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TRANSFER RUMOUR!

WHO'S
THE
MAN?

THE GUNNERS have been

linked with a 45 MILLION
move, but will it happen or
is it just gossip? You decide!

Gossips say Arse

nal are looking

for a world-class
goal machine
to

boost their title

challenge, so they
could go all out to
get Benzema!
Reports in Spain
say new boss
Benitez wants to
play Bale up
front instead! With
James, Isco and
Jese all fighting to
play with Ronald
o
Benz might not ge
t as much action!
Arsenal broke th
eir transfer
record on deadlin
e day to sign
Mesut Ozil in 2013
, so they know
how to make meg
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YOUR SHOU
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Will Benzem
a join Arse
nal?
Tell us wha
t you think
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g forward. He ha
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ner!

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s 12 million record signing

XHERDAN SHAQIRI is the big
star in
eir exciting new team! MATCH
looks
t why they could rock this se
ason!

WHO IS HE?

The 23-year-old ha
s played
for Euro giants Baye
rn Munich
and Inter Milan, and
scored an
ace hat-trick for Sw
itzerland
at last summer s W
orld Cup!
He loves cutting in
of f the
right wing and rippin
g nets
with his rocket lef t
foot!

Check out keeper Martin Hansens

ridiculous backheel volley!

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T OUR E
v S ILVA
Man. City midfielder Yaya Toure c allenged David Silva to an arm
wrestle on Twitter to decide who scored their first goal at West
Brom! I think we all know whod win that one sorry, David!

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finish? Tell u
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are second with 5.94m and
Man. United are third with 5.78

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WHERE?

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of a cat that looks jus
like Angel di Maria! Wi
his move to PSG turn
out to be purr-fect?

MATCH! 9

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and Goal Of The Month. Let us know
your votes in the comments section!

WHAT
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MATCH!

MAHREZ
Has Leicesters
Riyad Mahrez
been the star of
August? He owned
Sunderland and
West Ham!

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Wing king Timo Werner is

lightning fast hes got 91
Acceleration and 90 Sprint
Speed! Hes also a quality
dribbler and a decent
finisher loan him before
someone else does!

We like our forwards

to be rapid and good
with the ball! Kingsley
Coman has 91 Sprint
Speed and 78 Dribbling,
so the Juve young
gun is perfect!

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running at defences!

Ajax ace Richairo Zivkovic

isnt as quick as the other
attacking players here,
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it with his lethal net
busting! His Finishing
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Grip and traction are
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The lace area is shortened

to create a larger strike zone
and help with shooting!
A moulded sock liner inside
the boot cushions your foot
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Price: 250

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14 MATCH!

Alexis Sanchez wears

the new Mercurial boots

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We love the hybrid leather
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Hypershield technology
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MATCH! 15

Man. United
Away Kit
2015-16
United fans are gonna go crazy about
their new away shirt for 2015-16!
The kit is modelled on the classic
Adidas strips worn by The Red Devils
in the 1980s. The v-neck collar is ace!
Shirt price: 60 Padidas.co.uk

Arsenal Cup
Kit 2015-16
The Gunners will only wear this
awesome brand-new kit in away
games for the FA Cup, League Cup
and Champions League! The shirt is
available in junior sizes for 40, too!
Shirt price: 55 Parsenaldirect.com

Design
your own
trainers!
You can now create
your own Adidas X15.3
or ACE15.3! Check out
our wicked designs!
Padidas.co.uk/customise

16 MATCH!

Solar Yellow & Green

Matte Silver & Black

Scarlet & White

We made a Norwich version

of the ACE colourway!

Yep, silver, black and

orange totally rocks!

You can add your name to

your custom designs, too!

New Signings
Shirt Special
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summer signings printed on the
backs! These stars could be
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James Milner

Aleksandar Mitrovic

Dimitri Payet

Milners got big boots to fill...

Suarez used to wear this shirt!

The Newcastle hitman should

bust tons of nets in this!

The playmakers been one of

the stars of the season so far!

Price: 54.99

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Raheem Sterling

Toby Alderweireld

Can Sterling become a City

legend in this ace shirt?

Alderweireld could be a
total rock for Tottenham!

