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11/08/2021

PREDICTING 2021/2022 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON.

EMKAY SARR
SPORTS ANALYST

CONTINUATION
ARSENAL- Left back Nuno Tavares join from Benfica while midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga arrives from Belgian outfit Anderlecht. But their most significant signing this season is Ben White who joined from Brighton & Hove Albion. The Englishman performed brilliantly for the Seagulls last season which led him included in Gareth Southgate's provisional squad for the European competition. Arsenal for me will definitely be in the top six but I don't see them challenging for the title.
EVERTON- I don't know who advised Rafael Benitez to take up a manager job at Goodison after Carlo Ancelotti surprisingly left to take over at Real Madrid. Benitez was a former Liverpool manager who are direct rivals to Everton. True, his tenure at Anfield was a success story as he won them the champions league in 2005. Since his appointment was rumored, the blues fans went on rampage and printing placards reading ! you are not welcome here: . Believe me if the season starts if Everton fails to win two or three matches, he would really finds it difficult to cope with the fans who still don't endorse him. Benitez brings in Andros Townsend from Crystal Palace and Demerai Gray who joined from Bayer Leverkusen. Benitez must be firm enough to keep hold of Olympic gold medalist Richalison and Colombian playmaker James Rodriguez who were both wanted by their former manager Carlo Ancelotti at Real. If the fans can backed the manager, Everton too can compete in the top six.
Elsewhere in the premier league, Crystal Palace can be a surprise package with veteran premier league star Patrick Viera installed as their new man in charge replacing the ageing Roy Hodgson who retires after the conclusion of last season.
Another entertaining premier league season is just at the corner, so do not missed it, enjoy it.

11/08/2021

PREDICTING 2021/2022 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON

EMKAY SARR
SPORTS ANALYST

CONTINUATION
CHELSEA- No significant signing has so far arrived at Stamford Bridge however there are rumors of a possible return of former striker Romelu Lukaku. Lukaku had a fine season with Inter Milan last time as they were crowned champions. The team is intact and no first team departures so I bet Chelsea to be challenging for the title.
MANCHESTER UNITED- The talk of Raphael Varane is still not settled, so only Jadon Sancho who arrives from Dortmund still stands as the only marque signing for the red half of Manchester. Tom Heaton also join on free transfer from Aston Villa as a cover up to first choice David De Gea. If United can get Varane in their ranks, believe me they too will be challenging for the title. Varane is a leader and can command which is lacking in the defense of the Red Devils.
LIVERPOOL- Many will said that I am bias because of my support to them. But li refer them back to my last year's post when I wrote that they won't retain the league. Liverpool this time around are in a strong position to be crowned champions of England once again. They were disrupted by injuries last year notably to the defensive pair of Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez. Ibrahim Konate arrived from RB Leipzig will be competing with the likes of Matip and Gomez for a starting lineup to partner the undisputed first choice centre back Van Dijk. Muhammed Salah showed some sort of selfish play last year and am sure this was addressed by head coach Jurgen Klopp. Anyway the departure of Georginio Wijnaldum will be surely felt but Liverpool have enough midfield class to fill that void. Liverpool by all means will be challenging for the title and a possible champions come May.
TOTTENHAM- New coach Nuno Esprito Santo needs to solve his defensive situation before the window closes. His former captain at Wolves Conor Coady was identified to replace Toby Alderwerild. Harry Kane will stay for at least another season. Atalanta duo Christian Romero and Prerluigi Gollini were recruited even though the later join on a free. Bryan Gil was brought in front Sevilla for 21.6 million plus a deal to take Eric Lamela to the Ramon Sanchez Stadium. Tottenham are having a very good coach but they will struggle to be in the top six if they continue to use Hugo Illoris as their number one choice in goal.
ARSENAL. Manager Mikel Arteta will be more serious this time around if he wants to retain his job at North London.

