Last week got everybody’s eye rolling as the pre-season got
into full gear as fans far and wide were glued to their seats to watch their
clubs after being starved so long from their regular weekend activity. As various
teams wind up their pre-season preparations it has been an eventful from
Mourinho’s usual mind games to van Gaal's sarcasm and Wenger’s usual voyeur
antics. We will The transfers
United, City and Liverpool are throwing all the have into
this window to fulfill their individual desired ambitions, while the later look
to muster a campaign capable of returning them into the European games, united
and city look to build a squad capable of challenging for the title. The direction
of their transfer targets look different as one look to raise its English quota
the other is going round recruiting youth and experience. As van Gaal look to
continue reshaping the defective squad he inherited and city still looking to
improve certain areas, it will be unwise to say they are done from the transfer
market. Other teams have made minor additions but it would have to be
remembered that they have stronger squads compared to the aforementioned names.
Players like Sterling, Depay, Benteke, Schneiderlin and Schweinsteiger are some
of the names expected to hit the ground running immediately the season kicks
off.
The mind games
When the transfer window started we all leapt in joy because
we all wanted to see which players each club would move after but little did we
know we were in for the usual mind games that goes on in the
premier league. Some managers have just refused to focus on their teams and
think about which players to recruit. Now Mourinho seems to be Wenger’s
greatest ally in a marriage that may crumble before it started. Wenger was
first to fire the first missile when united announced a number of transfer
dealing, he went on to say
This statement was met with snobbish silence from Old Trafford
who are used to Wenger’s rant and describe him as the self-acclaimed all-knowing
manager who thinks his brand is superior and adopted by every football team on
the face of the planet and has been described as a voyeur by his new love partner who has gone on to support him by say
But this is expected from any top
manager, they try to use
the slightest opportunity available to them to create disbelief in
opposition
teams, a classic tactic as old as when competitive football started.
Finally when
the press presented van Gaal the oppourtunity to respond, he did in an
indirect
manner by pretending that what the opposition did not matter to him but
to realize he indirectly told wenger to mind his business or keep
ranting and told
Mourinho to about his bus parking tactics and also wondered how many
people he
has thought such an unattractive brand of football. Van Gaal said:
With so much being said, what remains to be heard when the
season starts remains to be heard but so early in the season much is being done
to unsettle opposition
Pre-season matches
With pre-season matches almost being concluded Manchester united
and arsenal have a near perfect record as both a yet to draw a game. Liverpool has
been impressive but the quality of opposition raised actual question marks
about ha prepared they are ready for the new season. Chelsea where left stunned
by New York red bulls but came from behind against PSG. Manchester city rose to
the occasion in their first pre-season match but were brought back to earth by
a rampant Real Madrid side, Barca saw off LA galaxy challenge but ran short of
luck when they came up against united. it is well known that pre-season results
never tells the actual story when the season kicks off so fans should not be
celebrating so soon because the season is yet to kick off.
The rising stars
The pre-season is a time to give some of the youth team
players a run in the first, some have grabbed the opportunity presented with
both hands while some has simply failed to rise to the occasion. So far Andreas
Pereira of Manchester united, Kelechi Ihenacho of city, Jeff Reine-Adelaide and
Sergi Samper of Barca has been the young players keeping their club supporters
on the edge of their seats and hoping one breaks through this season
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