Price: 59.99

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Solar Yellow & White

Blue Beauty & White

Solar Orange & Black

Green, Yellow & Blue

What an absolute
eye-buster!

Chelsea could wear these if

they played indoor footy!

We went ultra-bright for

these wicked bad boys!

This Samba style colourway

is seriously cool, right?

MATCH! 17

DON'T
LOOK
AT ME,
MATCH!

SNAPPED!

Who let
one rip?

Check out the craziest footy

pics MATCH has seen lately!

OOPS,
WRONG
PLAYER!

Sleeper
hold!

OKAY,
I'LL COUNT
TO TEN...

WHAT
ARE YOU
DOING?

Hide-and-seek!
No peeking, Leo!

STOP
THE BUS,
WE'RE
LATE!
PULL
UP OVER
THERE!

Late for
school!

Groovi
gaffer
It's party ti
Steve McClaren!

Wet floor
alert!
DON'T
LEAVE ME
HANGING!

SEND
HIM OFF!

PENALTY
REF!

brain!
Sterling's always
thinking about
football!

High-five,
anyone?

I'VE
GOT THE
MOVES!
FEET
TOGETHER,
PLEASE!

Worst
stretcher
ever?

SORRY
ABOUT THIS,
MATE!

MATCH! 19

MATCH

UNITED
CORNER
MULLER!

The Thomas Muller to Man. United

rumours wont stop flying around!
Gossips reckon The Red Devils could
offer around 70 million for the
awesome Bayern Munich forward,
who can play as a lone striker
or anywhere in a front three!

window
The transfer
esday,
closes on Tu
September 1
at 6pm!

MORE: ADNAN JANUZAJ TO SUNDERLAND LOAN MORE: JOEY BARTON TO

EURO HEROES
ON THE MOVE?

e transfer window shuts this week!

GUNNERS
GO FOR
GRZEGORZ!
Arsenal have had a quiet transfer
window so far, but that could all
change if they go for Grzegorz
Krychowiak! The Sevilla DM could
cost a massive 20 million!

MARIO GOTZE
Bayern Munich to Arsenal
50 million

FABIO COENTRAO
Real Madrid to Inter Milan
Loan

KINGSLEY COMAN

BLACK CATS
CHASE
MOUSA!

Sunderland could smash their

transfer record by signing Tottenham
star Mousa Dembele! The classy
Belgium playmaker is rated
at around 15 million!

Juventus to Bayern Munich

11 million

JANNIK VESTERGAARD
Werder Bremen to Newcastle
7 million

FERNANDO MUSLERA
Galatasaray to Man. United
24.5 million

DENNIS PRAET
Anderlecht to Aston Villa
10 million

FERNANDO LLORENTE
Juventus to Athletic Bilbao
11 million

CHELSEA
LOVE
STONES!

Spies say Chelsea will make another

offer for Everton CB John Stones
before the end of the window!
The Toffees dont want to sell, but
a 40 million bid might be tempting!

DERBY FREE MORE: LUCAS TO WEST HAM 8M

JULIAN DRAXLER
Schalke to Arsenal
21 million

CHAMPIONSHIP
STARS LINKED
WITH PREM
MOVES!

AUSTIN

RHODES

Leicester, Everton and Newcastle all

want QPR goal machine Charlie Austin!

Sunderland lead the race to sign

Blackburn striker Jordan Rhodes!

MORE: JAVIER HERNANDEZ TO WEST HAM 12M MORE: JOSE ENRIQUE TO WEST

WONDERKID WATCH!

MARTIN ODEGAARD
Real Madrid to Celtic
Loan

JODI JONES
Dag. & Red. to West Ham
250,000

BREEL EMBOLO
Basel to Tottenham
10 million

KEITA BALDE DIAO

Lazio to Liverpool
11 million

SERGI SAMPER
Barcelona to Arsenal
8.4 million

ALVARO VADILLO
Real Betis to Tottenham
17 million

LINCOLN
Gremio to Man. United
Undisclosed

ALEN HALILOVIC
Barcelona to West Ham
Loan

GREEN

McCORMACK

West Ham gaffer Slaven Bilic wants

to bring QPR keeper Rob Green back!

Norwich could sign 11 million-rated

Ross McCormack from Fulham!