11/08/2021

PREDICTING 2021/2022 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON.

EMKAY SARR
SPORTS ANALYST

Even though the Three Lions fails in the final huddles against Italy to make sure that football stays at home, they have indeed puts up a respectable performance throughout the competition and was applauded by many who were not necessarily fans. The only negative impulses derived from the tournament was the racist abuse meted on three English black players who failed to convert their penalties in the shootout against the Italians. Manchester United duo Marcus Radford and summer arrival Jodon Sancho plus Arsenal Bukayo Saka all missed their target as Italy claim the European cup at the famous London Stadium.
English Premier League will return this weekend and no doubt is the most followed and watched league throughout the entire globe. Every year the game is becoming more entertaining and for sure this year is no exception. I looked at the top teams how they fared and who has the amunition to become champions come May.
MANCHESTER CITY- Despite the signing of a top creative midfielder Jack Grealish from Aston Villa for 100 million pounds, Manchester City will struggle this time around to retain the EPL crown due to only a single reason which is the departure of veteran and record goal scorer Sergio Aguerro. No one can narrates the story of City without mentioning the prolific Argentine hitman. Aguerro is the success story of City and they struggle to cope without him and this was manifested during the community sheild loss to Leicester City. Manchester City will probably end the season in third place.
CHELSEA- They are my favorites last year to clinch the trophy but due to the bad start to the season by Frank Lampard cost them the title. Lampard was eventually sacked and was replaced by German Thomas Tuchel who did a wonderful job by winning the champions league and also securing a top four finish. Chelsea have invested heavily under Lampard but this time around are able to make any significant

30/07/2021

40 YEARS AFTER THE INFAMOUS COUP.

MODOU SARR
It is exactly forty solid years on July 30th 1981 , Gambians woke up with the news of a coup d'etat taking place. The head of the military rebellion was no other person than Kukoi Samba Sanyang. He led a twelve man National Revolutionary Council and seized the country from July 30th -- August 5th 1981.
By the time of the rebellion, former president late Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara was in the United Kingdom and he flew back to Dakar where he addressed the Nation for the first time from a foreign capital. Sir Dawda was eventually supported by former Senegalese president Abdou Diouf and they swiftly intervened resulting to the deaths of hundreds and if not thousands of innocent lives from both countries. It was a bitter battle as the rebels secured the airport, the radio station and most importantly the seat of power State House. Jawara finally returned after the Senegalese army conquered the insurgents . Kukoi managed to escape with many of his men and settled in Libya under the tutelage of former president Colonel Muammar Gaddafi who according to some was the mastermind behind their henious acts
Kukoi Samba Sanyang remained in the northern African country for several years as he trained with other rebel forces including Charles Taylor's NPFL forces.
On November 8 1996, 2 infantry battalion at Farafenni was attacked and several soldiers died. The rebels were captured and they later claimed to have connections with Kukoi.
In early 2001 Kukoi resettled in Dakar, Senegal and in 2003 had two secret meetings with former president Yahya Jammeh. The peace talks never succeed and went back to Dakar. Kukoi died in Mali in 2013 and was denied by Jammeh to be buried in his home village of Wassadu in Foni Jarrol.

