It’s no wonder Arsenal and West Ham took so long to find common ground on Declan Rice — the new £105million man is the first player the Gunners have ever bought from their London rivals.
14 players have gone the other way from north to east London in the Premier League era, however, making it one of the most commonly trodden routes between clubs even though it has earned Arsenal only £12.7m back in fees.
Here, Mail Sport reveals each top-flight club’s favourite wells to return to since the Premier League began… and finds out which teams have been fleecing each other!
ARSENAL
Favourite club: CHELSEA (8 players signed, £100m)
Declan Rice completed his £105million transfer from West Ham to Arsenal earlier this month
Incredibly, Rice (middle) is the first-ever player to move from the Hammers to the Gunners. Mail Sport has taken a look at where each Premier League club does most of their shopping
William Gallas, Lassana Diarra, Yossi Benayoun (loan), Petr Cech, David Luiz, Willian, Jorginho, Kai Havertz.
ASTON VILLA
Favourite club: TOTTENHAM (9 players, £8.3m)
Colin Calderwood, David Ginola, Oyvind Leonhardsen, Wayne Routledge, Kyle Walker (loan), Jermaine Jenas (loan), Alan Hutton, Simon Dawkins (loan), Josh Onomah (loan).
BOURNEMOUTH
Favourite club: SOUTHAMPTON (19 players, £53,000)
Ian Andrews, Christer Warren, Neil Moss, Alan Blayney (loan), Scott McDonald (loan), Martin Cranie (loan), Matt Mills (loan), Andrew Surman (loan), Leon Best (loan), Simon Gillett (loan), David McGoldrick (loan), Adam Lallana (loan), Jake Thomson (loan), Ryan Doble (loan), Lee Barnard (loan), Danny Seaborne (loan), Artur Boruc, Shane Long (loan), Jack Stephens (loan).
Artur Boruc is one of the more recent players Bournemouth lured away from Southampton
BRENTFORD
Favourite club: READING (12 players, £0)
Anthony Rougier, John Salako, Lloyd Owusu, Paul Brooker, Ricky Newman, Simon Cox (loan), Ben Hamer (loan), John Halls, Alan Bennett, Mikkel Andersen (loan), Alex McCarthy (loan), Nicholas Bignall (loan).
BRIGHTON
Favourite club: CHELSEA (8 players, £8.4m)
Leon Knight, Alexis Nicholas, Liam Bridcutt, Fikayo Tomori (loan), Izzy Brown (loan), Tariq Lamptey, Levi Colwill (loan), Billy Gilmour.
Tariq Lamptey (right) is one ex-Chelsea player that made their way to the Amex Stadium
BURNLEY
Favourite club: STOKE (15 players, £19.8m)
Adrian Heath, Kevin Russell, Vince Overson, Nigel Gleghorn, Ally Pickering, Ade Akinbiyi, Wayne Thomas, Gifton Noel-Williams, Leon Cort, Michael Kightly, Jonathan Walters, Phil Bardsley, Peter Crouch, Erik Pieters, Nathan Collins.
CHELSEA
Favourite club: BARCELONA (9 players, £89.6m)
Albert Ferrer, Winston Bogarde, Emmanuel Petit, Boudewijn Zenden, Juliano Belletti, Deco, Cesc Fabregas, Pedro, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Chelsea have loved buying players from Barcelona, including midfielder Cesc Fabregas
CRYSTAL PALACE
Favourite club: CHELSEA (10 players, £23.1m)
Damian Matthew, David Hopkin, Mikael Forssell (loan), Scott Sinclair (loan), Patrick Bamford (loan), Loic Remy (loan), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (loan), Michy Batshuayi (loan), Gary Cahill, Marc Guehi.
EVERTON
Favourite club: MANCHESTER UTD (11 players, £35.2m)
Andrei Kanchelskis, John O’Kane, Jesper Blomqvist, Phil Neville, Tim Howard, Louis Saha, Darron Gibson, Tom Cleverley, Morgan Schneiderlin, Wayne Rooney, Donny van de Beek (loan).
