After Everton and Fulham, I do think that Chelsea have actually had one of the worst transfer windows. They have again brought in so many players for overinflated fees, some of which don’t even make the match day squad. Despite getting rid of some deadwood, they could have still done a lot better. Losing Hudson-Odoi for as little as £3M when Bayern Munich were looking at paying more than 20 times that amount just a few years ago is unacceptable.

Luton ahead of West Ham is absolutely insane lol

As a Spurs fan our best signing was no doubt Ange, none of these players would be anywhere near as fun or good without him. He revived Bissouma, Porro, Romero, Son and Kulusevski after Conte tormented them all of last season, brought Udogie into the fray after his loan spell and coached him into a very different role. Credit to the Levy/club aswell who basically pushed for the sale of Kane and the move to sign players aged 17-25 and in doing so found it easier to play the football we Spurs fans should see week in week out. Again I'm well aware it's early and this season is one very much for transition but all I expect from Spurs is entertainment and a genuine attempt at winning every game and now we've finally got that after 5 or so years of awful management.

Everton fan here. You've got to judge it on where we were versus where we are. Up front we went from a toothless Maupay, and a crocked DCL to: Beto (not amazing but a good price for 6-12 goals a season), Danjuma (looks good quality, who cares what happened at Spurs) a promising Chermiti, a crocked DCL. That's a pretty significant improvement in depth and quality. We did sell Cannon and Simms, but neither were likely to feature much. Verdict: Moderate improvement. On the wings we were really light with just Townsend, Gray, and McNeil. We're still pretty light now, but letting Townsend go was probably for the best, and statistics suggest that Harrison is way better than he gets credit for should be among our key players once he gets fit and integrated. Verdict: Small improvement. In central midfield we kept Onana, Doucore, Gueye, and Garner. That's a solid unit. We only lost Davies, who has arguably regressed since he first broke though. We also sold Iwobi in the last year of his contact and somehow recouped most of the fee. Trust me when I say most Everton fans would have expected closer to £10M rather than the £20M we got. Verdict: No meaningful change. In the fullback areas we were light before and we remain light. Coleman is a legend but is well over the hill. Mykolenko is below average for the prem. Patterson is decent. To that mix we added Young, who is a decent option to add more depth. Honestly though, our fullback positions are so weak I would rather cut our losses and move Patterson into a back 3. Verdict: No meaningful change. Defence: Our central defence has been another area of chronic weakness, especially whenever Keane plays. Losing Mina is sad, but in all honesty his injury record is shocking and his wages are high. Holgate going out on loan is no loss. The big plus for us is the return of Branthwaite who is that rare combination of speedy, aggressive, tall, and powerful. A beautiful young defender. Verdict: Small improvement. Goalkeeper: Pickford is and was the undisputed king of his position, and the release of Begovic and Iversen make no difference. Verdict: No change. That I think is a very fair rating our how we did. As you can see, every key area has either stayed put or improved . Will it be enough to keep us in the Prem? Not sure. I'd give us 60% to stay up, 40% to go down. But the idea that this is better than Wolves losing almost all of their defenders and selling the heart of their midfield is laughable. You've got to grade things on a curve, and I think Everton have slashed wages, raised funds, deepened the squad, and added goals to the side. That's why there are so many Everton fans double-taking on this video. We're not saying we're good. We're not even saying we'll survive. But it's a damn sight a more sensible window than we've seen in a while. I'd take this over at least the last 5 summer windows. Maybe even further back then that.

As well as the new signings at Spurs, Udogie coming in from his loan at Udinese and looking like he's played in the PL his entire career has been a big boost. Defence has been turned from a big weakness to a strength, albeit one lacking experienced depth at CB.

As a Liverpool fan, I'm honestly quite pleased with their business, although the Salah issue still looms. If the complaint over the years has been the midfield, the midfield looks instantly much better. The front line doesn't need attention (unless Salah leaves, though I think they'd be fine without, still). They needed a CB, perhaps, but they're playing Jarrell Quansah in the absence of a new one, and he hasn't put a foot wrong. Szoboszlai and Mac Allister feel like such excellent signings... rank them where you'd like, but I'm happy.

Arguably, the worst business Man Utd did this summer was not finding a way to sell the players ten Hag doesnt use. The fact that Magiure, McTominay, Sancho, & Van de Beek all didn't receive transfers - arguably moves United needed to pursue Osimhen - is damning.

