⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽

[GiftedMAN]

Rashford hasn't been selected for England Euro 2024 squad.    Is it surprising though? I assume not at all. Because you all must have seen his ineffectiveness throughout the season.

He has been an inconsistent player for many years actually. One season we see him playing great with making solid number of goal contributions. But another season he is like a ghost you know. He has a talent but he doesn't want to use it properly. This is bad for the future of his career. He is already 26 and I can't say he has proven himself to be one of the big players. His market value is also dropping on one hand these days.

I think the England coach needs to be applauded for making a beautiful selection in the players that will represent England in the Euro 2024 and good a thing Marcus Rashford wasn't selected among the players this is beautiful, Am not surprised to see him being left out in the squad because he's a total mess in his performance this season and as a fan of Manchester United, I support Southgate and hope that Rashford will improve in his performance next season and stop playing like he doesn't care if anything happens to his team.

Truth be told, this season was the worst season for Rashford he has to take his team to get back to his feet because he's too young to be dropping form the way he has done in the past few seasons, if he's not okay with his current club then he should be open to leave so that he can choose the club that he's ready to play at his best, he's career will end so early if he cannot improve his performance like Saka of Arsenal.

[Oluwa-btc]

Arsenal shouldn't be sad, you need to lose big before you can win. Look at Liverpool, they lost so many times to City, before they got one, and I think same will happen with Arsenal. Next season I believe that they are going to be good enough to win.

City players will not be able to provide for a fifth one, they will not care that much and while they are out celebrating and all, Arsenal will have a chance to win. They are just too good to not win a cup this way, they have done so much to get here and I know that eventually they will get one. In order for them to not get one, they will need to like fire Arteta and sell many players and just blow it all up, if they do not do that and keep the run going, they will eventually win.

This should be the second time they have come close, Yes? Last season was hurting, this year they had it under control from the start of this year 2024 but they failed to take a strong hold of it and securing it firmly. They're doing good, some two to three additions will bloster the squad at most that of the central forward position.
They have to make sure they bring in a player who had experience in the Premier League Competition that scores goals. I'd suggest either of Ivan Toney or Aleksander Isaak who is currently amongst the list of players they're eyeing.

Fifth one? That won't be easy truthfully.
Even this season, they was favored during some game they should have lost. I don't know what backing they had from this var and stuff. The Var helped spoiled some of the decisions made

[Falconer]

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I think the England coach needs to be applauded for making a beautiful selection in the players that will represent England in the Euro 2024 and good a thing Marcus Rashford wasn't selected among the players this is beautiful, Am not surprised to see him being left out in the squad because he's a total mess in his performance this season and as a fan of Manchester United, I support Southgate and hope that Rashford will improve in his performance next season and stop playing like he doesn't care if anything happens to his team.

Truth be told, this season was the worst season for Rashford he has to take his team to get back to his feet because he's too young to be dropping form the way he has done in the past few seasons, if he's not okay with his current club then he should be open to leave so that he can choose the club that he's ready to play at his best, he's career will end so early if he cannot improve his performance like Saka of Arsenal.

I'm not happy with Rashford's performance this season, I think it's been really bad and failed to improve. His appearance was very ordinary and he didn't seem to have worked hard to improve it. Obviously I believe that Rashford is Manchester United's best to always be able to rely on, but his performance so far has made me doubt that he will stay for much longer.

I agree that if Rashford cannot improve his form then he may soon be excluded from Manchester United's main squad. His career will not be good either at club level or international level, so I hope Rashford can improve it and also prove himself in the coming season.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Arsenal shouldn't be sad, you need to lose big before you can win. Look at Liverpool, they lost so many times to City, before they got one, and I think same will happen with Arsenal. Next season I believe that they are going to be good enough to win.

City players will not be able to provide for a fifth one, they will not care that much and while they are out celebrating and all, Arsenal will have a chance to win. They are just too good to not win a cup this way, they have done so much to get here and I know that eventually they will get one. In order for them to not get one, they will need to like fire Arteta and sell many players and just blow it all up, if they do not do that and keep the run going, they will eventually win.

