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Every Premier League club ranked from worst to best based on their best summer signing
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It’s been a busy transfer window, but who got the top buy?
No one will be able to say for sure until the season is over, yet at this stage it’s fair to say some signings look more promising than others.
We’ve taken into account potential influence, price and how big a coup each signing is regarded as at this stage.
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Virgil Van Dijk staying put at Southampton shows the Saints are sticking to their plan
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Southampton have never once acknowledged Virgil Van Dijk’s outspoken transfer request on Aug 7 and have left it up to their captain to decide himself when he is ready to play having stuck to their guns all summer that he is not for sale at any price.
Van Dijk, who signed a six-year deal in May last year, was previously a target for Liverpool until they had to withdraw their interest with an apology for an illegal approach on June 7, and yet many outside Southampton still predicted that the Dutch defender would leave before Thursday’s 11pm deadline. As for Southampton, they never once replied to Van Dijk’s statement asking to leave and his various accompanying complaints.
His long-term contract was one of a number Southampton have agreed over the past 18 months, tying down whom they regard as the key players in their squad with well-paid long-term deals that give both sides security. Van Dijk is regarded within the club as just one part of their plan that has seen Ryan Bertrand, Cedric Soares, Fraser Forster, Oriol Romeu, Dusan Tadic, Nathan Redmond, Sofiane Boufal, Jack Stephens, James Ward-Prowse and January signing Manolo Gabbiadini all either agree new long-term deals or join on long-term contracts.
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VOTE: 2017/18 Premier League table prediction
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Who will win the Premier League? Who will be relegated? And where will each team finish? We want YOUR view!
Last season, the Sky Sports readers were amazingly accurate with their Premier League predictions. At one stage it looked like, through the power of crowd sourcing, the tens of thousands who voted in our ranking list were going to pull off a 12,000/1 prediction.
But is this season even tougher to call? The race for the title looks wide open, while the battle to avoid the drop could go right down to the wire.
After all the drama of the transfer window and the first three fixtures of the season, have you made your mind up on who will do what this year?
Use our interactive tool below to have your say. Hit the ‘up vote’ button if you think the team in question should be higher up the standings. And hit the ‘down vote’ button if you think they will finish lower.
We’ll keep a close eye on the results throughout the season - after all, the Sky Sports readers proved last season they know their Premier League football!
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Van Dijk must win fans back after Liverpool saga ends in stalemate
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It was the summer-long saga which dominated conversations between Southampton fans and neutral observers alike.
A dark cloud hung over manager Mauricio Pellegrino as he tried to usher in a bright new dawn at the St Mary’s Stadium.
In every prematch and postmatch interview, a visibly frustrated Pellegrino and his players were asked to provide a new soundbite on the future of wantaway captain Virgil van Dijk.
Scores of former Liverpool stars lined up to give their views on why the Dutchman would be the missing piece in Jurgen Klopp’s Anfield jigsaw while one national radio host even went as far as pleading live on air with Southampton to sell Van Dijk to the Reds.
But Southampton were true to their promise he would not become the latest player to quit the south coast for the five-time European champions.
As the transfer window closed on Thursday night, the months of conjecture was finally over and Van Dijk came to the realisation he would not get his dream move despite issuing a very public transfer request. In truth, he should have known that weeks earlier when vice chairman Les Reed made it clear he would not be let go.
But what now? How does Van Dijk begin to repair his shattered relationship with the board and the supporters who help pay his wages? Repair it he must, as he looks to nail down his place in the Netherlands squad in a World Cup season – although even that is fraught with problems considering their shambolic qualifying campaign so far. But aside from his country’s woes on the road to Russia 2018, Van Dijk needs to get back playing and impress to have any hope of getting the big-money transfer he obviously craves in the future.
Some pundits have claimed Southampton’s refusal to surrender to Van Dijk and Liverpool’s bully boy tactics will result in the former Celtic star refusing to turn out for the club again. This is an absurd suggestion because he knows his suitors will soon look elsewhere if he is not playing week-in, week-out to his high standards.
That is why Van Dijk’s only option is to get his head down, grovel and persuade Pellegrino that he is ready to be reintegrated into the first team, having trained all summer either alone or with the youth team. Not that Pellegrino will make it easy – Saints have kept two clean sheets in their opening three Premier League games in the absence of their AWOL skipper.
It is likely that Van Dijk will be given a gentle reintroduction via a stint in the Under-23 side, especially having not played a competitive match since January due to injury. It would be very harsh of Pellegrino to axe Jack Stephens or Maya Yoshida to make way for the petulant Van Dijk and doing so would also send out the wrong message to the rest of the squad.
Not that Van Dijk will be in for any backlash from his teammates, as the changing room is a much more forgiving place than the terraces in instances like this. He also remains popular with his peers. Winning over the fans could be a lengthier process as many of them are furious with Van Dijk’s attempts to force a move. At best, he will get a muted response in his first few matches back. At worst, he will be booed.
