We have polished off our crystal ball and predicted some January transfers based on what will not be done this summer...
to chase targets that both clubs had on very similar shortlists.
Gabriel Jesus was excellent in his debut campaign for Arsenal but scored just 11 Premier League goals. Kai Havertz was less than excellent in his last campaign for Chelsea and scored seven Premier League goals. He’s right in that he ended the season far better than he started it, though even in those later weeks he was nowhere close to the “absolute best” we saw in between 2018 and 2020, when forwards wouldn’t bother to run at him and he looked almost absurdly comfortable in any game he played.
Pep Guardiola would rather spend an evening with Jose Mourinho than let Joao Cancelo anywhere near his club again and, leaving him with five centre-backs to play in a back four, or three, or two, or whatever the f*** system he decides to play with, which could be four if Aymeric Laporte leaves as expected.
Financial Fair Play will be the problem for Newcastle, who have the means but not the licence to spend whatever they want, and when January rolls around and Fabian Schar is out on his arse having played 40 games some short fixes may well be the answer.
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