🔮 Onefootball predicts the 2019/20 Premier League season

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Onefootball·9 August 2019

🔮 Onefootball predicts the 2019/20 Premier League season

The Premier League is BACK!

So, it’s time we dug out our crystal balls to tell you exactly what’s going to happen over the next nine months.

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Let’s get the ball rolling: who or what is going to surprise us in 2019/20?

Alex Mott: Daniel James. He might not be the second coming of Ryan Giggs – as some Manchester United fans will have you believe – but he does have all the attributes to star in the Premier League.

Dan Burke: VAR will win over the hearts and minds of the English football faithful by bringing fairness and transparency to the game. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.

Ian McCourt: Chelsea under Frank Lampard. He understands how the club works. He has shown some managerial prowess. And he has some great young players to work with. They will do much better than many think.

Lewis Ambrose: Southampton. In Ralph Hasenhüttl they have one of the best managers in England but that seems to have largely gone under the radar for now.

Padraig Whelan: Norwich City are odds on with several oddsmakers to go straight back down but they won’t. They have an excellent manager and a sneakily talented squad to go with him.

Phil Costa: Lots have been labelling Aston Villa as ‘Fulham 2.0’ but they have a good manager in Dean Smith and their transfer business has been quite intelligent.

What will be the biggest disappointment?

AM: Arsenal. It was nice knowing you, top six.

DB: Norwich. Will that pretty Farke-Ball we saw last season be enough to keep them in the Premier League? I’m sceptical.

IMC: Liverpool. Hopes will be high for the fans but there has been a distinct lack of investment in the squad and it is unlikely they will replicate last season’s lack of major injuries. A cup is their best shot at glory.

LA: Don’t get me wrong, I think Wolves are very good, but this season won’t live up to 2018/19. Especially now they have to play in Europe too.

PW: After coming so close last season, I can’t see Liverpool repeating the feat. It was an exhausting campaign and on top of it, their star attacking trio all played well into the summer with their respective countries. Fatigue could hit hard.

PC: It’s typical that Mike Ashley is finally spending after losing Rafa Benítez, but I think Newcastle fans should be very worried.

Who is the signing of the summer?

AM: Youri Tielemans. An astonishing piece of business to get him back for €40m.

DB: Rodri. Pep Guardiola has finally got his Sergio Busquets Mk II.

IMC: Let’s not hype him too much but … if there is not a statue to Moise Kean outside Goodison Park by the end of the season, I will be gobsmacked.

LA: Moise Kean. He may not adjust to a new country right away but Everton have pulled off a spectacular coup.

PW: Eden who? Technically he is a January signing but Christian Pulisic has only now arrived at Chelsea and he’ll soon help fans forget about their brilliant Belgian.

PC: Nicolas Pépé has everything to be a game changer for Arsenal.

And who is going to be the biggest flop?

AM: Leandro Trossard. We’ll have forgotten he existed come May.

DB: Che Adams. I have a horrible feeling he’s going struggle with the step up from the Championship.

IMC: Oh Ed, £80m on Harry Maguire. What were you thinking?

LA: Wesley. I think he’ll be OK at Villa but he certainly won’t be good value at £22m.

PW: Joelinton. Newcastle broke their transfer record on the 22-year-old and that seems a very risky decision.

PC: Jean-Philippe Gbamin. £25m is a lot of money and statistically, doesn’t get near Idrissa Gueye.

Who are you backing to win Player of the Season, Young Player of the Season and the Golden Boot?

AM: Bernardo Silva. Trent Alexander-Arnold. Harry Kane.

DB: Kevin De Bruyne. Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Mohamed Salah.

IMC: Kevin De Bruyne. Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Harry Kane.

LA: Raheem Sterling. Christian Pulisic. Mohamed Salah.

PW: Bernardo Silva. Daniel James. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

PC: Sadio Mané. Dani Ceballos. Harry Kane.

Right then, first manager to be sacked will be …

AM: Roy Hodgson. First five games: Everton (H), Sheff Utd (A), Man Utd (A), Villa (H), Spurs (A).

DB: Steve Bruce. It can only go wrong.

IMC: What Dan said.

LA: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. I think a few big teams could struggle but Man Utd are more likely to pull the trigger than Arsenal and Chelsea.

PW: Eddie Howe. His side’s strong first half form in recent years has papered over the cracks of dismal run-ins. If they start slowly this time, he’ll feel the heat.

PC: Sean Dyche. It’s all just getting a bit stale at Burnley.

How about the best and worst new kits?

AM: Best – Arsenal, Arsenal, all day Arsenal. Worst – Man United’s latest away monstrosity.

DB: Arsenal’s home kit is lovely and so is West Ham’s. Manchester City’s ice-pop third kit should be a criminal offence.

IMC: Nothing will ever be worse than that Manchester City bubble gum number. Nothing. Ever. As for the best, the City black one is cool, as is the Norwich away but the Arsenal home one is just too good.

LA: Best home? Arsenal. Best away? Also Arsenal. Southampton’s home shirt is just plain ugly.

PW: West Ham’s home kit is bubble-blowingly brilliant. Both Southampton kits are absolutely awful.

PC: Arsenal and Watford are the nicest home kits. Norwich boast the worst away kit.