Forest saw 34 players depart and 13 arrive. The Summer was quiet till the last few days but that was planned with new signings mostly arriving on Transfer Deadline day. The most high profile is Ibrahim Sangare signed for a bargain £30m from PSV, The club also signed Divock Origi on loan from AC Milan (with an option to buy for around 6m Euros)

this guy said ‘chelsea’s enormous squad’ as he put a picture of caicedos mum on the screen😭 never change

Man U getting Mount is probably one of the strangest signings I’ve seen. I don’t see how they thought adding him to a midfield of Bruno and Casimero would balance things

As a Forest fan, I am excited to hear Alfie judge our mental deadline day.

Always the best! Another very good video!!! 😊 Thanks for entertaining us and shedding light on this crazy window!

I renew my petition for you to include international subtitles for your videos. I volunteer for Spanish, but just having them would be great for me and my football loving non-English speaking family.

I think one of the bigger things not being talked about is how Chelsea are following the same model that has killed so many other clubs in the past. I personally think they have too much money and might be “too big to fail”, but using massive amounts of money to signs tons of players on long term deals has resulted in so many other clubs losing control of their finances and going down. People forget that they almost dissolved once in the 1980s, and if they don’t keep up a high standard of performance for the next 5-7 years and keep missing out on European football, there is a non-zero chance that they could find themselves in trouble again. Rangers, Derby County, Leeds, etc. all followed the formula of spending too much on players and then not being able to sustain the success needed to pay for that initial investment.

With Burnley, the worry is not because they have lost 3 games against better opposition. It's because they are shipping a lot of goals at home in a way that feels avoidable. I think that only the Man City scoreline is acceptable. Conceding 3 goals at home to Villa, and 5 to Spurs, due to a stubborn highline rather than a more pragmatic approach, must be annoying to Burnley fans.

"Probably to Chelsea " was the icing on the cake on an already great video. 😅 Great job as always!

~1.27% of corners result in goals as a whole but West Ham have already scored 3-4 from corners this season with Ward-Prowse taking them; devastating from set pieces is proving to be an understatement

Love the content, keep it up !

Spurs fan, think the only thing that could have made our transfer window better would be keeping Kane (or at least not letting him leave in such a negative manner) and being able to shift more of the deadwood. But I’m thrilled that the new boys have settled in so well. Still too early to say anything about Johnson but Maddison and Van de Ven have made big impacts. And despite the shaky start against Brentford Vicario looks like a bargain at 20M. Not expecting us to finish higher than 6th, if any of our starting XI get injured we are screwed, but promising starts. Still doesn’t forgive spending 60M on Richarlison last season, and he looks just as bad this season. Guy can’t finish anything

Alfie, as always a great video... putting the mighty Hatters in fourth, you have captured the sentiment of my club. To quote our CEO “we are not going to go all Billy big bollocks” end quote. We are here for the money, a huge proportion of the ridiculous amount of riches is going on our infrastructure, progressing the youth set up, and of course paying for our new stadium. Unlike most modern stadiums, it’s not a concrete bowl on an industrial estate out of town, it’s right in our town centre, it has stands of different sizes which are as close to the pitch as they can be (West Ham take note) This season’s money secures our future, we will never spend recklessly and the so called expert pundits just don’t get us ( Crooks, Shearer, Lineker etc) ( Thogden is not an expert , so he doesn’t count, unless you include self publicity) Keep up your excellent work, and good luck to the Tigers, until next year of course, when we will be back in the Championship, or will we???? 🤔🧡🧡🎩🎩

Perfect for winding down before some sleep. I'm out of the loop with the rosters atm.

I would have given Spurs transfer window a literal 10/10 if they brought in a backup CB. Sucks that they didn't but they will probably prioritize it in January. Meanwhile we are playing exciting football and our starting 11 looks great. Overall very decent window.

Literally love all your vids no matter who or what they’re about, you don’t miss bruh

Very harsh on Everton, but understandable if you're not following the club. I think getting £32m from Iwobi (who was alright but doesn't fit in Dyche's system) and Gray (Who wanted out and has 1 good game in 7) when they're in the last years of their contract is exceptional by our admittedly low standards. Beto has started well, as has Danjuma. With Harrison we have a PL proven right winger who had better numbers than Iwobi last season. The table looks bad but we're playing pretty well (villa game aside) even despite horrible luck and a lot of injuries to key players.

Two signings of the season so far? Maddison and Ward-Prowse.

It’s even more crazy teams like Real Madrid and Man City. Not splashing out and not spending tons and still winning loads.. that’s how you run a club.

Really good video this mate, could you do top 20 European teams best signings of the transfer window summer 2023. Who has had the best ?

Very good, Hull dark horses for promotion. Please do the the Championship transfers rankings as well ( or am I nuts)!

