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CAGLAR SOYUNCU Leicester With Harry Maguire gone, the Turkey defender will finally get his chance to shine at centre-back! MASON MOUNT Chelsea Under Frank Lampard, we think the CAM has the potential to play like his class manager used to! KYLE WALKER-PETERS Tottenham With Kieran Trippier sold, KWP will be fighting Serge Aurier and Juan Foyth for the RB spot! MICHAEL OBAFEMI Southampton The Republic Of Ireland striker is one of the most highly-rated wonderkids in the Prem right now! AARON RAMSDALE Bournemouth The England U21 keeper looks like he’s won the battle to be named The Cherries’ No.1! REISS NELSON Arsenal Like Willock, Emery has huge faith in the exciting winger! He’ll probably be back-up for Nicolas Pepe!…

THE PLAYMAKER! GIOVANI LO CELSO Midfielder ★ Tottenham DID YOU KNOW? 1996 Lo Celso was born in Rosario in 1996 – the same city as Argentina and Barcelona legend Lionel Messi! 2016 Current Arsenal manager Unai Emery brought him to Europe when he was coach of PSG in 2016! 19 He’s been capped by Argentina, but could have played for Italy too! FACT PACK Country: Argentina Caps: 19 Age: 23 Height: 5ft 10ins Previous clubs: Rosario Central, PSG, Real Betis Boots: Puma Future PLAYS LIKE LUKA MODRIC The classy playmaker’s been compared to the ex-Spurs CM in the past – he collects the ball from deep, can pick out passes or skip past his man! He’s got a much better goal record than Luka, though – he scored 16 in…

AYEW FACTFILE Club: Crystal PalaceCountry: GhanaAge: 27Position: ForwardFee: £2.5 millionDid You Know? He won the title with Marseille back in 2009-10! DJENEPO FACTFILE Club: Southampton Country: Mali Age: 21 Position: Winger Fee: £14 million Did You Know? Standard Liege paid less than £50,000 for him! BILLING FACTFILE Club: Bournemouth Country: Denmark Age: 23 Position: Midfielder Fee: £15 million Did You Know? Huddersfield got a club record fee for him! PEREZ FACTFILE Club: Leicester Country: Spain Age: 26 Position: Forward Fee: £30 million Did You Know? His cousin Maria Jose Perez used to play for Spain! RODRI FACTFILE Club: Man. CityCountry: SpainAge: 23Position: MidfielderFee: £62.8 millionDid You Know? Atletico Madrid released him when he was 17! DRMIC FACTFILE Club: Norwich Country: Switzerland Age: 27 Position: Striker Fee: Free transfer Did You…

EFL CLUB FOCUS THIS WEEK: LINCOLN FACTFILE Nickname: The Imps Date founded: 1884 Stadium: Sincil Bank Capacity: 10,120 Did You Know? Lincoln got to the FA Cup quarters as a non-league team in 2017! PLAYING STYLE Lincoln’s success has been built on a solid defence and aggressive forwards, but this season they’ve added more flair. Joe Morrell and Jack Payne are ace midfield playmakers, and Tyler Walker is a really lethal goalscorer! DANNY COWLEY Cowley leads Lincoln with his assistant and younger brother Nicky. Since taking over, they’ve won the National League, the EFL trophy and League Two title, plus became the first non-league side to get to the FA Cup quarters for 103 years in 2017! MICHAEL BOSTWICK Lincoln’s Mr. Consistent and rock-solid centre-back has only missed three league…

THE LOWDOWN WHO? Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad are two of the biggest and best clubs in the Basque Country! WHERE? The Basque Country is a region in northern Spain! WHAT’S THE BEEF? Bilbao and San Sebastian, where Sociedad play, are an hour apart, so they’re always battling to be the region’s top dogs. Both teams used to pick Basque players only, but Real had to give up that policy when Athletic started hoovering up all of the best local talent! HEROES & VILLAINS Bilbao’s greatest ever goalscorer Telmo Zarra smashed in 14 derby goals in the 1940s and 1950s, a record later matched by Real’s Jesus Satrustegui 30 years later! In 2018, Inigo Martinez stunned Sociedad by joining their bitter rivals, so the club offered fans the chance to…

CLAUDIO MARCHISIO Position: Midfielder Last club: Zenit Marchisio has seven Serie A titles, four Coppas Italia and 55 Italy caps, but at the moment he doesn’t have a club! The veteran midfielder is 33, but he’s still got the quality to pull the strings in CM. He won’t move to an Italian club, so could he join the Prem DANIEL STURRIDGE Position: Striker Last club: Liverpool With Liverpool’s lethal front three, Divock Origi’s CL heroics and Rhian Brewster breaking through, it wasn’t a big surprise that Liverpool released Studger. He’s been linked with Monaco, Trabzonspor, Fenerbahce and even DC United in the MLS! MICHEL VORM Position: Goalkeeper Last club: Tottenham Vorm was a wicked shot-stopper for Swansea and, after sitting on Spurs’ bench for five years, he’ll want first-team footy.…

