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Bournemouth have completed the signing of French centre-back Bafode Diakite from Lille for €40m (about £34.6m).

Diakite, 24, will cost an initial fee of £30.3m plus £4.3m in add-ons, making him Bournemouth's second most expensive signing.

He becomes the club's third signing of the summer after left-back Adrien Truffert and goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic.

Bournemouth broke their transfer record last season when they signed striker Evanilson from Porto for a fee that could rise to £40.2m.

They have tried that before, Jonathan, for a couple years in 2018 and 2019 - albeit I'm not sure how much of a consideration FPL was.

It was scrapped, though, because other leagues across Europe didn't follow suit and it resulted in players leaving and Premier League clubs not being able to replace them.

Jack Grealish made just seven starts last season for Manchester City after falling out of favour with Pep Guardiola, but there is widescale optimism that the England international can get his career back on track.

"He has a point to prove, but you can also see that he has maintained a very high level of fitness," said former Everton captain Izzy Christiansen on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.

"To me, that shows he has a lot of intrinsic motivation.

"It didn't work out for him at City but you can't forget what he achieved either in his second year when he helped them win the treble.

"He fell out of favour but he has a superb opportunity now to galvanise his career and under David Moyes' stewardship. I think he can."

Football correspondent for The Observer, Rory Smith added: "I think this is an amazing transfer for everybody. It just works.

"The Premier League is better when you have those maverick talents at clubs who will build teams around them.

"Grealish is a player you want to go and watch. He might not be the most reliable all of the time, but he gets you on the edge of your seat.

"He won't be the difference in every game but there will be matches he will be able to dominate and express himself in.

"There are some players who are their best when they are the star player - even if it means dropping down a level to do so.

"Grealish thrives on being the main character. I am excited to see what he will do in an Everton shirt."

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On Tuesday Manchester City midfielder Jack Grealish completed a one-year loan move to Everton in a bid to revive his career.

The 29-year-old cost City £100m in 2021, but fell out of favour last season, making just seven Premier League starts and missing the club's Fifa Club World Cup campaign.

"I'm over the moon to have signed for Everton - it's massive for me, honestly. This is a great club, with great fans," he said.

"As soon as I spoke to the manager, I knew there was only one place that I wanted to go.

"On social media, I've been flooded with messages from Everton supporters, so there's that side of it as well and that's another reason why I chose Everton.

Grealish is now looking to play a key role for Everton and force his way back into the England squad with the World Cup on the horizon next year.

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Jack Grealish's signature is a real coup for David Moyes, but will the 29-year-old be more effective on the left or in a central role for the Toffees?

According to Opta, Moyes commonly employed a 4-2-3-1 formation in the Premier League after returning to Goodison Park last season, doing so 11 times in 19 matches and only really deviating when a back three was used instead.

Grealish has predominantly had a left-sided role during his top-flight career, spending 80% of his 5,698 Premier League playing minutes on the left wing at Manchester City.

In the top flight at Aston Villa, he played on the left 64% of the time, and 20% at number 10.

While Grealish is a statement signing sure to excite supporters, it does create an imbalance in Everton's squad, with the search for a right-winger so far unsuccessful.

Iliman Ndiaye played 2,350 minutes on the left wing last term and finished as the club's top scorer, while Dwight McNeil has also been a key performer in that role.

Should Grealish start on the left it may mean Ndiaye, McNeil and summer signing Carlos Alcaraz competing for the number 10 berth - or one playing out of position until a natural right-winger is recruited.

Moyes typically demands hard work off the ball, so if Grealish plays centrally in a position operated by Abdoulaye Doucoure last season, he may be required to do more defending than perhaps suits his natural game.

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Don't quote me on this, Daniel, because it might have changed now...

But I'm fairly sure in years gone by that if a player was already in your team and then made a transfer, you were fine even if you had four players from one club.

Once you transferred one of the four out, though, you couldn't get in another from that club. But until that point - crack on.

Can anyone back me up on this/ know if this is still the case?!

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Jack Grealish will wear the number 18 shirt at Everton and says he chose that number so he could emulate two of his favourite players.

"There is a reason [for choosing number 18]," said Grealish. "There were other numbers but my two favourite English players ever are Wayne Rooney and Paul Gascoigne and I know they both wore number 18 here.

