The Scudetto looks similar. Juventus have reinforced smartly. Brining in a playmaker in the form of Diego , a strong defensive midfielder, Felipe Melo and an experienced centre back Cannavaro. Inter, may have sold Ibrahimovic but they, got Milito, Eto'o and Thiago Motta. While, David Suazo comes back on loan from Benfica and a deal for FC Twente's Marko Arnauotovic is looking to be wrapped up shortly. Also, they have Italian prodigy Balotelli in their attacking ranks. Milan have not strengthened enough and sold their best player; Kaka. They did bring in Onyweu and Ibiatze but, both aren't enough. Talks for Hunterlaar and Fabregas have been ripe in the rumour world. But, they might just be that, rumours. Fiorentina, Roma and Genoa all look like to battle for the final Champion's League place. Genoa may have sold Thiago Motta and Milito to Inter but, they have replaced them wisely and have bought well this Summer. Fiorentina may have sold Melo but, they still have a strong team and Roma are always a threat but, can be inconsistent at times.
The German Bundesliga seems Bayern this season. A new coach with plenty of credentials, Louis Van Gaal and loads of summer signings :
Tymoshuck
Braahfield
Olic
Gomez
Baujmann
Pranjic
This team looks destined to win the Bundesliga. With selling Gomez to Bayern Stuttgart got weakened. But, recruited in Pogrebynak and got former player Hleb on loan. They are a team I see causing Bayern problems and being a title rival. The current Champions Vfl Wolfsburg would want to retain their crown and recruited in another forward, Obafemi Martins off Newcastle also, they kept onto Dzeko. But, with their manager Felix Magath leaving them could they win it again? Bayern did make many mistakes that allowed them to win it after all. Magath's new team Schalke 04 won't be a threat but will target Europe. Magath will take a few years into turning Schalke into a title threat like hid did with Wolfsburg. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim will target Europe alongside Dortmund who invested in prolific Argentina striker Lucas Barrios who netted 37 goals in 38 games for Colo Colo. Hertha Berlin will challenge for Champion's League football.
I may be British and call me bisect but, the Premier League in my honest opinion will be the best league to watch in the world. Ronaldo may have left but, this season due to this will be more competitive. Two battles will commence. Battle for fourth and the title. Chelsea haven't lost anybody and has gained a consistent left midfield option, Yuri Zhikirov. Malouda could be inconsistent and could not play well. Zhikirov is consistent and should take that place in the team for himself. Also, the arrival of new coach Carlo Ancelotti will help them greatly. Manchester United lost their playmaker and main goal scorer, Ronaldo and that will hurt them alot. They also, lost Carlos Tevez would scored vital goals and became a super sub for them. They replace them with Antonio Valencia and Micheal Owen. These two players were defiantly enough. Valencia solves the wing problem but, Owen does not solve the goal problem. Owen against a good defence will crumble in my honest opinion. He is out of his prime. Sure, he may have scored well in pre-season but, that was against teams in Asia. That is nothing to brag about. They needed to buy an accomplished attacker. I was thinking Edin Dzeko, Andre- Pierre Gignac, David Villa, Alvaro Negredo, Klass Jan Hunterlaar etc. Liverpool today have lost Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid. They lost a great holding player and need to replace him. Lucas isn't ready and seems a bad investment. He should be sold. Rumours have linked Alberto Aquillaini but, he isn't a defensive midfielder, he is a central midfielder or an attacking midfielder. Other rumours have linked Christian Poulsen. At 29 he is old and not very good. That is why Juventus is trying so hard to offload him to different clubs. Liverpool need to sort that problem out to win the title. If Liverpool sort out the Xabi replacement problem they should win the league. If they don't Chelsea should. Manchester United's reign should be over!
You may be shocked that haven't included Arsenal. Arsenal have lost their main goal threat, Emmanuel Adebayor. Arsenal fans may say good riddance but, who will get the goals. Van Persie is a second striker, who just plays behind the striker and is always out for half a season because he is injury prone. Niklas Bendter is a joke to Arsenal fans. Eduardo may be back but, he is fragile and I can see him getting injured if a hard tackle comes in. Arshavin may be forced to play in attack but, I feel his best performances come from midfield. Furthermore, Samir Nasri is out for six weeks to three months with a broken foot. Losing Toure makes it even worse for them. He was better then Gallas. And Gallas can cause problems in the changing room too. They have bought in Thomas Vermalaen. But, I think he will take a season to adapt. Youngsters such as Jack Wilshire look promising but, if Arsenal do not win a trophy for the fifth year running I can see Arsene Wenger being sacked. Also, him not brining in a replacement for Adebayor could cost him his job as talks with Bordeux about Chamakh have broken down! So, Arsenal enter the race for fourth place in my opinion. Also, Manchester City do. They have recruited Adebayor, Barry, Santa Cruz, Tevez and Toure and look like they shall play a 4-3-3 formation like Barcelona. They are close to agreeing a deal for Lescott which, will strengthen their defence their weakpoint last season. Spurs have a tremendous come back last season and nearly got a place in europe after being bottom halfway in the season. But, new manager Harry Redknapp turned it around coming 8th and missing europe by one place. People bank on Spurs to cause an upset and get fourth. If that happened and Arsenal didn't make the top four, Wenger would defiantly lose his job. Aston Villa are a contender too. But, losing Barry will hurt and replacing him with Downing who will be out until early December seems a bad idea. They don't have a direct replacement. So, Steve Sidwell looks like he will be taking Barry's place for now. They also, bought Leeds prodigy Fabian Delph. But, I doubt he will get into the first team automatically. Everton are strong contenders for years and got into the top four years ago. Players are coming back from injury and they secured the signing of Jo on a season long loan. Lescott may be on the way out but, they are in talks with Arsenal on Senderos which, could be a replacement. However, I can only see City getting fourth with Arsenal missing out on fifth.
What will be the league to watch then in your opinion?
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