În Premier League, echipele din Top 3 nu au fost aproape deloc active în mercato. Dacă Arsenal l-a adus numai pe stoperul Bolognei şi al naţionalei Italiei, Calafiori, iar Manchester City l-a transferat pe brazilianul Savinho, Liverpool nu a făcut nicio achiziţie. Sigur, mai este timp până la terminarea perioadei de transferuri, iar Guardiola aspiră la certitudini precum Bruno Guimaraes şi Luis Diaz, în timp ce noul antrenor al „cormoranilor”, Arne Slot, a fost refuzat de Zubimendi de la Sociedad şi negociază pentru turcul Baris Alper Yilmaz de la Galata.
Una dintre echipele care va atenta la locurile de Champions League, prin prisma lotului extrem de numeros şi echilibrat valoric, completat cu nume importante şi în vara aceasta, este West Ham, care a intrat sub comanda fostului selecţioner al Spaniei, Julen Lopetegui.
Chelsea a bătut toate recordurile în privinţa lotului de jucători, Enzo Maresca putând compune 5 sau 6 echipe, iar ţinta principală rămasă pentru vara aceasta este Victor Osimhen, mai ales în condiţiile în care londonezii îl pot da la schimb pe Lukaku, dorit intens de Antonio Conte sub Vezuviu.
Un lot extrem de stufos posedă şi Manchester United, care i-a scăpat pe cei de la Bayern Munchen de indezirabilii De Ligt şi Mazraoui, dar trupa de pe Old Trafford nu a transferat pe postul cel mai descoperit, cel de portar. Frenkie de Jong este ultima dorinţă a lui ten Hag pentru vara aceasta.
Capul de afiş al primei etape din Anglia este duelul Chelsea – Manchester City. Programul primei etape din Premier League: Azi: Manchester United – Fulham (ora 22:00); Sâmbătă: Ipswich Town – Liverpool (ora 14:30), Arsenal – Wolves (ora 17:00), Everton – Brighton (ora 17:00), Newcastle – Southampton (ora 17:00), Nottingham – Bournemouth (ora 17:00), West Ham – Aston Villa (ora 19:30); Duminică: Brentford – Palace (ora 16:00), Chelsea – Manchester City (ora 18:30).
ARSENAL
Veniri: Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna)
Plecări: Emile Smith Rowe (Fulham), Sambi Lokonga (FC Sevilla), Nuno Tavares (Lazio), Mohamed Elneny, Cedric Soares.
Echipa-standard: Raya – White, Saliba, Calafiori, Zinchenko – Rice, Odegaard, Havertz – Saka, Jesus, Martinelli. Antrenor: Mikel Arteta.
ASTON VILLA
Veniri: Lewis Dobbin (Everton), Ian Maatsen (Chelsea), Enzo Barrenchea (Juventus), Samuel IIing-Junior (Juventus), Ross Barkley (Luton), Cameron Archer (Sheffield United), Jaden Philogene (Hull City), Amadou Onana (Everton)
Plecări: Morgan Sanson (Nice), Tim Iroegbunam (Everton), Omari Kellyman (Chelsea), Douglas Luiz (Juventus), Viljami Sinisalo (Celtic), Philippe Coutinho (Vasco da Gama), Moussa Diaby (Al Ittihad), Ben Chrisene (Norwich).
Echipa-standard: Martinez – Cash, Mings, Pau Torres, Maatsen – Tielemans, McGinn, Barkley – Bailey, Watkins, Duran. Antrenor: Unai Emery.
BOURNEMOUTH
Veniri: Luis Sinisterra (Leeds United), Enes Unal (Getafe), Alex Paulsen (Wellington Phoenix), Dean Huijsen (Juventus), Julian Araujo (Barcelona)
Plecări: Kieffer Moore (Sheffield United), Joe Rothwell (Leeds United), Daniel Adu-Adjei (Carlisle United), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham)
Echipa-standard: Neto – J. Araujo, Zabarny, Senesi, Kerkez – Tavernier, Christie, Billing – Sinisterra, Kluivert, Enes Unal. Antrenor: Andoni Iraola.
BRENTFORD
Veniri: Igor Thiago (Club Brugge), Fabio Carvalho (Liverpool)
Plecări: Neal Maupay, Sergio Reguilon, Saman Ghoddos, Thomas Strakosha (AEK Atena), Fin Stevens (St Pauli).
Echipa-standard: Flekken – Roerslev, Collins, Ajer, Rico Henry – Norgaaard, Jensen, Fabio Carvalho – Damsgaard, Toney, Igor Thiago. Antrenor: Thomas Frank.
