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Man City manager Roberto
Mancini will make his squad even stronger this season and he has managed
to sign players that will balance his squad.
Jerome Boateng can play both in the centre of defence and at left back
and looks like a finished article. The addition of David Silva and Yaya
Toure makes it easy to believe that Roberto Mancini will have a much
more balanced squad when the season starts.
There will be more signings and James Milner and Fernando Torres will
both be in the picture and have allready been linked with the Manchester
club.
Arsenal will be a strong force next season. The signings of the
defender Laurent Koscielny and forward Marouane Chamakh will be followed
with maybe one or two more signings.
They are still in the race of Joe Cole but will be strongly challenged
by London rival Tottenham. The fact that they now looks certain to keep
Cesc Fabregas is fantastic news.
Arsene Wenger could lose Sol Campbell to Sunderland or Celtic and the
fact that Philippe Senderos has joined Fulham will not affect anything.
If William Gallas leaves it might a bigger loss.
Chelsea released Michael Ballack, Juliano Belletti and Joe Cole.
They will not stop midfielder Deco in his attempt to find a new club in
Brazil. Four experienced players with qualities needed in a squad.
The only new player at Stamford Bridge so far is Israel international
Yossi Benayoun from Liverpool. Benayoun will be an interesting signing
and will add quality to the Chelsea squad.
Chelsea looks certain to make one or two signings to fill the gap after
their released players. Fernando Torres has been linked with a move to
Stamford Bridge but it will probably not happen.
Losing out on David Silva and still doubts about a couple of their
players might not be the best for a club that has high expectations in
front of next season.
Liverpool appointed Roy Hodgson as their new manager and his
first job is to convince both Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard that it
will be wise for both players to stay at Anfield.
Javier Mascherano is linked with a move to Inter Milan and could leave.
Inter must pay a fee in the region of £ 15 million to get the
Argentinian and that money could be used to sign one or two quality
players.
Milan Jovanovic is the only first team signing so far and he will down
the pecking order up front. A player that must impress in every game or
be just a cover for the other forwards likely to start games.
West Ham midfielder Scott Parker will be a target for Hodgson if
Mascherano leaves.
Liverpool underachieved last season and Hodgson will if he manage to
keep all his players manage to bring the club back in the Champions
League positions next season.
Yossi Benayoun has left for a chance at Chelsea. This is not a departure
that will make a difference or in any way weak the Liverpool squad.
Tottenham has so far not been involved in any transfer action.
Eidur Gudjohnsen looks likely to rejoin Tottenham for next season and so
far the only player close to a move to White Hart Lane.
Joe Cole will have wage demands that Tottenham never will accept and the
English international is more likely to see in an Arsenal kit next
season. Uruguay internationals Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez looks
unlikely to move to Spurs, which has been a rumour.
Tottenham could sell players such as Roman Pavlyuschenko and Robbie
Keane to finance moves for other players. Tottenham have a very
competetive squad so it could be that they can start next season without
doing any big transfer moves this summer.
Manchester United lost out on the big titles last season. Javier
Hernandez and Chris Smalling are so far signed. Both of them young
players with a bright future but not players that will be the difference
between winning or losing titles next season.
Man Utd is linked with a number of top names and one or two new bodies
could find the way to Old Trafford before the season starts.
Sir Alex has his own ideas and knows how to bring forward new players
but so far it looks as if they will be in a struggle to reach the levels
of previous seasons.
Everton will be challenging the Champions League contenders with
some very interesting signings this summer. A key to Everton success is
to keep players such as Steven Pienaar, Tim Cahill and Phil Jagielka fit.
They are all fantastic players and they make Everton a contender in the
race for many titles next season.
Magaye Gueye, Jermaine Beckford and Joao Silva are three new faces that
will give David Moyes more choices in several positions and they will
make the squad much stronger.
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill went close to many titles last
season. They moved James Milner into a central midfield position and he
filled the gap after Gareth Barry in an excellent way.
Nothing has so far happened at Aston Villa. They have released Wilfred
Bouma, but that will not affect anything with him just filling a fringe
role in his last two seasons at the club.
The key is to keep all the best players and if they decide to let James
Milner leave for Man City they must be clever to find his replacement.
O'Neill is a great manager but a bit predictable in his transfer
additions.
Villa will be up there, because they have a strong squad allready. We
don't expect many changes at Villa Park this summer most positions are
covered.
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