Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

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Barcelona pleasantly surprises with their performance, can they keep it in official games?

I wish it was, but it feels possible. As far as we have seen, Xavi managed to build a good mentality among his players at Barcelona. Barcelona's locker room, which was sluggish before, has become warmer, those are some things that make me sure the team's performance will be good.

I'm sure Xavi will be able to maintain the performance of his players next season, especially in official competitions, but I hope Barcelona doesn't lose more players due to injury. Lamine Yamal is surprising, he will get his chance next season.

[Bobrox]

Chelsea got bad news ahead of the start of the Premier League after the injury to Christopher Nkunku and was confirmed to be out for quite  long time, The Telegraph said Christopher Nkunku will be sidelined for the next four months for his recovery period. Left three weeks later before summer transfer window closing and Pochettino must sign replacement for Christopher Nkunku as striker. Chelsea have finding as soon possible for new striker because without one week Premier League match will begin and Chelsea have target in this season finish on top fourth standings placed.

Its seems bad impact what current transfer from Chelsea, they have sold Kai Havertz and three days before first Premier League match against Liverpool they have loss Christopher Nkunku, will Pochettino use Lukaku as short option until Nkunku back from injury?

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This is an unforeseeable event that can happen to any team, which is why most coaches prefer not to use all of their best players in preseason matches to avoid injuring more than one of them during play. This is an important reason why teams should have more than one player for each position, and substitutes should be able to fill the hole left by an injured player.

Nkunku injures too much and that is just the problem he has always had in his soccer career. Chelsea fans were already happy that they have confidence in Nkunku and what he will do for them this season since he was already scoring from the preseason, it is very disappointing that he will miss a lot of games including the very first Chelsea game of the season which is against Liverpool.

This was a problem for Arsenal last season,

But this season, Arteta looks to have made sure that he will have options for when the challenges come. He brought players to the club that can play in different roles when needed.

I don't really witness too much of that you know, last I did witnessed and observed was during th final training to the Fifa World Cup where he was sent back home immediately he got knocked due to hardly tackled from one of his teammates.
Chelsea should focus on getting important players and not all this younger names who has nothing to show a fan boasted that Chelsea will definitely end up winning the Premier League. They have a lot to achieve but if the right signings are brought in they would do well but struggle winng the Premier League or another.

[DaNNy001]

The game is still 2-1 in the favour of Tottenham Hotspur. Although this friendly matches aren't taken seriously it's just to check the fitness level of players and for the coaches to experiment their formation.

We saw that as arsenal won Manchester city although that's the community shield, it is still not a game to determine if City are less than arsenal, we have seen countless times arsenal has won the community shield but did not do well in the season.

This particular friendly game nearly game a bad mode this evening because I had predicted the in favor of Barcelona 1x and over 1.5
I never taught Tottenham would even take the lead but that's football for you but I am still glad that Barcelona made the necessary changes that resulted to their victory.

Although it's a friendly game but it's still helps to keep the player winning mentality in check and since Tottenham Hotspur has a game at hand they will need all the motivation they need to kick start their campaign m

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Burnley vs Manchester City - at Turf Moor Stadium.

This is the opening match for the 2023-2024 Premier League season. Burnley doesn't seem to have many chances to win this match against the reigning Premier League champions. Manchester City has a high probability of winning the match so the odds offered won't be very favorable. I believe Manchester City can win the game by 3 more goals, but that's just a completely dicey prediction for the start of the season.

[arimamib]

It's not a friendly game, it's the Joan Gamper Trophy Final. Even though it's not like an official competition final, but I think Barcelona and Tottenham are very entertaining until the game ends. Barcelona successfully beat Tottenham with a score of 4-2 thanks to goals from Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati and Abde Ezzalzouli throughout the second half.

Barcelona played like they could with their dominance and they played with their entire first team in the first half. Barcelona made a number of substitutions in the second half, but that have made them to beat Tottenham at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium. So, congrats to Barcelona.

Barcelona again won the trophy in this final match. Even though this is not an official match, we have seen a revival of Barcelona game against teams from other leagues. I don't think Tottenham came down with the perfect squad in this match because some of their core players were not played in this match. But for Barcelona they played with the perfect squad in this match and even Gundogan also played in this match so that Barcelona achievements were so perfect to close this pre-season match by winning the Joan Gamper trophy.

