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Dzeko signs for Manchester United, Srna for City, Arsenal coup Hazard, Muniesa and Sissoko whilst Liverpool left to still make their move of the transfer window with the pending move of Juan Manuel Vargas from Fiorentina
The recent news of Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and City all buying players flooding through footballing websites has left Liverpool stranded on their possible signing of Fiorentina fullback Juan Manuel Vargas, whose proposed move for £12million is still hanging through. Their letting go of Nabil El Zhar on a permanent transfer to Millwall for £1.7million, alongisde the loan deals away from Anfield that include Emiliano Insua's six-month loan out to Birmingham City following his claims of his future no longer being at Anfield and Finnish striker Lauri Dalla Valle taking to a season-long loan out at fellow League Two outfit Accrington Stanley, leaves no room for Liverpool to sell.
Manchester United completed their £26.5million transfer signing of Bosnian target man Edin Dzeko from Steve McLaren's VfL Wolfsburg earlier this week to add to their already big selection of strikers, adding to Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez and unknown striker Bebe. Dzeko, who has been courted before by the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter and A.C. Milan completed his permanent move to Old Trafford, where his supposed partnership upfront with England striker Wayne Rooney will be in the spotlight all season.
On the blue side of the City, big-spending Manchester City purchased Croatian fullback Darijo Srna from Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar Donetsk for £17.25million, seeing the 27-year-old join the ranks at the Eastlands in City's venture towards the Premier League title. Srna, who is currently the captain of the Croatia national team and having 59 international caps under his belt, looks towards being the first-team fullback at City, ahead of versatile Argentine midfielder Pablo Zabaleta. Srna was handed the #26 shirt during his visit to Manchester.
Down south, Arsenal fans were in heights of delight when it was confirmed on the official website that the club had completed the double signing of Ligue 1 youth prospects Moussa Sissoko and Eden Hazard from FC Toulouse and Lille OSC respectively. The duo, who have been highly rated for some time, especially Hazard, can now find comfort with the club and start to blossom under the guidance of long-serving boss Arsene Wenger. Costing Wenger a huge £31.5million together, the two are being dubbed as hot prospects for the future at Arsenal and may well be making names for themselves this season. It was also worth mentioning that Arsenal also completed the signing of Barcelona young centre half Marc Muniesa for £4million. The young Spaniard, who could not find room at the Nou Camp, also travels to England to be under the guidance of Wenger, as the 17-year-old develops under the Frenchman
