Josh McEachran (Chelsea). ALREADY SIGNED: None. SUMMER SPEND 2012: £4m. WEST HAM SAM ALLARYDCE wants a partner for Andy Carroll. TARGETS: Wilfried Bony (Vitesse Arnhem), Demba Ba (Chelsea), Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), Jefferson Montero (Morelia), Eljero Elia (Werder Bremen). ALREADY SIGNED: Andy Carroll (£15m, Liverpool), Razvan Rat (free, Shakhtar Donetsk), Adrian (free, Betis), Danny Whitehead (£500,000, Stockport). SUMMER SPEND 2012: £13.3m. -MM
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