For Tottenham, they found a weak point for their game because without being strengthened by Harry Kane and Son, Tottenham game did not seem to display aggressiveness in attack. Even though Tottenham recorded several golden opportunities, Richarlison, who became the foundation of Tottenham on the front lines, failed to make a breakthrough attack to score a goal.

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This is an unforeseeable event that can happen to any team, which is why most coaches prefer not to use all of their best players in preseason matches to avoid injuring more than one of them during play. This is an important reason why teams should have more than one player for each position, and substitutes should be able to fill the hole left by an injured player.

Nkunku injures too much and that is just the problem he has always had in his soccer career. Chelsea fans were already happy that they have confidence in Nkunku and what he will do for them this season since he was already scoring from the preseason, it is very disappointing that he will miss a lot of games including the very first Chelsea game of the season which is against Liverpool.

This was a problem for Arsenal last season,

But this season, Arteta looks to have made sure that he will have options for when the challenges come. He brought players to the club that can play in different roles when needed.

I don't really witness too much of that you know, last I did witnessed and observed was during th final training to the Fifa World Cup where he was sent back home immediately he got knocked due to hardly tackled from one of his teammates.
Chelsea should focus on getting important players and not all this younger names who has nothing to show a fan boasted that Chelsea will definitely end up winning the Premier League. They have a lot to achieve but if the right signings are brought in they would do well but struggle winng the Premier League or another.

He had his options last season as well and sometimes there isn't much you can do as a coach. It is quite easy to say that he was out of options when it counted at the end and now this will change and he made sure a same decrease in performance won't happen, but it is the team eventually and a coach can contribute the emotional part, emotional speeches and maybe some minor strategical things.

The competition is too strong for Chelsea to win the title I think. I don't believe that they are ready yet to play the perfect season, which is what they need when they want to have a realistic chance to win it.

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Burnley vs Manchester City - at Turf Moor Stadium.

This is the opening match for the 2023-2024 Premier League season. Burnley doesn't seem to have many chances to win this match against the reigning Premier League champions. Manchester City has a high probability of winning the match so the odds offered won't be very favorable. I believe Manchester City can win the game by 3 more goals, but that's just a completely dicey prediction for the start of the season.

I can't wait for the first Premier League game of the season. Moreover, the Burnley vs Manchester City match will present a crucial match because Burnley is a promotion team and Manchester is the defending champion. Apart from that, we will see the two figures of coaches who really performed brilliantly last season managing their team. Even a reunion will happen in this game between Pep Guardiola and Kompany.

Besides that, another match that is no less interesting is the Chelsea Vs Liverpool match because this is a big match match that is of great concern to us after the improvements made by these two teams in this transfer window. Will liverpool be able to steal full points at the Stamford Bidge stadium.

[kawetsriyanto]

Chelsea got bad news ahead of the start of the Premier League after the injury to Christopher Nkunku and was confirmed to be out for quite  long time, The Telegraph said Christopher Nkunku will be sidelined for the next four months for his recovery period. Left three weeks later before summer transfer window closing and Pochettino must sign replacement for Christopher Nkunku as striker. Chelsea have finding as soon possible for new striker because without one week Premier League match will begin and Chelsea have target in this season finish on top fourth standings placed.

Its seems bad impact what current transfer from Chelsea, they have sold Kai Havertz and three days before first Premier League match against Liverpool they have loss Christopher Nkunku, will Pochettino use Lukaku as short option until Nkunku back from injury?

This is a serious problem because they will against Liverpool in the first match. Chelsea actually still have many attackers, including Lukaku and Jakson. But losing one of their best attackers won't be something good. It can weaker their attacking power. However, since there are many other attackers, I assume Chelsea can deal with this problem. Pochettino can consider to replace him with another player or he try an alternative formation.

Well, I don't think it is a problem that they sold Kai Havertz because Havertz doesn't guarantee Cheslea to have a good performance. Chelsea has a big squad, they have many attackers. It is a good idea to sell the unnecessary player if it is needed, especially if they can get a good amount of money by selling the player.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I am a person who really likes Newcastle, for everything they have done, I believe that they can do something very good and they can be focused in a direction that is very much towards victory, some do not have faith in it, I believe that every team that is in the PL has the illusion of doing things very well in order to win it, we could all go and talk about City, Arsenal, many teams that are quite outstanding, of course for those that have shown us since last season, the level is very high, but it is not impossible for Newcastle to achieve great things, I do not rule out that if they can go looking for that PL.