"So, as soon as I knew this deal was close, I had a look and number 18 was free, so that was perfect for me and it was the only number I was going to take from that point.

"I spoke to Wayne [Rooney] before I came here and I mentioned that to him - about the number 18 - so I hope he's happy as well."

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Jack Grealish says "there is only one place he wanted to go" after signing for Everton on a season-long loan from Manchester City.

The 29-year-old becomes Everton's sixth signing of the summer following the arrivals of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Charly Alcaraz, Thierno Barry, Mark Travers and Adam Aznou.

He says talks with Toffees manager David Moyes were decisive in him choosing to move to Hill Dickinson Stadium.

"I'm over the moon to have signed for Everton - it's massive for me, honestly. This is a great club, with great fans," said the England winger.

"As soon as I spoke to the manager, I knew there was only one place that I wanted to go. On social media, I've been flooded with messages from Everton supporters, so there's that side of it as well and that's another reason why I chose Everton."

OK, first on the agenda this morning - a new challenge for a £100m man...

Arsenal

• Kepa Arrizabalaga - from Chelsea - £5m
• Martin Zubimendi - from Real Sociedad - £60m
• Christian Norgaard - from Brentford - £10m (£15m)
• Noni Madueke - from Chelsea - £48.5m
• Cristhian Mosquera - from Valencia - £13m
• Viktor Gyokeres - from Sporting - £55m (£64m)

Aston Villa

• Yasin Ozcan - from Kasimpasa - £5.9m (£6.7m)
• Zepiqueno Redmond - from Feyenoord - Free
• Marco Bizot - from Brest - Undisclosed
• Evann Guessand - from Nice - £26m (£30.3m)

Bournemouth

• Adrien Truffert - from Rennes - £11.4m (£14.4m)
• Djordje Petrovic - from Chelsea - £25m

Brentford

• Michael Kayode - from Fiorentina - £14.8m

• Caoimhin Kelleher - from Liverpool - £12.5m (£18m)
• Romelle Donovan - from Birmingham City - £3m
• Antoni Milambo - from Feyenoord - Undisclosed
• Jordan Henderson - from Ajax - Free

Brighton

• Charalampos Kostoulas - from Olympiakos - £29.8m (£31.5m)
• Diego Coppola - from Hellas Verona - £8.5m
• Olivier Boscagli - from PSV Eindhoven - Free
• Maxim de Cuyper - from Club Brugge - Undisclosed

Burnley

• Bashir Humphreys - from Chelsea - £12m (£14.7m)
• Marcus Edwards - from Sporting - £8.5m
• Jaidon Anthony - from Bournemouth - £7.5m
• Zian Flemming - from Millwall - £7m
• Max Weiss - from Karlsruher - £4.3m
• Quilindschy Hartman - from Feyenoord - Undisclosed
• Axel Tuanzebe - from Ipswich - Free
• Loum Tchaouna - from Lazio - Undisclosed
• Kyle Walker - from Manchester City - £5m
• Jacob Bruun Larsen - from Stuttgart - Undisclosed
• Lesley Ugochukwu - from Chelsea - Undisclosed
• Martin Dubravka - from Newcastle - Undisclosed
• Armando Broja - from Chelsea - Reported £20m

Chelsea

• Liam Delap - from Ipswich - £30m
• Estevao Willian - from Palmeiras - £29m (£48.5m)
• Dario Essugo - from Sporting - £18.5
• Mamadou Sarr - from Strasbourg - £12m
• Kendry Paez - from Independiente del Valle - £8.3m (£16.6m)
• Joao Pedro - from Brighton - £60m
• Jamie Gittens - from Borussia Dortmund - £48.5m
• Jorrel Hato - from Ajax - £37m

Crystal Palace

• Walter Benitez - from PSV Eindhoven - Free
• Borna Sosa - from Ajax - Undisclosed

Everton

• Charly Alcaraz - from Flamengo - £12.6m (£15.2m)
• Thierno Barry - from Villarreal - £27m
• Mark Travers - from Bournemouth - Undisclosed
• Adam Aznou - from Bayern Munich - Undisclosed
• Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall - from Chelsea - £24m (£28m)
• Jack Grealish - from Manchester City - Loan

