Notable Summer Transfers at a Glance

• Julio Baptista (from Arsenal to Real Madrid; Loan Recall)
• Juan Pablo Angel (from Aston Villa to Red Bull New York; Undisclosed)
• Jlloyd Samuel (from Aston Villa to Bolton; Free Transfer)
• Steve Sidwell (from Reading to Chelsea; Undisclosed)
• Florent Sinama Pongolle (from Liverpool to Recreativo Huelva; $5.3 million)
• Sylvain Distin (from Manchester City to Portsmouth; Free Transfer)
• Owen Hargreaves (from Bayern Munich to Manchester United; $34 million)
• Jonathan Woodgate (from Real Madrid to Middlesbrough; $13.9 million)
• Abel Xavier (from Middlesbrough to LA Galaxy; Undisclosed)
• Hermann Hreidarsson (from Charlton Athletic to Portsmouth; Free Transfer)
• Gareth Bale (from Southampton to Tottenham Hotspur; $10 million, with further additional payments that could end up totaling $20 million US)
• Lukasz Fabianski (from Legia Warsaw to Arsenal; Undisclosed)
• Sulley Muntari (from Udinese to Portsmouth; Undisclosed)
• Anderson (from FC Porto to Manchester United; Undisclosed)
• Nani (from Sporting Lisbon to Manchester United; Undisclosed)
• Claudio Pizarro (from Bayern Munich to Chelsea; $5.1 million)
• Titus Bramble (No Club to Wigan; Free Transfer)
• Antoine Sibierski (No Club to Wigan; Free Transfer)
• Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough to Newcastle; Undisclosed)
• Joey Barton (Manchester City to Newcastle; $11.4 million)
• Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal to Middlesbrough; Undisclosed)
• Scott Parker (Newcastle to West Ham; $13.9 million)
• Tal Ben Haim (Bolton to Chelsea; Free)
• Thierry Henry (Arsenal to FC Barcelona; $32 million)
• Maceo Rigters (NAC Breda to Blackburn; Undisclosed)
• Geremi (Chelsea to Newcastle; Free Transfer)
• Luis Garcia (Liverpool to Atletico Madrid; Undisclosed)
• Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid to Liverpool; $40.6 million)

•Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham to Aston Villa; $17 million)
•Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United to Everton; $8 million)
•Boudewijn Zenden (Liverpool to Marseille; Free Transfer)
•Steven Davis (Aston Villa to Fulham; $8 million)
•Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool; Free Transfer)
•Greg Halford (Reading to Sunderland; $5.9 million)
•Younes Kaboul (Auxerre FC to Tottenham; $16 million)
•Teddy Sheringham (West Ham to Colchester United; Undisclosed)
•Craig Beattie (Celtic to West Bromwich Albion; $2.5 million)
•Darren Bent (Charlton Athletic to Tottenham; $33.1 million)
•Neil Lennon (Celtic to Nottingham Forest; Undisclosed)
•Craig Bellamy (Liverpool to West Ham; $15 million)
•Jason Koumas (West Bromwich Albion to Wigan Athletic; $10.6 million)
•David Nugent (Preston North End to Portsmouth; $12 million)
•Yossi Benayoun (West Ham to Liverpool; Undisclosed)
•Trevor Sinclair (Manchester City to Cardiff; Free Transfer)
•Ryan Babel (Ajax to Liverpool; $23 million)
•David Healy (Leeds United to Fulham; $3 million)
•Rolando Bianchi (Reggina to Manchester City; $16.5 million)
•Gelson Fernandes (FC Sion to Manchester City; Undisclosed)
•Marlon Harewood (West Ham to Aston Villa; $7.1 million)
•Kieran Richardson (Manchester United to Sunderland; $11 million)
•Robbie Fowler (Liverpool to Cardiff City; Free Transfer)
•Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool to Real Madrid; Free Transfer)
•Heidar Helguson (Fulham to Bolton; Undisclosed)
•Freddie Ljungberg (Arsenal to West Ham; Undisclosed, fee could rise to $6.2 million)
•Martin Petrov (Atletico Madrid to Manchester City; $9.4 million)
•Alan Smith (Manchester United to Newcastle; $12 million)
•Leighton Baines (Wigan Athletic to Everton; Undisclosed)
•James Beattie (Everton to Sheffield United; $8 million)
•Cacapa (Lyon to Newcastle; Free Transfer)
•Franck Quedrue (Fulham to Birmingham City; $4 million)
•Liam Ridgewell (Aston Villa to Birmingham City; $4 million)
•Elano (Shakhtar Donetsk to Manchester City; $16 million)
•Giuseppe Rossi (Manchester United to Villarreal; Undisclosed)
•Johan Djourou (Arsenal to Birmingham; Loan)
•Francis Jeffers (Blackburn to Sheffield Wednesday; Undisclosed)
•Hameur Bouazza (Watford to Fulham; Undisclosed)
•Craig Gordon (Hearts to Sunderland; $14 million with additional fees that could bring the total to $18 million)
•James Morrison (Middlesbrough to West Bromwich Albion; $3 million)
•Scott Carson (Liverpool to Aston Villa; Loan)


Obviously more transfers will occur as the summer transfer window heats up; this post will be regularly updated with other newsworthy names changing clubs.

All transfers listed here have been confirmed. Fox Soccer's website is a great source for rumors and pending transfers, but this site will only list those that have been cemented.

Coca-Cola Championship

This Monday, May 28 (Memorial Day here in the US), West Bromwich Albion and Derby County will square off to determine the third team to join Birmingham City and Sunderland in the Premiership next season. Beautiful new Wembley Stadium in London will host this game, which is sure to be hotly contested as two Midlands rivals clash for the third time this season.

The two teams split their two games earlier this season; each squad won on their own home ground. These meetings took place much earlier in the season (Nov. 4 and Dec. 2) however, and I have a feeling this third game will be the best one of them all considering the stakes.

The game will be televised at 9 AM on Setanta and is a must-watch for true soccer fans. Games in the Championship are often very high-paced, up and down affairs and so this should be a good 90 minutes of action.

Personally, I'm tabbing West Brom to win this game, as they've been on solid form lately (4 wins in a row). A Derby win would not surprise me in the least because these types of games are always unpredictable, so it should be a great game to sit down and enjoy this Monday.