What we Should see here is that things Have gone well for Newcastle , I see it very well, the coach has done excellent for me, it would be a matter of seeing how they Continue to Develop , if there are more changes , more buy , Sales.

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe sends warning to Sandro Tonali after £55m transfe

Newcastle United are building their strength by buying star players in this transfer market. One transfer that is believed to be quite impressive is the purchase of Tonali from Ac Milan which was made in this transfer window. However, it is quite appropriate for Howe to provide input for Tonali so that he can maximize his quality next season because the Premier League is not like Serie A in terms of gameplay.

Liverpool didn't make many player purchases in this transfer window even though they released several star players in this transfer window. I think Liverpool will not be as aggressive as in the previous few seasons because if kloop fails to bring in quality players in this transfer window it will be quite difficult for them to compete with Manchester United or Newcastle United in the next season.

Yes, it is that in fact things with Liverpool are quite big at this level , there was a lot of speculation and well, it is still believed that perhaps Mbappé could go on loan to Liverpool , so this is something that raises red flags in any of the teams of the PL. I have a lot of faith in Newcastle United this season because it is a team that I have seen that has a lot of potential and I also see them wanting, and this type of thing is good to See in the teams because they are encouraged to do great things, in addition to taking Advantage of the fact that They can be measured when the teams are very well Formed , which is something I like , because the level Increases.

Barcelona pleasantly surprises with their performance, can they keep it in official games?

I wish it was, but it feels possible. As far as we have seen, Xavi managed to build a good mentality among his players at Barcelona. Barcelona's locker room, which was sluggish before, has become warmer, those are some things that make me sure the team's performance will be good.

I'm sure Xavi will be able to maintain the performance of his players next season, especially in official competitions, but I hope Barcelona doesn't lose more players due to injury. Lamine Yamal is surprising, he will get his chance next season.

Barcelona is a team that has many possibilities to do things very well in each competition, I also like it a lot when Barcelona beat Madrid even though I am a big fan of Madrid, but this shows that in Madrid They have to push because otherwise they are going to lose everything that comes their way, and they are with the League, with the UCL and they cannot lower the level, in fact the Madrid players are very good and the things they can do are incredible Xavi's demonstration of all the football matches they've had is good, for now things can flow in the right direction for both Barcelona and Madrid, because I know that Madrid hasn't shown everything.

On the part of the injuries of the Barcelona players it is something unfortunate, but in the case of Madrid it is the same, it is something that nothing can be done but accept, for now Barcelona is doing very well, but this is all that have? Barcelona is one of the teams that has been speculated on a lot, for example last season they won the League, but they were eliminated in the Europa League, they beat Madrid, but they don't win the competitions they have to win, that's one of the things that Xavi should be reproached for, and I'm sure the Barcelona board of directors will have let him know, however they haven't told him much, because he assured them the league.

For this season things change, they must be much more efficient, they must earn more, I think that this time Xavi has to set the bar higher, why not? UCL is a noble goal.

“There are always talented youngsters here”: Players react following Barcelona 4-2 Tottenham

Xavi Hernandez’s men pulled off a sensational comeback against Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday night to record their first win at their new home ground. However, it did not come easy for the Blaugranas.

Despite taking the early lead, Barcelona squandered their advantage by half-time and were staring at a loss.

A late flurry of goals, however, did the trick for the men in garnet-and-blue, inspired by their academy products who were remarkable off the bench, completely changing the tempo of the game.

Source: https://barcauniversal.com/there-are-always-talented-youngsters-here-players-react-following-barcelona-4-2-tottenham/

Well the preparation is evident, things do not occur like that, they are demonstrating that they are very strong, they beat a team that has Everything to be a PL , so the level of Barcelona is improving a lot, this is A attention call for all the teams in the League, so that they start seeing the rival tampaño they have, especially for Madrid that has always given much to talk about , now Things get much more Interesting because this if this It is the level that will be implemented, then for the other teams in the UCL it will be very good , it seems excellent, because it becomes much more Exciting.