It should be a very sad moment for Arsenal for not winning this season Premier League trophy again after having a great opportunity to win the Premier League. If Arsenal did have lose that match against Aston Villa, they should have been crowned Premier League winners. Assuming they even drew the game against Aston Villa, it could have been a different great story for them now.
 
Let's just see what happens next season, but I can't really say that Arsenal will win it next season. I still believe that Manchester City have better chances of winning it again than Arsenal. Manchester City have more quality players than Arsenal. So Manchester City winning it for the fifth term is not a big deal because they have everything more than any other teams in the Premier League. If Arsenal want to compete with Manchester City for the Premier League title the Premier League title next season, they need to see more quality players, like good strikers, and have options for many key players.

[Ryu_Ar1]

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Truth be told, this season was the worst season for Rashford he has to take his team to get back to his feet because he's too young to be dropping form the way he has done in the past few seasons, if he's not okay with his current club then he should be open to leave so that he can choose the club that he's ready to play at his best, he's career will end so early if he cannot improve his performance like Saka of Arsenal.

Actually, the heavy burden is not only for Rashford but for all players, it's just that there is a situation where Rashford is considered as that because he is one of the young players who is quite potential. It's just that for now if you look at the situation that happened actually this season Rashford also played not too well and inevitably we have to admit that.

Rashford's performance is more constrained and actually not very good when compared to before and in fact this season Rashford's ego is even much bigger than before which makes the decline in his performance very pronounced.
Hopefully with the pause now although we don't know what future Rashford will take whether to stay at Manchester United or move he regains the momentum to make him worthy of being labeled as one of the young players who has great potential.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Rashford's performance is more constrained and actually not very good when compared to before and in fact this season Rashford's ego is even much bigger than before which makes the decline in his performance very pronounced.
Hopefully with the pause now although we don't know what future Rashford will take whether to stay at Manchester United or move he regains the momentum to make him worthy of being labeled as one of the young players who has great potential.

Exceptional player but if we focus on the team as such they are Playing very badly but as I said the problem is Ten Hag, although many do not Agree with me, I know I am not wrong, I hope this player stays in the MU while he Well, that coach, now if Ten Hag stays, he has to reconsider the idea of him staying, if Chelsea gave him an opportunity it would be a great option or he simply wouldn't hesitate, but he has to think about where he can have a better future He is still young to start having good victories, championships and everything, but he has to be there on a good team to be able to win.

[Docnaster]

Rashford's performance is more constrained and actually not very good when compared to before and in fact this season Rashford's ego is even much bigger than before which makes the decline in his performance very pronounced.
Hopefully with the pause now although we don't know what future Rashford will take whether to stay at Manchester United or move he regains the momentum to make him worthy of being labeled as one of the young players who has great potential.

Exceptional player but if we focus on the team as such they are Playing very badly but as I said the problem is Ten Hag, although many do not Agree with me, I know I am not wrong, I hope this player stays in the MU while he Well, that coach, now if Ten Hag stays, he has to reconsider the idea of him staying, if Chelsea gave him an opportunity it would be a great option or he simply wouldn't hesitate, but he has to think about where he can have a better future He is still young to start having good victories, championships and everything, but he has to be there on a good team to be able to win.

The truth is that Marcus Rashford is an exceptional player that possesses the footballing strength and capability to go on and become one of the greats of the football but his performance in this current season doesn't in any way match to that of last season. Last season, he was more clinical in front of goal and was also contributed to more goals to his team than what we've seen from him this season. Like you rightly said, I think the club manager Erik ten Hag should be blamed for the club's poor performances this season because if a player like Jadon Sancho can leave the club and go on to have a great season at Borussia Dortmund, I also believe that a big player like Rashford can also do better under a better manager.
The worst mistake Manchester United can do this season if you ask me is to allow Erik ten Hag remain as their club manager beyond the end of the current season. They need to sack the Dutch man and bring a manager that'll bring out the best from the boys of they really want to improve their performance as a club.

[Awak Bambi]

I'm not happy with Rashford's performance this season, I think it's been really bad and failed to improve. His appearance was very ordinary and he didn't seem to have worked hard to improve it. Obviously I believe that Rashford is Manchester United's best to always be able to rely on, but his performance so far has made me doubt that he will stay for much longer.

