North London giants Spurs and Arsenal will have both strengthened their squads by signing two of Europe’s top starlets this summer in the shape of Luka Modric and Samir Nasri. Both players already possess plenty of talent but it’s their unlimited potential that should excite their respective fans next season.
The Premier League is blessed with some of the best strikers in the world including Euro 2008 match winner Fernando Torres as well as the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor and Dimitar Berbatov. These stars are likely to be joined by a host of new forwards in the coming weeks such as Roman Pavlyuchenko, David Villa and Klaas Jan Huntelaar if the press are to be believed.
The Premier League transfer race is in full swing now that Euro 2008 has been and gone but still only a small number of signings have been concluded. The latest arrival to the Premier League was Manchester City’s new expensive Brazilian hitman Jo. He became Mark Hughes first signing since taking the reigns at Eastlands and may have solved the club’s striking problems of last season in one swoop.
As the money-orientated Premier League continues to invest in big money, big name signings fewer and fewer young players are progressing from the academies into the various first teams. The halcyon period when Manchester United’s ‘golden generation’ of the Neville brothers, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt all progressed into the Red Devils side seems a long time ago with very few kids making the grade since.
There’s been so much speculation surrounding the strikers of London clubs this summer with press reports rife with potential sales. However, as of yet Arsenal strikers Emmanuel Adebayor (linked to AC Milan & Barca) and Robin Van Persie (linked to Inter) remain firmly at the Emirates.
Press reports suggest that Sir Alex Ferguson’s number one transfer target is not Dimitar Berbatov as many believed but the £15m rated Colombian striking sensation Radamel Falcao Garcia Zarate or plain Falcao as he’s usually known. The talented 22-year-old currently plies his trade for River Plate in Argentina but may well be playing in the Premier League next season if United get their way.
The Premier League title battle will be fought by the usual four clubs next season though one of those teams may have changed drastically from what we have known over the past few seasons. That team is Chelsea.
The Uefa Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament was as expected packed full of Spanish and German stars yet only one Turkish player was included despite their incredible run to the semi-finals. That man was Bayern Munich’s midfield lynchpin Hamit Altintop.
Sunderland have reportedly made their move to sign one of the most sought after strikers at Euro 2008, the Spanish hitman …Daniel Guiza.