Everything is a matter that those we see in this preparation is an abbest, both Barcelona and some teams I know that they have not demonstrated everything, they have many stored Things , but what it Promises is Good.

[Sakanwa]

The game is still 2-1 in the favour of Tottenham Hotspur. Although this friendly matches aren't taken seriously it's just to check the fitness level of players and for the coaches to experiment their formation.

We saw that as arsenal won Manchester city although that's the community shield, it is still not a game to determine if City are less than arsenal, we have seen countless times arsenal has won the community shield but did not do well in the season.

We cannot judge the fact that Arsenal have won the Community shield before and still not do well in the premier league.Ever since Arteta came as the manager of the team,we can  see how he has improved the Arsenal squad and how he has changed Arsenal's mentality.The community Shield they won is not just a winning,but it is a sign that the season is going to be in favour of them,it will improve their mentality and boost them against facing big teams without fear.Arteta showed the world that he is the manager that can lead Arsenal to their tittle charge.People might think that it is just a mere community Shield,but that winning means alot to Arsenal players,and I am quite sure that anytime they face city now,they will no longer have that mentality that City will win,it will be a 50/50 game.But I think this winning will make them mentally ready to face them.

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This is a serious problem because they will against Liverpool in the first match. Chelsea actually still have many attackers, including Lukaku and Jakson. But losing one of their best attackers won't be something good. It can weaker their attacking power. However, since there are many other attackers, I assume Chelsea can deal with this problem. Pochettino can consider to replace him with another player or he try an alternative formation.

Well, I don't think it is a problem that they sold Kai Havertz because Havertz doesn't guarantee Cheslea to have a good performance. Chelsea has a big squad, they have many attackers. It is a good idea to sell the unnecessary player if it is needed, especially if they can get a good amount of money by selling the player.

I doubt Nicolas Jackson will he be the striker who will bring Chelsea to change their fortunes this season after failing last season. Previously, Lukaku transfer had also not been completed, even though if it could be completed before the Premier League rolled around, of course Chelsea could play Vlahovic if the deal with Juventus could go smoothly before the PL started.

For Liverpool, they also lost several star players, but I believe that Liverpool are still stronger than Chelsea in the match. Liverpool still have hope for Nunez to be able to show his best quality this season after his first season with Liverpool was unsatisfactory.

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Bad news for Chelsea fans that their new player which is transfered from RB Leipzig Christopher Nkunku has got long term injured that yesterday he has just completed the surgery to recover from his injury and according to the Chelsea medical team they had predict injured duration for Nkunku and it took 4 months or could be more to Nkunku to fully recover which mean Nkunku will not be available until 2024 early and this situation was pushing Chelsea to find other striker and Nkunku was transfered from Leipzig last month with 52 millions and during pre season matches he has displayed impressive performance and Christopher Nkunku even can able to scores goals several times but unfortunately he got injured which is this situation is very unexpected

That was the problem with the previous group, and it is currently happening with the current club, with significant injuries occurring even before the league officially commences. Christopher Nkunku will undoubtedly return to the team, but given the time frame, his performance will probably be affected and he may not be able to recover completely.  We all know how desperately Chelsea demands this particular player, but things are getting out of hand at Stamford Bridge. Mauricio Pochettino, the new manager, is assessing his players, getting them more acquainted on the training ground and in friendly games, so he understands who belongs to his project and who should be excluded.

It has been noted that, Christopher Nkunku has been injured in previous teams as well, and currently Christopher Nkunku has a knee injury. That means, Christopher Nkunku is adding to the list of various injuries he has suffered so far. Of course, with his young age at 25, it would be a shame if Christopher Nkunku has suffered so many injuries so far at his age. I'm afraid, not only will it affect Christopher Nkunku performance after his recovery but of course, Christopher Nkunku condition will also not be completely good later. At least like what Neymar has experienced for example, the result is to continue to suffer injuries which will certainly be detrimental to the team and also his career.

The sad thing about Christopher Nkunku and Chelsea is this player joined Chelsea for a high amount of money from Leipzig in this summer. I'm sure Pochettino hired to have this player an effective player for the next season and getting injured, he is going to rest for two months and which can damage the team, now Pochettino should think about alternative players for him, however, he said they still need some a few days to check this situation and see if he can get recovered faster than usual or no.

