The cash is certainly beginning to be splashed by Premier League clubs and with the Fantasy Premier League price list expected to be released within a week or two you can bet those guys are busy behind the scenes too.
We've decided to forgo updating our transfer round-up page 'til later in the week in order to have a quick catch of some of the new signings to catch our eye in the last few days.
Nicolas Anelka (West Brom)
At 34 many will have doubts about and our most recent memory of him in the Premier League is being used out wide and not the goalscorer he was. If he can hold down the central striker role at West Brom he should be a hit. That's an if though, and we'll have to see how they shape up in pre-season.
Marco Van Ginkel (Chelsea)
A box to box midfielder who can score and create and will certainly shine given chance, but barring a couple of injuries, will have to compete with Lampard amongst others for game time so not an option for your fantasy team just yet.
Paulinho (Tottenham)
The much-coveted Brazilian has been a 1 in 4 goalscorer over his career (42 goals in 153 games) so should push for 10 goals this season, although has just 8 assists to his name in that same time so we'd expect ~150pts from him at best - so a fantasy price tag around £7m might see some interest from us.
Arouna Kone (Everton)
We talked up the potential for a new striker in our post "Everton under Martinez" and indeed mentioned the lively Ivorian as an option. He'll certainly expand Everton's attacking play but he's never really been a truly prolific goalscorer. We'd expect there'll be better options in Everton's team and for your 3 forward spots.
