A preview of some of the Premier League’s hottest new recruits ahead of the new season on Saturday:
JAMES RODRIGUEZ (Everton)
The fact that the Colombian midfielder is a wonderful player known for that incredible volley he scored at the 2014 World Cup indicates two things: that it was a shot of the highest quality, but also that he has not been able to start since. So, six years later, at age 29, perhaps the peak of his career, James finds himself on a mid-table team in England and, once back, relies on training the wonderful Carlo Ancelotti to get the make the most of it. After all, it was Ancelotti who signed him for Madrid in 2014 and also for Bayern Munich on loan in 2017. Now, or they are at Everton, a team without a trophy since 1995 and living in the shadow of their neighbor. Liverpool, the newly crowned. Champion of the Premier League. Does James have the motivation to help Everton emerge from the mediocrity of a 12th position last season and relaunch his own career? Will he be able to adapt to the rigors of the Premier League? One thing’s for sure, he’s one of the most exciting newcomers of all time to Goodison Park.
KAI HAVERTZ (Chelsea)
The highest estimated transfer of the offseason with a payout of $ 92 million, Havertz may also be the interesting maximum. At 21, the forward is one of Germany’s greatest talents and is making a courageous move to continue his progression outside the gates of his own country. Lampard deserves to meet a midfielder when he sees him, after all he is one of the greatest England has produced, and at Havertz he already has a flexible player with a proven pedigree. Havertz is the youngest player to triumph in 100 Bundesliga games and has scored 36 goals in 4 seasons for Bayer Leverkusen in the German league. At his peak productivity, just forward, Havertz finished last season as a center forward for Leverkusen, combining play with his deft touch but also scoring goals. With Timo Werner, Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech constituting Chelsea’s likely top attack, Havertz will surely be in quality around him.
DONNY VAN DE BEEK (Manchester United)
Van de Beek is the newest star in Ajax’s exciting run to the 2018-19 Champions League semi-final to leave the Dutch club, but is he a player United need? Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gave the impression of striking a smart balance in the central midfielder in the moment portion of last season, with Bruno Fernandes signing in January as the new form player Paul Pogba’s No. 10 forward and a more defensive presenter for Nemanja. Matic. The position of a midfielder from field to field like Van de Beek is questionable, with Solskjaer perhaps in a position to use the 23-year-old Dutch foreigner as a repositioning forward for Fred and Scott McTominay. United, after all, struggled to bring genuine quality out of the gates of their starting XI last season. In favor of Van de Beek is his ability to score goals, 40 in his last 3 seasons, and his versatility, which can still see him start in a deeper role at Matic’s position. A center back or left-back may have been a more urgent arrival for Solskjaer, who is still pursuing his big goal, winger Jadon Sancho.
FERRAN TORRES (Manchester City)
A void left in City’s offensive characteristics through the breakdown of Leroy Sane at Bayern Munich, and was filled through a player recognized as a rising star in Spanish soccer. Torres, 20, is quick and easy, like Sane, but has more feet than the guy he’s replacing. He is more powerful on the right, as demonstrated by his volley for Spain against Ukraine last week when he scored his first foreign goal, and he possesses the technical qualities so vital to local player Pep Guardiola. Valencia want to sell some of their more sensible players to solve their monetary problems and have noticed that City are asking Torres for $ 27 million, which seems reasonable for a player of his caliber. However, he is unlikely to be a direct component of the first team, with Raheem Sterling, Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden ahead of him.
FABIO SILVA (Wolverhampton)
The Portuguese connection that largely underlies the wolf recruiting strategy has uncovered another potential gem, but that’s precisely what Fabio Silva has: the prospect: the wolves spent a record $ 45 million on an 18-year-old striker. years that he scored 3 high-level goals. for Porto in two years as a professional. However, he has been described as a “generational talent” imaginable by the Wolves, the “best number nine coming from the organization of his age in all of Europe. ” Praise him and indeed his youth numbers are up – 31 goals in 33 games for Porto’s under-17s in 2017-18; 28 targets sub-1 in 2018-1nine. Represented Portugal at the junior sub-15 spot in the sub-1nines. The Wolves say Silva is in a position to fight for a spot on the team this season, as is Daniel Podence. Pedro Neto and Diogo Jota, other young Portuguese who have to wait for their time in Molineux.
GABRIEL (Arsenal)
Born in Sao Paulo and given his extra-south professional possibility on the east coast of Brazil to Avai at the Florianopolis city hotel, Gabriel continued his football apprenticeship in Europe with loans to the club of northeastern France in Troyes. and Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia. After spending the last 18 months impressing Lille in French Ligue 1, the central defender packed a lot, at the age of 22, before scoring the first primary move of his career with a $35 million move to Arsenal. Gabriel for a while and I see it as a long-term solution for the defense, with his left-handed extra charm for a serene player on the ball and cooling off under pressure. The defense is renewing with Mikel Arteta and requires brave players in possession. Gabriel will play alongside compatriot and other central David Luiz, which will help him adapt.
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