BROM LOAN MORE: ALEX TELLES TO CHELSEA 6M

REALS PUSH
FOR DE GE !

All eyes are on David de Gea this week! The save-making

machine has been strongly linked with a move to Real
Madrid all summer, but hes still at Old Trafford! This one
could rumble on all the way to 6pm on deadline day!

MEGA
BARGAINS
ROUND-UP!
PATO

GOURCUFF

Sunderland could still land Corinthians

striker Alexandre Pato for 5 million!

Arsenal and Liverpool are sniffing

around free agent Yoann Gourcuff!

MORE: THIAGO MOTTA TO LIVERPOOL 7M MORE: JOSE CALLEJON TO CHELSEA

SPURS
HUNT
SAIDO!

RED-HOT
RUMOURS!

Tottenham are leading the race to sign West

Brom striker Saido Berahino! The Baggies are
desperate to keep the England Under-21 ace,
but Spurs could offer as much as 25 million!

DIMITAR BERBATOV
Free Agent to West Ham
Free

FABIO BORINI
Liverpool to Fiorentina
5 million

LUCAS BIGLIA
Lazio to Man. United
17.5 million

GREGORY VAN DER WIEL

PSG to Chelsea
7 million

VIRGIL VAN DIJK

Celtic to Southampton
8 million

DIEGO ROLAN
Bordeaux to Newcastle
15 million

ISLAM SLIMANI
Sporting to West Ham
10.5 million

ANDRIY YARMOLENKO
Dynamo Kiev to Everton
14 million

SAKHO

LENNON

Roma are trying to sign Liverpools

back-up CB Mamadou Sakho on loan!

Aston Villa are ready to bid 5 million

for Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon!

26M MORE: DEMARAI GRAY TO WEST BROM 5M

ADAMA
TRAORE
8.6 million from Barcelona
Since selling stars
Christian Benteke and
Fabian Delph, Aston Villa
boss Tim Sherwood hasnt
stopped splashing the cash!
The latest new boy at Villa
Park is lightning-quick
wonderkid winger Traore!

ORIOL
ROMEU

NATHAN
AKE

5 million from Chelsea

Loan from Chelsea

Romeu didnt get many chances

to impress during his four-year
spell at Stamford Bridge, so he
jumped at the opportunity
to join Southampton! Can he
replace Morgan Schneiderlin
in The Saints midfield?

Watford have defo been

the busiest Prem club in the
transfer window, and defender
Ake could be one of their best
summer signings! The Holland
U21 ace, who can also play as
a DM, has bags of potential!

26 MATCH!

MATCH checks
out the latest
Premier league
done deals!

MASON
HOLGATE
Barnsley to Everton
2 million
The Toffees have snapped up
a superstar of the future in
18-year-old defender Holgate!

CLINTON
NJIE

BABA
RAHMAN

10 million from Lyon

21.7 million from Augsburg

Tottenham badly needed

a forward to support Harry
Kane and theyve got an
awesome one in NJie!
The 22-year-old, who can
play up front or out wide,
has hit six goals in 11
games for Cameroon!

Champions Chelsea were

linked with Rahman for ages,
and they finally sealed the
deal last week! The Blues
have had a shaky start to
the season, so the speedy
left-back will help beef up
their defence big-time!

JOSH
VICKERS
Arsenal to Swansea
Undisclosed
The Swans bagged 19-yearold goalkeeper Vickers after
he had a trial spell at the club!

ALESSANDRO
DIAMANTI
Loan from Guangzhou
Watford made it 12 signings
so far this summer when they
snapped up classy 32-year-old
Diamanti on loan from Chinese
club Guangzhou Evergrande!
The ex-Italy ace played for
West Ham back in 2009-10!

GERHARD
TREMMEL
Free Agent to Swansea
Free
Tremmel got released in May,
but hes re-joined The Swans
as back-up for Fabianski!

TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY

Weve put together some of the big phrases and sights that could
appear on Transfer Deadline Day! If you hear or see any of the
below, tick them off! Once youve got them all, shout BINGO!

THIS
PEN HAS
RUN OUT,
MATE!

The clock is ticking!

...has put pen to paper!

Any mention
of a helicopter!

WRONG
NUMBER,
SOZ!

