In: Carlos Eduardo - £50m - 23yo regen CB/CM
Kilian Sauck - £19.25m - 24yo CAM
3 (yes three) Japanese players. All 19 - 23yo.
Out: Marbin Celis - 35m
Claudio Echeverri (loaned to Benfica)
Sheff Utd sit 5th after 4 games. Ange is so far playing a 4-2-3-1 Hinshelwood and Hickey as full-backs. Basit- Petanjek as the CBs. Scalvini-Neves as the DMs. Sauck as the AMC. Amadou and Pino as the wingers and Puigvert up top. Wonderkid Felder has also made one appearance so far.
Out: Gerard Yepes - 13m
Disasi - Loaned to Bournemouth (1.1m fee)
Bradley - Loaned to Ajax (1.7m fee)
Sunderland are 13th after 1W,2D,1L after 4 games. Alonso looks to be playing a back 3 of Charlier, Leo and Belocian. Parente and wonderkid Vlatkovic as wing backs. Dimoski the DM with Mainoo/Cande ahead. Sesko and Kroupi up top.
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Derby
In: Jorginho - 46.5m - Not the Arsenal one. He's a 23yo RB.
Ethan Ampadu - 34.5m
Facundo Medina - 13.5m - Formerly of Sheffield Utd
Yoshitaka Miyamoto - 5m - 19yo AMR. Has there been a Japanese boom I'm not aware of?
Michal Houstecky - 11m - 19yo striker
Out: Hrvoje Smolcic - 10m
Sam Amo-Ameyaw - Loaned out to Barcelona
Derby are their favourite place, mid table 10th after 4 games. Motta looks to be playing a 4-2-3-1 with Jorginho RB, Diomande and Niakate at CB. WZE and Scott at the base with Pedri ahead in midfield. Darvich, Moore and Ferguson make up the front 3. Wonderkid Rolly Munganga has made two apps for them in the cups.
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Bolton
In: Joao Muniz - 21m - 26yo CB
Tomas Suslov - 35m - 29yo CAM
Ismael Soares - 36m - 20yo CAM
Emil Holm - 35.5 - 31yo RWB
Koji Shimada - 4.2m - Another Japanese signing. Immediately loaned out to Millwall.
Out: Noah Atubolu - 33m
Owen Wijndal - 5.2m
Bolton are 12th after 4 games. They're playing a 4-2-3-1 with wonderkid keeper Dyonatas in goal. Livramento, Yoro, Muniz, Dorgu back 4. Pavlovic and Bernal at the base. Yildiz, Soares and Paez supporting Delap.
To whoever moaned about the teams not playing an equal amount of games - you're welcome.
Derby! Derby what are you doing? Get down from there you're going to hurt yourself!
The Rams find themselves unexpectedly top of the league entering the busy Christmas period. Evan Ferguson has been firing in the goals, Jonas Urbig (once of Sunderland) is the clean sheet leader, Pedri has been in fine form and Moore and Darvich have chipped in with goals too. Rolly Munganga is now a bench player for them, Estevao still rotates in and out, WZE has been in top form and their defence has been outstanding.
Bolton are nothing to sniff at either. 7th place and only 6 pts off second. Paez is performing as usual, Yildiz has got himself 6 goals so far and Dyonatas has played every game so far. They were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Chelsea so they got a harsh draw there.
Sheffield Utd sit just behind Bolton on GD. Pino is again one of the league's top players, whilst Pep Puigvert has bagged 7 goals in all comps. New signing Petanjek has an ankle injury keeping him out for 3 weeks but has played every other game. Wonderkid Felder is in the U21s but has played 2 league games. Sheff Utd have also reached the QF of the Carabao Cup, where they face Liverpool. In the Europa League, they currently top the league phase with 5 wins from 5.
Sunderland then just one point behind Sheff Utd. Kroupi tops the scoring charts and Sesko with 7, but they're not exactly lighting up the league. Some adjusting to the new tactics may be happening as Kobbie Mainoo is their best performer on just 7.19 so far. Wonderkid Pjero Vlatkovic who alto called shite has also played every league game so far, with 1 assist. Apart from Kroupi and Sesko they are really lacking in goals. Sunderland have also reached the QF of the Carabao Cup, playing Arsenal for a chance to reach the semis.