Premier League Transfers: 5 Most Shocking Summer Signings (So Far)

By Luke Karlik /

The transfer window, love it or hate it, is the epitome of off-field drama, and this summer has delivered the goods once more. Premier League clubs have been forced into some unusual transfer market activity as many players linked with a move abroad have given England the cold-shoulder. A host of acquirable targets have elected to pen deals elsewhere instead, leaving many English clubs with limited options to bolster their squads before the opening day of the new campaign. This unfamiliar situation seems to have spooked the entire Premier League and led to some peculiar wheeling and dealing right through the division, from the big fish to the newly-promoted minnows. Here then, we hone in on the Premier League's 5 Most Shocking Summer Signings (So Far). Click "Next" to begin.