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That leaves N_Woltemade and we know Deby missed out in the auction and he as their second choice at £77m
Brighton had a third choice bid of £90.25m and missed so also are in the second round.
Man City had a first choice bid of £95m and missed out which left a winning bid of £115m by QPR

That is all the strikers cleared who went in the auction and I'm going to break to walk dogs and get brekkie and comeback in around an hour for the second part.

Ok then lets finish off....

We will start with a defender and the possibly the most sought after player this auction with 5 bids and nothing under £100m and first choice bids and 1 third choice.
That is M_Thiaw.
Chelsea got the ball rolling with a little £101.5m which fell a good bit short. Then it was Brentford for £120m and again not enough.
Liverpool's third bid was next with £156.5m and they miss out this round but will be in round 2 bidding.
The last team to miss out on him bid £161.75m and that was Aston Villa and they were close but not quite there as Arsenal launched a bid of £178m for the man they wanted.

Ok then G_Gudmundsson next and a player that two who lost out on Thiaw turned to.

Brentford's second choice and they bid £110m which was just short of what was needed as Aston Villa also wanted him as a second choice and bid £120.25m to get him.

Now we will shift and clear the remaining 2 midfielders.

First we will go with Andrey_Santos who got two third choice bids. Chelsea had missed out on Thiaw then Mbeumo so went for him with a bid of £57.25m and missied out again and will bid in round 2.
That meant a third choice bid of £100m from Brentford was the winner.

That leaves us with Joelinton as the last midfielder and he was second choice for a team who were the only bid.

So having missed out on Woltemade they bid £92m to get him. He will be going to Manchester City.

So 3 players left who were bid on and all defenders.

It has to M_Kayode first to keep a little suspense as you will see. He had 4 bids. He was Crystal Palace's third choice and they missed out with a bid of £77.5m and will be in round 2 bidding.
That then means that with a bid of £65m West Ham miss out on their number 1 pick and so do Wolves who bid £70m.
The winning bid was £111m from Sunderland.

Having missed out on Kayode then West Ham moved swiftly for their second choice of N_Mukiele and picked him up for a nice little £55m.

So finally we have P_Hincape who received just one bid.
That was a second choice bid of £70m and means he will be at Wolves next season.

And that wraps up round 1 of the auction.

Well done to those that got a player and good luck in the next round to those that missed out.