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A look at five potential players in the upcoming English Premier League season, which starts on Friday:
EMILE SMITH ROWE (ARSENAL)
Getting handed the No.10 shirt for this season suggests Smith Rowe is expected at Arsenal. The 21-year-old midfielder is learning to live with high expectations, however, having seen the nickname ‘Croydon De Bruyne’ – after the city outside London where he was born and the brilliant Manchester City playmaker – him. is already imposed. After going on loan, at Leipzig, Germany and Huddersfield, England, Smith Rowe first tasted first-team action with Arsenal last season and breathed new life into the team as the one of the many young people selected by manager Mikel Arteta. . Two feet, and with great vision and technique in tight spaces, Smith Rowe will provide creativity in the middle areas for Arteta if Arsenal choose not to sign a more experienced playmaker late in the transfer window. Who knows? He could still find his way into the England squad.
BILLY GILMOUR (NORWICH)
Gilmour’s breathtaking start to his international career with Scotland, when he was the UEFA Man of the Match in a 0-0 draw with England at Wembley Stadium in the group stage of the European Championship, showed how mature the little midfielder is at only 20 years old. He had already shown a confident nature on the ball and self-confidence in the rare starts for Chelsea over the past two seasons and this year should see him reach another milestone. Chelsea have decided to loan Gilmour to Norwich for the entire season, so expect him to play every game if he’s in good shape, a real test in a grueling league for a 5-foot-7 (1, 70 m). What Gilmour lacks in height, he makes up for in capacity and technique. With Norwich having a maintenance-of-possession style of play, it looks like an ideal temporary move for Gilmour, who could easily be a regular start for Chelsea next season.
IVAN TONEY (BRENTFORD)
Toney is somewhat of a late developer, having played in the lower leagues his entire career – with the exception of a short stint at Newcastle when he made two Premier League appearances in 2015, both as a substitute. A big, heavily tattooed forward, he really rose to prominence last season when he finished top scorer in the second division championship with 31 goals in the regular season, leading Brentford to the top of the elite for the first time since 1947. Ten d ‘ between them were penalties, converted in the nonchalant manner adopted by Bruno Fernandes and Jorginho. The fact that he did the same in the playoff win over Swansea – for a successful 11th kick of the season – in such a pressure-filled game gives an indication of what kind of character Toney is. The west London club will rely on Toney’s goals to stay upright, and he’s a very different player than the star-eyed teenager who failed to cut him off at Newcastle when there is moved in six years ago and ended up being loaned out several times.
EMI BUENDIA (VILLA ASTON)
Like Toney, Buendia enters the Premier League after a great league season – but he will be with another club this time around. The Argentinian playmaker was honored for scoring 15 goals and providing 16 assists, earning him the Player of the Season award, in Norwich’s winning campaign by moving to Aston Villa for a record-breaking initial fee of 41 , $ 5 million, essentially as a replacement for captain Jack Grealish after his move to Manchester City. These are huge boots to fill in and Buendia will replace the irreplaceable in many ways. There are legitimate fears that he may not be able to cope in the English Premier League. After all, he struggled to play for Norwich in the Premier League two seasons ago as his pace of work was not deemed sufficient for manager Daniel Farke. So has Buendia changed? Taking on the No 10 role, as opposed to a spot on the wing, might give him the right to roam and produce his best. Along with Ollie Watkins and new signing Danny Ings, Buendia has two solid and hardworking forwards to serve.
PATSON DAKA (LEICESTER)
There will come a day, possibly soon, when Leicester can no longer count on Jamie Vardy to lead the front line. In new signing Patson Daka, the team may well have a long-term replacement. The 22-year-old Zambian forward moved to Leicester from Salzburg for $ 32million, having scored 27 goals in 28 Austrian league appearances to become the country’s player of the season. He may have to bide his time in the East Midlands, with Vardy still being the star player at Leicester as he nears a decade of service there. But he’s 34 now and can’t go on forever. Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers knows it. He has Kelechi Iheanacho as another attacking alternative – and the Nigerian was the league’s forward in form at the end of last season – but the prolific Daka is more of a substitute on par with Vardy and offers Rodgers the chance to choose. Vardy’s games. “He looks a lot like Jamie in his features,†Rodgers said. “He wants to leave the back line, he’s a great finisher and all of these players – Patson, Jamie and Kels – we’re going to need them all.”
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