Sk y sources are telling us!

A reporter gets
bundled by fans!

ARE
YOU GUYS
FROM
MATCH?

Someone mentions
a fax machine!

28 MATCH!

A gaf fer gets interviewed

from his car window!

Youll hear it here first!

LIKE
MY
YELLOW
TIE?

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The Bournemouth
CB has
played more Prem
games than
any other foreign
outfield player!

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DID YOU KNOW?

The Aston Villa mid

fielder
has his middle na
me Gana
on the back of his
shirt!

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Dutch Football
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Year award in
2006-07!

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The Newcastle mid

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STAT 6
ATTAC

PREM TRANSFERS SPE

BIG SPENDERS
CLUB

SPENT

Man. United

83.1m

Liverpool

Six Prem clubs have

already smashed
their transfer records
in this window
Bournemouth, Stoke,
Crystal Palace,
Man. City, Watford
and West Brom!

MOST EXPENSIVE SIGNINGS SUMMER 2015

PLAYER

TRANSFER

FEE

Raheem Sterling

Liverpool to Man. City

49m

77.5m

Christian Benteke

Aston Villa to Liverpool

32.5m

Man. City

70m

Memphis Depay

PSV to Man. United

31m

Aston Villa

53.6m

Roberto Firmino

Hoffenheim to Liverpool

29m

Newcastle

36.7m

Morgan Schneiderlin

Southampton to Man. United

25m

Chelsea

35.5m

Baba Rahman

Augsburg to Chelsea

21.7m

Tottenham

29.3m

Georginio Wijnaldum

PSV to Newcastle

14.7m

Crystal Palace 25.3m

8 Bastian Schweinsteiger Bayern Munich to Man. United 14.4m

West Brom

24.5m

Aleksandar Mitrovic

Anderlecht to Newcastle

13m

10

West Ham

24.5m

10

Yohan Cabaye

PSG to Crystal Palace

12.8m

Angel di Maria is the most expensive

summer signing of all time! He joined
Man. United from Real in 2014!

When Fernando Torres

joined Chelsea from
Liverpool for 50 million in
January 2011, it was the
biggest January transfer
window move ever!

Thats how much Premier League

clubs spent in total in the last
summer transfer window!

40 MATCH!

BIGGEST PREM BUYS BIGGEST PREM SALES

FERNANDO TORRES
Liverpool to Chelsea

50m

RAHEEM STERLING
Liverpool to Man. City

49m

MESUT OZIL
Real Madrid to Arsenal

GARETH BALE
Tottenham to Real Madrid

59.7m

CRISTIANO RONALDO
Man. United to Real Madrid
LUIS SUAREZ
Liverpool to Barcelona
DAVID LUIZ
Chelsea to PSG

42.5m

SERGIO AGUERO
Atletico Madrid to Man. City

38m

85.3m
80m
75m

50m

ANGEL DI MARIA
Man. United to PSG 44.3m

JUAN MATA
Chelsea to Man. United

37.1m

CESC FABREGAS
Arsenal to Barcelona

34m

ANDY CARROLL
Newcastle to Liverpool

35m

LUKA MODRIC
Spurs to Real Madrid

33m

ALEXIS SANCHEZ
Barcelona to Arsenal

35m

XABI ALONSO
Liverpool to Real Madrid

30m

CHRISTIAN BENTEKE
Aston Villa to Liverpool

32.5m

DAVID BECKHAM
Man. United to Real Madrid

ROBINHO
Real Madrid to Man. City

32.5m

MARC OVERMARS
Arsenal to Barcelona

6.5m
Everton have
spent less than
every other
Prem club so
far in 2015-16!

Watford have
bought more
stars than any
other Prem club
this summer!

SIGNED FROM
BY LEAGUE
6%

29%

8%
11%

23%
13%

24m

49m>
46.45m
Raheem Sterling cost
Man. City more than the
total spent by Arsenal
and Chelsea so far!

233m

2%

8%

25m

1. Prem
29%
2. Other
23%
3. Championship 13%
4. Ligue 1
11%
5. Serie A
8%
6. Bundesliga
8%
7. La Liga
6%
8. League 1 & 2
2%

Thats
how much
United boss
Louis van
Gaal has
spent on
new players
since taking
over The
Red Devils!