For the first weeks of his comeback at least, Van Dijk’s every pass, tackle and header will be scrutinised for signs he is not putting in maximum effort or sulking. But the world of a football supporter is a fickle one and if he performs to his brilliant best, those grievances will quickly fade away.
It should all equate to a win-win situation for Southampton: they have achieved what they set out to by proving they are no longer easy pickings for the Premier League vultures after years of selling their best players. They have also sent out a strong message they will not bow to player power as they have in the past.
And they should get another year of stellar performances from Van Dijk, knowing they can still sell him for the best part of £80 million next summer.
Alex Crook is ESPN FC’s Southampton blogger. Follow him on Twitter @alex_crook
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Bertrand scores in England win
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The Saints left-back struck a fantastic effort from 25 yards out in the 86th minute, in Ta’Qali, to put Gareth Southgate’s men 2-0 ahead in their qualifying clash.
Danny Welbeck and Harry Kane, who had scored earlier in the half to break the deadlock, then finished things off with another two strikes late on.
Bertrand’s first goal for his country helped the Three Lions maintain their position at the top of Group F, ahead of Monday’s home game with Slovakia, who sit two points behind them, after they edged out Slovenia.
A win at Wembley would put England firmly on course to seal a place in next summer’s tournament, in Russia, ahead of their final qualifying games next month, at home to Slovenia and away to Lithuania.
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Josh Magennis was ‘desperate’ for Northern Ireland treble, says Steven Davis
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Steven Davis revealed why he denied Josh Magennis the chance of a hat-trick in Northern Ireland’s win over San Marino on Friday.
Having already scored twice, Magennis sensed an opportunity for a third when Alex Gasperoni handled in the area.
However, despite some boos from the travelling fans, Northern Ireland captain Davis stepped up to score the penalty.
“I asked to take the penalty, but he’s the captain and leader of the team and what he says goes when Michael [O’Neill, manager] is not around,” Magennis told Sky Sports.
“It would have been nice to get the hat-trick, but he’s the man so I can’t really be arguing. As long as we won, I’m happy for him to get his goal because he deserved it. He’s the catalyst for this team.”
Davis hailed the performance of Magennis and admitted he was never going to give up the chance of an international goal.
“He was a real threat for us all night and was rewarded with two goals,” said Davis. “He was obviously desperate for the penalty to get his hat-trick, but I politely told him to go away.”
The win sees Northern Ireland take a firm grip on a top-two place in World Cup Qualifying Group C.
If they avoid defeat against Czech Republic at Windsor Park on Monday they will be assured of finishing at least second in the group.
“The minimum we want is the play-offs and that’s the biggest cherry we have,” said Magennis. "We came into the campaign on the back of the Euros and everyone was asking if we were a one-trick pony and whether we could do it again.
"But we’re a great bunch of lads and with the quality we have we know how to play.
“Monday is going to be massive, especially in front of our fans at Windsor Park. It’s going to be rocking.”
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Did Arsenal, Liverpool and Southampton really beat player power?
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People say players have all the power at football clubs now. What this crazy transfer window has shown is that the clubs are not prepared to let them have it all their own way.
Vast sums of money were offered for Alexis Sanchez, Philippe Coutinho, Ross Barkley and Virgil van Dijk — but this wantaway quartet ended the window exactly where they started.
The sheer pressure on managers today means that they must deliver results or risk losing their jobs. What is the use of £130million in the bank to Jurgen Klopp, or £70m to Arsene Wenger, if the departure of key players means their teams have a bad season?
Wenger is clinging on after a poor start and an embarrassment of a transfer window.
The £92m bid for Thomas Lemar smacked of desperation — especially with the player in action for France as the clock ticked down — so Wenger knew he could not afford to lose Sanchez if he was to have any hope of turning Arsenal’s season around.
Even Southampton, who have been a selling club since returning to the Premier League, rebuffed all approaches for Van Dijk, their most important player.
This was the most farcical deadline day I can remember. You had Riyad Mahrez leaving his Algeria team-mates only to end the day still at Leicester, while other players such as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Fernando Llorente snubbed champions Chelsea to join other clubs.
Sanchez and Van Dijk will undoubtedly be furious that they were not allowed to leave. It will be particularly galling for Sanchez that he remains at Arsenal given that Wenger let Oxlade-Chamberlain join Liverpool.
But these players will have little choice other than to go back to their clubs, knuckle down and play.
They will be the butt of their team-mates’ jokes for the first few days but in the long run I don’t think the other players will be too bothered by what did or did not happen on deadline day.
From the managers’ point of view, there is always going to be a rift. They will have to work hard to get these players back onside. I cannot believe the players are going to have their heart set on giving their all for their current clubs once the international break is over.
They may have had to stay this time but Sanchez, Coutinho, Barkley and Van Dijk will be wanting to clear off at the earliest opportunity.
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