Premier LeagueAt the beginning of this summer, top clubs jumped into action, winning cash and a series of high-profile signing. At the time of writing, 13 different deals have been killed for £ 30 million or more Chelsey And Manchester City Especially active Club World CupWhereas Liverpool To the tune of more than £ 170m, their title is quick to strengthen further of defense.

However, many of these transfer should attract real question marks and stop for consideration. It is no guarantee that spending big money succeeds and, in many cases, new arrival either requires time to adapt, or creates ripple effects that change a team’s makeup.

Here, we assess six of those 13 major deals and ask what challenges are ahead for them.

transfer: Jeremy Fimpong, Bayer leverkusen To Liverpool, £ 30m

Question: Can he play right back?

Ever since Frimpong played to the right, it has been some time since – he is slapped to play for his new club after the situation. Trent Alexander-AneoldIn fact, Netherlands International spent the vast majority of its last two sessions to attack the role of wing, winger or even midfield in Lever Kusen slightly.

Searching for the recent examples of playing as a real right is a border fruitless task: his national side has deployed him twice in the last 16 months, while Opta’s match logs suggested that Frimpong played against the DFB-Pocal Round of 64 against the fourth level German side FC Tutonia Otensen. Celtic In 2021, as a flying fullback that promoted the crowd.

The curious thing about such transfer is that, while Arne Slot would be expecting to tap in Fimpong’s muscle memory, the fact that the Dutchman is a fruit -foot and has evolved into the player who is in the part today because he has played elsewhere.

He can return to play a more skillful, goal player and play to play better in Liverpool … although it can also be appropriate to expect some increasing pain, given that he is changing positions while stepping into the league quality.

It is probably the best that Liverpool has gone for a completely different style for Alexander-Aneold-a poor copy would definitely fail-but all bring the same question by moving so clearly in a different direction.

transfer: Milos CreesBornmouth to Liverpool, £ 40 m

Question: Will he expose Liverpool?

Talking about the new liverpool fullback, there is also a fresh face in the opposite direction. Kercase feels that he will have a tremendous long -term replacement for the left back Andy RobertsonWhich is slowing down after half a decade, and mirrors Scotland International nonstop energy, aggression and all -round physical characteristics.

However, with Frimpong, the kerks’ is no plug-and-play replacement. The fact should be very clear from the fact that he is only 21 years old and has limited experience at the top level. He will need to improve in Robertson’s shoes to really step into many different ways.

The first major difference may come during Liverpool’s buildup play, as Robertson had a habit of entering more central regions during this phase. It was not uncommon to see that he became a temporary left center because the four behind switched to three, nor was it strange to look up in the midfield when the ball was slightly more.

Carcase does not actually do any of it, because Bornemouth Coach Endi Irala never asked him. The slot has to stick to the same system – although he is not asking Frimpong to become a third center for the reasons noted above – so only other options will be to ask the midfielder. Ryan Gravenborch To drop from number 6 position.

Another issue, a specialist consulted for this piece according to an one-VS-one coach (which works with the Premier League and Bundesliga Players and compile individual analysis to learn them) How Premier League Wingers are able to use the extreme energy of kerksies against him.

The coach told ESPN, “As a defender, he is bouncing and impulsive. He falls for the fints, swings and gets stuck a little easily.” “He is impatient, jumps and bites things very easily, ends on the floor very easily. He also often locks the players and follows them everywhere, opening the gaps to use for others.”

The coach was in a hurry to note that the recovery capacity of the kerkes was at the top position, so he encouraged his customers to pass or shoot quickly after beating. But with a more spotlight brister than ever, it is important that Carcase works with its coaches how to stand better for Europe’s top wings.

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Ogden: No argument behind Chelsea, who signs Joao Pedro

Mark Ogden reacts to the proposed step of Chelsea to Briton’s Joo Pedro.

Joao PedroChelsea from brighton, £ 55 m

Question: Will it be found in the way of Kol Palmer?

After Pedro Moses prisoners And Mark cucrela From brighton to Chelsea, but he represents the culmination of a big innings in the club’s transfer policy. After spending the last two years with just one natural striker (Nicholas jackson) In the squad, there are three in the blues, after adding Liam delap And Pedro in quick succession.

Jackson and Delap are similar to similar – both of them are big, badly people who occupy the back of the center, fight in channels, walk back and stretch play – but Pedro is different: far more cultured, specializes in flixing, and as a playmaker he is a finisher.

In short, the way to describe Pedro is that it is the closest offer to the former Liverpool striker of the Premier League Roberto fermino Now.

On paper, it looks great. Fermino was part of an all-karna liverpool front three Mohammad Salah And Sadio Mane Complete Brazil’s brilliant aid, clever movements and selfless behavior. Who would not want such an assistant? The problem is that the makeup around the Chelsea team clearly does not lend itself to a firmino-like number 9.