Wayne Rooney moved from Everton to Manchester United and then back to Goodison Park
FULHAM
Favourite club: SOUTHAMPTON (14 players, £15.8m)
Martin Thomas, Rory Hamill, Terry Hurlock, Kevin Moore, Micky Adams, Christer Warren (loan), Alan Neilson, Maik Taylor, Luis Boa Morte, Antti Niemi, Chris Baird, Matt Targett (loan), Mario Lemina, Harrison Reed.
LIVERPOOL
Favourite club: SOUTHAMPTON (8 players, £185.3m)
Paul Jones, Peter Crouch, Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Dejan Lovren, Nathaniel Clyne, Sadio Mane, Virgil van Dijk.
Liverpool have a habit of buying players from Southampton as they did with Virgil van Dijk
LUTON
Favourite clubs: BARNSLEY (9 players, £4.7m)
Marlon Beresford, Simon Heslop (loan), Elliot Lee, Matty Pearson, George Moncur, Cauley Woodrow, Carlton Morris, Jack Walton, Mads Andersen.
MANCHESTER CITY
Favourite club: LEEDS (9 players, £60.4m)
David Rocastle, Paul Beesley, Richard Jobson, Danny Granville, Alf Inge Haaland, Darren Huckerby, Robbie Fowler, Danny Mills, Kalvin Phillips.
MANCHESTER UNITED
Favourite club: ASTON VILLA (5 players, £32m)
Les Sealey, Dwight Yorke, Mark Bosnich, Ashley Young, Tom Heaton.
Manchester United have favoured buying players from Aston Villa with five former stars making their way to Old Trafford including Ashley Young
NEWCASTLE
Favourite club: CHELSEA (8 players, £29m)
Laurent Charvet, Celestine Babayaro, Scott Parker, Damien Duff, Geremi, Patrick van Aanholt (loan), Christian Atsu, Kenedy (loan).
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Favourite club: WOLVES (12 players, £29.7m)
Geoff Thomas, Dougie Freedman, Adam Proudlock (loan), Sammy Clingan, George Elokobi, Adlene Guedioura, Dorus de Vries, Joao Teixeira (loan), Leo Bonatini (loan), Rafa Mir (loan), Morgan Gibbs-White, Willy Boly.
Morgan Gibbs-White made his way from Wolves to Nottingham Forest last summer
SHEFFIELD UNITED
Favourite club: DERBY (15 players, £6.6m)
Paul Parker, Paul Simpson (loan), Paul McGrath, Jonathan Hunt, Rob Kozluk, Izale McLeod (loan), Jordan Stewart, Paul Connolly (loan), Chris Porter, Ben Davies, Paul Coutts, Kieron Freeman, Conor Sammon (loan), Jayden Bogle, Max Lowe.
TOTTENHAM
Favourite club: NEWCASTLE (7 players, £66.5m)
Kevin Scott, Ruel Fox, David Ginola, Les Ferdinand, Jermaine Jenas, Sebastien Bassong, Moussa Sissoko.
Moussa Sissoko moved to Tottenham from Newcastle in 2016, and spent five years at Spurs
WEST HAM
Favourite club: ARSENAL (14 players, £12.7m)
John Hartson, Ian Wright, Omer Riza, Nigel Winterburn, Davor Suker, Rami Shaaban (loan), Jeremie Aliadiere (loan), Freddie Ljungberg, Henri Lansbury (loan), Manuel Almunia (loan), Marouane Chamakh (loan), Carl Jenkinson (loan), Jack Wilshere, Lucas Perez.
Jack Wilshere (left) previously left Arsenal and moved to join London rivals West Ham
WOLVES
Favourite club: SUNDERLAND (13 players, £8.5m)
Don Goodman, Dariusz Kubicki, Paul Butler, Alex Rae, Jody Craddock, Joachim Bjorklund, Gary Breen, Neill Collins, Stephen Elliott, Carlos Edwards, Darren Ward, Greg Halford, Danny Graham.