TURN OVER FOR EURO

TRANSFER STATS!
MATCH! 41

Stats correct up to Tuesday, August 18.

ANGEL DI MARIA
Real Madrid to Man. United

STAT 2
ATTAC

Barcelona have spent

40 million on two
players Aleix Vidal
and Arda Turan but
neither of them can
play for the club until
January because
of a transfer ban!

TRANSFER
RECORDS

EURO TRANSFERS SPE I

34m

85.3m

55m

35.5m

MARTINEZ
Athetic Bilbao
to Bayern

BALE

Tottenham to
Real Madrid

CAVANI

CRESPO

2012
BUNDESLIGA

2013
LA LIGA

2013
LIGUE 1

2000
SERIE A

Napoli
to PSG

Parma
to Lazio

BIGGEST SUMMER SIGNINGS 2015

ARTURO
JACKSON
VIDAL

MARTINEZ

Juventus
to Bayern

Porto to
Atletico Madrid

BUNDESLIGA

LA LIGA

26m

ANGEL

DI MARIA

24.5m

PAULO

DYBALA

Man. United
to PSG

Palermo
to Juventus

LIGUE 1

SERIE A

44.3m

42 MATCH!

23m

BERNARD STEFAN
MENSAH SAVIC

7m 6.4m

FILIPE
LUIS

11m

ATLETICOS
SUMMER
YANNICK
FERREIRA SIGNINGS

Thats the total Real Madrid have

spent over the last ve transfer
windows, including this one!

JACKSON
MARTINEZ

24.5m

CARRASCO

14m

LUCIANO
VIETTO

And thats how much rivals

Barcelona have spent on new
players over the same time!

14m

RECORD SALES BY LEAGUE

ROBERTO
ANGEL
2014

FIRMINO

DI MARIA

Hoffenheim
to Liverpool

Real Madrid
to Man. United

BUNDESLIGA

LA LIGA

29m

JAMES

2014

59.7m

KAKA

RODRIGUEZ
Monaco to
Real Madrid

AC Milan to
Real Madrid

LIGUE 1

SERIE A

71m

BUSIEST TEAMS THIS

SUMMER BY LEAGUE

2009

56m

10 12 12 13
NEW PLAYERS

NEW PLAYERS

NEW PLAYERS

NEW PLAYERS

Hoffenheim
BUNDESLIGA

Eibar
LA LIGA

Genoa
SERIE A

Angers
LIGUE 1
MATCH! 43

Stats correct up to Tuesday, August 18.

2015

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Danny Ings boots will be hard to fill, but

Vossen could be the man to do it! The striker,
who helped Middlesbrough reach the
play-off final in his loan spell last season,
has great link-up play and lethal finishing!

en
exp

ANDREAS
WEIMANDNERBY

LA TO
ASTON VIL
75 MILLION
2.

well chuffed The Rams

snapped up Austria ace
Weimann hes a quality
forward who has bags of
energy and knows how
to hit the net! We cant
wait to see him totally
owning defenders in
the Championship!

ANI
U
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S
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A
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T
S
I
CHR SPANYOLTO

O
LUCASO SJHOEFAF. WED.

NACIONAL2.8T MILLION

Sheffield Wednesday
only scored 43 goals
in the Championship
last season, but new
boss Carlos Carvalhal
has gone a long way
to fixing that problem
by signing hitman
Joao! The forward is
an absolute beast!

44 MATCH!

E
BROUGH
MIDDLEMSIL
LION
2.8

Powerful striker Stuani

could be Boros main
man up front this
season! The Uruguay
ace scored 12 La Liga
goals in just 15 starts
for Espanyol in 2014-15,
and is seriously good in
the air! Hes definitely
one to watch out for!

JASON
SHACKELL

RBY
BURNLEY TO DE
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MOSES
ODUBAJO
BRENTF
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3 MILLIO

3.5 MILLIOO HULL

N

rby sold rock-solid

defender Shackell to
Burnley three years
ago, but they must
have missed him coz
they just bought him
back for big bucks! His
mega experience and
top tackling will really
boost the back four!

ed to see Brady
Chester leave,
bagging speed
mon Odubajo
eered them up!
right-back was
of Brentfords
players in 14-15!

