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The only club to have paid out a transfer fee are Portsmouth who last week spent £400,000 on West Ham's Hayden Foxe. This is the second time Harry Redknapp has signed the Australian defender, he brought him to England in March last year from Japanese club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He hasn't been able to win a place in the Hammers' first team and now moves on to try his luck a division lower.
The other three are all free transfers although one of them is high profile and sees the return to Coventry of Gary McAllister from Liverpool, this time as player boss. McAllister took over at the struggling club in mid May at the end of the Premiership season.
Sheffield Wednesday have signed Plymouth Argyle's Jon Beswetherick on a Bosman free transfer. The Liverpool born 24 year-old left back played in 32 of Argyle's league games last season but has chosen to move on after being offered and turning down a new deal at Home Park.
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There have been three big departures from the First Division, two of them from new boys Leicester City. They have sold Gary Rowett to Charlton and Robbie Savage to Birmingham for £2.5 million each as they begin to cut their cloth accordingly for life outside the Premiership.
Meanwhile Australian full-back Kevin Muscat has walked out on Wolves at the end of his contract and made his way up to Glasgow to sign for Rangers on a Bosman free transfer. Wolves were very upset with the way the move was handled but Muscat will now be using his elbow in Scottish football next season, another good reason not to allow them into the Nationwide League.
The list of ins and outs since the end of the season are:
Bradford City
Released:
Peter Atherton, Danny Cadamarteri, Benito Carbone, Aiden Davison, Gareth Grant, Gunnar Halle, Wayne Jacobs, Eoin Jess, Claus Jorgensen, Juanjo, Jamie Lawrence, Gary Locke, Stuart McCall, Robert Molenaar, Andy Myers, Lee Sharpe, Andy Tod, Gary Walsh, Ashley Ward, David Wetherall, Gareth Whalley
Brighton and Hove Albion
Released:
Phil Hadland, Chris Jones
Burnley
Released:
Kevin Ball, Luigi Cennamo, Tony Ellis, Lenny Johnrose, Mitchell Thomas, John Williamson
Coventry City
In:
Gary McAllister (from Liverpool - free)
Released:
Gary Breen, Thomas Cudworth, Marc Edworthy, Marcus Hall, Craig Strachan, Paul Trollope
Crystal Palace
Out:
Richard Harris (to Wycombe Wanderers – free)
Released:
Matt Gregg, Simon Rodger
Derby County:
None
Gillingham
None
Grimsby Town
In:
Bradley Hughes (from Watford – free)
Ipswich Town
None
Leicester City
Out:
Gary Rowett (to Charlton Athletic - £2,500,000)
Robbie Savage (to Birmingham City - £2,500,000)
Millwall
Released:
Leon Constantine, Ryan Green, Giovanni Savarese
Norwich City
Released:
Cedric Anselin, Jean-Yues de Blasiis, Paul Dalglish, Fernando Derveld
Nottingham Forest
Out:
Damien Lynch (to Bohemians Dublin – free)
Released:
Gareth Edds, Andy Gray, Niall Hudson
Portsmouth
In:
Hayden Foxe (from West Ham United - £400,000)
Released: Thomas Thogersen
Preston North End
Released:
Steve Basham
Reading
None
Rotherham United
Released:
Cedric Bolima, Paul Dillon
Sheffield United
Out:
Paul Devlin (to Birmingham City - £200,000)
Patrick Suffo (to Numancia, Spain – free)
Released:
Keith Curle, Davy Gysbrechts, Terry Phelan, Andy Woodward
Sheffield Wednesday
In:
Jon Beswetherick (from Plymouth Argyle – free)
Out:
Dean Cropper (to Lincoln City – free)
Released:
Alan Cawley, Kevin Gallagher, Neil Gibson, Steve Harkness, Adam Muller, Sean Roberts, Phillip Scott, Anwar Uddin
Stoke City
None
Walsall
Out:
Dion Scott (to Mansfield Town – free)
Watford
Out:
Bradley Hughes (to Grimsby Town – free)
Released:
Elliott Godfrey, Barrie Matthews, Simon Patterson
Wimbledon
None
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Out:
Kevin Muscat (to Rangers – free)