These clubs picked clean in the summer 2026 transfer window 🫠

These clubs picked clean in the summer 2026 transfer window 🫠 Quite the transfer window. The transfer window means arrivals, but unfortunately, departures too. This summer, several of Europe's biggest clubs have been properly picked apart. Key players, XXL sales, wonderkids looking for a new challenge: here is our selection of clubs for whom this summer transfer window has been particularly tough. Newcastle, goodbye stars The bosses of the game. Antony Gordon to Barcelona, Sandro Tonali to Tottenham, Bruno Guimarães to Arsenal: Newcastle quite simply lost all three of these stars this summer. If you add to that the sale of Alexander Isak to Liverpool last summer and the surprise departure of coach Eddie Howe, that's a lot in twelve months, isn't it? 📸 Shaun Botterill - 2026 Getty Images Aston Villa, goodbye key men We stay in the Premier League, this time over at Aston Villa. The Birmingham club has seen some of its long-serving players head off to pastures new in recent weeks. Lucas Digne to PSG, Youri Tielemans to Manchester United and Morgan Rogers to Chelsea: Unai Emery will have to do without three of his undisputed starters this season. 📸 Steve Bardens - 2025 Getty Images Strasbourg, goodbye wonderkids The Premier League, on the other hand, has had a field day with Strasbourg this summer. Emmanuel Emegha and Valentin Barco signed for Chelsea, Julio Enciso and Abdoul Ouattara for Ipswich, and Diego Moreira is set to join Milan in the next few hours. Are there any players left in Alsace? 📸 SEBASTIEN BOZON - AFP or licensors Can you think of any other clubs? This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.