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Liverpool (8th last season)
What - what's on it?
If the player Jürgen Klopp buy what he is doing, the board and supporters of the club, with a full preseason behind him is expected just before a significant improvement.
In 1960, the Beatles Liverpool completed a loan Germany two years, the Fab Five, as then his abilities live in clubs in Hamburg. Merseyside was Kevin Keegan the same trip in 1977 made in the opposite direction, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Sean Dundee, Dietmar Hamann, Christian Ziege, Markus Babbel, Samed Yesil and Emre Can sent.
It is safe to say, caused before the arrival of Klopp at Anfield, the Germans Liverpool. In less than a season Klopp has become the outermost of Liverpool since Jan Mølby, seeps quickly into the fabric of Liverpool not only as a football club, but as a city.
In a strong, in the silence that sets in place the building blocks for what should be a bright future. Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum come at Anfield the weight transfer rate bears, but both know that the Premier League and should the ground running.
Mane and Roberto Firmino won ticking Klopp to Chelsea to meet after the friendly against Liverpool for failing his "first team", as reported by the Express' Uche Amako. ask Chuck Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge in the mixture, and Liverpool may have, for special permission to play with four balls this season.
having to juggle with an excess of rare offensive talent is a challenge for most Premier League managers could live. If Klopp to find the right balance, Liverpool could be scary side on the counter.
While it seems sometimes lose concentration Joel Matip the lanky Liverpool defender smarter still well below needs a title winning side level. Why Klopp not pursue a harder left side, because his position in difficulties, it remains a mystery.
The departure of Martin Skrtel has raised barely a tear between Liverpool fans have long bitterly for their "act first, never think" ethos, but considering Mamadou Sakho is not the flavor of the month, with Klopp afterwards was home after a visit Club America sent to show a lack of respect, there is much work to do defensively.
Loris Karius the goalkeeper, the team is just to admire Simon Mignolet. Klopp expects German, which is significantly better with their feet as the Belgian, can push seriously for a place during the campaign in the first team. A broken hand prohibited their participation in the first month of the season, although, as reported by the BBC, his older compatriot Alex Manninger new man as an exit from a backup.
No Club paid their ranks of those who are peripheral to the best Liverpool. Bring on the best part of £ 50 million to the players in the squad is nothing short of inspiration, even in today's market, where the ownership of a pair is soccer shoes over £ 1 million regardless of age makes it worth, gender or ability.
Mario Balotelli, Christian Benteke, Lazar Markovic, Luke and Luis Alberto could add their names to the list of notable discrepancies, including Joe Allen, Jordon Ibe and Skrtel.
Once armed with a budget that apparently Liverpool match Bayern Munich and Manchester United in search of Mane, Klopp can some complaints about the support he received from the club sometimes maligned Executive Committee and transmission has allowed.
In an interview with ESPN Gabriele Marcotti Klopp has he insisted with the way the transfer policy of the club will be implemented is happy: "I do not think it makes sense to a person who is to give the power, not only due to living in a democracy ... .. we hope you follow football. "
It is suspected, but the famous Brian Clough line about how he treated his players may also apply to the transfer fee and Liverpool Klopp. "We talked for 20 minutes and then decided that I was right"
What - what would constitute success?
Klopp with a year his address, colleagues of the two Manchester clubs and Chelsea, Liverpool player in terms of understanding should be far ahead, exactly what is asked.
Last season Liverpool produce captivating moments in competitions Cup the finals, eventually to reach both the Cup and Europa League Capital One too short.
Overall, they played 63 games. Liverpool players give the principles of the counter pressing Klopp is not for the faint hearted, a program is understood even better designed to have before the season behind him.
This term should especially no European distractions to get all Liverpool in the league since. No less a serious change of course from one to four high place will be disappointing.
Klopp is not in the mood to make excuses for David Maddock Mirror: "This is my team now, after all transfers, this time - this is my team probably not more players here I do not not want ... there are signings that I did not want to, we have no one sold that do not want to. "
He added: "Certainly the time, do not look for excuses and say things like:" ". Or things like" I need one more year
Ins: Sadio Mane (£ 34m, Southampton), Georginio Wijnaldum (£ 25m Newcastle United), Loris Karius (£ 4.7m, Mainz), Ragnar Klavan (£ 4.2 million, Augsburg), Alex Manninger (free, Augsburg) Joel Matip (free, Schalke).