I agree that if Rashford cannot improve his form then he may soon be excluded from Manchester United's main squad. His career will not be good either at club level or international level, so I hope Rashford can improve it and also prove himself in the coming season.

This season Rashford is playing very badly, compared to Rashford last season, Rashford is too bad to keep, the Manchester United coach must be firm in removing unreliable players, Rashford is one of them here, he played badly but was still given a chance This match made Manchester fans a little angry with Erik ten Hag's treatment of several players who were given special treatment by him.

Considering that PSG is also interested in Rashford, this is an opportunity for Manchester United to let him go so that they have good finances to look for players who have good energy to play at the big club Manchester United.

[bitcampaign]

Arsenal shouldn't be sad, you need to lose big before you can win. Look at Liverpool, they lost so many times to City, before they got one, and I think same will happen with Arsenal. Next season I believe that they are going to be good enough to win.

City players will not be able to provide for a fifth one, they will not care that much and while they are out celebrating and all, Arsenal will have a chance to win. They are just too good to not win a cup this way, they have done so much to get here and I know that eventually they will get one. In order for them to not get one, they will need to like fire Arteta and sell many players and just blow it all up, if they do not do that and keep the run going, they will eventually win.

This should be the second time they have come close, Yes? Last season was hurting, this year they had it under control from the start of this year 2024 but they failed to take a strong hold of it and securing it firmly. They're doing good, some two to three additions will bloster the squad at most that of the central forward position.
They have to make sure they bring in a player who had experience in the Premier League Competition that scores goals. I'd suggest either of Ivan Toney or Aleksander Isaak who is currently amongst the list of players they're eyeing.

Fifth one? That won't be easy truthfully.
Even this season, they was favored during some game they should have lost. I don't know what backing they had from this var and stuff. The Var helped spoiled some of the decisions made

Two seasons that should have won the title but luck was not on his side. Mikel Arteta had carried out his duties well and perfectly at the start of the season, but who would have thought that in the middle of the season they would experience a decline in players which made their distance from Man City very close and at the end of the season Arsenal actually had to give up the title to the same club.

If you bring in players who are labeled as top players or below, you certainly need fresh funds for next season, even though the obstacles are very big next season. Whether you like it or not, Arsenal has to do that if they don't want a repeat like this season. Mikel Arteta has to think quickly about bringing in a midfielder. attack or defend to add a banging style for next season and improve the mentality of the players.

[TastyChillySauce00]

West Ham United have confirmed the arrival of Julen Lopetegui to replace the departing David Moyes as manager.

https://www.90min.com/west-ham-confirm-david-moyes-replacement-manager

It's official now. West Ham have announced that Lopetegui will be their new manager. The club's owner is dissatisfied with Moyes's performance after West Ham has consistently produced poor results at the late season and i think he is a very good choice for westham considering that lopetegui is experienced enough in managing the big club . It makes the owner unhappy with Moyes's performance in the EPL. Lopetegui has emerged as an alternative solution for this and he has brought sevilla to win europa league. Westham is hoping a lot on him for the upcoming season

Lopetegui has also coached Real Madrid before. It's encouraging to see that, even though he's only recently become a caretaker. He left West Ham last season. West Ham's decision to recruit him over Liverpool's Arne slot is not a bad one.

[boltz]

West Ham United have confirmed the arrival of Julen Lopetegui to replace the departing David Moyes as manager.

https://www.90min.com/west-ham-confirm-david-moyes-replacement-manager

It's official now. West Ham have announced that Lopetegui will be their new manager. The club's owner is dissatisfied with Moyes's performance after West Ham has consistently produced poor results at the late season and i think he is a very good choice for westham considering that lopetegui is experienced enough in managing the big club . It makes the owner unhappy with Moyes's performance in the EPL. Lopetegui has emerged as an alternative solution for this and he has brought sevilla to win europa league. Westham is hoping a lot on him for the upcoming season

Lopetegui has also coached Real Madrid before. It's encouraging to see that, even though he's only recently become a caretaker. He left West Ham last season. West Ham's decision to recruit him over Liverpool's Arne slot is not a bad one.

I think West Ham made the best decision with Lopotegui because Moyes did nothing great this season and I can't remember where this coach had a great season under any team he coached.