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Burnley vs Manchester City - at Turf Moor Stadium.

This is the opening match for the 2023-2024 Premier League season. Burnley doesn't seem to have many chances to win this match against the reigning Premier League champions. Manchester City has a high probability of winning the match so the odds offered won't be very favorable. I believe Manchester City can win the game by 3 more goals, but that's just a completely dicey prediction for the start of the season.

I bet less than 3 goals for city. I don't underrated vincent kompany's squad too. Burnley has been promoted to the EPL with a perfect result in championship division last season. It's quite hard to believe if city gonna win against burnley by many goals.
Manchester city may not use its full squad against burnley. Manchester city just needs to make sure if the club has enough time as preparation for the match against sevilla. City may use alvarez as striker instead of haaland.

Im feeling doubt if KDB will be playing against burnley. Pep may have his own plan for this match. Even though city's odd is pretty small but it's still good, consider it's easy money.
Let's wait till that day gonna come soon to see what kind of squads gonna be used against burnley. My guess if pep won't be using the full power against burnley.

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Chelsea got bad news ahead of the start of the Premier League after the injury to Christopher Nkunku and was confirmed to be out for quite  long time, The Telegraph said Christopher Nkunku will be sidelined for the next four months for his recovery period. Left three weeks later before summer transfer window closing and Pochettino must sign replacement for Christopher Nkunku as striker. Chelsea have finding as soon possible for new striker because without one week Premier League match will begin and Chelsea have target in this season finish on top fourth standings placed.

Its seems bad impact what current transfer from Chelsea, they have sold Kai Havertz and three days before first Premier League match against Liverpool they have loss Christopher Nkunku, will Pochettino use Lukaku as short option until Nkunku back from injury?

Since the injury of Nkunku and his confirmed absence up to the next winter transfer window, Chelsea are thinking seriously about recruiting at least one of these players:
Vlahovic instead of playing with Lukaku so they might accept Juventus offer at the end. There is talks about Mbappe but we used to hear a lot of noise about him these days and I doubt he will go there. Michael Olise from Crystal Palace is also a target for Chelsea. Mohammed Kudus from Ajax is another name in the list.

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Chelsea got bad news ahead of the start of the Premier League after the injury to Christopher Nkunku and was confirmed to be out for quite  long time, The Telegraph said Christopher Nkunku will be sidelined for the next four months for his recovery period. Left three weeks later before summer transfer window closing and Pochettino must sign replacement for Christopher Nkunku as striker. Chelsea have finding as soon possible for new striker because without one week Premier League match will begin and Chelsea have target in this season finish on top fourth standings placed.

Its seems bad impact what current transfer from Chelsea, they have sold Kai Havertz and three days before first Premier League match against Liverpool they have loss Christopher Nkunku, will Pochettino use Lukaku as short option until Nkunku back from injury?

Since the injury of Nkunku and his confirmed absence up to the next winter transfer window, Chelsea are thinking seriously about recruiting at least one of these players:
Vlahovic instead of playing with Lukaku so they might accept Juventus offer at the end. There is talks about Mbappe but we used to hear a lot of noise about him these days and I doubt he will go there. Michael Olise from Crystal Palace is also a target for Chelsea. Mohammed Kudus from Ajax is another name in the list.

The latter called Kudus is been monitored by most of the clubs in Europe especially the teams in England.Briton,Chelsea,Arsenal are three clubs interested in the signature of the attacking midfielder.It was reported earlier that Briton have agreed a deal in principle for the player in a deal believed to be in the region of 35 million Euros,but it seems it was all but a rumour,and with what is seen,it looks the player will be interested to make a move to a team like Arsenal,where they are playing champions league football,and despite the fact that a deal has been agreed in principle,he might be tempted to make a u-turn to the emirate stadium should the gunners go for him.

[poodle63]

Chelsea got bad news ahead of the start of the Premier League after the injury to Christopher Nkunku and was confirmed to be out for quite  long time, The Telegraph said Christopher Nkunku will be sidelined for the next four months for his recovery period. Left three weeks later before summer transfer window closing and Pochettino must sign replacement for Christopher Nkunku as striker. Chelsea have finding as soon possible for new striker because without one week Premier League match will begin and Chelsea have target in this season finish on top fourth standings placed.