"Departed in the sense that he joined arsenal, he hasn't died". Alfie, you are the gift that keeps on giving

25:50 Can't believe I'm saying this, but Spurs have the greatest chance among the Big 6 to launch a title race with Man City, followed by Arsenal and Liverpool. Man Utd and Chelsea are both jokes

Ask any Everton fan and they'll tell you selling Iwobi is good business. Based on what we've seen so far this season Iwobi simply doesn't necessarily fit in the team any better than Dwight McNeil or Jack Harrison and was 100% leaving on a free at the end of next season. Stats will tell you that he's been our most creative player last couple of seasons but stats won't tell you his decision making in the final third is average at best and how much he slowed down our attacks. Fast breaks might keep us up, Iwobi definitely wouldn't've.

Brentford fan here... Whilst I would say that the players we've signed throughout the summer window were good signings - Collins and Flekken for example already proving fantastic! It has, I think, been a bit disappointing especially through lack of signings in attack - Whilst Mbuemo and Wissa on their day can be possible one of if not the best attacking duo in the Prem - their finishing at times times can be off (Mbuemo already missing 2 sitters this season alone ALREADY!) and has cost us 2 wins that we could have EASILY had over Tottenham and Bournemouth. With our multiple attempts to sign Johnson failing to come through (due to all but 2 people in Forrest deciding that we a mid-table rival for them 😂) as well as the last minute decision for Bakayoko deciding to stay at PSV (due to him wanting to play in the UCL) despite the club accepting a significant bid for him. ...and in the last minute panic not having an additional attacker due to not having Toney until Jan. Phil Giles I feel just panicked and went 'oooooohhh f*ck - um, quick just sign Maupay back - f*ck it' even though he hasn't done ANYTHING for Everton and was just ok for Brighton (from what I saw) just sums up the sh*t show that is the second half of our transfer window Early on - my hopes were high: - 3rd season in the Prem - great finish last season (with a European spot this season) - 2 (3) great signings really early on the Window giving me hope that we could secure a big signing in attack. but no... with about 2 (or 3) days to go it was looking bright - PSV had agreed a bid for Bakayoko and Johnson was still on the cards (kind of) with other options like Ekitike also a possibility. then in less than 12 hrs it all went to sh*t: - Johnson --> Spurs - Ekitike staying at PSG -Bakayoko staying at PSV (for UCL) thus, overall I am frustrated at the window. Whilst happy with the signings of Schade, Flekken and Collins - I am disappointed we couldn't bag a decent replacement for Toney (for until Jan. at least) (oh don't worry at least we signed 5 or 6 B team players! 😂) and I can only hope Maupay will be a success although I am not sure - not tall or strong and I don't think he'll fit out style of play but we'll see I guess (btw well done if you read all of this! I appreciate it lol!)

Evertonian here. I'm ok with you putting us dead last if you take into account our absolute waste of 600M over the past five years with absolutely nothing to show for it. This season however, we actually did some good business within our budgetary constraints (brought on by ourselves or course.) I'd say if there was one flaw, it was not bringing in another quality CB to replace Michael Keane or back up Jarrad Branthwaite. Other than that, we filled the holes we needed to and improved our squad from what we had last season. Keep up the great work, love the vids.

don’t agree with wolves, sasa kalajdzic missed practically all of last season with injury and will be like a new signing, already kicking off with a couple of goals.

I think Liverpool deserves being top 5 because all their signings were good. Don't understimate Endo, I think he will be great. And most of all: only spent 117 million for 4 players!!! MacAllister cost only 40 million !!!

"probably to chelsea" at the end got me good XDDDDD

Wolves fan here, mightily relived to see us outside the bottom three on your list 😅 Very accurate and measured assessment as usual

As a Fulham fan, I couldn't agree more with our ranking. I'm happy with Bassey, I think Iwobi, Jiminez (As a plan B) and Castagne will be useful but the fact we haven't replaced Mitrovic at all speaks volumes of where we're going as a club. We had all summer to find a good replacement yet we did nothing.

Good to hear the blades have a fighting chance. Looking forwards to having McAtee back!

i think Nkunku will be a game changer for Chelsea when fit, he is an elite level centre forward and with that midfield 3 behind him could have a very good season

pretty sure chelsea did not reject 70m bid, it was like loan with option to buy for cho. I guess thats sort of a bid

First video of yours I've watched in a while and i must commend you on cutting down your intro to 1 min 49 seconds. Used to be a solid 5 mins at least back in the day. Good video from what I've seen/heard so far

Bit frustrating that you left out the greenwood debacle with Man U, starting they cut ties then very quietly tried to keep him on for next season

American Everton fan, yeah. To me the worst thing was the consistent selling of assets and reduction of wages to help with the FFP rules, selling young players like Cannon who could develop into something and proven useful with a squad that perennially has amongst the most injuries while being already threadbare. As has been told, "you can't change your team" once selected, but seriously wondering if I can file for a season-long loan to a better run "also-ran". At least until adults are back in charge of the club.

