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EA Sports stats reveal top 10 transfer deals of the summer
Published 15:33 16 Sept 2015 BST
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We may only be five games into the season, but debate is already raging about which summer transfer is looking like the best value for money.
Arsenal fans will point to the difference that Petr Cech has made to their defensive assuredness, whereas Swansea supporters will rave about Andre Ayew's impact. The clever clogs minds behind FIFA 16 have used their statistical knowhow to calculate how each new recruit has performed in the first month or so of the season - and the results are fascinating.
The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index (PPI) shows that West Ham new boy Dimitri Payet is leading the way in terms of new signings making an instant impact.
What's fascinating is the relative absence of top name players or big clubs - of the top 10, only Manchester City's Raheem Sterling and Liverpool's Christian Benteke cost more than £11m.
Three of those listed cost their clubs nada, whilst half are either Leicester City or Crystal Palace players, pointing to the fact that both clubs bought extremely shrewdly during the window.
The top ten are listed below, along with their PPI ranking. We'll be keeping an eye on how they do as the season progresses:
Player |
Team |
Price |
PPI Ranking |
D Payet |
West Ham |
£10.5m |
5 |
B Sako |
Crystal Palace |
Free |
9 |
R Sterling |
Man City |
£49m |
13 |
A Ayew |
Swansea City |
Free |
14 |
Y Cabaye |
Crystal Palace |
£9.7m |
23 |
C Benteke |
Liverpool |
£32.5m |
39 |
A McCarthy |
Crystal Palace |
£3.4m |
60 |
S Okazaki |
Leicester City |
£7.7m |
69 |
R Huth |
Leicester City |
£2.9m |
73 |
P Cech |
Arsenal |
Free |
77 |
Data courtesy of the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, the Official Player Rating Index of the Barclays Premier League.
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