These are the players we are most excited to see make their Premier League bows this year. As Arsenal can attest, they aren’t all new signings.
10) Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa)
After speculation suggested club-record pursuits of Kalvin Phillips and Yves Bissouma were imminent, some Aston Villa supporters were perhaps left somewhat cold by the capture of free agent Boubacar Kamara a mere day after their final game of the season. But this was a seismic move, coming as it did under the reported noses of Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Manchester United and a series of other clubs capable of offering more than a role as John McGinn’s safety net.
Aston Villa have committed eye-catching fees on Diego Carlos and Philippe Coutinho but it is Kamara who could be the most transformative addition to Steven Gerrard’s squad. The manager himself sees “exactly the type of player we need if we want to go to the next level”, someone who epitomises the combined strengths of Douglas Luiz and Marvelous Nakamba in ability and attitude, without the drawbacks of either. There might have been no better value on the market this summer; Villa’s speed in completing the deal was no mistake.
9) Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea)
It was promised many moons ago yet long deemed by most to be a physical impossibility. ‘Kalidou Koulibaly, Premier League player’ was a line that belonged in only the most absurd works of fiction, accompanied by a knowing chuckle or disbelieving shake of the head. But in their desperation, Chelsea have shattered the unspoken rule and signed a perennial resident of Transfer Gossip Columnshire. They’d be the first to complain if someone strolled into that forbidden dimension and bought William Carvalho or Julian Draxler. Hypocrites.
But the damage is done and so the intrigue as to how Koulibaly will actually fare takes over. Having just turned 31, the Senegal international is the sprightly, youthful novice in any partnership with Thiago Silva and he has even burdened himself with John Terry’s old shirt number because nothing is sacred anymore. Chelsea being the latest big club to do the whole ‘F***, Virgil van Dijk is good; spending a fortune on centre-halves is clearly very easy indeed’ is also fun. They will hope he is more Ruben Dias or Cristian Romero than, well, any Manchester United defender.
8) Tyler Adams (Leeds)
Brenden Aaronson (£29.5m) and Luis Sinisterra (£21m) both cost more, while Rasmus…
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