Departures: Jordon Ibe (£ 15m, Bournemouth), Joe Allen (£ 13.5 million Stoke City), Martin Skrtel (£ 5.5m, Fenerbahce), Jerome Sinclair (£ 4m Watford), Brad Smith (£ 3 million, Bournemouth ) Sergi Canos (£ 2.5bn Norwich City), Lawrence Vigouroux (£ 400,000 Swindon Town), Jordan Rossiter (£ 250,000 Rangers), Joao Carlos Teixeira (£ 250,000 Porto), Ryan Kent (Barnsley loan), Danny Ward (Huddersfield Town loan), Adam Bogdan (loan Wigan Athletic), Ryan Fulton (loans, Chesterfield), Kolo Toure (free, Celtic), Daniel Cleary (free, Birmingham City), William Marsh, Ryan McLaughlin, Alex O 'Hanlon, Kristof Polgar , Jose Enrique and Samed Yesil (all released)
Manchester City (4th last season)
What - what's on it?
If Manuel Pellegrini told the media world in February, he had his role as manager of Manchester City at the end of the season to leave way for Pep Guardiola to make, it was hard to decipher when joy from Division increased marketing in the Premier League or the fans of the club.
Yoda figure, since the majority of the European football gold at the box office.
As such, unless the city to play as a perfect blend of his pages from the day of the open season in Barcelona and Bayern Munich, which is likely to be labeled a fraud by many people. Many of them have not won more than 14 trophies in four seasons in Spain or seven more than three seasons in Germany.
The publisher of the country asked for a picture of the head of Lionel Messi superimposed a T-shirt of Manchester City in the daily news of the imminent arrival of Guardiola broke, but so far all been a little quiet on the transfer front.
Ilkay Gündogan only (a bargain on the market today for £ 20.3 million) of Borussia Dortmund and Nolito Celta Vigo arrived in Manchester, with relatively little fanfare. Both were with the kind of polite smile caused by children during the opening of the functional gifts found, but a little disappointing Christmas morning: "Wow, that's Nolito a box of pencils"
It has been said Guardiola can feel a new brand of four like. If you are armed with the purchasing power of the city, said as a bit to choose a car in the world and come up with a Volvo ownership. And not even that, without a solitary defender added previously.
With the endless catalog of injuries Vincent Kompany too weak a figure making a defense to build, Martin Demichelis and left Eliakim Mangala and Nicolas Otamendi terribly irregular, it is not surprising that Guardiola should reflect on the possibility of using one of their midfielders in central defense.
The Guardian reports Jamie Jackson Fernandinho, Fernando and even Yaya Toure are options contemplated suit your preference for the conversion of players at other positions.
If Johnstones Everton appreciate an eye-watering £ 50 million has, Guardiola have the ball center half he wants to play. It will also require a major project in hand. Stones is certainly more of Gerard Pique, Carles Puyol in defense, the likes less tolerant.
Guardiola told the BBC: "Normally, the plants are strong in the air and aggressive, but we need a good collection create easy passes in midfield to have so that they can create good passes to believe that the attackers when the ball hits from .. back as soon as possible attacker will come back as soon as possible. "
We will not even mention the problems on both sides and the fact that the city's oldest team last season in the Premier League had as the West Bromwich Albion team members 10 30 years or more. It is difficult to leave at the top when the back and knees to get up quickly creaking problems.
As always, be fit to keep Sergio Aguero will be the season of the city is the key, but it will be interesting to see how Guardiola can bring in Kelechi Iheanacho. Raheem Sterling is another who benefit from an arm around his shoulder.
Guardiola can in the transfer market was quiet, but was quick to make an impression in training camp. Overweight players were not allowed to participate, with Samir Nasri misses the pleasant city in China, which reported the preseason tilt the balance.
The city has to negotiate the additional complication of a play-off Champions League movement in the week 16 to 17 August, a few days after his first game of the Premier League against Sunderland. As neighbors preseason tour of the city in the Chinese Manchester United have more of the source of income, but in terms of preparation, which was far from ideal.
If everything paints a pretty bleak picture, it should not really. It underlines just to put the absurd to reason that Guardiola took the easy way to connect Manchester City.
There is much to improve some areas, in perhaps the examination, but if someone in a city team still can unlock capable of winning the Premier League this season, the infinite potential, Guardiola is.
