EPL: 2009 Foreign League Transfers In

This is a list of players that have transferred to the English Premier League from leagues outside of England in the 2009 Summer transfer window.


ARSENAL

Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax, NETHERLANDS)

ASTON VILLA

NONE

BIRMINGHAM CITY

Cristian Benitez (Santos Laguna, MEXICO)
Giovanny Espinoza (Barcelona Sporting Club, ECUADOR)
Gregory Vignal (Lens, FRANCE)
Barry Ferguson (Rangers, SCOTLAND)
James O'Shea (Galway United, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND)

BLACKBURN ROVERS

Elrio Van Heerden (Club Brugge, BELGIUM)
Gael Givet (Marseille, FRANCE)
Steven N'Zonzi (Amiens, FRANCE)
Nikola Kalinic (Hajduk Split, CROATIA)
Michel Salgado (Real Madrid, SPAIN)

BOLTON WANDERERS

Lee Chung-Yong (FC Seoul, SOUTH KOREA)

BURNLEY

Fernando Guerrero (Independiente del Valle, ECUADOR; loan)
Brian Easton (Hamilton Academical, SCOTLAND)
Steven Fletcher (Hibernian, SCOTLAND)

CHELSEA

Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow, RUSSIA)
Nemanja Matic (MFK Košice, SLOVAKIA)

EVERTON

Mustafi Shkodran (Hamburg SV, GERMANY)
Anton Peterlin (Ventura County Fusion, USA)

FULHAM

Bjørn Helge Riise (Lillestrøm, NORWAY)
Kagiso Dikgacoi (Golden Aarows, SOUTH AFRICA)

HULL CITY

Steven Mouyokolo (Boulogne, FRANCE)
Jozy Altidore (Villarreal, SPAIN; loan)
Kamel Ghilas (Celta Vigo, SPAIN)

LIVERPOOL

Zsolt Poloskei (MTK Hungaria, HUNGARY; loan)
Chris Mavinga (Paris Saint-Germain, FRANCE)
Stephen Sama (Borrusia Dortmund, GERMANY)
Alberto Aquilani (AS Roma, ITALY)
Sotiris Kyrgiakos (AEK Athens, GREECE)

MANCHESTER CITY

Nils Zander (Schalke 04, GERMANY)

MANCHESTER UNITED

Gabriel Obertan (Bordeaux, FRANCE)
Mame Biram Diouf (Molde, NORWAY)
Paul Pogba (Le Havre, FRANCE)

PORTSMOUTH

Steve Finnan (Espanyol, SPAIN)
Frederic Piquionne (Lyon, FRANCE; loan)
Anthony Vanden Borre (Genoz, ITALY)

STOKE CITY

Andres Vasquez (FC Zurich, SWITZERLAND)

SUNDERLAND

Paulo Da Silva (Toluca, MEXICO)
Lorik Cana (Marseille, FRANCE)

TOTTENHAM

Kevin-Prince Boateng (Borussia Dortmund, GERMANY; loan return)

WEST HAM UNITED

Herita Ilunga (Toulouse, FRANCE)
Luis Antonio Jimenez (Inter Milan, ITALY; loan)
Fabio Daprela (Grasshopper-Club Zurich, SWITZERLAND)
Peter Kurucz (Újpest FC, HUNGARY)
Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscow, RUSSIA)

WIGAN

Jordi Gomez (Espanyol, SPAIN)
Hendry Thomas (Olimpia, HONDURAS)
James McCarthy (Hamilton Academical, SCOTLAND)
Antonio Amaya (Rayo Vallecano, SPAIN)

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

Nenad Milijas (Red Star Belgrade, SERBIA)
Ronald Zubar (Marseille, FRANCE)