Lopetegui has coach Real Madrid but he also the one who qualified Spain for World Cup in 2018 so he has great experience to actually revive teams and make them look great and West Ham is that club who needs a fresh face,  a fresh coach and a fresh mentality to approach modern football.

[Velvet78]

West Ham United have confirmed the arrival of Julen Lopetegui to replace the departing David Moyes as manager.

https://www.90min.com/west-ham-confirm-david-moyes-replacement-manager

It's official now. West Ham have announced that Lopetegui will be their new manager.

Good work on that! Moyes had a really horrible time period with West Ham this season. They were one of the most conceding teams with a bad defending in the league. It was time to look for a new manager. 

I know that the same Moyes won the Conference League title last season. But he couldn't progress further. Instead their defensive performance got much worse. Lopetegui is a Europa League winner coach which he did it with Sevilla. He has a decent career as well. He even worked with Spanish national team. He managed only Wolves in the Premier League so far and it wasn't a great run though. But maybe he might catch a better coherence with West Ham.

[iamsange]

Exceptional player but if we focus on the team as such they are Playing very badly but as I said the problem is Ten Hag, although many do not Agree with me, I know I am not wrong, I hope this player stays in the MU while he Well, that coach, now if Ten Hag stays, he has to reconsider the idea of him staying, if Chelsea gave him an opportunity it would be a great option or he simply wouldn't hesitate, but he has to think about where he can have a better future He is still young to start having good victories, championships and everything, but he has to be there on a good team to be able to win.

We can't blame the current coach at Manchester United, because there have been many Man United managers who have tried to become coaches but have all failed, now the problem is with the players, Rashford is the player who is given the most playing minutes even though he is not performing well, Rashford is currently not a good player, Rashford is very lazy and often loses the ball, Rashford loses his form and doesn't perform well and doesn't try to improve everything.

Blaming Ten Hag at this time is not the solution to developing Manchester United, the fault lies with the players, many Man United players feel they are stars so it is difficult for Ten Hag to develop bad players, to bring Man United back next season we have to try to bring in several players who willing to work with Ten Hag so that Ten Hag's game runs well, as well as Rashford, if he cannot develop his game at the Frendly club, the club should be firm in including him in the transfer market.

[reagansimms]

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This season Rashford is playing very badly, compared to Rashford last season, Rashford is too bad to keep, the Manchester United coach must be firm in removing unreliable players, Rashford is one of them here, he played badly but was still given a chance This match made Manchester fans a little angry with Erik ten Hag's treatment of several players who were given special treatment by him.

Considering that PSG is also interested in Rashford, this is an opportunity for Manchester United to let him go so that they have good finances to look for players who have good energy to play at the big club Manchester United.

Manchester United failure this season is not because Rashford performed poorly, other players also often make mistakes one after another. The only reason Manchester United players overall performed poorly was because the tactics used by Ten Hag did not work perfectly. The failure of a player to show his best game is not entirely the fault of the player himself, the coach also plays an important role in not being able to develop his team's game.

Manchester United team depth is more established than Aston Villa and Tottenham, but their two rivals were able to finish in a better position than Manchester United. Coaches must utilize the players they have to develop their abilities and make players who are not yet well known into players who are able to contribute to the team. Rashford needs a suitable coach to develop his abilities, Ten Hag's departure will give a new feel to the Manchester United squad, he can still play better if the coach can implement the right strategy.

[CryptoBuds]

Exceptional player but if we focus on the team as such they are Playing very badly but as I said the problem is Ten Hag, although many do not Agree with me, I know I am not wrong, I hope this player stays in the MU while he Well, that coach, now if Ten Hag stays, he has to reconsider the idea of him staying, if Chelsea gave him an opportunity it would be a great option or he simply wouldn't hesitate, but he has to think about where he can have a better future He is still young to start having good victories, championships and everything, but he has to be there on a good team to be able to win.

We can't blame the current coach at Manchester United, because there have been many Man United managers who have tried to become coaches but have all failed, now the problem is with the players, Rashford is the player who is given the most playing minutes even though he is not performing well, Rashford is currently not a good player, Rashford is very lazy and often loses the ball, Rashford loses his form and doesn't perform well and doesn't try to improve everything.

