Well my entire point was that crap players have been signed early and good ones have been signed late. That was the basis for the 2 lists.
If you want an exhaustive list of all transfers, I'll save you a Google: https://www.efcstatto.com/transfers/
Is it, though? Or is that just something to say to justify the daily cryarsing about not having signed enough players yet? A quick Google tells me the following were signed on, or before 23rd July in their respective Summer windows:
Ashley Young...
Nice to see that despite an upturn in fortunes on the pitch, new ownership and an amazing new stadium to move into, we are still massively outperforming our bed-wetting xG.