Sports Writing, Aug 4 (EFE) .- The Premier League starts the 2022/2023 season this Friday with a Crystal Palace-Arsenal, which will give way to a campaign in which the most powerful clubs have been considerably strengthened, so it could be the most even English league in recent years, with Manchester City, winner of four of the last five editions, once again as a rival to beat.
The new season of the Premier League is exciting, where, like every year, the market moved a lot. As incentives, players of the stature of the Norwegian Erling Haaland (60 M€) arrived at Manchester City, the Uruguayan striker Darwin Núñez (75 M€) at Liverpool, the Argentine central defender Lisandro Martínez (57.37 M€) at Manchester United and Raheem Sterling (€56.20 M), who traded City for Chelsea.
The “Big Six” (City, Liverpool, United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham) moved a lot in the summer market, both in casualties and additions.
At the head of all, again, Manchester City, current champion, who will try to add what would be his third consecutive league and the fifth in six years.
Those of Pep Guardiola were made this summer with the most important signing in the English market, the Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, 22 years old, from Borussia Dortmund and desired by the big clubs in Europe, for which they paid 60 million euros.
In addition, the English pivot Kalvin Phillips, wanted by several European teams, from Leeds United for an amount of around €50 million, was added, and he added the German goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, who arrived on a free transfer from Arminia Bielefeld.
Despite making good signings, Guardiola’s men lost several fundamental players in the summer market, such as the English winger Raheem Sterling, who went to Chelsea for 56.2 million euros, the Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesús, transferred to Arsenal for €52.2 million, and Ukrainian winger Oleksandr Zinchenko, who also joined the Gunners for around €35 million.
Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool made another of the big moves in the European market, with the addition of Uruguayan striker Darwin Núñez to their ranks, from Benfica, for €70 million. He also signed Portuguese midfielder Fabio Carvalho from Fulham for €5.9 million, and Scottish winger Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen for €4.9 million.
In the case of casualties, Liverpool lost its star Sadio Mané, who headed to Bayern Munich for €32 million. Another notable sale was that of Welsh youth squad Neco Williams, transferred for €20 million to newly promoted Nottingham Forest.
Chelsea signed Raheem Sterling, one of the best players in the Premier, from Manchester City for €56.20 million. The Blues were one of the clubs that spent the most money on the transfer market (€103.29 million). They also hired Senegalese central defender Kalidou Koulibaly, from Napoli for €38 million, and American goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina, who arrived for €9.09 million from Chicago.
In the casualties chapter, the most important were those of central defenders Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid) and Andreas Christensen (FC Barcelona), who left free at the end of their contract, and the departure of Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, on loan to the former his former club, Inter Milan.
In the case of Tottenham, their main move was the signing of the Brazilian Richarlison for €58 million from Everton, a player who was on the agenda of most of the big clubs in Europe. He also signed Malian midfielder Yves Bissouma from Brighton, for €29.20 million, French central defender Clément Lenglet, who came on a free transfer from Barcelona, English winger Djed Spence for €14.7 million, from Middlesbrough, Croatian Ivan Perisic, for free from Inter Milan, and veteran goalkeeper Fraser Foster, who arrived on a free transfer from Southampton.
In the casualties section, the most significant were those of the Dutch winger Steven Bergwijn to Ajax for €31.25 million and the American central defender Cameron Carter-Vickers to Celtic for €7 million.
In the case of Arsenal, which was left without a place in the Champions League and will have to settle for playing in the Europa League, they made a great effort this summer in the summer market. In total, 132 million euros have been spent. They hit the table by bringing in two Manchester City players. Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus and Ukrainian winger Oleksandr Zinchenko joined Arsenal for €52.2 million and €35 million, respectively.
They also signed Portuguese midfielder Fabio Vieira from Porto for €35m, American goalkeeper Matt Turner for €6.36m and Brazilian winger Marquinhos for €3.5m. Important casualties were those of French striker Alexandre Lacazette, who went to Olympique de Lyon on a free transfer, and Mattéo Guendouzi, who went to Olympique de Marseille for €11 million.
Manchester United will make their technical debut with the arrival of the Dutchman Erik Ten Hag. Argentine central defender Lisandro Martínez, from Ajax for €57.37 million, Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen, who came on a free transfer from Brentford, and Dutch winger Tyrell Malacia, who came from Feyenoord for an amount close to €15 million, have also arrived. €. It is the team of the greats of England that less money was spent on signings (72.27 M€).
With the future of Cristiano Ronaldo in the air, although everything seems to indicate that he will leave the club, Manchester United lost important players such as Pogba, who went free to Juventus and Jesse Lingard, who joined Nottingham Forest after finishing his contract.
The rest of the teams A priori, no other team will be able to fight for the league title, although we already know what happened with Leicester City in 2016, even so teams like Newcastle, who in the second half of last season were the third The team that added the most points, Leicester, champion in 2016, and West Ham, who signed the coveted Italian striker Gianluca Scamacca, could be the revelation team and cause the “Big Six” to falter.
The rest of the teams were also greatly strengthened, the Premier League was spent on transfers, at the moment and according to Transfermark, a total of €1,257,115,036. We must highlight Nottingham Forest, a recently promoted historic player who spent €94.75 million on ten signings. Leicester City is the only team in the Premier League not to have signed a player.
The Premier League kicks off this Friday, August 7, with the renewed enthusiasm of the teams after a summer vacation where the players were able to rest and recharge their batteries to start an exciting season, in which it is assumed that it will be the most even in recent years.
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