DAVID NTUERGTEONT
LEICES
OUGH
MIDDLESILBLIRON
4 M

TOM CAIRN
EY

BLACKBUR
N

TO

3.5 MILLIOFULHAM
N

Fulham made their biggest

signing of the summer when
they bagged wicked attacking
midfielder Cairney back in June!
The 24-year-old, whos a classy
passer and ace free-kick taker,
got three goals and five assists
in 32 league starts last season!

2
TOM INCEY
RB
HULL TOILDLIEON
4.75 M

Tricky forward Ince hit

11 goals in just 18 league
starts during his loan spell
at Derby last season, and
now hes a full-time Rams
player after they convinced
Hull to sell! Could he fire
them to promotion?

class goals for The

Foxes last season,
and were expecting
to see a lot more of
that in 2015-16!
The ex-England
striker has clever
movement, great
technique and epic
finishing skills!

1
NING
STEWAROTMIDDDOLW
ESBROUGH
WEST HAM T7 MILLION

rocked for West Ham

in 2014-15 before his
old club Boro splashed
the cash to bring him
back this summer!
With his dribbling,
passing and footy
brain, we reckon
hell totally boss it!

for this
WHITE HART
PAIN?
ottenham v verton
Saturday, 5.30pm
Everton havent beaten Spurs
at White Hart Lane for six seasons,
but The Toffees beat Southampton
at St. Marys for the first time in 13
years recently, so can they break
another away-day hoodoo?

GET READY
FOR GOALS!
Newcastle v Arsenal
Saturday, 12.45pm

2
46 MATCH!

Theres been some crazy results

in this fixture over the years, like
a 4-4, 4-1 and even a bonkers 7-3!
The net has been busted 34 times
in the last nine clashes, too an
average of nearly four per game
so we cant wait for this one!

look out
weekend!

WEEKEND
PREVIEW!
MATCH checks out the big
talking points ahead of
this weekends massive
Premier League action!

4
ANDYS
ANFIELD
RETURN!
Liverpool
v West Ham
Saturday, 3pm
Gossips reckon West Hams
Andy Carroll could make his
comeback from injury this
weekend just in time to play
old club Liverpool! The giant
hitman will want to kick-start
his season and push for a place
in Roy Hodgsons England team!

PALACE PARK
THE BUS?

ANOTHER AGUERO
HAT-TRICK?
Man. City v Watford

Chelsea v
Crystal Palace

Saturday, 3pm

Saturday, 3pm

The last time these two teams met,

Sergio Aguero bagged a 31-minute
hat-trick in a 4-2 City win in the FA
Cup! The Argentina hero has made
a good start to the season can he
make it a great start with another
ace treble against The Hornets?

Palace have never beaten Chelsea

in the Prem at Stamford Bridge!
Theyve conceded 13 goals in the
last four games at the champions
home, so will Alan Pardews boys
park the bus and try to catch The
Blues on the counter-attack?

TURN OVER FOR BIG-GAME PREVIEW...

ELECTRIC MONTERO
Swans winger Jefferson Montero destroyed
Chelseas Branislav Ivanovic on the opening
day, and his next target is Red Devils new
boy Matteo Darmian! The Ecuador hero is
one of the fastest players we've ever seen!

IT!
WATCH
ea v
Swans
Man. United
Sunday 4p

MATCH WINNERS
Swansea hero Gylfi Sigurdsson
got ten assists and seven goals
last season, and Man. Uniteds
31 million man Memphis Depay
will hope to make a similar
impact in 2015-16. Theyre really
different players, but both have
the ability to win matches!

SIGURDSSON

WING WIZARDS
Montero isnt the only wing king ready
to rip it up on Sunday! Andre Ayews
pace, power, heading and ice-cool
finishing impressed against Chelsea
and Newcastle, while Juan Mata
unlocks defences in his sleep!

48 MATCH!

MEMPHIS

72

SPEED

91

90

FREE-KICKS

87

92

TECHNIQUE

86

87

FOOTY BRAIN

81

80

FINISHING

86

421

TOTAL

431

WEEKEND
PREVIEW!
Check out all the key info
ahead of Sundays clash
at the Liberty Stadium!

