Prima ligă din Anglia a debutat vineri cu partida dintre Manchester United și Leicester, câștigată de formația pregătită de Jose Mourinho cu 2-1 (meciul a avut loc pe Old Trafford). Echipele din Premier League au fost foarte ocupate în această vară și au cheltuit nu mai puțin de 1,55 miliarde de euro în perioada de transferuri recent încheiată.
Conform site-ului oficial al competiției, cluburile engleze au transferat următorii jucători:
Arsenal (Antrenor: Unai Emery)
Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus), Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Dortmund), Lucas Torreira (Sampdoria), Matteo Guendouzi (Lorient).
AFC Bournemouth (Antrenor: Eddie Howe)
David Brooks (Sheff Utd), Diego Rico (Leganes), Jefferson Lerma (Levante).
Brighton & Hove Albion (Antrenor: Chris Hughton)
Leon Balogun (Mainz), Joseph Tomlinson (Yeovil), Florin Andone (Deportivo), Jason Steele (Sunderland), Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior (RB Leipzig), Hugo Keto (Arsenal), David Button (Fulham), Yves Bissouma (Lille), Percy Tau (Mamelodi Sundowns), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ Alkmaar), Anders Dreyer (Esbjerg), Billy Arce (Independiente Del Valle), Leo Skiri Ostigard (Molde), Peter Gwargis (Jonkopings Sodra IF), Dan Burn (Wigan Athletic), Martin Montoya (Valencia).
Burnley (Antrenor: Sean Dyche)
Vinnie Steels (York City), Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough), Joe Hart (Man City), Matej Vydra (Derby County).
Cardiff City (Antrenor: Neil Warnock)
Josh Murphy (Norwich), Greg Cunningham (Preston), Alex Smithies (QPR), Bobby Reid (Bristol City), Victor Camarasa (Real Betis), Harry Arter (AFC Bournemouth).
Chelsea (Antenor: Maurizio Sarri)
Jorginho (Napoli), Robert Green, Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid), Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Bilbao).
Crystal Palace (Antrenor: Roy Hodgson)
Vicente Guaita (Getafe), Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham), Max Meyer (Schalke), Jordan Ayew (Swansea).
Everton (Antrenor: Marco Silva)
Richarlison (Watford), Lucas Digne (Barcelona), Joao Virginia (Arsenal), Bernard (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yerry Mina (Barcelona), Andre Gomes (Barcelona).
Fulham (Antrenor: Slavisa Jokanovic)
Jean Michael Seri (Nice), Maxime Le Marchand (Nice), Fabricio Agosto Ramirez (Besiktas), Andre Schurrle (Borussia Dortmund), Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United), Alfie Mawson (Swansea City), Calum Chambers (Arsenal), Sergio Rico (Sevilla), Joe Ryan (Bristol City), Luciano Vietto (Atletico Madrid), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (Man Utd), Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Marseille).
Huddersfield Town (Antrenor: David Wagner)
Ben Hamer (Leicester), Terence Kongolo (Monaco), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke), Juninho Bacuna (Groningen), Jonas Lossl (Mainz), Erik Durm (Borussia Dortmund), Adama Diakhaby (Monaco), Isaac Mbenza (Montpellier).
Leicester City (Antrenor: Claude Puel)
Ricardo Pereira (Porto), Jonny Evans (West Brom), James Maddison (Norwich), Danny Ward (Liverpool), Rachid Ghezzal (AS Monaco), Filip Benkovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Caglar Soyuncu (SC Freiburg).
Liverpool (Antrenor: Jurgen Klopp)
Fabinho (Monaco), Naby Keita (RB Leipzig), Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City), Alisson Becker (AS Roma).
Manchester City (Antrenor: Josep Guardiola)
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester), Claudio Gomes (PSG), Philippe Sandler (PEC Zwolle), Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City).
Manchester United (Antrenor: Jose Mourinho)
Diogo Dalot (Porto), Fred (Shakhtar), Lee Grant (Stoke).
Newcastle United (Antrenor: Rafael Benitez)
Martin Dubravka (Sparta Prague), Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea), Kenedy (Chelsea), Fabian Schar (Deportivo La Coruna), Yoshinori Muto (Mainz), Salomon Rondon (West Brom), Federico Fernandez (Swansea City).
Southampton (Antrenor: Mark Hughes)
Stuart Armstrong (Celtic), Mohamed Elyounoussi (Basel), Angus Gunn (Man City), Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Danny Ings (Liverpool).
Tottenham (Antrenor: MauricioPochettino)
Nu a realizat niciun transfer.
Watford (Antrenor: Javier Garcia)
Ben Wilmot (Stevenage), Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona), Marc Navarro (Espanyol), Adam Masina (Bologna), Ken Sema (Ostersunds), Ben Foster (West Brom), Domingos Quina (West Ham).
West Ham United (Antrenor: Manuel Pellegrini)
Ryan Fredericks (Fulham), Issa Diop (Toulouse), Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal), Andriy Yarmolenko (Dortmund), Fabian Balbuena (Corinthians), Felipe Anderson (Lazio), Xande Silva (Vitoria de Guimaraes), Lucas Perez (Arsenal), Carlos Sanchez (Fiorentina).
Wolverhampton Wanderers (Antrenor: Nuno Espirito Santo)
Benik Afobe (AFC Bournemouth), Willy Boly (Porto), Raul Jimenez (Benfica), Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon), Leo Bonatini (Al-Hilal), Ruben Vinagre (Monaco), Paulo Alves (Liverpool), Joao Moutinho (Monaco), Jonny Castro Otto (Atletico Madrid), Adama Traore (Middlesbrough), John Kitolano (Odds Ballklubb), Leander Dendoncker (Anderlecht).
Celelalte partide ale primei etape din Premier League:
Sâmbătă
De la ora 14:30:
Newcastle – Tottenham.
De la ora 17:00
Bournemouth – Cardiff;
Fulham - Crystal Palace;
Huddlersfield –Chelsea;
Watford – Brighton.
De la ora 19:30:
Wolverhampton– Everton.
Duminică
De la ora 15:30:
Liverpool - West Ham;
Southampton – Burnley.
De la ora 18:00:
Arsenal - Manchester City.
