Exciting weekend ahead in this weeks EPL

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With the season finally taking some shape, and big teams regaining some form after shaky starts to the season, week 4 in the EPL looks to have some interesting encounters. Its starts of with a cracker at Nexcastle as they host the rejuvinated Arsenal, with champions Chelsea facing the inform Crystal Palace. While top of the table Manchester city host newly promoted Watford in the pick of Saturday nights fixtures.

Sunday is a blockbuster with the pick of the weekends matches as Tottenham host Everton. While Van Gaal’s improved Manchester United make the tricky trip to Wales to face Swansea.

Lets see after this weekends matches, what effect it will have on the table and the confidence of the teams, in the early stages of the season.   

Pedro Shines on Debut for the Blues

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After Moving from his successful career  spell in Barcelona, Pedro shined exceptionally in his Chelsea Debut against West Bromwich albion. Pedro opened his Chelsea account after just 20 mins on the field, before giving a magnificent assist to Diego Costa. Chelsea won the game 3-2 to record their first win of the season after a disappointing start to the season.

According to most football specialists, they predict Pedro to bring the much needed spark to the chelsea lineup this season. Lets’s all wait and see what pedro has in store for them, only time will tell.

AC Milan might be Mario Balotelli's last chance to prove his worth.

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Both AC Milan and Liverpool has confirmed that they have agreed on a deal for Mario Balotelli. The italian striker is struggling to find his form at his former club. During his stay at Liverpool, he is often benched and scoring only 4 goals in all competition. It is considered to be quite a terrible statistics, not to mention that he is a striker.


Make no mistake, I still rate Mario Balotelli as a quality player. Aside from his crazy antics both on and off the pitch, he is a great footballer. He's got the strength, body balance, technique and the shooting power needed for a good striker. Perhaps his failure to shine in Liverpool is due to the fact that he does not have a strike partnership. His fellow Liverpool striker, Daniel Sturridge is not very fortunate because of all the injuries that he had. While Balotelli was playing in Manchester City, the team implements a 2 striker formation which seems to suit Mario Balotelli's playing style. Sadly, Liverpool does not give Mario Balotelli the opportunity to do that, and instead he was sidelined after Daniel Sturridge was available to play.

I sincerely hope that Mario Balotelli will find his confidence to bang goals yet again. As he is one of my favorite players to watch. Hopefully this time he will dedicate himself more to playing football and took less time hanging about posting silly things on social media.

Neymar to Manchester United, Fantasy or Reality?

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The current Barcelona number 11 is rumored to be leaving for Manchester United. Some sources indicate that the Brazilian is willing to star in the English Premier League. Personally, I wouldn't wonder why he would be keen on leaving the club especially after he already won the treble with Barcelona. Aside of already achieving almost every trophy a player could get in a year, he maybe wouldn't want to play second fiddle in Barcelona with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. Manchester United now is desperate to look for a consistent goalscorer and after they failed to bring Pedro to Old Trafford. But if I were Neymar, I wouldn't want to transfer to Manchester United. While it might be nice that Neymar could be the best player on the team, I don't think Manchester United is a top contender for the title or the champions league.

Mateo Kovacic Madrid's future star?

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The recent Real Madrid's acquisition of the young croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic has been a thing up for debate. Will he shine in his new team? Is he going to be able to break to the star studded starting XI of Madrid? Mateo Kovacic in his former club has became one of the fan favourites due to his contributions to Inter Milan. Despite all this, he will not have a guaranteed starting position in Real Madrid since there are already a lot of talented midfielders such as the experienced Luka Modric, James Rodriguez, Toni Kroos and the spanish prodigy Isco. There is no denying that he will struggle to have more game time and perhaps he will only be starting in the smaller games such as the early stages of the Copa del rey or the league games against the newly promoted sides.

However, the 21 year old can be put under the wings of Luka Modric who is playing in the same position as him. Modric himself speaks highly of his fellow Croatian teammate and he already backs him into winning the Ballon D'or in two years time, which I as a Madrid fan myself finds it to be rather unlikely. Not while Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is still in the game anyways. As long as those two players are still banging goals, the Ballon D'or will remain as a two horse race. But the real question is, is he going to grow into one of the key players of Real Madrid? I believe so, judging by his performance in his Inter Milan days he is more than capable to be a pivotal player in the future. 

Manchester United’s New Signing stars in Champions league Qualifier

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After going one goal down early in the game, through a Michael Carrick own goal, Manchester United’s new young signing Memphis Depay stepped up in magnificent fashion to score two amazing first half goals, and also provide an assist late on in the game for Fallaini to ensure the three points for Van Gaal’s team.

Van Gaal was full of praise for the young winger as the exciting new signing impressed throughout the game and created a hand full of chances for the Red Devils.

Should Barcelona dump Pedro?

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After scoring the winner in the UEFA Super Cup, perhaps Barcelona should consider letting Pedro go. A few days ago Pedro has been given the stamp of approval from his former Barcelona team-mate Thierry Henry should he leave his current club. Should he chose to leave to Manchester United, Henry believes that he will be a great addition to any side as he is the best at applying pressure from out wide.