The transfer window is well and truly underway. Football fans are sparked into a frenzy of excitement, commence hours of debates in pubs and forums on the latest player their club is linked with.
Manchester United have set alight the English Transfer windows with signings of Ashley Young,David De Gea and Phil Jones. Sir Alex Ferguson has begun the rebuilding of his side who has won its astonishing 19th Premier league title, overtaking Liverpool on 18.
The players purchased are youthful and exuberant but the question remains are they talented enough to battle against Europe's finest ? One might say Sir Alex's side were already competing against the finest prior to the signings so with the addition of the new players, they must be stronger ? For all the players linked with Manchester United, there have been some departures, loyal servants John O'shea a fans favourite and Wes Brown have been moved on to Sunderland to join Steve Bruce, while the stellar Edwin Van Der Sar ,passionate Gary Neville and the "radar" Paul Scholes have retired.
Arsenal fans so far have had a horrid transfer window; the persistent rumours of Cesc Fabregas still exist, will he or won't he ? Is the question on Arsenal fans lips. So far it seems as if he will leave, to strengthen the supreme Barcelona side. Another Arsenal player future also hangs in the balance, Samir Nasri. Is he refusing to sign a contract and flirting with Manchester United to achieve a bump in his salary ? Or does he really want to win trophies and not just using it as an excuse to leave Arsenal? He's been linked with Manchester City who's name appears with every transfer saga in the world.
Chelsea have had a relatively quiet transfer window so far; all the focus has been on who would be their 7th manager in six years. The lucrative job has been acquired by Andre Villas Boas, the Portuguese tactician has drawn comparisons with a former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. However Villas Boas decided to reflect comparisons and named himself the "Group One" . Chelsea have been repeatedly linked with Neymar, the flamboyant striker from Santos, Falcao from Porto and Roman Lukaku from Anderlecht. These transfer seem still in the pipeline. With Andre Villas Boas settled in his managerial position, and Roman Abramovich heavy financial backing. The future weeks for Chelsea fans seem very interesting indeed.
Liverpool under the leadership of Kenny Daglish have been rejuvenated. With the deadly strikeforce of Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll , one cannot rule Liverpool out as contender for the league in the upcoming season. The acquisition of Jordan Henderson solidifies the Liverpool midfield. The club missed out on Ashley Young and Phil Jones but have strongly been linked with Stewart Downing. Aston Villa have strongly dismissed any notion of the club selling.
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