27/07/2021

KMC ELECTS FIRST FEMALE MAYOR

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Kanifing Municipal Council better known as KMC has on Monday elected Mrs Binta Janneh as the new deputy mayor replacing Mr Musa Bah. She was unanimously elected by her fellow councillors and was later sworn in.
This latest development came when the former occupant handed over his resignation letter dated 23rd July 2021. Mr Bah in his letter cited personal and family reasons for his prompt resignation. He claims that , he lost four of his family members including his mother.
A United States based online newspaper called freedom last week reported a massive bribery scandal involving the deputy mayor and a local company Ecowtech. The company was awarded a multi million dalasis contract to prepare ticketing for the council waste management system. He was accused of receiving one million dalasis from one Gaston Francis a co-owner of the said company.
Another scandal involving the chief executive officer Mrs Sainabou Martin Sonko was also reported. She was accused of acquiring a bank loan of 12 million dalasis on behalf of 37 staff who were never informed of the said money. She used some of the money to purchase a land for the council costing 4 million but instead she presented an invoice of 11 million dalasis. She did this dubious acts together with the director of finance Dr Alieu Keita.
The councillors on Monday passed two resolutions to be implemented, firstly the CEO and the finance director will go for indefinite leave pending investigations . Secondly relating to the multi million dalasis digital revenue collection contract, a full investigation is ordered.
Meanwhile the mayor of KMC Talib Ahmed Bensouda has revealed to newsmen that over seven million dalasis have so far been recovered from the fraudsters. He promised that no stone will be left unturned as investigations has already been mounted. Mr Musa Bah will continue as the councillor of Latri K***a yirinyanga. The new deputy mayor is the councillor of Bakau New Town/ Fajara ward.
Last week United States of America reported that president Adama Barrow's government is giving blind eye to corruption as not a single person has been prosecuted in connection to corruption since coming to power in 2016. KMC line ministry is local government who themselves were accused of massive corruption involving the minister Musa Drammeh. This is the Gambia today when top officers were been caught doing corrupt practices, the junior ones hold no fear anymore.

11/07/2021

HUMANITY FIRST DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS ENDS A WEEKLONG VISIT TO THE GAMBIA.

MODOU SARR
The Director of Operations at Humanity First International Mr Fazal Ahmad has concluded a weeklong tour to the country which began on the 3rd of July 2021. He was in the country to visit projects sites run and sponsored by the charitable organization and also to meet with stakeholders working in tandem with Humanity First.
Humanity First according to Mr Fazal Ahmad is the brainchild of the late fourth Kalifa Mirza Tahir Ahmad (may Allah be pleased with him) . He initiated it in 1992 and three years later was officially registered in the United Kingdom. The main objective is to respond to big disasters like earthquake, cyclone, tsunami etc and to assist low income earners develop themselves with huge emphasis in West Africa. Humanity First he said, is non religious, apolitical and non racial. Our intervention is based on need without any hindrance to your background.
Mr Ahmad revealed that the charitable organization has registered a tremendous success in the Gambia the provision of affordable health care, education, agriculture, vocational training and also providing safe drinking water to the rural poor through boreholes and hand pumps. Our IT centre at Latri K***a Sabiji has trained over 45,000 people from certificate to diploma level and a large chunk of whom are now serving the government with merit. We built Masroor Senior School which now has a population of 1300 students and over fifty percent are girls. We also built a modern multi purpose hall at the school and is probably the biggest in the country hosting over two thousand people.
During his tour, Mr Fazal Ahmad also paid a courtesy call to the honourable minister of Health Dr Amadou Lamin Samateh . He was led to the Minister's office by the chairman of Humanity First Gambia Me Kawsu Kinteh, Dr Baboucarr AS Sowe and Mr Yankuba Sinayoko director of operations Humanity First Gambia. He also had an audience with the Amir

22/02/2021

TRRC EXPECTED TO END PUBLIC HEARINGS BY JUNE 2021.

