Jadon Sancho, Nikola Milenkovic and the best and worst Premier League 24-25 transfers so far
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Some new additions have settled quickly while others seem to be struggling to thrive at their new clubs. We’re nearly halfway through the 2024-25 Premier League season and the storylines are developing nicely at the top and bottom of the table. Although, depending on your perspective, or your team, they may not all be positive ones.
What is certain is that a handful of clubs will be hoping to improve their fortunes and their squads in January by delving into the market – and some might need to fare rather better in winter than they appear to have done in the summer with regards to transfers.
Here are the best and worst signings of the season so far, as picked by The Independent’s sports desk. Miguel Delaney, chief football writer: Liam Delap. There are a number of Ipswich Town signings you could pick from, which may seem surprising given they remain near the bottom. The point is that purchases like Dara O’Shea and Omari Hutchinson have given a squad that had looked like it was mere Championship level a real fighting chance. They make almost every game ultra-competitive, in a manner almost nobody expects. That is best illustrated by Delap, who combines that abrasiveness with an attacking threat. Special mention too for Emile Smith Rowe, who has given Fulham a different dimension. There have been moments when it looked like Arsenal could still do with him.
Richard Jolly, senior football correspondent: Nottingham Forest were mocked, sometimes rightly, for signing vast numbers of players in recent years; so many that they didn’t have room in the squad for some of them. Yet recruitment has clearly been refined: less quantity, more quality. Their side now has a series of fine buys. Nikola Milenkovic may be the best: not merely in what he is – a giant, dominant central defender – but in terms of what Forest lacks. He complements the excellent Murillo wonderfully. Forest now have one of the best central-defensive partnerships and defences in the division. And at £12m, Milenkovic is a bargain.