In this summer, everyone wanted a striker.

First, Chelsea signed Liam delap From Ipswich Town and Joao Pedro From brighton. Then Arsenal signed Victor Gyecres Sporting CP, and Liverpool signed Hugo Acritic From Eintracht Frankfurt. Then Liverpool tried to sign Alexander its From Newcastle, before he publicly stated that he no longer wants to play for Newcastle.

Except, the nucleusal was about to signed an exit, until he jumped into the liverpool, so, the same player, therefore, the newcomel did not have its replacement – instead he was playing for the team that was trying to achieve it.

So, Newcastle tried to get Benjamin Sesco From RB Leapzig – but the same thing happened. A large club, Manchester United, joined, and Sesco went there instead. Of course, United would never have signed that they had already landed in the window like delp, gikrace, or austible.

Somebody like athletic and chaotic Darwin nunez Eddie Howe’s run-in-transition would have a good fit in Newcastle, but Liverpool does not take a player Premier League rival. However, Nunez’s main suit, Napoli, could not afford to ask for the transfer of Liverpool. And The player’s salary request, so he moved to Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia instead.

Put another way: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund gave Liverpool € 53 million to signing a player to signing a player that Liverpool is trying to replace with another player who plays for another team owned by Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund in Newcastle.

If it is going to step into the liverpool, it can still happen because Chelsea has signed two players that Newcastle tried to sign before this summer, Delap and Pedro, which means that means that Nicholas jackson The chelsey has fallen below the Peking order and may be available for signing for Newcastle.

However, this may not happen, as Manchester United has also signed support Brian Mabumo From Brentford and Mathew kunha From wolves, so Brentford doesn’t want to lose Yon VisaWhoever needs newcastle, and does not want to lose wolves Jorgen Strand LarsenWhom Newcastle Too Want, but Brentford only acquired Dango Ottara From Bornemouth, then maybe …

Meanwhile, Napoli Victor OsimhenWho is 26 years old and is at eighth place in Bellon D’Or two years ago, went for € 75 million last month – to play for Galatasarai in Türkiye Lig.

there is Very In this summer, a bunch of other moves can also occur immediately if there is another step, and if there is another step. But in this summer, among all the strikes of shirts, the same question is: Is any of these teams got better?

There are three nameless players here, as well as their invading statistics from last season:

• Player A: Age -22 season, 0.51 non -Penalty goals+90 minutes, 0.48 expected targets+help
• Player B: Age -21 season, 0.42 non -Penalty goals+support, 0.34 expected targets+assist
• Player C: Age -23 season, 0.61 non -Penalty goals+help, 0.67 expected targets+help

Therefore, you have found two pre-prime players, who scored goals and scored less than average below the average, and they did so with an underlying underlying production. Then you have found another player who is about to enter his Prime, who scored and set a one-average target with better underlying production.

You probably know where it is going: Player is A Pedro, Player is B. Delap, and player is C Jackson. And while Pedro definitely occupies more than Jackson, I am not sure that you can give a concrete argument that it defeats the difference in production in front of the target.

Now, this does not mean that Pedro will not be better than Jackson in Chelsea – she has actually started well, with four goals in her first five appearance – but is not too much out of the random and human athletic performance, which will be more widely that she will be. Meanwhile, delap is much higher than one of the other two projects, and its low transfer fee suggests equally.

Chelsea may be better this year. Through two sports, however, I already suspect that this may be due to a separate player from any new striker. He is only 18 years old and has started only one match, but his new Brazilian winger Estevo A combined 1.5 expected targets and assistance – all in the league but more than five other players.

On the one hand, there are two goals in the first two Premier League of Gucausus. Maintain that rate, and it will break Erling HayallandSingle-season record.

On the other hand, Gekeres has tried two non-Penalty shots in its first two Premier League initially. Maintain that rate, and he will end the weather with several shots as an emergency number 9 of Arsenal Mikel MerinoTried last year.

Although he could feel like a 27 -year -old, gekerace as a certain thing as a certain thing One was On a large scale risk Almost accurately Because He is 27 years old. We still did not see the gekeres playing in one of the big five top leagues of Europe – let it play well alone. In addition, a large proportion of their goals for sporting lisbon came against the teams at the bottom of the Portuguese League, ie teams who would be fighting the charge in the second division of England.

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Oli: Artetta has no excuse after Arsenal’s summer signature

James Ole assessed the expectations of Mikel Artetta for arsenal this season after the busy transfer window.