MODOU SARR

Dr Baba Galleh Jallow Executive Secretary at the Truth Reconciliation and Reparation Commission - TRRC has disclosed to this reporter that TRRC which was established by an act of the National Assembly in 2017 to look in to human rights abuses from July 1994-- January 2017 is set to conclude it's public hearings by June this year.
The commission according to him started hearings on January 7th 2019 and at the end of the 20th session, over 336 witnesses have appeared so far. Of this, 266 were males and 72 were females. 208 were victims and 74 were self-confessed perpetrators and adversely mentioned persons.29 victims have testified via video link from Gambian diaspora and these hearings also includes several protected witnesses and closed door testimonies.
Some of the high profile witnesses includes former Vice Chairman of AFPRC Captain Sana B Sabally who confessed to have been involved in several killings notably the November 11 1994 massacre of dozens of soldiers including Lieutenant Basirou Barrow. Another Vice Chairman and one-time Defense minister Captain Edward D Singhateh who traveled from Nigeria also testified. He was heavily accused of being the mastermind of the dead of former finance minister Ousman Koro Ceesay. Koro Ceesay was burnt to ashes in his car in the outskirts of Jambur in 1995. Edward has vehemently denied being part of the gruesome murder but at the end of his testimony apologized to Gambians for any wrongdoings he committed during his time in government. Other notable names who face the truth commission includes former AIG of police Ebrima Chongan, former AG and minister of justice Mustapha Marong, UDP leader Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, Dr Tamsir Mbowe, Brigadier General Alagie Martin, former ministers Omar Amadou Jallow and M C Cham, Amir Baba F Trawally, former SIC president Imam Momodou Lamin Touray, Imam Abdoulie Fatty, General Lang Tombong Tamba and Fatoumata Sandeng daughter of slain UDP youth leader

17/01/2021

NUSRAT GEARS UP FOR HISTORIC GOLDEN JUBILEE.

MODOU SARR

Preparations have begun in earnest at Nusrat Senior Secondary School as they look forward to a historic golden jubilee celebrations come October 2021.
The principal of the school Mr Mamadi Ceesay said he's very much delighted to be part of the landmark event as the principal of this great school. According to him, Nusrat school foundation was laid on the 4th of May 1970 by his Holiness Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad (third successor of the promised messiah) during his historic tour of West Africa. The following year in October 1971 classes started. Fifty years is quite a long time and during this period the school has developed from strength to strength. Nusrat, principal Ceesay went on, is a household name in the Gambia particularly in pursuit of academic excellence. There would be series of events culminating to the celebration and this requires lot of money, so am appealing to all ex students, teachers, philanthropists and the entire country to come forward and give hands to this most important milestone.
John S. A Kemokai Vice principal of the school emphasis the importance of year 2021 to the school. This is the year when this great school will clock 50 years of existence. Mr Kemokai pointed out that it is an occasion that no one should underestimate. We would celebrate it in grand style and in an extra ordinary manner. The celebration, he said, will suit the name of the school. The erudite educationist compounded that his school, Nusrat is the best and will forever remain the best of quality secondary education in this country. He also called on all the great and proud students of mother Al-Nusrat to come forward and support their alma mater in this most important crusade of her history.
The bursar of the school Mr Omar Bittaye said donations have started pouring in connection to the historic event. He mentioned few individuals and institutions like Mr Nyakassi Sanyang of GBOS, Alkali Conteh of Dabanani, etc

15/01/2021

AHMADIYYA PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO A FAMILY OF FIRE VICTIMS IN BANJUL.

MODOU SARR

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in the Gambia on Thursday morning presented bags of rice, cooking oils and onions to a single family in to***co road, Banjul. The family which is known by Sanyang K***a has been ravaged by fire outbreak in December of last year.
In presenting the donated food items, Amir Baba F Trawally once again reaffirmed the Jamaat's resolve in assisting those in need. The family in question are neighbors and as neighbors we must be each other's keepers. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (s a w), he continued was so much concerned about neighborliness. You must visit your neighbor when he/she is sick and assist them when in difficulty. Amir further preach that, if we follow the footsteps of the Holy Master, we would all live in peace and harmony. I was very sad when I heard of the unfortunate incident and so too is our Khalifa Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad who has since offered prayers to the family. The donation, according to the respected Amir is a small token, just to show our solidarity that we are with you in this. He revealed that similar donations are on the pipeline to Sare Gedeh in the Wuli District where over 21 families and over 300 people affected. We would also go to Kudang where there are victims needing urgent assistance. And by Allah's grace, both will be done by the end of this month, he concluded.
The Deputy Mayor of Banjul Mr Omar Touray thank the Jamaat and Amir in particular while describing the gesture as very big. This is not a small token as alluded by the Amir, to us this is a huge donation and we really appreciate it. Deputy Mayor Touray pointed out to Amir that, you have come to help me because this is my ward, Campama. This is my duty and you have come to erase the burden on me.
Mawdo Amadou Jallow, the regional disaster co-ordinator for Banjul commended the Jamaat for complementing government efforts. Sharing, he said is a good practice of Islam.