Fulham

• Benjamin Lecomte - from Montpellier - reported £500k

Leeds

• Jaka Bijol - from Udinese - £15m
• Lukas Nmecha - from Wolfsburg - Free
• Sebastiaan Bornauw - from Wolfsburg - £5.1m
• Gabriel Gudmundsson - from Lille - £10m
• Sean Longstaff - from Newcastle - £12m
• Anton Stach - from Hoffenheim - £17m
• Lucas Perri - from Lyon - reported £15.6m

Liverpool

• Florian Wirtz - from Bayer Leverkusen - £100m (£116m)
• Jeremie Frimpong - from Bayer Leverkusen - £29.5m
• Armin Pecsi - from Puskas Akademia - £1.5m
• Milos Kerkez - from Bournemouth - £40m
• Hugo Ekitike -from Eintracht Frankfurt £69m (£79m)

Manchester City

• Tijjani Reijnders - from AC Milan - £46.3m (£60m)
• Rayan Ait-Nouri - from Wolves - £31m (£36.3m)
• Rayan Cherki - from Lyon - £30.5m (£35.6m)
• Marcus Bettinelli - from Chelsea - Nominal
• Sverre Nypan - from Rosenborg - £12.5m
• James Trafford - from Burnley - £27m/£31m*

Manchester United

• Matheus Cunha - from Wolves - £62.5m
• Diego Leon - from Cerro Porteno - Undisclosed
• Bryan Mbeumo - from Brentford - £65m (£71m)
• Banjamin Sesko - from RB Leipzig - £66.3m (£73.7m)

Newcastle

• Antonio Cordero - from Malaga - Free
• Anthony Elanga - from Nottingham Forest - £55m
• Park Seung-soo - from Suwon Bluewings - Undisclosed
• Aaron Ramsdale - from Southampton - Loan
• Malick Thiaw - from AC Milan - Reported £34.6m

Nottingham Forest

• Igor Jesus - from Botafogo - £10m
• Jair Cunha - from Botafago - Undisclosed
• Dan Ndoye - from Bologna - Undisclosed
• Angus Gunn - from Norwich - Free

Sunderland

• Enzo le Fee - from Roma - £19.3m
• Habib Diarra - from Strasbourg - £30m
• Noah Sadiki - from Royale Union Saint-Gilloise - Reported £15m
• Reinildo Mandava - from Atletico Madrid - Free
• Chemsdine Talbi - from Club Brugge - Reported £18m (£20.5m)
• Simon Adingra - from Brighton - £18m (£20.5m)
• Granit Xhaka - from Bayer Leverkusen - £13m (£17m)
• Robin Roefs - from NEC Nijmegen - Undisclosed
• Marc Guiu - from Chelsea - Loan
• Arthur Masuaku - from Besiktas - Free

Tottenham

• Kevin Danso - Lens - £20.9m
• Mathys Tel - from Bayern Munich - £29.8m (£34.1m)
• Kota Takai - from Kawasaki Frontale - £5m
• Mohammed Kudus - from West Ham - £55m
• Joao Palhinha - from Bayern Munich - Loan

West Ham

• Jean-Clair Todibo - from Nice - £36.3m
• El Hadji Malick Diouf - from Slavia Prague - £19m
• Kyle Walker-Peters - from Southampton - Free
• Callum Wilson - from Newcastle - Free
• Mads Hermansen - from Leicester - £20m

Wolves

• Fer Lopez - from Celta Vigo - £19.6m (£21.3m)
• Jorgen Strand Larsen - from Celta Vigo - £23m
• Jhon Arias - Fluminense - £15m

*City sources say deal worth £27m, Burnley say £31m

Right then, before we go any further, let's have a look at the business that has been done so far in the top flight...

It's all go in the transfer market and we want to hear your takes on all the goings on.

With the start of the Premier League season now just two days away - how time flies - which new arrivals to the league are you most looking forward to watching this year?

Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to let us know your answer to that and all other matters arising.

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The sun is shining, the Premier League season is almost upon us and there are just two and a half weeks until the transfer window is gently pulled shut.

There have been major moves aplenty already and there is still plenty of time for a few more.

After Jack Grealish got his move yesterday, Marc Guehi, Eberechi Eze and, of course, Alexander Isak are the big names being linked with a change of club now.

Who knows what else might crop up but whatever it is, we'll have you covered throughout the day.