Arsenal is faced with an immediate test of their title titles against a Manchester United Rémanié, while a new Liverpool look is launching the new Premier League season at home in Bournemouth on Friday.
Newcastle should be without the Wantaway star striker Alexander Isak for a difficult trip to Aston Villa.
AFP sports Look at the main discussion points before the first weekend of the 2025/2026 season.
First pleasure for Sesko or Gyokerers?
Benjamin Sesko and Viktor Gyokerres should make their first league debut for United and Arsenal respectively at Old Trafford after a summer that could have seen them in line for their opposition on Sunday.
Arsenal was linked to a move to SESKO for more than a year before deciding to bet on Gyokerres while the man has taken them to a first League title since 2004 for costs of up to 66 million pounds.
The Gunners have finished second in the last three seasons and lacked a clinical finisher to take this last step to the champion
Gyokerres scored 97 times in 102 games in two years in Sporting Lisbon, a large part of which was orders from the boss of United Ruben Amorim.
Instead of being found with Swedish, Amorim received resources to revise his attack with the signatures of Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha at a combined cost of more than 200 million pounds sterling
United has endured their worst season since its relegated in 1974 in the first year in charge of Amorim.
The Red Devils finished 15th in the Premier League and failed to qualify for Europe after losing the final of the Europa League.
The two clubs desperately need a quick start and the battle between the two new new numbers will greatly contribute to deciding on the result.
Liverpool “ready” despite the overhaul
Liverpool made the trend by spending their rivals with a revision of the fresh team to win the League.
Only Once, Manchester City in 2019, the Premier League champions have been the largest English market for market spending since 2007.
An expense of 260 million pounds sterling on Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez is far from finished with Isak and Crystal Palace, Captain Marc Guehi linked to movements in Anfield.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez are among those who have been sold to collect funds, while the club is still in shock from the tragic death of Diogo Jota in a car accident last month.
The transition has revealed certain pre-season start-up problems while a smooth attack force has been removed from the counterattack.
Arne Slot, however, is convinced that his team is ready while they are looking to defend the title for the first time since 1984.
“I think we lost five to six players who played a lot of minutes for us last season and we brought four new ones, so it is normal that there is a little adaptation”, “ said slot.
“But we are certainly ready for the league to start.”
Villa, Newcastle Rattle “ Big Six ” can it again?
While the traditional “Big Six” of the Premier League of Liverpool, Manchester City, United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham bent their financial muscle on the transfer market, Villa and Newcastle were pressed.
Contracted by the need to respect the rules of financial sustainability, the only major signature of villa was the Ivorian mouth of Evann de Nice.
Newcastle boss, Eddie Howe had to ask ISAK’s status, who attended pre-season preparations in order to force the desired move to Liverpool.
The Magpies try to replace the Swedish have fallen several times with Sesko, Mbuemo, Hugo Ekitike, Liam Delap and Joao Pedro among those who opt for movements elsewhere.
But Villa and Newcastle have always surpassed some of the “Big Six” in recent seasons and will again target qualification in the Champions League this season.