27/11/2020

MRC HOLLAND TO BUILD 24 CLASSROOM BLOCKS AT NUSRAT.

MODOU SARR

MRC Holland foundation a non profit making charitable organization on Wednesday told the top brass at Nusrat Senior Secondary School that they will build 24 new classrooms for the school.
The signing ceremony was held at the school campus and was witnessed by the Amir of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Mr Baba F Trawally who doubles as the chairman of the board, current and previous principal Mr Mamadi Ceesay and Karamo S Bojang, director of education region Two, the alkalo of Bundung, dignitaries, staff and students.
The construction is scheduled to last for eight months. Principal Ceesay expressed his profound happiness and thanked the MRC Holland for the noble assistance to the school. Nusrat according to him is growing in all areas except in infrastructure and with this massive investment, we are grateful.

25/11/2020

The football world is grieving particularly Argentina on the demise of Diego Armando Maradona who died today aged 60. He has been battling with cancer for the past years. Maradona single handedly won the world cup for his country in Mexico in 1986. He scored a memorable goal against England known as the hand of God's goal. He was best player in that tournament. Maradona has also managed his native country Argentina in the 2006 world cup in Germany. He can only be compared to the Brazilian legend Pele as the best and finesst players to ever played football. May Allah have mercy on his soul. Ameen.

06/11/2020

Senator John MacCain concession speech to Barack Obama in 2008

05/11/2020

U S ELECTIONS HANGING ON 4 SWING STATES.

EMKAY SARR
Senior political analyst

It has now gone more than 72 hours since United States voted in which analysts describe as the most contested elections in history and there is no clear candidate yet to reach the 270 electoral college milestone enough to win the presidency. The battle is now focused on four key states Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Nevada.
Incumbent president Donald Trump is currently leading in three of those first mentioned states whilst his Democratic challenger Joe Biden is leading only in Nevada. If Biden can keep hold of Nevada which has 6 electoral college then the race is over, he would become the 46th president of the United States. But the tide may turn other way in Trump's favor, if he manages to keep his lead in those three states and sn**ch Nevada from Biden, then he would remained as the president for the next 4 years.
United States is demarcated in to electoral colleges in accordance with the population of each states. California is the most populated states and thus have the highest electoral college with 55. Altogether is 538 electoral colleges and to be elected president, a candidate must get 270.
The remaining 4 swing states under counting are below.

PENNSYLAVANIA 20 Electoral college

TRUMP 3,224,144 votes
BIDEN 3,088,487 votes
87 percent counted

NEVADA 6 Electoral college

BIDEN. 588,252 votes
TRUMP. 580, 605 votes
75 percent counted

GEORGIA 16 Electoral college

TRUMP. 2, 432,925 votes
BIDEN. 2,414,781 votes
99 percent counted

NORTH CAROLINA 15 Electoral college

TRUMP. 2, 732, 084 votes
BIDEN 2,655, 383 votes
94 percent counted.

02/11/2020

SENEGAL'S PRESIDENT SALL NAMES NEW CABINET.