I can't believe I bought Callum Hudson-odoi as a star player who became 92 rated playing as Forrest back in fifa 19 and now he's actually at forrest

I think for newcastle selling Saint-maxamin is a huge mistake but obviously I don’t know but he’s very different from Harvey Barnes and could have been useful for rotation especially with a European season coming along

We spend 3 mln this window earning 45... Definitly not 20th with keeping Onnana and Pickford.

As Chelsea Fan how high we are Able to Finish will determine our Transfer window and how effective it was.. they Can Go a Lil higher than 14th in my opinion because the Transfers out was Very good with the Exception of Mendy, Kante and Mount leaving Prematurely, Experience in Midfield is Needed and we are going to struggle for some Portions of this.. But our Midfield Recruiting was Fantastic and once they adapt to each other's style of play we can Have, one of the Best Midfields of All time.. So I'll judge the window in Full at the End of the Season anything 7th or Higher is A good Season because of the Aggressive way the Club has Gone about Rebuilding, Experience mix with Youth was the Better Way to go they Choose youth Predominantly which takes 1-3 seasons before Consistency can be established to win Big trophies.. I See us Trophiesless this season and possibly The next, until the team builds chemistry and its own experience..

As a Chelsea fan, 14th is very generous😭

I have big hsv vibes about Everton . Former big club that didn’t reach the top for some time so they spend money till they got no more . Then 3-4 years with nearly a relegation with completely other option about the club from the Owner .

we need a video on Forest's transfer deadline day deals

11:37 Cole Palmer looking like an extra from "Trainspotting"

He is the goat of these kind of football videos

For all the people saying they don't understand Chelsea's signings, or Chelsea's signings don't make sense or how will they all play. GK - Sanchez, Bettenelli, Petrovic LB - Chillwell, Cucu CB - Disasi, Badiashile, Silva, Colwill, (Fofana out for season, Chalobah to be sold) RB - James, Gusto CM - Enzo, Caicedo, Lavia, Gallagher, CAM - Nkunku, Chuky RW - Palmer, Madueke LW - Sterling, Mudryk ST - Jackson, Broja That's a squad of 23, including some of the youngsters such as Maatsen, Lesley, Burstow and Humphries and you have a normal premier league squad

💥Pep = Usually has the great starting formation then he makes mistakes with his changes. 💥Klopp = Usually starts with the wrong formation, then makes brilliant changes to fix things. 💥 7Hag = Usually starts with the wrong formation then does changes that make it even worse.

I agree on man united being so low. Overpaid for hoijlund and mount, didn't get in enough players and didn't sell enough deadwood. And why did we sign Evans!!!

Selling Philogene to Hull was the only option for Villa, he wanted to leave and he only had a single year left on his deal

"probably to chelsea" is the perfect sign-off

Judging Chelsea 14th is fairly ridiculous. You have to view it in terms of the project they are mounting, including the players that are exiting the club. Hall is also a loan deal, with the obligation to buy which is likely but still certainly not a done deal by any means. If anything they used this window as a corrective to previous failures, shame regarding some injuries that I think has resulted in their slow start. I think we will see if their youth project can get into the top 4 this season, it would be a push but they just need a few results and nkunku to return.

Nottingham Forest makes every other club look boring af

As a Newcastle fan I’m surprised you’ve ranked us this high. Tonali looks to be a good signing, if a bit expensive. And I’m happy with Barnes, Hall and Livramento. However if we’re going to be serious about playing in Europe and qualifying again for next season I think we need more squad depth (especially in central defence and on the right wing) and I do wish we had a central midfielder who was a more dedicated defensive midfielder to allow whatever combination of Tonali, Bruno, Joelinton and Willock to progress further up the pitch.

I think Chelsea's business will turn out to be the best in 5 years provided Boehly and Co. stick to the plan. Sanchez will be the gatekeeper as #1 until one of the two young former MLS keepers take over. You then have James and Gusto as RBs, Chilwell and Cucurella as LBs, Fofana and Disasi as RCBs, Colwill and Badiashile as LCBs, a double pivot made up of Enzo, Caiciado, Lavia, Gallagher, and Ugo, CAMs Nkunku and Chukwuemeka, wingers Mudryk, Palmer, Maduake, and Maatsen (long term I think hes a winger), and Jackson and Broja up front. If that team stays and plays together for the next 5 years only a handful of those players will even be 30 and then you sprikle in the countless wonderkids if someone leaves (or sell them on).

