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#2 AFC Bournemouth
Players in: Jefferson Lerma , Diego Rico and David Brooks
Players out: Benik Afobe, Lewis Grabban, Max Gradel, Baily Cargill, Ryan Allsop, Emerson Hyndman, Brad Smith, Adam Federici, Connor Mahoney and Rhoys Wiggins
Bournemouth have added risky yet exciting players this window. Even though people may raise question marks about them as they are unknown Spanish names and a Championship player, they seem to be very promising. The departures are big, with attacking trifecta of Afobe, Grabban, and Gardel all leaving the club. In addition, Harry Arter and Brad Smith have left on loan.
The additions do not make up for the departures as one could say Bournemouth have taken a step back this season through this decision. They have quality and Eddie Howe has the talent to keep them safe. However, from a pure transfer perspective, this hasn't been the best window that the Dean Court could have had.
Grade: C-
#3 Brighton and Hove Albion
Players in: Leon Balogun, Joseph Tomlinson, Florin Andone, Jason Steele, Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior, Hugo Keto, David Button, Yves Bissouma, Percy Tau, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Anders Dreyer, Billy Arce, Leo Skiri Ostigard, Peter Gwargis and Martin Montoya
Players out: Sam Baldock, Connor Goldson, Jamie Murphy, Jiri Skalak, Tyler Hornby-Forbes. Christian Walton, Tim Krul, Niki Mäenpää, Uwe Hünemeier, Ales Mateju, Billy Arce, Liam Rosenior, Steve Sidwell and Rohan Ince
Even though additions and departures are aplenty, can this window be considered a success for Brighton? I say no, as these are just more bodies that have filled the dressing room, and not any real stars. The additions of Montoya and Andone will probably reap rewards but whether it's enough for Brighton to avoid second-season syndrome is a different issue.
So many bodies may make Brighton a cohesive unit, but do they have enough time to make all of them gel together? How many of them actually change the status quo?
There are too many questions around this and Brighton will be forced to answer these this season. Whether they would have been better off signing a star name instead of so many average ones, they probably could have seen a bigger change. Adding names isn't a bad thing, but will it help Brighton this season? We will have to see.
Grade: C-