The most bright issue there is that there are hardly round machines of Chelsea on the front forward. Advice and Mane were originally a striker in disguise, but Pedro Neto (Four goals in the league), Noni MaduK (Seven) and Jamie Gitense (Later more on it) are real wings. If Pedro scored only 10 league goals in the next season – and the history of their career suggests that this could be the case – others will need to take Slack.

Of course, this situation is not new to Chelsea. Jackson scored 14 league goals in 2023-24 and 10 in 2024–25, left Palmer to the remaining from midfield. In fact, Jackson’s movement and runs, which were stretched out of the path of Palmer, were important to create space England International was required to shoot and score. But what happens to the game of Palmer, if his team’s companions are falling towards him, then they are not pulling the defenders away from him? Does it crush the pocket of space in which it needs to work?

Finally, it should be noted that there is a common expectation for expensive strikers to score a lot of goals. Even if they are multi -level and bring so much to the table, they are criticized if they do not kill 20 per season. Ferminos were suffering from this, Arsenal Kai Hurtz And Jackson suffers from this … cat, even Karim Benjema There was no immunity for this real Madrid

Pedro scored five non-Penalty League goals in the previous season, and before that five seasons. On the belief that he does not get to take punishment on Stamford Bridge because Palmer is very good on them, Brazil Internationally able to do enough to appreciate fully fully appreciated?

Jamie Gitense, Borusia dortmund Chelsea, £ 55 m

Question: Will he help his colleagues?

After failing to grade at the academy of Manchester City in 2020, Gittens’ first full campaign at the top level with Dortmund returned to England in £ 55M. An exciting young winger, he definitely briefs the transfer of blues for a T.

But that statement can be taken into both positive and negative light. On the one hand, it is clear that it has a large ability; On the other hand, it is clear that he is still in the stage of his development. Gitens scored 12 goals in the Bundesaliga and Champions League last season, and many looked very similar: he would widen the ball to the left, bite inside, leave the previous challenges and find out, find the top corner. They started doing it continuously, it began to look like a signature trick.

Unfortunately, almost all of his targets came in the first half of the season, when Dortmund occurred as a complete mess. As a team, he was disappointed, left huge intervals in defense and attacked without coordination. It left him 11th by the end of January, so manager Noori Noori was dismissed and replaced him by Nico Kova.

Kova constantly stabilized the team and in the process, Gitens fell out of Xi. He started 79% League Games under şahin, but only 40% under his replacement. It has been suggested that England U21 was struggling with international injury, but his main problem was that the player was being raised in front of him ((Karim edemy) The team was ready to sacrifice himself, put the defensive work and grabbed the structure of the Kova, while the Gitense was seen as more individualist.

There is an element that Chelsea Boss Enzo Marska may like – finally, He really implicated his wings This season is not shy to shoot this season more, but the lack of winger experience with more boring parts of top level strategic football playing can lead to a difficult learning state.

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Does Kunha and Mbuemo Signing Manchester United need?

Gab Markoti and Julian Laurence question whether Mathius Kunha and Brian Mabumo are suitable signs for reconstruction of Manchester United.

Mathew kunhaWolves Manchester United£ 62.5m

Question: Can he repeat the previous season’s efforts?

Kunha finished second in a particularly dreaded statistics in Kunha 2024-25: the expected target (XG) overproof. And the club’s other goals, Brentford Striker Brian Mabumotop Top. This acts as a sign that both players had the season of their life in front of the target … and possibly will not be able to repeat the achievement.

Based on the shots taken in the league last season, he was expected to score a statistically 12.3 goals, but actually hit 20 points. Cunha achieved an uniform achievement by net from 8.6 xg from 15.

How? Simply put, they did it from constant distance or by scoring it with tight angles. In fact, Kunha scored 24 yards or a notable five goals from which some were coming against insulting efforts. Aston VillaSouthampton and Man united themselves. His 15 total goals represented his best-hall, before the 12 seasons, and he did not violate double figures before 2023–24.

You can slices that kind of thing in two ways: optimists will point to the fact that they have improved their XG directly for two years and suggested that, at the age of 26, they have found their drain; Other, however, would suggest that it will not happen again.

ESPN asked some data analysts working in the top five leagues of Europe how they would gauge this overforce. “Signing players after XG overparforms is not a sin in itself; it all depends on how the overparformation affects any possible fee and what you expect from the player,” one explained. “How a player fits is important. If they slot well in Raben Amorim’s system and continue to perform, the bloated fees may be appropriate.”

At least, Kunha (and Mbeumo) has a clear location in Amorim’s trademark system – two detailed number 10 roles that support the central striker alone. These players should be able to get shots from these positions and angles, giving them at least to repeat their 2024-25 heroines. But if the goals do not come in the way they had done earlier, no one should be particularly surprised.