Football Daily | Premier League clubs splash the cash – but are any of them any good?

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Over the last few months, Premier League clubs have been responsible for roughly £904984bn of spending, an act of such profound, altruistic love that even the stadia are in tiers. Nevertheless, the question begs: are any of them actually any good? Liverpool won last season’s title conceding more goals than every champion since 2013 – issues they are understandably keen to address. As such, they have cunningly replaced two full-backs who can’t defend with two other full-backs who can’t defend at a cost of £59.5m, and so far this season, they’ve conceded four league goals – as many as Manchester United, who in that time have been playing without a goalkeeper. But of course, blame for the malaise cannot be laid solely at the feet of the defenders. Liverpool’s midfield was also a factor in their relative permeability, a difficulty they’ve attempted to address by benching a more physical, defensively-minded type and bussing £116m on a new attacker to take his place; Florian Wirtz’s current contributions stand at 0 goals and 0 assists. And nor is that it! Arne Slot has also lumped £125m on Alexander Isak having already done £79m on Hugo Ekitike in preparation for the inevitability of a Bigger Cup knockout-stages undressing.This decision was not an easy one for us. Nobody wanted to take this step. However, the past few weeks have shown that building a new and successful team with this setup is not feasible. We firmly believe in the quality of our team and will now do everything we can to take the next steps in our development with a new setup” – Bayer Leverkusen’s managing director, Simon Rolfes, confirms Erik ten Hag’s passage through the dreaded Door Marked Do One after just three games in charge. Oh Erik!Noble Francis may not have agreed with me that the north starts at Sheffield (tedious Football Daily letters passim), but perhaps, given the Championship table, he’ll agree that it’s where it is all going south?” – Jon Millard.Dominik Szoboszlai – the new Trent? Marauding right-back with stunning free-kicks. Either this is freaky or a testament to Arne Slot’s brilliance” – Nigel Sanders.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading...

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