Harry Souttar

Aussie already having 'really good impact'; new coach's hell after ZERO signings — PL Talking Pts.

In many ways, they’re the winners of the transfer window. Speaking of relegation, it’s a very, very real concern for the Toffees. The Socceroos man-mountain has long been tipped for a move to the Premier League, and his World Cup performances made that a virtual certainty. When they are not, it is a challenge and it is a challenge for lots of reasons at this football club.” If you have the ability and thirst to learn, we’ll see great improvements in him. Picking a starting XI appears equally tricky – especially since just three of the eight January signings can be added to the Champions League squad. A record January transfer window outlay for the Premier League was headlined by the Blues’ remarkable buying – but the vast majority are not yet proven in English football. But the pressure is firmly on Guardiola – and his teenage sensation Rico Lewis, just 18 – to fill the gap left by the sensational Cancelo. “My decision had to do with the playing time that had been little in recent weeks,” he added. But Chelsea beat the Gunners to the former by offering better contract terms, while Brighton were staunch in resisting any move for Caicedo – even when the player himself pushed for a swap to the Emirates. But Brighton did give up the versatile winger Leandro Trossard for £27m – a player in the peak of his powers at 28 – and the Gunners nabbed a steal in Jorginho from Chelsea. Then of course there’s Chelsea, the Blues blowing their rivals – and even some of the biggest leagues – out of the water with their record-breaking spending spree.