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JOACHIM ANDERSEN Lyon to Crystal Palace £14.9 million RAPHAEL VARANE Real Madrid to Man. United £42.7 million BEN WHITE Brighton to Arsenal £50 million TOBY ALDERWEIRELD Tottenham to Al-Duhail £13 million BRYAN GIL Sevilla to Tottenham £21.6 million + Erik Lamela HARRY WILSON Liverpool to Fulham £12 million CONOR GALLAGHER Chelsea to Crystal Palace Loan PIERLUIGI GOLLINI Atalanta to Tottenham Loan MYLES PEART-HARRIS Chelsea to Brentford Undisclosed DEMARAI GRAY Bayer Leverkusen to Everton £1.7 million KRISTOFFER AJER Celtic to Brentford £13.5 million ANDROS TOWNSEND Crystal Palace to Everton Free PATRICK VAN AANHOLT Crystal Palace to Galatasaray Free ALPHONSE AREOLA PSG to West Ham  Loan ANSWERS: 1. Man. City; 2. West Ham; 3. Aston Villa; 4. Chelsea; 5. Man. United; 6. Everton.…

TIMO WERNER Turbo Timo needed last season to adapt to the Premier League, but now he’s ready to silence the haters who say he misses too many easy sitters! 2020-21 GOALS: 6 PATRICK BAMFORD He was the second-top scoring Englishman in the PL last season after Kane, but Bamford also missed more big chances than any other Prem player! 2020-21 GOALS: 17 DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN The Everton goal grabber developed into a lethal finisher under boss Carlo Ancelotti, but can he keep on improving under new manager Rafa Benitez? 2020-21 GOALS: 16 OLLIE WATKINS During Villa’s pre-season, Watkins already started showing signs of a really strong connection with Emiliano Buendia, which has excited their fans! 2020-21 GOALS: 14 PATSON DAKA Daka has been compared with Erling Haaland for his pace and…

BRENTFORD v ARSENAL Friday 13th, 8pm Alexandre Lacazette could make more history by scoring the first goal of a Prem campaign for a third occasion! WEST BROM v SHEFF. UNITED Wednesday 18th, 8pm This was a Premier League fixture last season, but now both these clubs find themselves in England’s second tier! LIVERPOOL v BURNLEY Saturday 21st, 12.30pm The Clarets ended Liverpool’s wicked 68-game unbeaten PL home run with a shock 1-0 win at Anfield last season! SOUTHAMPTON v MAN. UNITED Sunday 22nd, 2pm Saints fans won’t need reminding about what happened last time they played United… let’s just say it ended badly! MILLWALL v FULHAM Tuesday 17th, 7.45pm This west v east London derby should be a fiery contest! Promotion hopefuls Fulham want to start the season well! BRISTOL…

MOHAMED SALAH The Liverpool goal machine was just one goal short of top spot last season, despite some fans saying he’d had a poor season in front of goal! He hit his 100th net-buster for The Reds in October 2020, making him the fastest Liverpool player to reach that milestone in the Premier League era. All eyes on 200, Mo! 2020-21 LEAGUE GOALS: 22 PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG Auba was out scored by the likes of Chris Wood, Callum Wilson, Matheus Pereira, Kelechi Iheanacho and his Gunners team-mate Alexandre Lacazette last season! It was easily his most disappointing season since joining Arsenal, but he’ll be desperate to prove to the fans that he’s still got the hunger for more goals! 2020-21 LEAGUE GOALS: 10 HARRY KANE Whether he’s wearing the white of…