BRIGHTON
Veniri: Yankuba Minteh (Newcastle), Mats Wieffer (Feyenoord), Amario Cozier-Duberry (Arsenal), Malick Yalcouye (IFK Goteborg), Ibrahim Osman (FC Nordsjaelland), Brajan Gruda (Mainz)
Plecări: Adam Lallana, Kjell Scherpen (Sturm Graz), Marc Leonard (Birmingham City), Pascal Gross (Borussia Dortmund), Deniz Undav (Stuttgart), Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City).
Echipa-standard: Verbruggen – Veltman, Igor, Dunk, Estupinan – Wieffer, Mitoma, Enciso – Minteh, Joao Pedro, Wellbeck. Antrenor: Fabian Hurzeler.
CHELSEA
Veniri: Adarabioyo (Fulham), Kellyman (Aston Villa), Marc Guiu (Barcelona), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City), Renato Veiga (Basel), Caleb Wiley (Atlanta United), Filip Jorgensen (Villarreal), Aaron Anselmino (Boca Juniors), Pedro Neto (Wolves)
Plecări: Thiago Silva, Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa), Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich), Lewis Hall (Newcastle), Chinonso Chibueze (Stoke), Michael Golding (Leicester City), Alfie Gilchrist (Sheffield United).
Echipa-standard: Jorgensen – James, Disasi, Badiashile, Cucurella – Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Cole Palmer – Pedro Neto, Nkunku, Mudryk. Antrenor: Enzo Maresca.
CRYSTAL PALACE
Veniri: Chadi Riad (Betis), Daichi Kamada (Lazio), Ismaila Sarr (Marseille)
Plecări: Scott Banks (St Pauli), Michael Olise (Bayern), Ademola Ola-Adebomi (Beveren)
Echipa-standard: Henderson – Munoz, Guehi, J. Andersen, Mytchell – Doucoure, Wharton, Kamada, Eze – Sarr, Mateta. Antrenor: Oliver Glasner.
EVERTON
Veniri: Tim Iroegbunam (Aston Villa), Jack Harrison (Leeds), Omari Benjamin (Arsenal), IIiman Ndiaye (Marseille), Jesper Lindstorm (Napoli), Jake O’Brien (Lyon)
Plecări: Andre Gomes, Arnaut Danjuma, Lewis Dobbin (Aston Villa), Ben Godfrey (Atalanta), Amadou Onana (Aston Villa).
Echipa-standard: Pickford – Patterson, O’Brian, Branthwaite, Mykolenko – Doucoure, Gueye, Lindstrom – Chermiti, Calvert-Lewin, Maupay. Antrenor: Sean Dyche.
FULHAM
Veniri: Emile Smith Rowe (Arsenal), Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham), Jorge Cuenca (Villarreal)
Plecări: Tosin Adarabioyo, Fode Ballo-Toure, Joao Palhinha (Bayern), Tim Ream (Charlotte FC), Kieron Bowie (Hibernian), Olly Sanderson (Bradford City)
Echipa-standard: Leno – Castagne, Diop, Bassey, A. Robinson – Lukic, Smith-Rowe, Andreas Pereira – Adama Traore, Muniz, Iwobi. Antrenor: Marco Silva.
IPSWICH
Veniri: Omari Hutchinson (Chelsea), Ben Johnson (West Ham), Jacob Greaves (Hull City), Liam Delap, Kalvin Phillips (ambii Manchester City), Arijanet Muric (Burnley), Conor Townsend (West Brom)
Plecări: Vaclav Hladky, Gassan Ahadme (Charlton), Idris El Mizouni (Oxford United), Corrie Ndaba (Kilmarnock), Elkan Baggott (Blackpool)
Echipa-standard: Muric – Johnson, Greaves, Tuanzebe, Davis – K. Phillips, Morsy, Luongo – Hutchinson, L. Delap, Chaplin. Antrenor: Kieran McKenna.
LEICESTER
Veniri: Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Michael Golding (Chelsea), Caleb Okoli (Atalanta), Abdul Fatawu (Sporting Lisabona), Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton)
Plecări: Marc Albrighton, Kelechi Iheanacho, Dennis Praet, Dewsbury-Hall (Chelsea).
Echipa-standard: Hermansen – Ricardo Pereira, Faes, Vestergard, Kristensen – Ndidi, Winks, Soumare, Buonanotte – Daka, Vardy. Antrenor: Steve Cooper.
LIVERPOOL
Veniri: –
Plecări: Joel Matip, Thiago Alcantara, Adrian, Lewis Koumas (Stoke City), Fabio Carvalho (Brentford)
Echipa-standard: Allison – Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk, Konate, Robertson – Endo, McAllister, Szoboszlai – Salah, Luis Diaz, Jota. Antrenor: Arne Slot.
MANCHESTER CITY
Veniri: Savinho (Troyes)
Plecări: Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton), Sergio Gomez (Real Sociedad), Liam Delap, Kalvin Phillips (ambii Ipswich Town), Julian Alvarez (Atletico Madrid).
