The new Premier League signings keep on coming thick and fast – and we’re covering every one of them on Fantasy Football Scout.
There are detailed Scout Reports for the big-name arrivals, and there are shorter round-up features like this one for those registering a lower rumble on the transfer Richter Scale.
Here, we assess the latest arrivals at Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Burnley, Everton and Brentford.
Don’t forget that you can find all the confirmed transfers listed here throughout the summer.
Our complete pre-season guide also houses heaps of other articles to read ahead of the new season.
Borna Sosa (Ajax to Crystal Palace, £3m)
There has been more talk about players leaving Crystal Palace (Marc Guehi to Liverpool, Eberechi Eze to Arsenal) than new signings landing at Selhurst Park. However, the Eagles have already swooped for a new defender in Borna Sosa.
The 27-year-old is an experienced Croatia international, with 26 caps and three goals to his name, and a pedigree that made him a popular Fantasy asset at the last World Cup.
Sosa is a versatile left-sided wing-back who can play in defence or midfield, with decent crossing and set-piece ability. We saw him on corners in a friendly against Millwall on Saturday, indeed, having previously taken them at Stuttgart.
Borna Sosa last five seasons
| Season | Club | Apps | Assists | Goals |
| 2024/25 | Torino | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | Ajax | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | Stuttgart | 25 | 7 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | Stuttgart | 28 | 8 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | Stuttgart | 26 | 10 | 0 |
In truth, Sosa didn’t pull up any trees at Torino last season, achieving zero attacking returns in 20 appearances for La Granata, who decided against taking up their option on the player. Then again, Torino were not a particularly offensive side, and had the eighth-best defence as they finished 11th in Serie A. He was also not on set pieces in Italy.
The previous season, Sosa fared better, producing four assists in the Eredivisie for Ajax, following on from seven assists and two goals in 2022/23 with Stuttgart. In a more attack-minded Eagles side, he is likely to fare better, given the chance.
Therein lies the doubt, of course. Once Daniel Munoz returns from his summer break and takes up his place at right wing-back, Tyrick Mitchell (who deputised on the right on Saturday) will probably remain Oliver Glasner’s first-choice left wing-back. It was the same when Ben Chilwell arrived on loan last season.
If Sosa can displace Mitchell at some point and claim a share of set-piece duties, however, he’s very much one to monitor.
Jair Cunha (Botafago to Nottingham Forest, £10m)
Nottingham Forest had one of the most watertight defences in the Premier League last season. That hasn’t stopped them from reinforcing their rearguard further with the signing of Jair Cunha from Botafogo.
The 20-year-old is one of the most highly rated young defenders in his homeland and joins a growing contingent of Brazilians at the City Ground, where Murillo, Danilo, Morato and Carlos Miguel have recently been joined by Igor Jesus, who was Cunha’s team-mate at Botafogo.
At 6ft 6in, Cunha is an imposing presence who offers an aerial threat on set-pieces. He demonstrated this at the recent Club World Cup when scoring the opening goal against Seattle Sounders.
The centre-back started his career at Santos, where he made 24 appearances for the club before joining Botafogo in February. He also has eight appearances for Brazil at under-20 level, helping his nation win the U20 South America Championship earlier this year.
Cunha is on a rapid upward trajectory but is more likely to get minutes in the cups and the Europa League/Conference League (delete as appropriate) than in the top flight at first, with Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic in pole position. He is, of course,e an option as a third stopper if Nuno uses a wing-back system, as he does from time to time.
Jacob Bruun Larsen (Stuttgart to Burnley, £3.4m)
Burnley have re-signed Jacob Bruun Larsen from Stuttgart for an undisclosed fee, thought to be around £3.6m.
The Danish winger with the Clarets during their last top-flight campaign, so Scott Parker has snapped up an experienced player who is Premier League-ready and familiar with Turf Moor.
Parker’s Burnley were peerless in defence last season, conceding a meagre 16 goals – the fewest ever in a 46-match season. However, they will need to find some goals from somewhere.
Bruun Larsen produced a respectable six of them from midfield two seasons ago, accruing 82 FPL points. One of them was a penalty, too, so it’ll be interesting to see if he’s in the mix again after the exits of last season’s takers, Josh Brownhill and Jay Rodriguez.
He moved to Stuttgart from Hoffenheim midway through last season, producing a goal and an assist in 15 league appearances, exactly half his return from his 12 appearances for Hoffenheim. Clearly these stats are not world-beating.
Indeed, he has yet to return more than two assists in a single season.
Jordan Henderson (Ajax to Brentford, free)
Brentford have filled their Christian Norgaard-shaped hole with the signing of Jordan Henderson on a free transfer. The veteran midfielder, who won multiple honours in his 12 years at Liverpool, before meandering to the Netherlands via an ill-advised stint at El-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia, has been brought in to bring leadership, tactical acumen and dressing room harmony as much as anything else and is unlikely to feature on anyone’s FPL watchlists.
“He will drive standards and be a brilliant addition to the squad.” – Brentford head coach Keith Andrews
Henderson has returned 33 goals and 53 assists in 431 Premier League appearances but he is no longer the sort of player who appears in the final third of the pitch too often. He managed just four assists and a goal in 28 Eredivisie appearances last season, while the last league goal Hendo scored before his final-day strike for Ajax last May came in the Merseyside derby on 1 December 2021.
Henderson has been known to take free-kicks but with Mikkel Damsgaard and Keane Lewis-Potter behind the probably departing Bryan Mbeumo in the set-piece pecking order, even this possibility of attacking returns looks remote.
Mark Travers (Bournemouth to Everton £4m)
Marco Bizot (Brest to Aston Villa, undisclosed)
Finally, two goalkeepers who are likely to be deputies next season.
Firstly, Everton have completed the signing of goalkeeper Mark Travers from Bournemouth for £4m.
The 26-year-old will provide back-up for Jordan Pickford in the wake of the departures of Asmir Begovic and Joao Virginia.
Travers has made 82 appearances for Bournemouth, interspersed with several loan spells over the years at Weymouth, Swindon, Stoke and Middlesbrough. He made five Premier League appearances for the Cherries last season, operating as back-up to Kepa Arrizabalaga, and four the season before that as understudy to Neto, conceding five goals in each small sample size of a campaign. Travers spent half of last season on loan at Championship club Middlesbrough, conceding 20 goals in 17 appearances and keeping four clean sheets.
Travers is a decent enough keeper, but Begovic and Virginia saw no top-flight minutes last season and, in all honesty, the only way Travers will see any at his new club is if he puts something in Jordan Pickford’s tea.
The same goes for new Aston Villa custodian Marco Bizot.
The 34-year-old goalkeeper has joined for a nominal fee and essentially replaces the outgoing Robin Olsen as a benchwarmer.
The Dutchman made 134 league appearances for Brest, having spent four years at AZ before that.
While he banked 10 clean sheets in 2024/25, his xG prevented total of -6.8 doesn’t make for great reading.
