this season
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List of players through the start of the season
This year's defending champions
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The biggest difference from the previous one is the fact that they bought Norwegian striker Håland for a lot of money.
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Having spent 75 million euros, with the rest adding up to a total cost rumored to be 100 million euros, Håland is by far the most highly touted striker in his generation of players.
Join in Håland
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of the same time that Sterling and Jesus made up their minds to leave.
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It is clear that Håland will be the main starter in the 22/23 season, which will reduce the playing time of Sterling and Jesus, but the two are still very young, Sterling is currently 27 years old, and Jesus is only 25 years old, and they also need playing time, and both of them have to fight for the main striker in the national team of England and Brazil respectively, and they can no longer stay in the team under the arrival of Håland. With the arrival of Håland, these two will not be able to stay in the club.
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Sterling to
Chelsea
And Jesus went.
Arsenal (name)
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The willingness to let go of Sterling and Jesus also represents the value they place on Håland, who was already set to become a starter as soon as he arrived, but of course this comes with a risk at the same time - after all, any player arriving in a new league has adjustment problems, and Håland will be in the
England Premier Soccer League
How it performs will depend on what happens after the start of the season.
The other thing is that in the center field section, the
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Fernandinho, a veteran of the team that played for
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Nine years later, at the age of 37.
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career, back in the Brazilian league.
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Also acquiring Kalvin Phillips, a 26 year old back from Ritz United, their midfield depth hasn't thinned out, Phillips is aggressive back with a lot of range of movement in the midfield to intercept the ball all over the place and he's very aggressive, an attacking back who will constantly make bold passes forward, his original team Ritz United was a strong attacking team, which has allowed Phillips and
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Rodri is full of differences and perhaps Guardiola is still planning to make adjustments to him, which is why he didn't end up seeing the field in last week's Community Shield.
At linebacker.
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There are no new additions at this time due to Zinchenko's departure to
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Fernandinho, a veteran who would have been placed in the backline, also left the team.
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At the moment it's six defenders in a rotation of four positions, which is obviously very tight, Ake started the Community Shield game but was only average in terms of results, and at wing-back Kyle Walker is 32 years old and has been injured from time to time over the last year, and at the moment
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The wingback play is very tight, the center back portion of the team is hardly perfect, Stone likewise had a lengthy injury last year, and Laporte's defense isn't perfect in high-intensity games, with the backline threatening to become the
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question this season, but with almost a month still to go until this year's transfer window closes, I think the
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Obviously will acquire another linebacker.
In last week's Community Shield.
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Showed very good ball control, although it was ultimately the
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Winning the Community Shield, but in the first half and throughout the game.
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The chances created were actually very good, and in the second half Guardiola made a substitution, replacing Foden, Álvarez, and then quickly scored a goal, as can be seen in that game.
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Out came the full array, though
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There are tons of rotational players in the midfield and frontcourt to look at throughout the season
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The center forward manpower has a notable advantage.
In the Community Shield, Håland was relatively ordinary, not pulling towards the sides and less often working with his teammates to score
Liverpool (England)
penalty box, mostly staying in the box and waiting for a chance, while the
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He was watched very closely and was very heavily outnumbered in the box, Håland didn't have many chances to get his foot on the ball, it's possible that Guardiola deliberately hid it or that Håland's adjustments weren't yet complete.
And substitute Álvarez scored right away, a 22-year-old Argentine who just joined the
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At 170, he's the type of player who goes forward and shoots quickly, and the Community Shield goal was actually the type of player he was when he played for River Plate in Argentina, but he's got the dexterity to do it," he said.
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He was probably bought not only for his scoring power, but also for his mobility in the box, and this year in the
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With a frontcourt full of manpower Álvarez may not have too good a chance yet, but he should come on as a regular substitute to grab points.
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This year, besides Håland, De Bruyne, I think a very important point of view is Foden, now 22 years old, Foden's height is only 171, but such Foden is now the
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's leading attacker, both in terms of explosiveness, destructive power when plugged into the box, and shooting technique and shooting speed, have been in the
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even in
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Ri is a killer presence, and in the Community Shield game it was clear to see that he was able to take direct 45-degree crosses from both flanks at high speeds and immediately threaten the goalkeeper. If Håland has a big breakout game, then Foden might still have a supporting role, but if Håland doesn't perform as well as expected, Foden is likely to take over as the main attacker.