Not that winning titles is their main concern, says: "For the people and the media," can be obtained, the number of titles? The titles are amazing, but lift the title, then two days later, the people say, "What's Next Our job is to convince the boys that this is the best way to cross the street?."
Interview Interview Zen Guardiola with Noel Gallagher (James Robson of Manchester Evening News), is likely to have not performed a few people in Manchester with a shrug call: "Your child Pep, we will see the road, without difficulty, but only significantly to make, we will win the title, is not it? "
What - what would constitute success?
All eyes will be on this season Manchester City. And probably, if rightly keeping with the new manager. So is his fame, and the obvious talent is available, the city has a lot of people favorite for the title.
Pellegrini has managed only one win against one of the top eight last season in the Premier League, while the city five home games lost Worst same together in the Division with Southampton.
If Guardiola can solve both problems, and add to your team significantly between now and the end of the transfer window, there is no reason why the city, the team will not be collected next May
Guardiola has always been the owner Sheikh Mansour man Manchester City wanted to have. He's back on the handle, but in return it will be waiting for the city without problems both nationally and in Europe from the beginning.
Finish over Manchester United will be a minimum requirement, also.
Ins: Ilkay Gündogan (£ 20.3 million Borussia Dortmund), Nolito (£ 13.8m Celta Vigo), Oleksandr Zinchenko (£ 1.7 million, FC Ufa), Aaron Mooy (free, Melbourne).
Departures: Seko Fofana (3.8 million pounds, Udinese), Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield loan), Jack Byrne (Blackburn Rovers loan), Enes Ünal (loans, FC Twente) Charlie Albinson, Martin Demichelis, Nathaniel Oseni, Sam Tattum Richard Wright (all released).
Manchester United (5th last season)
What - what's on it?
Not very much.
Jose Mourinho took over. Zlatan Ibrahimovic back that God told Manchester.
Fellow new boy Eric Bailly and Henrik Mkhitaryan were somewhat less extravagant in their presentations, but significant cost of £ 30 million and £ 26.3 million respectively.
In the new and less informed, Paul Pogba is ready, they also connect. In an agreement under the radar, pass the French, probably from a record transfer rate in the world, in the region of £ 100 million. Finally, we have the only franchise - finish base in Manchester, which is the crowning of the road ahead, first aired 1960th
Pogba apparently longs remains for the boiler Betty its previous step in the northwest.
It is expected to be (good) Mino Raiola agent network around £ 20 million for his role in the case. These bags are not.
to the man hated by Sir Alex Ferguson To (describes his relationship with Raiola as like "oil and water") to be fair, the customer is likely having a value of five years £ 290,000 in the week of Samuel quite happy to be independent Lovett and Samuel Stevens.
Not only incomings for Mourinho. We believe that he wants to reduce the size of the computer to a manageable 24 players.
Timothy Fosu-Mensah, rice McNair, Tyler Blackett, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Andreas Pereira, Adnan Januzaj, Will Keane and James Wilson were all telling them that are their needs surplus, according to the Daily Mail Joe Bernstein.
an orderly queue forming Pig to take a week the last two years of £ 160,000 contract.
the Champions League have had for the second time in three seasons After missing, United finally time to do what they should have done when Ferguson retired.
Without top of the Premier League you need an injection of stardust over Manchester United. Enter Mourinho aside players who brought beyond.
Recently I read a comment by a British author Roald Dahl biography described as "stubborn, arrogant, deceitful, vain, rude, rude, rude." The times of John Carey could easily Mourinho profiles. O Ferguson.
After years of lackluster late David Moyes and Louis van Gaal, that is exactly what you need Unidas.
The Portuguese was powerful and determined with the market movement, which seems to have set the proverbial rocket in the ass EVP Ed Woodward. In Ibrahimovic, who took with him the closest thing to Eric Cantona.
Obsession with the media with suspected Pogba will double efforts to show that Ibrahimovic is the largest Import summer in the Premier League. On the same page, it could be very good.
Three before Anthony Martial (if the board to help the loss of his shirt No. 9 to overcome), Ibrahimovic and Marcus Mkhitaryan similar Rashford / whets the appetite for the new season.
Mourinho decides what to do with captain Wayne Rooney, is a subplot a novel in its own right.
After the embarrassment as manager of Chelsea last season fired, the lowest point of a career full of trophies, Mourinho could not motivated either. He has something to prove, he would admit it or not.
Manchester United you have to give the perfect platform to do this.
What - what would constitute success?
