Here's a list of players who were signed by promoted clubs over the last few years. I think Birmingham are the team who are worth emulating in regards to our transfers over the summer. They bought Premiership quality players for decent prices.
Not a massive amount of cash thrown around but the teams that did stay up spent around £10 million. Newcastle spent the most last season and they already had a good squad when they came up. I've highlighted in bold the ones who have been decent - good buys. Odemwingie stands out as one of the best bargains for ages.
Blackpool
Craig Cathcart - £350,000
Eliot Grandin - Undisclosed
Ludovic Sylvestre - Undisclosed
Malaury Martin - Free
Chris Basham - £500,000
Dekel Keinan - Free
Matthew Phillips - £325,000
Dudley Campbell -£1,500,000
David Carney - Undisclosed
Andy Reid - £1,000,000
Richard Kingson - Loan
Luke Varney - Loan
James Beattie - Loan
Newcastle
James Perch - £1,000,000
Dan Gosling - Free
Sol Campbell - Free
Ismael Tioté - £3,500,000
Hatem Ben Arfa - £5,750,000
West Brom
Gabriel Sebastian Tamas - undisclosed
Pablo Ibañez - Free
Boaz Myhill - £1,500,000
Nicky Shorey - £1,500,000
Peter Osaze Odemwingie - £500,000
Somen Tchoyi - £2,500,000
Marc-Antoine Fortune - £2,500,000
Paul Scharner - Free
Craig Dawson - £1,000,000
Birmingham
Scott Dann - £3,500,000
Giovanny Espinoza - Signed
Christian Benitez - £1,200,000
Roger Johnson - £5,000,000
Lee Bowyer - Free
Barry Ferguson - £1,000,000
Gregory Vigna - Signed
Craig Gardner - £3,000,000
Michel - £3,000,000
Burnley
Tyrone Mears - £500,000
Steven Fletcher - £3,000,000
David Edgar - Signed
Richard Eckersley - Tribunal
Brian Easton - £350,000
Andre Bikey - Signed
Joe Mckee - Signed
Leon Cort - £1,500,000
Danny Fox - £2,000,000
Wolves
Kevin Doyle - £6,500,000
Nenad Milijas - Signed
Andrew Surman - £1,200,000
Marcus Hahnemann - Free
Greg Halford - £2,000,000
Ronald Zubar - £1,500,000
Stefan Maierhofer - Signed
Not a massive amount of cash thrown around but the teams that did stay up spent around £10 million. Newcastle spent the most last season and they already had a good squad when they came up. I've highlighted in bold the ones who have been decent - good buys. Odemwingie stands out as one of the best bargains for ages.
Blackpool
Craig Cathcart - £350,000
Eliot Grandin - Undisclosed
Ludovic Sylvestre - Undisclosed
Malaury Martin - Free
Chris Basham - £500,000
Dekel Keinan - Free
Matthew Phillips - £325,000
Dudley Campbell -£1,500,000
David Carney - Undisclosed
Andy Reid - £1,000,000
Richard Kingson - Loan
Luke Varney - Loan
James Beattie - Loan
Newcastle
James Perch - £1,000,000
Dan Gosling - Free
Sol Campbell - Free
Ismael Tioté - £3,500,000
Hatem Ben Arfa - £5,750,000
West Brom
Gabriel Sebastian Tamas - undisclosed
Pablo Ibañez - Free
Boaz Myhill - £1,500,000
Nicky Shorey - £1,500,000
Peter Osaze Odemwingie - £500,000
Somen Tchoyi - £2,500,000
Marc-Antoine Fortune - £2,500,000
Paul Scharner - Free
Craig Dawson - £1,000,000
Birmingham
Scott Dann - £3,500,000
Giovanny Espinoza - Signed
Christian Benitez - £1,200,000
Roger Johnson - £5,000,000
Lee Bowyer - Free
Barry Ferguson - £1,000,000
Gregory Vigna - Signed
Craig Gardner - £3,000,000
Michel - £3,000,000
Burnley
Tyrone Mears - £500,000
Steven Fletcher - £3,000,000
David Edgar - Signed
Richard Eckersley - Tribunal
Brian Easton - £350,000
Andre Bikey - Signed
Joe Mckee - Signed
Leon Cort - £1,500,000
Danny Fox - £2,000,000
Wolves
Kevin Doyle - £6,500,000
Nenad Milijas - Signed
Andrew Surman - £1,200,000
Marcus Hahnemann - Free
Greg Halford - £2,000,000
Ronald Zubar - £1,500,000
Stefan Maierhofer - Signed
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