LIKELY LINE-UPS!
Fabianski

Naughton

UNITED REVENGE
Swansea did the double over United last
season they won both fixtures 2-1 and
gaffer Garry Monk will hope to repeat
the trick in 2015-16! His tactics, style of
play and ability to make game-changing
subs will give LVG a big headache!

Fernandez

Williams

Shelvey

Cork

Ayew

Sigurdsson

Taylor

Montero

Gomis

HEAD-TO-HEAD
Swansea wins

Romero

Man. United wins 11

Draws

5
Darmian

Smalling

Blind

Schweinsteiger

Mata

Shaw

Schneiderlin

Januzaj

Memphis

Rooney

ROONEY'S BAD RUN

Man. United striker Wayne Rooney
has only ever scored once against
Swansea in six matches and Swans
rock Ashley Williams has played in
all of those games! Can the Wales
captain keep Wazza quiet again,
or will Rooney end that bad run?

JAMES SAYS...
Swansea 1-1 Man. United
"These two teams have had great
starts to the season, so it's a tough
one to call. I reckon Gomis will score
again, but Wazza will silence the
Liberty Stadium with a worldy!"

YOU SAY

TURN OVER FOR PREDICT THE RESULT...

WEEKEND
PREVIEW!

James

NEWCASTLE

MAN. CITY

ARSENAL

WATFORD

Newcastle will be much better

this season, but Arsenal should
still have too much for them!

Watford gave City a scare in

the FA Cup a couple of seasons
ago, but they wont here!

JAMES SAYS

JAMES SAYS

1-2

YOU SAY

4-1

YOU SAY

ASTON VILLA

STOKE

SUNDERLAND

WEST BROM

I saw Sunderland play Leicester

recently and they were rubbish,
so Im going for a Villa win here!

With all their skill kings, Stoke

are like an English Barcelona.
Shaqiri and Diouf to bag!

JAMES SAYS

1-0

JAMES SAYS

YOU SAY

2-1

YOU SAY

BOURNEMOUTH

TOTTENHAM

LEICESTER

EVERTON

I was going to say 6-0 to my

team Leicester, but Id be happy
with a Mahrez goal and a point!

Everton have hardly spent

in the transfer window and it
might cost them home win!

JAMES SAYS

JAMES SAYS

1-1

YOU SAY

2-1

YOU SAY

CHELSEA

SOUTHAMPTON

CRYSTAL PALACE

NORWICH

Palace have bought well this

summer, but Chelsea wont slip
up at home again. Blues win!

I like Norwich, but I reckon

Southampton will have too
much for the Prem new boys!

JAMES SAYS

JAMES SAYS

2-0

2-0

YOU SAY

YOU SAY

LIVERPOOL
v

WEST HAM
Id love Benteke to bag here,
but Im going for another
Coutinho strike to nick a win!

JAMES SAYS

1-0

YOU SAY

FINAL
SCORE!
50 MATCH!

Give yourself three points for a correct

scoreline and one for the right result!
JAMES
SCORE

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SCORE

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e mystery Prem
signing from
these clues?
2 West Ham
signed me for
10.7 million from
a French team
this summer!

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but and scored in
Prem home game!

ART 1
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sition is attacking
ld or on the wing!

True or False? Lethal

striker Rondon is West
Broms record signing!

5 QUESTIONS ON...

salomon
rondon

Which national team

does The Baggies
new boy play for Chile,
Uruguay or Venezuela?

How old is Rondon

21, 23, 25 or 27?

Name the massive

Russian club that Tony
Pulis signed him from!

Rondon has played for

Las Palmas and which
other Spanish club?

Which new Premier

League signings
name has been all
jumbled up?
1.

2.

E-UP!

Which new signings have we zoomed in on?

3.

4.

Mark where you

think the ball should
be in this action pic!
A
B
C
D
E
F
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1

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

NAME THE
COUNTRY!

Andre Ayew
Swansea

Ibrahim Afellay
Stoke

Which countries
do these summer
buys play for?

Artur Boruc
Bournemouth

Which clubs have these players joined recently?