Its seems bad impact what current transfer from Chelsea, they have sold Kai Havertz and three days before first Premier League match against Liverpool they have loss Christopher Nkunku, will Pochettino use Lukaku as short option until Nkunku back from injury?

Since the injury of Nkunku and his confirmed absence up to the next winter transfer window, Chelsea are thinking seriously about recruiting at least one of these players:
Vlahovic instead of playing with Lukaku so they might accept Juventus offer at the end. There is talks about Mbappe but we used to hear a lot of noise about him these days and I doubt he will go there. Michael Olise from Crystal Palace is also a target for Chelsea. Mohammed Kudus from Ajax is another name in the list.

Chelsea is not that interesting in recruiting vlahovic from juventus. The club is still exploring another option. Lukaku is not including in pochettino's plan. It's hard to imagine lukaku to be a starting lineup to replace nkuku.
We need another secondary striker that will be able to play behind the main striker too. Kudus is very close to joining brighton instead of chelsea. Olise may become the best target to be recruited by chelsea right now.

Vlahovic can be a secondary option but i think that olise is still remain the most priority player to be recruited by the club. Chelsea is still trying to get moises caicedo from brighton as well even though many news said that if chelsea has stopped due to the caicedo's price being given by brighton.

[JoyMarsha]

Bad news for Chelsea fans that their new player which is transfered from RB Leipzig Christopher Nkunku has got long term injured that yesterday he has just completed the surgery to recover from his injury and according to the Chelsea medical team they had predict injured duration for Nkunku and it took 4 months or could be more to Nkunku to fully recover which mean Nkunku will not be available until 2024 early and this situation was pushing Chelsea to find other striker and Nkunku was transfered from Leipzig last month with 52 millions and during pre season matches he has displayed impressive performance and Christopher Nkunku even can able to scores goals several times but unfortunately he got injured which is this situation is very unexpected

In football, playing well is one thing, avoiding injury is another. Injury is a bad thing that can happen to a player that is at his peak. If I were to say anything, Nkuntun's injury during the preseason game is not a positive one. The fact that Nkuntu was given 4 months to recover from his injuries makes me worry how Chelsea would manage not having the same striker they are verging for in their team again. The premier league game starts in a few days, so this is horrible news. On Sunday, Chelsea will host Liverpool in their first home game of the new season.

[Coyster]

The fact that Nkuntu was given 4 months to recover from his injuries makes me worry how Chelsea would manage not having the same striker they are verging for in their team again. The premier league game starts in a few days, so this is horrible news. On Sunday, Chelsea will host Liverpool in their first home game of the new season.

Bad news for Chelsea and their fans, but it is what it is, and injuries are a part of football which is inevitable most times. It is now the job of the manager to slightly change his plans for the new season, i think Sterling can play in that role for the meantime and Chelsea can start the season with him as a striker and see what happens. Chelsea are definitely going to try to buy another striker before the end of the transfer window, but they must start this season without an orthodox striker, which gives the manager more to think about.

[borovichok]

The fact that Nkuntu was given 4 months to recover from his injuries makes me worry how Chelsea would manage not having the same striker they are verging for in their team again. The premier league game starts in a few days, so this is horrible news. On Sunday, Chelsea will host Liverpool in their first home game of the new season.

Bad news for Chelsea and their fans, but it is what it is, and injuries are a part of football which is inevitable most times. It is now the job of the manager to slightly change his plans for the new season, i think Sterling can play in that role for the meantime and Chelsea can start the season with him as a striker and see what happens. Chelsea are definitely going to try to buy another striker before the end of the transfer window, but they must start this season without an orthodox striker, which gives the manager more to think about.

Injuries affected all teams like summer, so the best thing is to caught short expectations from these top players because they're always proned to injuries. More like I saw this coming, he was targeted by most defenders in friendly game, and also a versatile player that easily switch positions. Chelsea have other priorities this season, Christopher Nkunku completely out of the project in the present time. Mauricio Pochettino will have to draw another map where he would include a new attacker that will fill in the shoes of Christopher Nkunku temporarily, it's definitely going to be tough but with constant attention, everything will tend to play out smooth.