In the context of whether we improved enough to finish higher than 3rd, our ranking is fair but Utd has actually done quite good business re: addressing squad issues in general. Not getting decent fees for players does remain an issue but I'm not bothered about that too much.

You're welcome for Liam Delap, Alfie. Hoping City get better favour in future videos hahaha

I'll refrain from making any judgements until at least halfway through the season, rather than off the back of 3 games.

FINALLY! Someone with common sense to see that spending nearly 500 million euros and still not boasting even a top 4 squad in the league is criminal. Everybody was hyping Chelsea and labeling them a 'dark horse' coming into the season. They don't have a single world class player despite spending 1.4 billion euros in a year. I can see them easily finishing 6th or 7th. Behind the obvious Arsenal, City, & Liverpool, as well as Spurs, who lets not forget also don't have European football which is a huge factor in many's overvexpectation of Chelsea. I would also be very surprised if they finished above Brighton, Newcastle or even Man Utd.

Arsenal needed to bring in another Central defender and Striker. Would love to see them get Ivan Toney in January. A different player from Nkeitah would is still a solid backup to Jesus. Obv word around Arsenal is that they will go for Ferguson next summer.

Didn't expect to see a John Prescott meme. This is why I'm here I guess.

While i don't disagree with your positiong for Nottingham Forest, you never mentioned the main signing of Sangare

Liverpool should probably sell Salah if they get some wild offer as is being suggested, will suck in the ahort run but a great move long term

This shows how attractive the PL is

I'm surprised how high Luton has finished. They are showing 0 attempt to survive in the PL. They would have a chance to break Derby's record. However it is still a good squad for the championship if they manage to keep all of their players

At least, Everton made some good signings, Wolves didnt spend much because the january window

Can you do one about championship clubs pls

Brighton did just make one misstake. They loand the best german forward to Stuttgart, which has provided them with 9 goals and 2 assists in 11 matches.

10:15 smiling through the pain

Alfie ranking Everton 20th like he doesn’t know Beto is the Portuguese Haaland.

I am more thinking about our ownership than our transfers. If glazers leave thats better than any transfer for me

Ansu Fathi is an absolute Surprise it is like a total WTF he has gone to Brighton that is a coup. Liverpool should have tried to sign him had they lost Salah eairler in the Window. Honestly Brighton are gonna be brilliant and Villa which as a West Brom Fan hurts.

You can literally rinse and repeat ''need a central forward'' for many teams...which shows how dire the Central forward market is.

22:20 Just don't ask who the previous record-holder was.

22:58 - I see what you did there 😅

Wolves being that high is insane

People are being far too reactionary regarding United's window considering their poor start to the season. They signed a ball playing keeper who's an upgrade on De Gea and knows Ten Hg well, a Champions League winning England international for 55 mil in today's market is great business, Amrabat is a great addition on the cheap and Hojlund whilst overpriced and a risk has serious potential and all the makings of a top striker.

Manchester United being that low is only due to the first four games of the season. Would have loved to see this if they haven’t played any games yet. Rating the transfers only.

I can't believe you missed Ibrahim Sangare to Forest.

No mention of Sangare to Forest XD

The fact that average/slightly above average/young promising but unproven players are costing 50m+ is very worrying, I don’t see how this can go on. There isn’t an infinite amount of money, at some point this will break football.

As a united fan if we're not in the bottom 3 then you're being generous. This was one of the worst windows ever imo.

💥FACT💥 City 🇦🇪 UAE has spent billions to win 9 premier league titles exactly like Everton😒

As an arsenal fan, 8th is incredibly generous. Id say something more like 14th or 13th is appropriate, we’ve left ourselves woefully short in defence and attack.

ManU is wildly underrated in this list.

As a United fan, I don't think people really understand how much Amrabat is going to improve us. I also think we've been underrated cause we haven't spent on the biggest names. Regardless, this transfer window can only be properly judged in hindsight. Not by the first 3 games. I hope you make another video judging the transfer window when the season is over.

Palatial double entendre.

How Arteta signed Kai over Maddison still baffles me. Maddsion would have been a huge improvemnet on Xhaka as an 8 .

Who the hell is “Vicky” Van De Ven? 😂😂😂

Whats how is luton so high on the list when forest made exalent signings

Thank you Terry Tibbs junior.

Bro casually missed out forests main signing

Nice to see Luton town ranked fourth