1. Micah Richards

5. Steven Caulker

2. Bakary Sako

6. Shay Given

3. Gerard Deulofeu

7. Younes Kaboul

4. Christian Fuchs

8. Kieran Trippier

Name the new signing whos in

the latest Fantastic Four film!

Toby Alderweireld
Tottenham

Can you name

this ex-Premier
League record
signing?

Z
I
U
Q CIAL PART 2

TRANSFER SPE

Andriy
Shevchenko

Mesut Ozil

Fernando
Torres

Rio Ferdinand

These are the record signings for which clubs?

1. Michael Owen

4. Yohan Cabaye

2. Wilfried Bony

5. Dani Osvaldo

3. Romelu Lukaku

6. Tyrone Mings

TROPHY
TIME!

Which of these legends didnt

break the Prem transfer record?
Alan Shearer

MEGA MASH-UP
Name the Prem new
boy hiding behind the
famous trophy!

THE

NUMBERS
GAME!
How many Prem goals did
Palace new boy Connor
Wickham net last season?

Robinho

Name the Prem

summer signing
in this weird pic!

Transfer window
BRAIN-BUSTE
R!
How much d
o you
know abou t
th
transfer win e
dow?

1. Which club broke the record

for money spent in one Prem
transfer window last summer?

2. Whos the most expensive Premier

League defender of all time?

3. Which giant England striker

is the record signing for both
Liverpool and West Ham?

4. Which Italian club did Tottenham bag

record signing Erik Lamela from?

5. Raheem Sterlings the most expensive

English player ever, but which London
club did he start his career at?

6. In 2012, who became the first player

to move from Arsenal to Man. United
in the Premier League era?

7. Which left-back is the most expensive

teenager in Prem history?

735
Million

635n 835
o
Milli

9. Darren Bent is Aston Villas record

signing, but which Premier League
club did they sign him from?

Million

10. How much did Prem clubs spend on

transfers last summer 635 million,
735 million or 835 million?

8. Leicester broke their transfer record

last January to sign which striker?
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P
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C
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P
S
R
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F
S
N
TRA

CHANGER!
Which Newcastle
new boy scored on
his debut against
Southampton?

TRANSFER TRACKER!
Fill in the gaps in the career of new
Baggies hitman Rickie Lambert!

2006-09

2009-14

2014-15
Liverpool
2015West Brom

Which new Prem star has turned

into Ian Beale in EastEnders?
Man. United

Swansea

Watford

Leicester

Which of these clubs has Tom

Cleverley never played for?

Name the big-spending clubs badge!

Aston Villa

Wigan

U N

M M

Q H

A W

Can you find 30 Premier League summer signings in this grid?

F

G W

P W

O W H

G W

P W

O M

U W

A W N

M H

U N

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O W M

O M

Q M

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Afellay
Alderweireld
Ayew
Bamford
Begovic
Behrami
Capoue
Caulker
Cech
Clasie

Clyne
Darmian
Delph
Depay
Deulofeu
Eder
Falcao
Gestede
Gradel
Kaboul

Lambert
Lens
Mitrovic
Mulumbu
Payet
Richards
Shaqiri
Tomlin
Trippier
Wickham

Quiz answers!

Transfer Special Part 1

Who Am I?: Dimitri Payet.
Rondon Quiz: 1. True; 2. Venezuela;
3. 25 years old; 4. Zenit; 5. Malaga.
Close-Up: 1. Bastian Schweinsteiger;
2. Radamel Falcao; 3. Aleksandar
Mitrovic; 4. Sebastian Coates.
Soccer Scrabble: Roberto Firmino.
Spot The Ball: I3.
Name The Country:
Ayew Ghana; Afellay Holland;
Boruc Poland; Alderweireld Belgium.
Prem Stars: 1. A. Villa; 2. Crystal Palace;
3. Everton; 4. Leicester; 5. Southampton;
6. Stoke; 7. Sunderland; 8. Tottenham.
Footy At The Films: Fabian Delph.

Transfer Special Part 2

Transfer Special Part 3

Game Changer: Georginio Wijnaldum.
Transfer Tracker: 2006-09 Bristol
Rovers; 2009-14 Southampton.
On The Box: Rudy Gestede.
Bogus Badge: Aston Villa.
Odd One Out: Swansea.
Wordsearch: See below.
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