Innholdsfortegnelse for 2 August 2022 i MATCH!

TERRIER TRACKED! LINKED WITH Club: Rennes Cost: £34 million Only Wissam Ben Yedder and Kylian Mbappe outscored Rennes striker Martin Terrier in Ligue 1 last season! Leeds want to make the 25-year-old their club-record purchase but face strong competition from Prem sides West Ham and Liverpool. Battle’s on! MADDERS MISSION! LINKED WITH Club: Leicester Cost: £55 million Tottenham have now turned their attention to homegrown talents and specifically attacking midfielders! After Everton refused to sell them Anthony Gordon, gossips reckon Spurs could tempt James Maddison with Champions League football! BYE, BARKLEY! LINKED WITH Club: Chelsea Cost: £7 million With just 12 months left on Ross Barkley’s current contract, Chelsea are looking to offload the midfielder on the cheap this summer! They’ve already offered him to Aston Villa and Everton but will extend the bait to other…

ARSENAL Manager: Mikel Arteta Captain: Martin Odegaard Stadium: Emirates Stadium Last Season: 5th STAR MAN BUKAYO SAKA The England star became the first Arsenal player to be named their Player of the Season for two straight years since club legend Thierry Henry did it in 2004! ‘Little Chilli’ will be looking to build on the 18 Premier League goal involvements he recorded in 2021-22! LAST SEASON IN NUMBERS STRONGEST LINE-UP ONE TO WATCH GABRIEL JESUS Fed up of sitting on the bench at the Etihad, Jesus is gonna explode now he’s a guaranteed starter! Rival fans have made noise about him not scoring more than 14 goals in a single season, but he’s gonna silence the haters! 97 Arsenal are playing in an English record 97th consecutive top-flight campaign! DID…

TOTTENHAM v WOLVES Since Wolves’ PL promotion, these teams have been evenly matched! MATCH SAYS 1-0 YOU SAY EVERTON v NOTT’M FOREST The Toffees’ home form began to improve at the end of 2021-22! MATCH SAYS 2-1 YOU SAY LEICESTER v SOUTHAMPTON James Maddison has four goals in six Prem matches v The Saints! MATCH SAYS 1-1 YOU SAY LEEDS v CHELSEA Sorry Leeds, we think Chelsea will put another three goals past you! MATCH SAYS 1-3 YOU SAY C. PALACE v ASTON VILLA We honestly don’t think there’s much separating these two sides! MATCH SAYS 2-2 YOU SAY FULHAM v BRENTFORD This game is low-key huge for two potential relegation contenders! MATCH SAYS 1-0 YOU SAY BOURNEMOUTH v ARSENAL Arsenal have won just one of their last four PL…

DANI ALVES Barcelona to UNAM Pumas Free Transfer BENMEE Burnley to Brentford Free OREL MANGALA Stuttgart to Nott’m Forest £12.75 million MANOR SOLOMON Shakhtar Donetsk to Fulham Loan KEVINMBABU Wolfsburg to Fulham £6 million BRIAN BROBBEY RB Leipzig to Ajax £13.9 million GIANLUCA SCAMACCA Sassuolo to West Ham £33 million WAYNE HENNESSEY Burnley to Nott’m Forest Undisclosed BEN DAVIES Liverpool to Rangers £4 million CALVIN BASSEY Rangers to Ajax £19.6 million ARIJANET MURIC Man. City to Burnley £2.5 million RAPHINHA Leeds to Barcelona £49million CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN Brentford to Man. United Free Transfer BRANDON AGUILERA Alajuelense to Nott’m Forest Undisclosed ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI Bayern Munich to Barcelona £38.3 million FABIO SILVA Wolves to Anderlecht Loan MATTHIJS DE LIGT Juventus to Bayern Munich £59.6 million PAULO DYBALA Juventus to Roma Free Transfer HARRY…

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CHELSEA v TOTTENHAM Sunday 14th August, 4.30pm Tottenham fans absolutely dread their annual trip to Stamford Bridge. They’ve won just one of their 37 matches there in all competitions since 1990! That’s one of the most miserable records in the Premier League, but it would be a massive sign of their ambition and progress under Antonio Conte if they can go there and get a win! NEWCASTLE v MAN. CITY Sunday 21 August, 4.30pm Newcastle supporters are dreaming about copying Man. City’s success and becoming a footy powerhouse within the next decade! They’re building a fortress at St. James Park, with their home record one of the best in the PL since the start of 2022. Saying that, they’ve lost their last six head-to-heads in all comps and only scored…

SPAIN BARCELONA v REAL MADRID Xavi had a difficult time last season, failing to win any silverware, but he did only join half way through the season! With new additions Christensen, Raphinha, Kessie and Lewandowski, Barca should be able to push Real Madrid all the way! Real Madrid dominated the league last season, finishing 13 points ahead of Barcelona! Los Blancos hope that star man Karim Benzema, along side Vinicius Jr. and summer signings Rudiger and Tchouameni, can repeat last season’s double! MATCH! VERDICT Despite some of Barcelona’s impressive new signings this summer, we believe the La Liga title will remain in Madrid! NETHERLANDS AJAX v PSV Champs Ajax have been significantly weakened after losing manager Erikten Hag to Man. United and over half of last sea son’s starting XI!…

Messi masterpiece! We were super impressed with Clyde’s drawing of Argentina star Lionel Messi! Kick-off ready! Megan’s poster for the 2022-23 season really got MATCH in the mood for the new campaign! Legendary drawing! Harvey started drawing a footballer and suddenly realised that it looked like former Red Devil Wayne Rooney! "Do not disturb"! Will and his dad Pete chilled out together reading their favourite footy magazines! "Posh" cleats! We have a sneaky suspicion Joey is a Peterborough fan after he drew these personalised boots! Cristiano cartoon! Footy-mad Zola paid tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Man. United career with this ace drawing! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/matchmagazine Twitter: www.twitter.com/matchmagazine…