Blaming Ten Hag at this time is not the solution to developing Manchester United, the fault lies with the players, many Man United players feel they are stars so it is difficult for Ten Hag to develop bad players, to bring Man United back next season we have to try to bring in several players who willing to work with Ten Hag so that Ten Hag's game runs well, as well as Rashford, if he cannot develop his game at the Frendly club, the club should be firm in including him in the transfer market.

I cannot agree with you.   I would say Ten Hag is responsible for Manchester United's poor performance. Ten hag has been with this group for a long time. And before the start of this season, Manchester United management paid the Ten Hag big funds to build the squad to their liking.   Ten Hag had the freedom to form squads as they wished. But even then Ten Hag could not strengthen this group.

Ten Hag added Hojlund to their squad for a huge sum of money.   But we haven't seen the expected performance from Hojlund.   Ten Hag should have added an experienced striker to the squad.   But he didn't do it. Ten Hag's bad decisions and bad match tactics have made Manchester United's situation so bad.

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Good work on that! Moyes had a really horrible time period with West Ham this season. They were one of the most conceding teams with a bad defending in the league. It was time to look for a new manager. 

I know that the same Moyes won the Conference League title last season. But he couldn't progress further. Instead their defensive performance got much worse. Lopetegui is a Europa League winner coach which he did it with Sevilla. He has a decent career as well. He even worked with Spanish national team. He managed only Wolves in the Premier League so far and it wasn't a great run though. But maybe he might catch a better coherence with West Ham.

After his first season, Moyes was able to bring many changes to Westham squad, but Westham slowly started to decline again in the league, currently, West Ham has officially ended their partnership with Moyes after 4 years of working together, westham poor performance this season has become a reason for both parties to ending the partnership and I think a change of coach will give Westham new hope next season, currently Julen Lopetegui has officially replaced Moyes and he has signed a two-year contract with the option of a third year if he can improve Westham playing performance next season.

It is reported that currently Julen Lopetegui is starting to target several players who will be recruited to strengthen Westham next season, Julen Lopetegui is quite an experienced coach and was even able to bring Sevilla to the European League trophy and compete at the top level of La Liga before he decided to move to the English league to coaching Wolves and finally stepping down at the end of 2023, in my opinion Julen Lopetegui has the potential to make Westham a better team next season because collective and attractive play has been his mainstay so far.

[Hanadawa]

It's obvious already that next season would be a remarkable one and a competitive one. If arsenal have learnt their lesson then they'll keep up a good form till they end of the season which is not a new record for them.

It is very difficult to accept the fact that Arsenal had to be runners-up two seasons in a row. Of course this makes fans heartbroken because they are one step closer to becoming champions. Arteta has learned a lot in these two seasons. And regarding Arsenal's performance next season, I think they can maintain their current level of play.

The coach of Chelsea have left the team, however most football analyst say he is the cause to their bad performance and during the end of the season when he started making the right changes and the outstanding performance of Jackson and Cole Palma  i believe they'll do even much more better next season.

Mauricio Pochettino is the cause of Chelsea's poor performance not only because he is the head coach, but there are reports that Pochettino has spent around 450 million euros on players in the previous transfer window. This is a very large amount and it is natural that fans have high expectations. So in my opinion, with that amount of spending, Chelsea's performance this season is very bad.

Chelsea's summer of chaos: World-record £450m spending spree leaves Mauricio Pochettino with near-impossible puzzle to solve

Though Liverpool flopped during the end of the season but they might also keep a good form next season.

I'm not sure about that. Klopp has parted ways with Liverpool and I don't know who their new coach will be. This means we cannot refer to their performance this season because different coaches mean different tactics too.

[Oluwa-btc]

Rashford hasn't been selected for England Euro 2024 squad.    Is it surprising though? I assume not at all. Because you all must have seen his ineffectiveness throughout the season.

He has been an inconsistent player for many years actually. One season we see him playing great with making solid number of goal contributions. But another season he is like a ghost you know. He has a talent but he doesn't want to use it properly. This is bad for the future of his career. He is already 26 and I can't say he has proven himself to be one of the big players. His market value is also dropping on one hand these days.