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President Macky Sall on Wednesday made a surprise move by dissolving the entire cabinet only 18 months after appointing them. Consequently President Sall on Sunday evening appointed 33 ministers and 4 secretaries of state to be part of his government. He kept key allies in Finance and the Economy meaning Abdoulaye Dauda Diallo and Amadou Hott will continue as Finance and Economy ministers respectively. Another key figure and a former popular mayor Mariama Sarr has also been included in the new cabinet for the fourth time. However there were some notable absentees from the new government which includes former Prime minister Muhammad Abdullah Dionne, Amadou Ba and Aly Ngoullie Ndiaye. Moreover President Sall has named fierce opposition rivals in to his government. Idrissa Seck who was a one time PM under Abdoulaye Wade and leader of Rewmi party is now the new head of Economic and social council replacing a former Prime minister Aminata Toure who was sacked last Wednesday for being suspect of harboring a presidential ambition. Oumar Sarr was the coordinator general for President Wade and he too has been included together with Aissara Tall Sall .

23/10/2020

NUSRAT REFUTES MASS EXODUS OF TEACHERS AS UNFOUNDED, MISLEADING.

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John S A Kemokai vice principal of Nusrat Senior Secondary School on Thursday afternoon refuted allegations peddling on social media that there has been a mass exodus of teachers in his school as unfounded, malicious and misleading. Mr Kemokai who is currently acting as the principal of the school as Mamadi Ceesay is our of the country, disclosed to this reporter that as of now he knows only a single absentee from the teaching staff. Mr Kano the Agricultural science teacher left for Freetown, Sierra Leone and am constantly communicating with him and by next week he would surely be around. It was just because of the border closure that delayed his return. On the issue of Mr Musa Bah, he stated that Mr Bah has been redeployed to a sister school as principal.
Mr Kemokai further explained that since the government announced the reopening of schools last week, lessons have been going and a new timetable has been set for all teachers and they were since following it. According to the erudite academician who has been delivering quality education at the school for over three and a half decades insisted that it is always a pride to teach at Nusrat and not everyone can teach at this great school,he lamented. He however heap praise on the principal for having a big heart for the school. When you heard Nusrat and you came to see the phisical structures itself and it is far apart from the academic standard, so the new principal is working hard so that the physical and academic performance will match together.
Mr Samuel D Koidia the head of physics department who said he has been at the school for 15 years now. Mr Koidia revealed to me that he knows only one teacher Mr Fatty who left for Gambia High school. He said Fatty is under his department and has already notified him of his exit. Nusrat he continued is a centre of excellence and we were all working tirelessly in fulfilling that thrio of vision, academic. Current headboy Sambou Ceesay, headgirl Jainaba Jammeh and assistant headgirl Away Bobb all testified that they are having their normal lessons and do not noticed any difficulty regarding teachers. Awa Bobb encourages parents to always vie and hustle for a place for their children because at Nusrat she confidently said is more than a senior school. Nusrat was the best school, is still the best and will remain the best, she concluded.

16/10/2020

EPL WEEK 5 PREDICTIONS.

Everton 2 Liverpool 2
Chelsea 2 Southampton 1
Man City 1 Arsenal 1
Newcastle 1 Man Utd 3
Sheffield United 2 Fulham 1
Crystal Palace 2 Brighton 2
Leicester City 3 Aston Villa 1
Wesbrom 0 Burnley 0
Leeds 2 Wolves 3
Tottenham 2 West Ham 4

11/09/2020

PREDICTING 2020/21 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON.

