English Premier League season 2009/2010 will get started this week. All participated clubs have made their preparations, included the giant clubs. Building their squad by bring in new manager or new players. Friendly matches has been arranged to find the best formation, line up and strategy. And who will be the winner at the end of the season?
Looks like the winner will not be far away from the big four: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United. Chelsea will be the strongest contender. Although the squad is not changing much yet, Carlo Ancelotti, their new manager, bring new exciting atmosphere to the blues squad. He is a manager with great strategies and great experience in winning league and European title. They already made a great start by winning the Charity Shield. They also made great performances in their pre season matches.
Manchester United will be the Next strong contender. Although loosing Cristiano Ronaldo who was their main Actor of their glory for the last two seasons, Manchester United will still be a strong team. Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov, Michael Carrick and Rio Ferdinand are still reliable for the starting line up. Luis Nani’s performance is getting better and better. Alex Ferguson also has brought new faces to the Theatre of Dreams. Antonio Valencia was transferred from Wigan to fill the position which was left by Cristiano Ronaldo. Michael Owen was signed on a free transfer to replace Carlitos Tevez who moved to Manchester City. Maybe those players are not as good as Cristiano Ronaldo, but Sir Alex Ferguson will be the main actor this season. He is a great manager with various unpredictable strategies in his head to optimize his players to grab victory.
We should not forget Liverpool. They haven’t won the EPL title for more than two decades. The amount of their EPL trophy has been leveled by Manchester United. This could be an additional motivation. But it will not be easy for The Reds to win the title. They depend on Steven Gerard and Fernando Torres is too much. The Reds difficult to maintain their winning streak if those two players are not playing. Plus, they lost Xabi Alonso who moved to Real Madrid. While Alberto Aquilani, as the replacement of Xabi Alonso, needs to adapt with EPL playing style. Rafael Benitez really needs to think hard to solve those problems.
The last but not least is Arsenal. The Gunners still loved to sold their star players. They sold Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure to Manchester City. To replace Toure, Wenger bought Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax. And for the front line, he trusted it to Robin van Persie, Eduardo da Silva, Niclas Bendtner, and Carlos Vela. Arsene Wenger will rely on those young guns to fill Arsenal’s starting line up this season. This is not good. Without senior players on the field, it will be difficult for them perform consistently. But the main problem is on the midfields. Fabregas maybe will move to Barcelona after Arsenal’s management flattered by Barcelona’s offer worth 50 million pounds. Samir Nasri is not mature yet, and Tomas Rosicky is injured and will not be able to play for couple weeks. Wenger will rely on Arshavin to lead the midfieldMaybe it will be suitable for Arsenal to set their target to be at the big four at the end of the season.
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