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In the end, after talks with Barcelona and AC Milan, the England striker leaves Ruben Amorim behind to stay in the Premier League, with a loan switch to Aston Villa.
Manchester City started the month by confirming the arrival of Argentinian wonderkid Claudio Echeverri, who was signed by the reigning champions last January but stayed with River Plate before arriving at the Etihad Stadium this month.
Ins: Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund, £20m), Andres Garcia (Levante, £6m), Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa, loan), Marco Asensio (PSG, loan), Axel Disasi (Chelsea, loan)
Outs: Lewis Dobbin (Norwich, loan), Jaden Philogene (Ipswich, £20m), Diego Carlos (Fenerbahce, £8.5m), Tommi O'Reilly (MK Dons, loan), Emi Buendia (Bayer Leverkusen, loan), Louie Barry (Hull, loan), Joe Gauci (Barnsley, loan), Jhon Duran (Al Nassr, £67m), Kosta Nedeljkovic (RB Leipzig, loan), Samuel Iling-Junior (Middlesbrough, loan), Sil Swinkels (Bristol Rovers, loan)
Bournemouth
Ins: Matai Akinmboni (DC United, undisclosed), Kai Crampton (Chelsea, undisclosed), Julio Soler (Lanus, undisclosed), Zain Silcott-Duberry (Chelsea, undisclosed)
Outs: Lewis Brown (Salisbury, loan), Finn Tonks (Farnborough, loan), Philip Billing (Napoli, loan), Max Aarons (Valencia, loan), Mark Travers (Middlesbrough, loan)
Brentford
Ins: Michael Kayode (Fiorentina, loan)
Outs: Ashley Hay (Cheltenham, loan), Val Adedokun (Cheltenham, loan), Jayden Meghoma (Preston, loan), Tristan Crama (Millwall, undisclosed), Tony Yogane (Exeter, loan), Mads Roerslev (Wolfsburg, loan), Matt Cox (Crawley, loan), Ryan Trevitt (Exeter, loan)
Brighton
Ins: Diego Gomez (Inter Miami, £11m), Eiran Cashin (Derby, £9m), Stefanos Tzimas (Nurnberg, £20.8m).
Outs: Louis Flower (Gateshead, loan), Imari Samuels (Dundee United, undisclosed), Ben Jackson (Queens Park, loan), Jakub Moder (Feyenoord, £1.2m), Julio Enciso (Ipswich, loan), Kamari Doyle (Crawley, loan), Evan Ferguson (West Ham, loan)
Chelsea
Ins: N/A
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Outs: Alex Matos (Oxford United, loan), Kai Crampton (Bournemouth, undisclosed), Zain Silcott-Duberry (Bournemouth, undisclosed), Max Merrick (Hampton & Richmond, loan), Jimmy-Jay Morgan (Gillingham, loan), Renato Veiga (Juventus, loan), Cesare Casadei (Torino, £12.5m), Caleb Wiley (Watford, loan), Carney Chukwuemeka (Borussia Dortmund, loan)
Crystal Palace
Ins: Romain Esse (Millwall, £12m)
Outs: Chris Francis (Dagenham & Redbridge, loan), Jemiah Umolu (Port Vale, loan), Asher Agbinone (Gillingham, loan), Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea, recalled from loan)
Everton
Ins: N/A
Outs: Charlie Whitaker (Notts County, free), Stanley Mills (Oxford United, undisclosed), Harrison Armstrong (Derby, loan)
Fulham
Ins: N/A
Outs: Conor McAvoy (Wealdstone, loan), Olly Sanderson (Harrogate, loan)
Ipswich
Ins: Ben Godfrey (Atalanta, loan), Jaden Philogene (Aston Villa, £20m), Julio Enciso (Brighton, loan), Alex Palmer (WBA, £4m)
Outs: Harry Barbrook (Chelmsford, loan), Henry Gray (Braintree, loan), Ayyuba Jambang (Chatham, loan), Jokubas Mazionis (Woking, loan), George Edmundson (Middlesbrough, £600,000), Ali Al-Hamadi (Stoke, loan), Harry Clarke (Sheffield United, loan), Osman Foyo (Wimbledon, undisclosed)
Leicester
Ins: Woyo Coulibaly (Parma, £1.9m)
Outs: Tom Cannon (Sheffield United, £10m), Hamza Choudhury (Sheffield United, loan)
Liverpool
Ins: N/A
Outs: Rhys Williams (Morecambe, loan), Marcelo Pitaluga (Fluminense, undisclosed), Calvin Ramsay (Kilmarnock, loan), Tom Hill (Harrogate, undisclosed), Stefan Bajcetic (Las Palmas, loan)
Manchester City
Ins: Claudio Echeverri (River Plate, undisclosed), Abdukodir Khusanov (Lens, £33.8m), Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt, £59m), Vitor Reis (Palmeiras, £29.5m), Juma Bah (Valladolid, undisclosed)
Outs: Issa Kabore (Werder Bremen, loan), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (Stoke, loan), Juma Bah (Lens, loan), Kyle Walker (AC Milan, loan)
Manchester United
Ins: Patrick Dorgu (Lecce, £30m)
Outs: Ethan Ennis (Doncaster, loan), Ethan Williams (Cheltenham, loan), Antony (Real Betis, loan), Ethan Wheatley (Walsall, loan), Joe Hugill (Carlisle, loan), Jack Kingdon (Rochdale, loan), Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa, loan)
Newcastle
Ins: N/A
Outs: Isaac Hayden (Portsmouth, loan), Alex Murphy (Bolton, loan), Travis Hernes (Aalborg, loan), Charlie McArthur (Carlisle, loan), Jamie Miley (Hartlepool, undisclosed), Miguel Almiron (Atlanta United, £8m)
Nottingham Forest
Ins: Wayne Hennessey (unattached, free)
Outs: Aaron Donnelly (Dundee, undisclosed), Andrew Omobamidele (Strasbourg, loan), Esapa Osong (Cambridge, loan)
Southampton
Ins: Welington (Sao Paulo, free), Joachim Kayi Sanda (Valenciennes, undisclosed), Albert Gronbaek (Rennes, loan)
Outs: Ronnie Edwards (QPR, loan), Will Armitage (Aldershot, loan), Ben Brereton Diaz (Sheffield United, loan), Maxwel Cornet (West Ham, recalled from loan), Shea Charles (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Dom Ballard (Cambridge, loan)
Tottenham
Ins: Yan Min-hyeok (Gangwon FC, undisclosed), Antonin Kinsky (Slavia Prague, £12.5m), Kevin Danso (Lens, loan)
Outs: Matthew Craig (Mansfield, loan), Alfie Dorrington (Aberdeen, loan), Luca Gunter (Wealdstone, loan), Yan Min-hyeok (QPR, loan), Will Lankshear (WBA, loan)
West Ham
Ins: Evan Ferguson (Brighton, loan)
Outs: Maxwel Cornet (Genoa, loan)
Wolves
Ins: Emmanuel Agbadou (Reims, £16.6m)
Outs: Luke Cundle (Millwall, £1m)
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