EMKAY SARR
NABANKO SPORTS PUNDIT

Fans and followers of the English Premier League are happy that the most entertaining and watched football episode is kicking off this weekend The football fiesta which normally used to start in mid August has to be pushed for a month due to the lateness of concluding last season because of the outbreak of Covid 19 which has since been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.
Champions Liverpool will hope that this season games will go as scheduled as they encountered a much longer season last time out before they lay hands on a much awaited trophy that has eluded them for over 30 solid years.
Pundits have already agreed that this season will be one of the most contested in the premier league era. From top and experience managers like Jose Mourinho at Spurs, Pep Guardiola at City, Jurgen Klopp of Liverpool, Everton's Carlo Anceloti, Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds, Manuel Pelligrini at West Ham and Slaven Bilic at West Brom. Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United fans may not be happy why I do not include their gaffers on the list. Yes Arteta, Ole and Lamps were great footballers on their day but not a great football managers yet
Let me now begin with the business of who will became champions come 23rd May 2021.
Many pundit has predicted that Manchester City will retake the league from Liverpool but I disagree with that. City have let go two important members of their squad in the persons of experience Spanish midfielder David Silva and the dazzling German youngster Leroy Sane. Winger Alberto Torres joins from Valencia and Central defender Nathan Ake joins from relegated Bournemouth. This season I can only see City in third.
LIVERPOOL, Even if the rumour of Thiago Alcantara came to be fruition, if Liverpool dare allow Georgino Wijnaldum to move to Barcelona, I do not see them to be retaining their title. Head coach Jurgen Klopp has made only a single signing bringing in Greek left back as a substitute to the ever reliable Andy Robertson. Dejan Lovren has left to play for Zenith St Petersburg while Adam Lallana moves to Brighton. Watford Senegalese winger Isnaila Sarr is long been mentioned but still the deal is yet to be done as Hornets are holding a 40 million pound price tag. Liverpool will do challenge as previous two years but I can see them in second place .
CHELSEA. Frank Lampard may not be an experience coach but he was a wonderful footballer and has brought in an outstanding leader in the person of Thiago Silva to captain his young and promising squad. Chelsea summer business is classic bringing in Timo Werner, Thiago Silva, Malang Sarr, Kai Haverts and in advance talks to bring Declan Rice from West Ham United. Malang Sarr is a young defender who was bought from French outfit Nice and was loaned back to them so as to have more game time. Kai Haverts is a promising young attacking midfielder who joins from Bayer Leverkusen. Prominent departure at Chelsea is Willian who joins London rivals Arsenal. I am predicting Chelsea to be crown EPL Champions come 2021
EVERTON. Don't be surprised if they lift the trophy in 2021. EVERTON is having a well experience manager who knows nothing but trophies. Carlo Anceloti has won titles anywhere he has gone, in Spain, England and his native Italy. EVERTON has made very good recruitment this year bringing in Abdoulaye Doucoure from Watford, Allan from Napoli and Real madrid outcast James Rodriguez who has been on loan at Bayern Munich for the past two seasons. Everton no doubt this season will end up in top six.
MANCHESTER UNITED. Head Coach Ole Gunner Solsjaer might be over confident that he has a good ending last season and that prompted him not to make significant signings bringing in only Donny van der Beek from Holland. Yes the January addition of Bruno Fernandez was a massive one as he contributed immensely towards their qualification to the Champions league. Alex Sanchez should have returned but instead let him stay at Inter on a free transfer. If stadias were not opened earlier in the season as the crowd at Old Trafford used to define so many games, I can see Man United struggling to get a Europa league spot.
TOTTENHAM. No one can deny the pragmatism of Jose Mourinho who has also won trophies wherever he went. But Spurs is not having a quality squad to compete the title. They have handful of talents like Harry Kane, Son and Delli Ali but they are still way behind City, Liverpool and Chelsea. I don't know whether Mourinho noticed it but Hugo Illoris is not an outstanding goaler. To make things worst, they signed Joe Hart from Burnley as number Two. Tottenham will struggle to be in the top ten and Mourinho will see the axe before Christmas.
ARSENAL. Michael Arteta was a good assistant to Pep at City but it would be difficult to replicate that success at Arsenal who only depends on Pierre Emerick Aubameyang. Arsenal may head in to the new season with confident after lifting the FA Cup by beating Chelsea and also getting the better of Liverpool in the Community Shield. Willan who joins from Chelsea is almost at the tail end of his career. If Auba stays fit throughout the season and I know goals will come. I predict Arsenal to be Fourth