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This is a tough week for captaincy. Erling Haaland is away at Liverpool. Cole Palmer is home to Bournemouth. Bukayo Saka has the Saturday lunchtime kick-off at home to Leeds. Bruno Fernandes is at home to Spurs.
Fernandes has the best fixture and the best chance of a big score, but not many own him. Of the rest, you can talk me into any of them. I
Chelsea signed a striker from Brighton for the second successive summer, bringing in Welbeck to reunite him with Joao Pedro and provide support in attack.
Welbeck, 35, was tidy in possession but, with little service, managed only 17 touches before being substituted in the 71st minute.
Unlike Joao Pedro, who is capable of creating chances for himself, Welbeck found it difficult to influence the game in the same way.
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In-form striker Joao Pedro scored a second-half equaliser as Chelsea rescued a point at home to promoted Hull City.
The reigning Premier League Player of the Month curled a shot into the top corner in the 66th minute, but Chelsea were unable to find a winner.
Morgan Rogers had given Chelsea the lead in the seventh minute, but Hull went into the break ahead after Mohamed Belloumi scored twice.
Chelsea’s
Unlike Haaland, who is a specialist goalscorer, Joao Pedro has played as a midfielder, number 10 and winger during his career and possesses a more rounded skillset.
Alonso, who made 195 appearances alongside former Ballon d’Or winner Benzema at Real Madrid, said there were also similarities between the Frenchman and Joao Pedro.
“In many things he reminds me of Benzema, because he is good in the box, he is good
James McAtee (Nottingham Forest): He absolutely ran the game at Anfield from start to finish. Getting on the ball in the pockets, half-turn, playing forward. He was the reason they were any good, and he’s very, very good, but won’t be spoken about in the same breath as the goalscorers.
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United): There’s not much more to say. Captain Fantastic, three goals, an assist, and nearly scored from
“If I gave him one thing, it is to fight for what you want all the time,” his mother Flavia Junqueira explained to BBC Sport.
Looking at Joao Pedro’s story, that is exactly what he has had to do.
His mother, along with his grandmother, have largely brought him up.
Reports from Joao Pedro’s early childhood show his father, former Botafogo footballer Jose Joao de Jesus – more commonly known
Aston Villa’s midfield rebuild continues apace with the acquisition of Joao Gomes from Wolves. And while the Brazil international was caught up in the malaise at Molineux, there is every reason to believe that he can become a popular figure at Villa Park.
It is a fantastic opportunity to play Champions League football for a player who deserved better than Premier League relegation. He was Wolves’ players’ player of the
Aston Villa have signed midfielder Joao Gomes from Wolves in a £38m deal.
Villa will pay an initial fee of £34m plus £4m in potential add-ons for Gomes.
The 25-year-old’s arrival comes three days after Villa confirmed the club-record signing of fellow midfielder Johan Manzambi in a £59.5m deal.
Aston Villa have completed the £38m signing of midfielder Joao Gomes from Wolves.
The Brazil international joins for an initial £34m with £4m in add-ons.
Villa completed a club record deal worth more than £50m for Freiburg midfielder Johan Manzambi on Friday, beating Newcastle to the Switzerland international.
Atletico Madrid had also been keen on Gomes, but the 25-year-old left Wolves’ training camp in Portugal on Thursday to have a
Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes is poised to join Aston Villa in a deal worth £38m.
The Brazil international has left Wolves’ training camp in Portugal and will have a medical on Thursday.
The deal is worth an initial £34m with another £4m in add ons.
Villa need midfield reinforcements after selling Youri Tielemans to Manchester United for £35m and seeing Amadou Onana ruled out until next year with a serious