Alvaro Morata, Alexandre Lacazette, Mohamed Salah, Bernardo Silva – don’t tell me you’re not a little bit excited!
And I’ve not even mentioned the names of Romelu Lukaku, Javier Hernandez, Jordan Pickford, Wayne Rooney and Jermain Defoe: all familiar figures in Premier League football games but now at brand new homes.
Sports betting is about to go crazy ahead of the start of the new campaign so let me help, just before a ball is kicked, just before you assess the betting odds.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the cash has been well and truly splashed with particularly big money spent by the majority of the elite clubs.
However, the importance of being in the Premier League is clear when you consider even newly promoted Newcastle, Huddersfield and Brighton have each spent £12 million, £10 million and £5 million respectively on a player.
Of course, it’s not just about new arrivals but also those who have stayed put and those who may need to move onto pastures new.
So what can we expect?
Another title charge from Antonio Conte’s men, now with a European football schedule to contend with; a league revival from the big-spending Manchester clubs; the continuity of a familiar and almost unchanged Spurs squad or a thin squad missing their natural home; a brooding Arsenal eager to recapture a top-four spot and become title challengers again; a Liverpool side which can maintain momentum for nine months instead of five; a new-look Everton ready to make the step-up; 2016 champions Leicester in the run for a European place.
That’s just at the top end.
There are many intriguing questions at the other end too such as can Swansea hang onto Gylfi Sigurdsson; can Brighton and Huddersfield survive against the odds; can Southampton and Watford improve after yet another managerial change; can Crystal Palace dance to the tune of Frank de Boer; is Mark Hughes the man to take Stoke to the next level; are West Ham able to recover from first-season syndrome at the Olympic Stadium; will Burnley’s bid for steady experience prove valuable.
I could go on:
Will Zlatan Ibrahimovic appear in a Manchester United shirt again; is Rafa Benitez able to shape the Toon Army into an established top-flight side; will Wilfried Bony and Loic Remy get a chance in their millionaires’ playgrounds to show their undoubted talent?
So many questions, so many possible answers.
It will all start to develop in a week’s time – and believe me, there will probably be a few new faces by then too!
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