All 20 Premier League clubs have their summer transfer window graded – Special Newcastle United focus | OneFootball

Newcastle United and the other 19 Premier League clubs have had their summer 2025 transfer window graded.

How well, or how badly, they have done these past three months.

So how have the 20 Premier League clubs fared?

How have Newcastle United done compared to the other 19?

The Athletic asked their various reporters covering each of the 20 Premier League clubs to give an overview and a grading.

Down below are the grades given by each of the 20 reporters for the club they cover.

Then after that you can read what George Caulkin has to say in his comments about Newcastle United and their summer transfer window,

The Athletic report – Grades given to clubs they cover by each of the 20 journalists:

A

A-

Arsenal, Forest

B

Brighton, Chelsea, Everton, Man U, Spurs

B-

Newcastle United, Burnley, Man City

C+

Fulham

C

Bournemouth, Brentford, Palace, Leeds, West Ham

D

Aston Villa

D-

Wolves

George Caulkin on Newcastle United

Who did they sign?

‘This was a slow-burning kind of window, beginning with a sequence of rebuffs and rejections and ending in a flurry, both in and out.

Eddie Howe’s squad is bolstered by the addition of six new faces, filling all of the positions Newcastle identified for strengthening back in May. Anthony Elanga offers pace at right wing, Aaron Ramsdale will push Nick Pope as first-choice goalkeeper, while Jacob Ramsey and Malick Thiaw become options in midfield and central defence respectively. In attack, the late arrival of Nick Woltemade was followed by that of Yoane Wissa on deadline day. As they prepare to compete on four fronts, Newcastle now have better depth, albeit at a cost and not just financially.’

Who didn’t they sign?

‘It is a long list. Liam Delap, Bryan Mbeumo, Joao Pedro, Benjamin Sesko, Hugo Ekitike, Jorgen Strand Larsen and James Trafford are among the players Newcastle targeted and failed to sign. More pertinent, perhaps, is the player they did not hang onto. Alexander Isak became the saga of the summer; losing him means losing one of their few world-class talents.’

How do you grade their transfer window and why?

‘B-.

This feels unusually difficult to judge. On the one hand, Newcastle have filled out their squad and now boast genuine competition for places. On the other, they have definitely overpaid and in selling Isak to Liverpool, they have handed their prized asset to a club they have designs on emulating. Keeping Isak and extending his contract was the priority; back in March, they went on record to say “it would be crazy for us to consider” selling him.’