After the seventh places, fourth and fifth in the last three seasons and two catastrophic events in the years after Ferguson, United, especially Woodward, are aware that they have to do things with Mourinho. a hat trick for Gallo-ups will not be tolerated.
As such, Mourinho is clearly supported. In his first season, fans would probably agree not to sleep in the first half of the game at Old Trafford. The board probably wants a button.
Mourinho said that he did not use the mistakes of their predecessors, to set lower targets. He wants the title.
Add Pogba either obscene or otherwise signing physical training and a midfielder prosaic States such as pedestrians, while the franchise Mkhitaryan could do good supplement another bizarre form.
If on top of that age proves Ibrahimovic is not an obstacle to be God, Mourinho could only get what he wants.
Usually it is doing.
Ins: Eric Bailly (£ 30m Villarreal), Henrik Mkhitaryan (£ 26.3 million Borussia Dortmund) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (free, Paris Saint-Germain).
Departures: Tyler Reid (unrevealed, Swansea City), Ashley Fletcher (free, West Ham United), Oliver Rathbone (free Rochdale), Victor Valdes (free, Middlesbrough), Joe Rothwell (free Oxford United), Nick Powell (free Wigan) , Guillermo Varela (loans, Eintracht Frankfurt), George Dorrington (released).
Tottenham Hotspur (3rd last season)
What - what's on it?
All become a bit quiet at Tottenham Hotspur, but this necessarily cause for concern. Mauricio Pochettino is to move an administrator in his roaring each on the roofs.
He knows exactly what he wants and how to get there. The only people that their plans are really need to know the players. Enter a new impetus after the fall of the last season was the whole object in the summer, especially the likes of Harry Kane and Dele Alli, the start endured the disappointing European Championship.
The last team to come out of nowhere a serious bid security to be mounted were Brendan Rodgers Liverpool in 2013/14. She staggered fall in the next season and finally sixth.
Pochettino appears a policy of having accepted "if it is not broke, do not fix it" just two signings make. In the absence of a purchase capital led to accusations Spurs are still looking for their running shoes, while rivals are on their mark on the line.
What kind of crazy Management would be simply satisfied hedge by buying positions that require? Pragmatism is not too expensive quality in the Premier League.
Tottenham needed additional resources for the center forward and midfield. They bought a player in each position.
Kane finally a safety feature to share the burden of the purpose of Vincent Janssen. Goal Scorer impressive exploits in the Eredivisie not always translate into the Premier League, show with more imports from the Netherlands, closer to Afonso Alves Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Janssen comes from AZ Alkmaar with a reputation as a finisher intelligent two feet, with a physical and tough game, the need to adjust your premium in the Premier League.
Central midfielder Victor Wanyama Pochettino knows well from his time of Southampton, with the physical nature of the game needs no introduction. The Argentinian believes his new signing can also play in central defense, Eric Dier.
It could save a headache at the end of the line, however, when an own lawyer is independent assumed Federico Fazio informed that it is free to leave the club.
Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen are almost certainly the best central defense in the league, while I showed support Kevin Wimmer that he is more than enough when called him last season. However, seems a bit light with only three three central defenders. Pochettino is not convinced that this is an area of your computer, you must, if Sky Sports Lyall Thomas to improve.
Marseille end Georges-Kevin Nkoudou is said to be near the third rookie Spurs in the summer, admits with Pochettino that other additions expected by Dan Kilpatrick Evening Standard: "I hope that in a couple of signings in the coming weeks ".
The temptation will keep spending, but Pochettino thinks he something special in the north of London and enjoys working a tight group. If a close group, only time will tell.
What - what would constitute success?
Another thing is hard to call. It was no more uplifting sight in the last season of the Premier League Spurs in flight. As Kane and Alli were best telepathically with Moussa Dembele behind them litigate with your back straight, head up whispers deep, Tottenham was a joy to see them both.
Doubtless a team on the rise, but as it was with Arsenal, they could never have to get a better shot at the title last season.
Tottenham could this time be as good as your last word and not make the top four, let alone this challenge for the title. If the old order hegemonic grip on the top of the Premier League to restore Spurs could be lost.
Ins: Vincent Janssen (£ 17m, AZ Alkmaar), Victor Wanyama (£ 11m, Southampton).
Departures: Filip Lesniak (loans, Slovan Liberec), Christopher Paul (dates, QPR), Emmanuel Sonupe (published).