Echipa-standard: Ederson – Walker, Ruben Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol – Rodri, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva – Foden, Haaland, Grealish. Antrenor: Josep Guardiola.
MANCHESTER UNITED
Veniri: Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), Leny Yoro (Lille), Matthijs de Ligt (Bayern), Noussair Mazraoui (Bayern)
Plecări: Raphael Varane, Anthony Martial, Tom Huddlestone, Alvaro Fernandez (Benfica), Donny van de Beek (Girona), Willy Kambwala (Villarreal), Mason Greenwood (Marseille), Shola Shoretire (PAOK), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham)
Echipa-standard: Onana – Mazraoui, Lindelof, De Ligt, Shaw – Casemiro, Mainoo, Bruno Fernandes – Rashford, Zirkzee, Garnacho. Antrenor: Erik ten Hag.
NEWCASTLE
Veniri: Lloyd Kelly (Bournemouth), Odysseas Vlachodimos (Nottingham Forest), Lewis Hall (Chelsea), John Ruddy (Birmingham City), Miodrag Pivas (Jedinstvo), William Osula (Sheffield United)
Plecări: Loris Karius, Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest)
Echipa-standard: Dubravka – Trippier, Schar, Lascelles, Hall – Joelinton, Almiron, Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes – Gordon, Isak. Antrenor: Eddie Howe.
NOTTINGHAM FORREST
Veniri: Marko Stamenic (Steaua Roşie Belgrad), Eric da Silva Moreira (St Pauli), Elliot Anderson (Newcastle), Carlos Miguel (Corinthians), Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), Jota Silva (Guimaraes)
Plecări: Gio Reyna, Nuno Tavares, Gonzalo Montiel, Rodrigo Ribeiro, Divock Origi, Felipe, Cheikhou Kouyate, Wayne Hennessey, Scott McKenna, Marko Stamenic (Olympiacos), Julian Larsson (Burton Albion), Odysseas Vlachodimos (Newcastle), Orel Mangala (Lyon), Moussa Niakhate (Lyon)
Echipa-standard: Turner – Neco Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Toffolo – Sangare, Elliot Anderson, Hudson Odoi, Gibbs-White – Elanga, Taiwo. Antrenor: Nuno Espirito Santo.
SOUTHAMPTON
Veniri: Adam Lallana, Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Man City), Charlie Taylor (Burnley), Ronnie Edwards (Peterborough), Nathan Wood (Swansea), Yukinari Sugawara (Alkmaar), Flynn Downes (West Ham), Brook Myers (Charlton Athletic), Kuryu Matsuki (FC Tokyo), Ben Brereton Diaz (Villarreal).
Plecări: Stuart Armstrong, Jake Vokins, Romain Perraud (Betis), Lyanco (Atletico Mineiro), Che Adams (Torino), Kuryu Matsuki (Goztepe).
Echipa-standard: Lis – Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Harwood-Bellis, Stephens, Larios – Lallana, Aribo, Alcaraz – Onuachu, Armstrong. Antrenor: Rusell Martin.
TOTTENHAM
Veniri: Lucas Bergvall (Djurgarden), Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth).
Plecări: Eric Dier, Ivan Perisic, Ryan Sessegnon, Japhet Tanganga, Tanguy Ndombele, Joe Rodon (Leeds United), Troy Parrott (AZ Alkmaar), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Marseille), Matthew Craig (Barnsley), Bryan Gil (Girona), Emerson Royal (AC Milan).
Echipa-standard: Vicario – Pedro Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie – Bentancur, Lo Celso, Maddison – Kulusevski, Son, Solanke. Antrenor: Ange Postecoglou.
WEST HAM
Veniri: Luis Guilherme (Palmeiras), Maximilian Kilman (Wolves), Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United), Niclas Fullkrug (Borussia Dortmund), Guido Rodriguez, Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United).
Plecări: Thilo Kehrer (Monaco), Angelo Ogbonna, Nathan Trott (FC Copenhaga), Said Benrahma (Lyon), Ben Johnson, Divin Mubama.
Echipa-standard: Areola – Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Todibo, Emerson – Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Lucas Paqueta – Kudus, Fullkrug, Bowen. Antrenor: Julen Lopetegui.
WOLVERHAMPTON
Veniri: Rodrigo Gomes (Braga), Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo), Pedro Lima (Sport Recife).
Plecări: Maximilian Kilman (West Ham), Marvin Kaleta (Motherwell), Pedro Neto (Chelsea), Huge Bueno (Feyenoord)
Echipa-standard: Jose Sa – Nelson Semedo, Toti, Mosquera, Ait-Nouri – Joao Gomes, Lemina, Rodrigo Gomes – Sarabia, Cunha, Hwang. Antrenor: Gary O’Neill.
