The 5 games to follow in the Premier League

With the transfer market changing until the closing date, Premier League clubs face day two. The return of Gundogan to City, the signing of Mikel Merino for Arsenal, the arrival of Joao Félix at Chelsea and the loan of Alex Moreno to Nottingham Forest are some of the latest movements. These are the 5 most popular matches:

Brighton-Manchester United

Saturday, 1:30 pm (DAZN)

After a brilliant debut at Goodison Park (0-3), Fabian Hürzeler’s Brighton debuted in front of its fans, boosted in recent days by the signing of Georgino Rutter (Leeds United) and Brajan Gruda (Mainz 05 ), which may debut. against Manchester United. The Austrian coach takes advantage of the good synergies left by the Italian De Zerbi, and keeps the pressure and quick play of the wingers as two hallmarks. He should confirm the good feeling against Ten Hag’s United team, which is very motivated.

2

Manchester City-Ipswich Town

Saturday, 4:00 pm (DAZN)

The champions are playing their first game at the Etihad Stadium against a newly promoted side, an Ipswich Town side that did not lose face in the match against Liverpool at Portman Road. While Guardiola’s City are formidable, Kieran McKenna has shown a very resilient team, which will seek the elusive goal of permanence this year, while continuing to look for reinforcements for its forward line. Officially presented, new signing Gundogan, on his return to the ‘skyblue’ club after a year, could now play minutes.

3

Aston Villa-Arsenal

Saturday, 6:30 pm (DAZN)

First tough test for the Gunners of the season as they seek to dethrone Manchester City. Emery’s side have regularly suffocated Mikel Arteta, so the match at Villa Park will once again be a tactical challenge for Arsenal’s aspirations. Last year, they lost both their matches against Villa, which ended up hurting the north London club’s bid to score 90 points. The ‘villains’, boosted physically with Onana in the midfield, will also be looking to rub shoulders with the best this year.

4

Bournemouth-Newcastle

Sunday, 3:00 pm (DAZN)

Eddie Howe will receive another warm welcome at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday. The Newcastle boss played for Bournemouth in two separate spells, before his two hugely successful spells as manager, which saw him take the club from the fourth tier to the Premier League. In Newcastle’s two visits in 2023, they couldn’t win, and it even hurt when they lost 2-0 in November against a good Iraola team. “Let’s not be fooled by how difficult this game is. We have to be better away from home than last year,” Howe warned his players, in a special game for him.

5

Liverpool-Brentford

Sunday, 5:30 pm (DAZN)

Arne Slot’s debut at Anfield. The Dutchman, who replaced Jurgen Klopp, an idol on Merseyside, came to the game with the best expectations, after winning convincingly at Ipswich (0-2), with a great team performance and the star, Mohamed Salah, is very motivated. “I’m not nervous. I have a lot of confidence in the team and I think we’re on the right track,” said Slot, before facing Thomas Frank’s tough Brentford, almost certainly without Ivan Toney, who is still in talks with his move to Al-Ahli from Saudi Arabia.