List of Premiership winter soccer transfers January 2008

Here is a list of all the transfer activity from in and around the Premiership. All the below mentioned transfers have had a Premiership club involved in some way or the other. All figures in pounds. If you find an error, please report it to us using the contact button on the top right hand corner of your screen.

Arsenal

In : Luke Freeman ( Gillingham-200K)
Out : Matt Connolly ( QPR), Lassana Diarra ( Portsmouth- rumoured to be around 5.5M), Kieran Gibbs ( Norwich – loan), Mark Randall ( Burnley)

Aston Villa

In : Wayne Routledge ( Tottenham -1.25m)
Out : Chris Herd ( Port Vale- loan), Stephen O’ Halloran ( Southampton- loan), Gary Cahill ( Bolton- loan)

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Old Firm fixture postponed

In light of the recent tragic death of Motherwell skipper Phil O’ Donnell, the Scottish Premier League has decided to postpone the game between Celtic and Rangers. The keenly anticipated clash was originally to be played on January 2, but no future date has been fixed for the match. O’ Donnell, who died after collapsing on the field in Motherwell’s 5-2 victory over Dundee United, played for the Bhoys between 1994 and 1999.

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How did the big four fare in the festive round of matches ?

The time around Christmas is always a busy one for Premiership teams. Instead of the standard one game a week, they play as many as four games in a span of 10 days. For managers, it is crunch time. The side leading the league going into the New Year is always tipped to be the favourite to win it. The managers also have to contend with tired players, and need to get their selections 100 % correct. Let us have a look at how Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United fared.

Game dates- Dec 22/23

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