LIVERPOOL v BURNLEY The Clarets won’t be winning back-to-back games at Anfield! MATCH SAYS 3-0 YOU SAY C. PALACE v BRENTFORD We fancy The Bees to be buzzing on their return across London! MATCH SAYS 0-1 YOU SAY MAN. CITY v NORWICH The Canaries beat City in 2019, but that was at Carrow Road! MATCH SAYS 4-1 YOU SAY SOUTHAMPTON v MAN. UNITED The Saints suffered heartache in both games v United last season! MATCH SAYS 0-2 YOU SAY ASTON VILLA v NEWCASTLE Ollie Watkins scored in this fixture last season and he’ll bag again! MATCH SAYS 2-1 YOU SAY LEEDS v EVERTON This game could swing either way, so we’re gonna sit on the fence! MATCH SAYS 2-2 YOU SAY BRIGHTON v WATFORD This isn’t a high-scoring fixture, so…

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REMEMBER THE NAME… Ethan Ennis! The 16-year-old rejected a new deal at Liverpool to sign for none other than the club’s massive rivals Man. United! Watch this space… R U 2 BROTHERS? A photo of Barcelona baller Riqui Puig was doing the rounds on social media after Gerard Pique said he looks like ex-Arsenal and Man. United striker Robin van Persie! SPAGHETTI SWAP! CF Montreal star Victor Wanyama recently swapped his shirt for a packet of spaghetti! He famously sent a Tweet about how much he loved the Italian pasta!…

NEW VOICE OF FIFA! Former Arsenal and England right-back, and epic footy pundit, Alex Scott will be featured as a Goal Commentator in EA Sports FIFA 22! NATIONS CUP CANCELLED! Talking about FIFA, the FIFAe Nations Cup was supposed to be taking place later this month in Copenhagen, but they’ve had to cancel it! FOXES STADIUM BOOST! Leicester have announced new plans to increase the capacity of their King Power Stadium by 8,000 seats to 40,000 – making it the tenth largest in the Prem!…

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MAN. UNITED v LEEDS Saturday 14th, 12.30pm What a way to kick off the season for both of these sides! The Yorkshire v Lancashire rivalry is one of the hottest in the Prem, so expect a heated atmosphere at Old Trafford for this one! The Red Devils demolished the Whites at home last season 6-2, with Scott McTominay scoring a brace in the first three minutes. Marcelo Bielsa’s side didn’t recover! TOTTENHAM v MAN. CITY Sunday 15th, 4.30pm All of the chat ahead of this game has been about Harry Kane! His transfer saga to Man. City has rumbled on since the start of the summer, when he expressed his desire to leave Tottenham to lift regular trophies. Pep Guardiola really annoyed Spurs fans back in 2017, when he called…

10 AC MILAN Serie A - Italy AC supporters will have been gutted to have lost Gianluigi Donnarumma and Hakan Calhanoglu for free! Lille GK Mike Maignan replaces the Italy shot-stopper, while Chelsea centre-back Fikayo Tomori has signed permanently after his loan spell. Can they improve on finishing third last season? FIRST SIX LEAGUE GAMES Sampdoria V AC Milan AC Milan V Cagliari AC Milan V Lazio Juventus V AC Milan AC Milan V Venezia Spezia V AC Milan ★ STAR MAN ★ ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC The 39-year-old striker signed a contract extension with AC in April for one more season! We wouldn’t be surprised if the legendary goal grabber retires at the end of this campaign, so make sure you enjoy watching him while you still can! 9 B. DORTMUND Bundesliga -…

18 Leicester’s Timothy Castagne is the most expensive Belgian defender in history at £18m! Atletico Madrid and Spain star Koke watches nature documentaries to relax! Whatever floats your boat, mate! 4 As a youngster, Ben Chilwell spent four years at his county’s cricket club’s academy! 245 Jamie Vardy starts the new 2021-22 season as Leicester’s all-time record Premier League appearance maker! 105 But no Foxes player has won more Prem games for the club than their solid goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel! 1 Brighton’s Andi Zeqiri spent a year on loan at Juventus’ youth side, but wasn’t snapped up! 12 No one received more yellow cards last season than Aston Villa’s John McGinn! Belgium and Istanbul Basaksehir winger Nacer Chadli is nicknamed ‘The Dolphin’!…