The summer transfer window is wide open and some Premier League players have already been replaced by new signings without yet being sold.
10) Dan Burn (Newcastle United)
Every prospective January recruit to the Newcastle army was issued with the same warning; their peak usefulness might last but a few months and fail to extend beyond the summer, when the Magpies are able to replace them with even shinier trinkets from a deeper pool of availability. The verb-based centre-half partnership of Burn and Schar helped fuel a rise to mid-table safety yet something will have to give as the domineering spectre of Sven Botman looms.
Eddie Howe has confirmed that Jamaal Lascelles will remain Newcastle captain, even though the intricacies of that role will likely only be carried out in spirit. He has been bumped to fourth in the pecking order, with £35m addition Botman jumping to the head of the queue. The left-footed centre-half will be a more natural fit on one side, leaving former partners Burn and Schar to tussle for the last spot. If the latter can overcome recent injury concerns, his resurgence under Howe should hand him the advantage, leaving Burn to join Wood on the stockpile of winter warmers which have already been outgrown.
9) Alex McCarthy (Southampton)
“I’ve had two really good years of playing 30/40 games and it’s stood to me and I don’t want to go back to a position where I’m going to be limited in the games I can play. I’ve been given the opportunity to prove myself and I want to have my destiny in my own hands,” said Gavin Bazunu earlier this summer. Those are not the words of a nervous youngster happy to take what is given to him, but a statement of intent from a headstrong 20-year-old international with a taste for regular playing time. Spells with Rochdale and Portsmouth have prepared the Irishman for that step into a brighter spotlight. Bazunu could have had his pick of Championship clubs for another year of work experience but he is far enough ahead in his development to venture into the top flight. He might even have been tempted to stay at Manchester City and usurp Zack Steffen as chief deputy to Ederson but his decision to branch out alone speaks volumes. He would not have joined Southampton without certain assurances and any optimism Alex McCarthy might have felt at Fraser Forster being shipped out will soon be replaced with that daunting realisation.
8) Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest)
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