Marcus Rashford has been a fvcking tw@t for Manchester United this season truthfully. It's not surprising and I think this has to be one of the best decisions I have seen Gareth Southgate make since he was appointed as England National Team Coach. He had no passion for football, makes no runs and ain't hungry for success.

His football is just too boring, I'd rather spend time in my rocky farm than watch a game with Manchester United having a player like Marcus Rashford on the wings of central forward position.
He played good football all because Erik Ten Hag build his football around him last season, he hasn't been reliable this season honestly.
Failed to show up early for trainings and also seen partying late more than he's meant to do.

Just like Wayne Rooney has said, Manchester United should sell them all leaving the youngins and Bruno Fernandez.

[Palakka]

We can't blame the current coach at Manchester United, because there have been many Man United managers who have tried to become coaches but have all failed, now the problem is with the players, Rashford is the player who is given the most playing minutes even though he is not performing well, Rashford is currently not a good player, Rashford is very lazy and often loses the ball, Rashford loses his form and doesn't perform well and doesn't try to improve everything.

Blaming Ten Hag at this time is not the solution to developing Manchester United, the fault lies with the players, many Man United players feel they are stars so it is difficult for Ten Hag to develop bad players, to bring Man United back next season we have to try to bring in several players who willing to work with Ten Hag so that Ten Hag's game runs well, as well as Rashford, if he cannot develop his game at the Frendly club, the club should be firm in including him in the transfer market.

Rashford previously actually showed an impressive performance at the beginning of ten Hag arrival, but after that we could see how Rashford performance continued to decline so that in the end Rashford failed to get a place in the England national team to play at this year's Euros, to be honest, if we Assessing the cause of Manchester United's deteriorating performance, of course players and coaches have an equal portion of responsibility, but in this case of course ten are the ones most responsible for Manchester United failure, the majority of Manchester United players today are pthe best players at their previous club and that's why Manchester United spent a lot of money to recruit them and hoped to bring glory to the Red Devils again, but now the results are beyond the expectations of the owner and fans.

Ten Hag has coached Manchester United for the last two seasons and as a coach he should of course be able to understand the character of his players, apart from that, Ten Hag is an experienced coach so he can recruit all the players who fit his criteria, so there really is no other choice but to said that if Manchester United decline is because of Ten Hag at the moment, I think, you should be able to judge Ten Hag character so far when Manchester United has lost, you can see that every time Manchester loses of course he will only use his players as the reason for the defeat and not once do I eeeing that he once said : Today defeat was my responsibility and the players had played quite well, as we often hear from Arteta, Klopp and Guardiola say when their team loses, in my opinion Ten Hag is a good coach but not good enough to Manchester United, especially  he is a coach who has a very big ego.

[ShowOff]

I'm not happy with Rashford's performance this season, I think it's been really bad and failed to improve. His appearance was very ordinary and he didn't seem to have worked hard to improve it. Obviously I believe that Rashford is Manchester United's best to always be able to rely on, but his performance so far has made me doubt that he will stay for much longer.

I agree that if Rashford cannot improve his form then he may soon be excluded from Manchester United's main squad. His career will not be good either at club level or international level, so I hope Rashford can improve it and also prove himself in the coming season.

This season Rashford is playing very badly, compared to Rashford last season, Rashford is too bad to keep, the Manchester United coach must be firm in removing unreliable players, Rashford is one of them here, he played badly but was still given a chance This match made Manchester fans a little angry with Erik ten Hag's treatment of several players who were given special treatment by him.

Considering that PSG is also interested in Rashford, this is an opportunity for Manchester United to let him go so that they have good finances to look for players who have good energy to play at the big club Manchester United.

I've heard PSG are interested in signing Rashford in recent seasons, but that hasn't happened until now. Marcus Rashford's inconsistent performance so far may have been an extra consideration for teams interested in bringing him from Manchester United, but I think Marcus Rashford is still a good striker in a team.

Then from that, due to inconsistencies in performance, Rashford will not play at Euro 2024 because Southgate prefers strikers like the ones below rather than including Rashford's name among them:

Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United), Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ivan Toney (Brentford), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)