SOUTHAMPTON v MAN. UNITED We reckon there will be goals in this again, but for the away side! C. PALACE v ASTON VILLA These teams are closely matched, so we’re predicting a stalemate! MAN. CITY v BRIGHTON Sergio Aguero has busted net in all three of his PL games v Brighton! WEST HAM v NORWICH The Canaries will give the home side a really tough ride in London! CHELSEA v SHEFF. UNITED Tied on three Prem head-to-head victories each! Who’ll go ahead LEICESTER v BOURNEMOUTH Five of their eight Prem matches have ended in draws. Same again NEWCASTLE v WATFORD The battle between two new star wingers – Saint-Maximin and Sarr! BURNLEY v LIVERPOOL The Reds put seven goals past Burnley in two games last season! EVERTON v WOLVES Lethal…

GRANT Huddersfield’s front man has now scored goals in all of England’s top four leagues since 2017! CHARLTON The Champo new boys have made an ace start to the season, and Lyle Tayler is on total flames! COPPINGER The CAM turns 39 in January, but he’s still running games for League One Doncaster! SIEWERT Jan Siewert was sacked by Huddersfield after winning just one match in seven months! MITROVIC The Serbian was guilty of some awful playacting during Fulham’s clash against Huddersfield! CAMPBELL Campbell kept Macclesfield in League Two last season, but left after two games in 2019-20!…

WORLD CUP PACK JUNE 2018 This Three Lions skin was part of the brand’s epic World Cup 2018 pack! PREP PACK AUGUST 2018 The red skin changed colour when warm, and the white skin with light! STORM PACK FEBRUARY 2019 GLITCH members had the chance to create their own skin – and this one won! MAD PACK OCTOBER 2018 The wicked Mad Pack was the first to feature both outdoor and indoor boots! VIRTUSO PACK APRIL 2019 This skin features all the colours from the boots in adidas’ Virtuso pack!…

RANGERS v CELTIC Sunday, 12pm There isn’t just one deadly derby on the box this weekend – mega Scottish sides Rangers and Celtic face-off in the first Old Firm of 2019-20! Home advantage has had a massive say in this fixture recently, with all four of last season’s head-to-heads won by the side playing on their own turf, so The Gers will definitely fancy their chances! SOUTHAMPTON v MAN. UNITED Saturday, 12.30pm In the two league games between these sides last season, NINE nets were busted – four of those goals coming at St. Mary’s! Southampton went 2-0 up at home last year within the first 20 minutes, only for United to level things up before half-time! We’ve got our fingers crossed this match is gonna be another jaw-dropping goal-fest!…

WEEKLY TOP 20! Check out MATCH’s league table after the second weekend! TRANSFER IN… Get these players into your squad before this weekend! HARRY KANE FW TOTTENHAM £11 MILLION You might have to make big changes to get Kane in, but he could be worth it – he absolutely loves scoring in the North London derby... TEEMU PUKKI FW NORWICH £6.7 MILLION What a start for the Norwich hitman in the Prem! We fancy more goals for him away to West Ham. Get him while he’s under £7 million! JOHN LUNDSTRAM DF SHEFF. UNITED £4 MILLION £4 million, the cheapest you can get for a defender, for a star who’s actually playing in midfield bombing forward – no brainer! TRANSFER OUT… You need to ship these stars out of your…

THE SCENE... In April 1996, Man. United travelled to Southampton having won 11 of their previous 12 games to overtake Newcastle at the top of the Prem table. They were on a charge for the title, until they came up against the relegation-threatened Saints... THE TEAMS... WHAT HAPPENED? Man. United were torn apart in the first half and went into the break 3-0 down! Crazily, Alex Ferguson ordered his side to change kits for the second half, but that made no difference – they got agoal back from Ryan Giggs, but still went on to lose the match 3-1! WHAT CAME NEXT? United were fined £10,000 for changing strips at half-time, but they didn’t let that bother them – they went on to win their last three games of the…

Tracker tekkers! George had an absolute ball putting up his new 2019-20 MATCH Season Tracker! Keep up the good work, mate! Spurs superstar! Mega Tottenham fan Archie took MATCH along to watch his side’s PL opener v Aston Villa. Get in! Top Tangerine! Huge Blackpool supporter James got snapped with his first ever season ticket – then went to see his team win 2-0. What a day! St. Michaels marvels! St. Michaels on the Mount Primary School received a delivery of MATCH Annuals recently – and they went down a treat! Aldershot aces! Aldershot academy aces William and Max took MATCH with them on their recent footy tour! Cheers, guys! MATCH Vote! We put apoll on our social media channels asking which Prem team had the best summer window! Here…

1 Which new signing wasn’t in United’s starting line-up –Harry Maguire or Daniel James 2 Did Chelsea’s summer signing Mateo Kovacic start for The Blues 3 True or False It was Frank Lampard’s first Prem game as manager! 4 Who scored Man. United’s opener in the 18th minute 5 True or False The second goal of the game was a penalty! 6 What was the score at half-time 7 Who scored United’s second goal of the game – James or Martial 8 How many fans were inside Old Trafford –more or less than 70,000 9 Which team kept more possession of the ball…