So in light of that, it’s all about the transfer window. Is
your star player going to stay put? Will your club finally make that marquee
signing your chairman is always going on about? And is that kid you’ve signed
from that team in Eastern Europe actually any good?
Here is my rundown of what types of business we can expect
clubs to be doing. A full club by club list would have taken me forever so I’ve
picked out what I think are the interesting bits. I also had every intention of
doing this in one post but as I’m writing it, it seems it to be a tad long so
this will now in fact be part 1.
I’m going to start with Manchester City, as they inevitably
will be throwing money round like they are playing Monopoly, and they haven’t
wasted any time in doing so having already signed Fernandinho and Jesus Navas
for a combined £45.9 million. (Figures taken from BBC Sport website) But I do
think that they have to spend as their squad could do with some serious
freshening up, as I think they have a very strong 1st 11 but their
squad overall lacks depth, and a few players could find themselves heading
towards the door. Kolo Toure has agreed a move to Liverpool, and Lescott,
Sinclair, Dzeko, Tevez, and Maicon will probably all move on.
Now I don’t know if you’ve heard but Jose Mourinho is back
at Chelsea. I know it came as a shock to me as well when I read it, no one in
the media had mentioned it. Yes the tabloid sports wring press’ wet dream has
returned and he has returned to a team that in my view at least isn’t far away.
It seems Lukaku will get his chance up top so they are pretty well stocked for
strikers; they have some of the best attacking midfielders in the league, and a
strong keeper. So I think a central midfielder as Lampard isn’t getting any
younger and centre back as Cahill just isn’t good enough should be enough for
them to mount a title challenge.
It is a similar story over at Manchester United. Despite
what the press kept saying for much of last season there isn’t a great deal
wrong with the squad. They still need a couple of central midfielders and they
could do worse than taking Yohan Cabaye up on the ‘come and get me plea’ he
made last week. Zaha has already come in although he may be loaned again back
to Crystal Palace, and Uruguan U20 right back Guillermo Varela has been signed
in the last few days. But more interestingly the Wayne Rooney situation rumbles
on. When he last put in a transfer request he was in a position of power he was
at the top of his game and playing well, but this time he is far from it. And a
lot of United fans that I know are just getting fed up with him now and the way
that I see it they already have a ready-made replacement in Kagawa so he can go
if he wants. Having said this I think he will end up staying not because United
need him or he has had a change of heart but rather that he has little to no
realistic options available elsewhere.
Now that’s all for part 1, stay tuned for part 2 folks. 
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