Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain  joining from  Southampton  for a reported £12 million, [8]  before the departures of Fàbregas to Barcelona, the long-serving  Emmanuel Eboué  to Turkish side  Galatasaray , [9]  and  Samir Nasri  to Manchester City for a fee of £25 million. [10]  Left-back Armand Traoré 's departure to newly-promoted  Queens Park Rangers