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The new Premier League fixture list has been released with the champions Manchester United set to begin their defence of their title away to West Bromwich Albion, whilst Arsenal travel to Newcastle.
The Gunners will be quick to recall memories of their disastrous 4-4 draw at St James Park last season where Arsene Wenger’s men dramatically threw away a four goal lead. The Gunners then host Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium before travelling to Old Trafford for an early potential title-showdown.
Champions Manchester United start at West Bromwich Albion before hosting both Tottenham and Arsenal, whilst FA Cup winners Manchester City take on newly promoted Swansea City at Eastlands.
Kenny Daglish’s Liverpool side begin with a home match against Sunderland, where all eyes will be on new £20million signing Jordan Henderson who is set to make a debut against his boyhood club.
Chelsea and Tottenham take on Stoke and Everton respectively with the Blues set to face-off against Manchester United as early as 17, September.
Tottenham Hotspur
Who they have bought: Sandro
Who they need: Spurs have a decent squad with depth, but a few players might be needed to strengthen things especially if they have a good Champions League run.
Who they should buy: Rafael Van Der Vaart (Loan), Nedum Onuoha, Michah Richards, Arda Turan, Fernando Gago, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Loric Remy
West Brom
Who they have bought: Steven Reid, Pablo Ibáñez, Boaz Myhill
Who they need: West Brom have a decent squad, but I don’t see a striker there capable of scoring 12 plus goals a season, nor do I see their midfielder’s stepping up to pitch in, although Brunt or Thomas may disagree with me.
Who they should buy: Rob Hulse, Araujo Ilan, James Beattie, Paul Scharner, Jason Koumas, Jimmy Bullard, Mohammed Tchite, Jason Roberts,
West Ham
Who they have bought: Pablo Barrera, Tal Ben-Haim (Loan), Thomas Hitzlsperger, Frédéric Piquionne, Winston Reid
Manchester City
Who they have bought: Yaya ‘rip-off’ Toure, David Silva, Jerome Boateng, Aleksandar Kolarov
Who they need:They need to offload before they decide to buy again, but the fact is that they have a young talented team that needs nurturing, not replacing.
Who they should buy: Mario Balotelli, James Milner, David Luiz
Manchester United
Who they have bought: Chris Smalling, Javier Hernández
Who they need: I like the fact that Fergie is prepared to work with what he has got concentrating on the youth he has coming through. But he needs maybe one or two quality midfielders as well as a keeper t0 mount a serious challenge.
Who they should buy: Steven Ireland, Mesut Ozil, Rafael Van Der Vaart, , Karim Benzema, Jack Rodwell, Maarten Stekelenburg, Lassana Diarra, Ryan Shawcross, Gary Cahill, Gigi Buffon, Fernando Gago, James Milner
Newcastle United
Who they have bought: Dan Gosling, Sol ‘i’m big’ Campbell, James Perch
Bolton
Who they have bought: Martin Petrov, Marcos Alonso, Robbie Blake
Who they need: Petrov on a free is the buy of the season but Bolton may need one or two more to improve on last year. (Central midfielder, full back)
Who they should buy: Jamie O’Hara, Jack Wiltshire (on loan), Lee Naylor, Alan Hutton, Tom Cleverley (Loan), Juan Roman Riquelme, Karim Matmour, Araujo Ilan, James Beattie
Chelsea
Who they have bought: Yossi Benayoun, Tomáš Kalas, Ramires (Apparently)
Who they need: A Deco replacement (Ramires), a Carvalho replacement, a Ballack replacement. A star player, but hopefully you young guns are given a chance e.g. Kakuta, Sturridge, Bruma
Who they should buy: David Luiz, Mesut Ozil, Sergio Aguero, Fernando Torres, Rafael Van Der Vaart
Everton
Who they have bought: João Silva, Jermaine Beckford, Magaye Gueye
Who they need: If Everton keep their players, I can’t see them buying. But they need to for another European push.
Arsenal
Who they have bought: Marouane Chamakh, Laurent Koscielny
Who they need: With Gallas gone an extra defender is a priority. A world class keeper would also help.
Who they should buy: Per Mertesacker, Ezequiel Garay, Emir Spahić, Gianluigi Buffon, Sebastian Frey
Who they have bought: No one
Who they need: A classy midfielder, especially if Milner or Young leave. A striker unless Delfouneso can step it up.
Who they should buy: Van Der Vaart, Steven Ireland, Robbie Keane, Jermaine Jenas, David Bentley, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ever Banega
Birmingham
Who they have bought: Ben Foster, Enric Vallès, Nikola Žigić
Who they need: A few more to secure a mid-table finish. A right-back, a classy midfielder, A striker and some general depth would help.
Who they should buy: Nathaniel Clyne, Charles N’Zogbia, Jermaine Jenas, Anthony Vanden Borre, Jamie O’Hara, Jimmy Bullard, Tuncay Şanlı, Anthony Annan
Blackburn
Who they have bought: No one
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