Bolton Wanderers have made their first signing of the summer after Swansea City midfielder Darren Pratley agreed a four-year deal.
The 26-year-old has made 199 appearances during a five-year spell with the Swans. His last was the npower Championship Play-off final win against Reading at Wembley which secured promotion to the Barclays Premier League.
"We're delighted to have Darren here," Wanderers manager Owen Coyle said.
"A number clubs were interested in him and we are pleased to have secured his services."
Newcastle United have confirmed the signing of teenager Mehdi Abeid from French side Lens.
The deal to bring the 18-year-old midfielder to the Premier League has been in place for some time, but the Magpies have now formalized the move on a five-year contract.
Reserve team manager Peter Beardsley said: "We are delighted to bring Mehdi to the club.
"He is a bright, young talent and we think he has an exciting future ahead of him.
"After an impressive trial with us earlier in the year, I'm looking forward to working with Mehdi and developing his talent."
Birmingham City winger Sebastian Larsson and Coventry goalkeeper Keiren Westwood have formally completed their moves to Sunderland.
They join Ahmed Elmohamady, Connor Wickham, Ji -Dong-won and Craig Gardner at the Stadium of Light with boss Steve Bruce having made momentous early progress in his rebuilding plan.
Bruce said: "Seb was a fantastic young player for me at Birmingham and he has matured into a very good midfielder.
"He has been courted by a number of top clubs over the summer - both in England and across Europe - so we are naturally delighted that he has chosen to come to Sunderland."
Republic of Ireland international Westwood agreed a free transfer to the Stadium of Light last week, but the move could not be finalized until his contract at Coventry expired at midnight.
Westwood will battle with 22 year-old Belgian Simon Mignolet for a place in Bruce's starting line-up with £9million man Craig Gordon recovering from a knee injury.
Bruce said: "Keiren has proven to be an exceptional goalkeeper both in the Championship and at international level and he has certainly been one of the best in this country outside of the Premier League in recent seasons.
"We are obviously delighted that Keiren sees his future here at Sunderland, and we are looking forward to him joining what is a talented group of goalkeepers at the club."
Westwood began his career at Manchester City, but established himself as a first-team player at Carlisle. He made more than 130 league appearances before winning a £500,000 move to Coventry in June 2008.
Manchester Unitedlegend Ole Gunnar Solskjaerhas thrown his hat in the ring to take over from Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford.
Speaking to a Sports channel, the Norwegian admitted his ambition to return to the Barclays Premier League champions as manager.
He said: "I think if you ask any Man United player at any time of his career if you want to manage somewhere you want to manage Man United, because it's the best place to be.
"But to get there, to manage Man United, you need to go somewhere else and learn your trade so 15, 20 years from now maybe."
"I think if you ask any Man United player at any time of his career if you want to manage somewhere you want to manage Man United."
Solskjaer also gave an insight towards the pains that players go through in the club vs country debate.
"Wes Brown and Dimitar Berbatov are among a host of players who have been criticised for prematurely calling time on their international careers this year", he added.
"When you get players who get to a certain age they start thinking about where the priorities should lie and I think that's when your responsibility towards your club is a big thing.
"I think Scholesy, Giggsythey've done fantastic after retiring from international football so we can't complain about that."
The "Baby-faced Assassin" netted 91 goals in 235 appearances for the Red Devils. He is currently Managing his former Home town club Molde.
Swansea City have agreed the signing of Tottenham defender Steven Caulker on a season-long loan deal.
The 19-year-old defender impressed during a loan spell at Bristol City last season and the Championship club wanted to bring Caulker back to Ashton Gate. But, Premier League new boys Swansea and Norwich were showing interest in Caulker.
Caulker revealed last month that he could move to the Liberty Stadium and the top-flight new boys have now confirmed the deal.
Swans chairman Jenkins told the club's official website: "We are delighted to have agreed terms with Tottenham regarding a deal for Steven.
"The deal has been very close for the last couple of weeks. I met (Tottenham chairman) Daniel Levy at a Premier League meeting in Darlington spoke at length about Steven.
"We feel his general size and ability are perfect qualities to add to our team.
"Steven is a young, upcoming player that is a big talent, and he is looking forward to being part out our squad in the Premier League.
"It is an exciting signing for us. There was other interest in him prior to this deal being agreed, but Tottenham felt it was perfect for Steven to continue his deal here."
Caulker becomes Swansea's second after club record capture of striker Danny Grahamfrom Watford this summer.
