Everton added three new players before the English
transfer window closed on Thursday.
The Toffees started off by signing Brazil forward Bernard from
Shaktar Donetsk on a four-year contract.
"Everton is a club with a great structure and a lot of tradition,
historically the fourth most successful club in England," he told the
club's website.
"This is an ambitious club which is aiming to achieve real success
with [manager] Marco Silva's ideas and the new players coming in."
Later, Barcelona announced it will sell Colombian defender Yerri Mina
to Everton for 30.25 million euros (35 million dollars) plus 1.5
million in variables while also sending midfielder Andre Gomes to
Goodison Park on a season-long loan.
West Ham's spending continued as Arsenal forward Lucas Perez and
Fiorentina midfielder Carlos Sanchez became the eighth and ninth
signings for new manager Manuel Pellegrini.
"I decided to come here because, first, it is the Premier League,
second, it's a beautiful club and the fans are always helping the
club and, third, for me it's an amazing opportunity and an amazing
project the club are leading, being ambitious and keen to achieve
good things," Sanchez, who played for Colombia at the World Cup,
said.
In other moves, midfielder Mateo Kovacic moved to Chelsea on loan
from Real Madrid as part of the deal which saw goalkeeper Thibaut
Courtois join the European champions.
Leicester City signed two defenders - Dinamo Zagreb's Filip Benkovic
and Freiburg's Caglar Soyuncu - and Wolverhampton Wanderers added
Belgium midfielder Leander Dendoncker from Anderlecht in a loan deal
that becomes permanent next season.
Newcastle signed Swansea defender Federico Fernandez, Fulham signed
Bristol City defender Joe Bryan and took Sevilla goalkeeper Sergio
Rico on loan and champions Manchester City added promising Australian
teen Daniel Arzani from Melbourne City and will loan him out.
In other loan signings, forward Isaac Mbenza joins Huddersfield from
Montpellier and midfielder Victor Camarasa goes to Cardiff City from
Real Betis.
The English transfer deadline was brought forward to close the summer
window prior to the start of the season this weekend.
Teams can not sign any more players but can still sell them abroad
until the August 31 international deadline.
Though the window closed at 1600 GMT, teams have an extra two hours
to complete any deal as long as the initial paperwork was submitted
prior to the deadline.