It is still too early to say anything. Arsenal’s performance against Manchester United in the opener was much different than anything seen under manager Mikel Arteta in recent years, it seems that the team is trying to do something new, and perhaps not trying to customize their performance immediately. In that match, there were growing pain in the field, down, down and in the field.

Through two matches, Gakeres seems to be quite clubbed on the ball, and he is actually poor in possession-Servous weaknesses that were not tested in Portugal. If I was trying to guess whether this step would be successful or failed, I would take the percentage after the first two matches to “unsuccessful”, but only a little.

I also feel that the first two matches put this entire puzzle in perspective. Arsenal was already such a good team that it is really difficult to find those players who can improve the roster. But since Arsenal was already a good team, it means that his Marki Offsen striker signing can try just two shots in two matches, and they can still win those two matches by a joint scorline of 6–0.

You can take the same ideas and apply them to the liverpool. When you are one of the best two or three teams in the world, it is really difficult to be better. And if you take one step back and look at the summer of Liverpool, it is not necessary that they were trying to be better for this season. No, they have signed so far, everyone is 24 and less. They are trying to improve this team for the next five to seven sessions.

But: Strikers. For all its warts, the Nunez Leverpool leaves with a rate of 0.70 non-Penalty goals+is supported by 90 minutes per 90 minutes, an elite is supported by a 0.87 expected goals+aid rate. But even with all the free -finishing, 0.7 g+A per 90 “Starter on a Champions League claimant” -Level production.

If it was not Darwin, then Luis Diz Often the previous season was playing as a Makeshift Striker, and he simply did everything: scored and scored, carried the ball forward, pressed like Mad, and rarely lost. Moving on Diaz 28-year-old was understood from the team-building perspective, but this does not mean that Liverpool did not lose even one of the best attackers in the league.

And then there was shocking and sad death Diogo jotaWhen he was playing regularly, he was one of the most productive in the world. He has gone, very soon.

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HISLOP: Nuclear can react to its transfer Saga vs. Liverpool

In this summer, Nucleaal Striker Alexander attempted to signed it, Sakas Hisalope and Craig Burly previously previously visited Liverpool’s visit to St. James Park.

Liverpool became short with this step for the Activa, and has two goals and one aid through the first two matches. But steps for that and Florian wretz It is not necessary to improve the liverpool attack; They are about maintaining their level well in the future.

If Liverpool also gets Alexander to it, there is a world where manager arne slots make up a set up which he gets, aim, acetic and get it. Mohammad Salah Together together on the field, and it works, and they are closely disabled. On paper, I may also be sure that those attackers are more talented than last year’s group.

But in practice – especially how unbalanced and unhappy team has seen their first few matches of this new repetition – it is difficult to see how two centers spend € 300 million at the front do not quickly come at a point of low returns.

I am very confident in saying that Manchester United is better than last year because it is almost impossible for them like last year. But are they going to be better due to a striker, they have signed?

While United signed Maths Kunha and Mabumo after years of career in front of the target – both met their opportunities at rates. Not likely to repeat incredibly -They are each-in-prime, producers, up-average premiere league attackers. They will not be part of the next great Manchester United Team, but they are going to improve an attack, which scored less goals in the league last year than all four other teams.

For Benjamin Sesco, potential results are everywhere. In the FBREF database, which goes back in the early 90s, 163 players have scored at least 30 goals before their age -22 seasons in one of the Big Five Leagues. At the top, it is Kylian mbappa With 142. At the bottom, it is a group of players including Aeron lenon, Florent Sinama-Pongol, Alexis Conneches, Philip Cutinho, Salomone Rondon, Stephen Ireland, Niklas bendonnerAnd Take Rafael,

SESKO has 34 goals+aid – the same amount of real Madrid Rhodrico And Chelsey Cole Palmer Was at the same age, and the same was Lewis Holtbi And Luca jovik Was even at the same age. The more you go to the list of goals+helps, a player has a great career. But despite his physical equipment, the 22 -year -old SESCO had just no one near the production, he is confident that he would be a star or even a solid squad player for Manchester United.

Put another way: That next hideout can be the next Alexis mold, or it may be the next nickel bendonner.

they lost Calum Wilson In summer. It is still refusing to play. And they have not carried forward any center.

In the long run, if it remains, it starts playing, and starts playing like its old self, then they will be better than now. But as he has emphasized the player after the player-to add to a this-federation attack, and then after his star striker pushed to a exhaust-he has created a position for himself where the best-case landscape is that whatever they go for four months… and then potentially talk again in January.

While all these other clubs have a lot of uncertainty in front of their investment, Newcastle is the only club where we can say: Summer has definitely made them worse.