Premier League start: Will dominance be broken?

According to statistics from Transfermarkt, up to this point, the amount of money that 20 Premier League clubs spent to strengthen their forces is approximately 766 million pounds. On average, each club spends just over £ 28 million to strengthen its forces. In which, the difference between buying and selling players is 491 million pounds (24 million pounds per club on average).

They are too modest numbers in the context that will begin this weekend. Compared to the income of the Premier League clubs, the amount of 24 million pounds is really too low. Remember, a ticket to play in this tournament also costs up to a hundred million pounds.

Not too far, just comparing last year’s season you can see the difference. Last season, 20 Premier League clubs shed more than 1.6 billion pounds (on average each club spent 80 million pounds), of which the difference between buy and sell was 781 million pounds (39 million pounds on average /). CLUB).

Obviously, the Covid-19 pandemic has had too much influence on the economic situation of the clubs. Up to this point, Man City just spent £ 70 million to buy Nathan Ake, Ferran Torres, Yan Couto, Issa Kabore. Liverpool is even more humble when it just spent £ 11.7 million to buy defender Tsimikas. Man Utd was also almost “silent” when it only brought in Van De Beek right for £ 40 million. Similarly, Arsenal spent 30 million pounds, Tottenham spent 58 million pounds (of which, only about 30 million pounds to buy Giovani Lo Celso).

To say that to see, in the difficult situation, Chelsea spend 230 million pounds to strengthen the force is truly admirable. They brought back many “stars” like Kai Havertz, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Hakim Ziyech, Thiago Silva, Malang Sarr.

The “embankment” of too many quality faces makes Chelsea considered the biggest rival of Man City and Liverpool in the race for the crown this season. If last season, coach Lampard had to weigh the use of young players, until now, in his hands are many bright stars.

In theory (not to mention playing), Chelsea is much stronger than last season, while Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool are almost flat. That means they are down significantly compared to two Man City rivals Liverpool, the teams that have taken turns dominating the Premier League in recent seasons.

Even in terms of team depth, Chelsea is not inferior to Manchester City right now. At each position, coach Lampard has 2.3 reserve plans (even the midfielder position has 4 reserve faces for Timor Werner).

It must be said that Chelsea knows how to choose the opportunity to play. At a time when everything was difficult, they had a lot of money to make one deal after another without having to worry about the Financial Equity law (due to a ban on transfers in the last year).

If last season, it looked like coach Lampard’s training with young Chelsea faces, until this season, the British manager is putting up with the real ‘monster’.

Remember, early in the Abramovich era, Chelsea also harnessed the power of money to buy stars in droves, while at the same time breaking the dominance of Man Utd and Arsenal at the time. Now history is very likely to repeat itself.

Chelsea’s growth will make the championship race even more attractive. People expect a three or four horse race (if Man Utd, Tottenham join forces) this season.

On top of that, Leeds’ appearance after a 13-year absence also made a breakthrough in the Premier League this season. Leeds are the second busiest club (behind only Chelsea) on the summer market, with 7 recruits worth a total of £ 61 million.

Under the leadership of head coach Marcelo Bielsa, Leeds can completely surprise this season. More than anyone else, the Elland Road team understands the value of life after a decade of being buried in the quagmire. The intense fighting power can make Leeds an extremely uncomfortable opponent this season.

H. long