Last season’s champions: Barcelona Champions League qualifiers: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Real Sociedad Europa League qualifiers: Valencia, Real Betis, Sevilla Newly promoted garnet hill sale : Elche, Villarreal, Almeria October 27 will be incredible. The first El Clasico of the season could potentially see the four best players in the world go head-to-head. garnet hill sale
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The Argentine is a long-time advocate of the free-flowing passing style that has become garnet hill sale synonymous with the Catalan giants and was Messi’s choice for the role, but he is still stepping into a new environment, and it’s far from a given the team will settle straight away.
Only a fool would bet against Messi continuing to deliver, but Neymar’s mercurial talent could need time to adapt, while the pursuit of Chelsea’s David Luiz exposes a desperate need for a revamp in defence.
How much can be taken from an impressive pre-season win over their former boss at Chelsea is debatable, garnet hill sale but Ronaldo certainly looks in top form, and with the midfield freshened garnet hill sale up with the captures of Isco and Asier Illaremendi, and Ancelotti a serial league-winner, it’s hard to back against them. With the talent Madrid have, a team happy and on form is a frightening prospect.
Atletico Madrid will be hoping the cut-price deal for David Villa and keeping hold of Diego Costa will compensate for losing Radamel Falcao, and Spurs’ purchase of Roberto Soldado won’t do Valencia any favours, while last year’s surprise package Real Sociedad’s loss of Illaremendi won’t help their chances in the league garnet hill sale or Champions League play-offs.
They bounced back from the second division at the first time of asking, and have spent decent money on players like Giovanni Dos Santos and Real Mallorca’s Tomas Pina to ensure their return to the top flight is with flying colours.
Young talent: Oliver (Atletico garnet hill sale Madrid) - Madrid’s second team may be reeling after the loss of Falcao, but their supporters will follow up the jubilation of their Copa del Rey success over hated rivals Real with excitement over the emergence of 18-year-old midfielder Oliver, the silky pass-master that threatened to break into the first-team last season. A Spanish U21 international, Simeone is well aware of his talents and it’s nailed on he will feature more than last term’s eight matches.
Last season's champions: Bayern Munich Champions League qualifiers: Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, garnet hill sale Schalke Europa garnet hill sale League qualifiers: Freiburg, Eintracht Frankfurt, garnet hill sale Stuttgart Newly promoted: Hertha Berlin, Eintracht Braunschweig
Champions of Europe, champions of Germany and winners of the Cup - Jupp Heynckes set the bar pretty high when he walked off into the sunset and the expectations in Bavaria are that those achievements will not only be matched but achieved again in a better way.
Accordingly, Guardiola will be scrutinised like never before - his team selections, his tactics, his style of play and his mastery of the German language will be placed under the microscope right from the first whistle against Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday evening. garnet hill sale
The poaching garnet hill sale of Mario Gotze from principal rivals Borussia Dortmund stuck a colossal psychological blow, though Jurgen Klopp has managed to cling on to Robert Lewandowski despite a move south looking inevitable.
The additions of Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Shakhtar Donetsk and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Saint-Etienne have added a bit more depth but Klopp has already admitted ruefully that Bayern have 'the most exceptional squad in the world.'
Clubs that were once perennial European qualifiers like Hamburg, Werder Bremen and Stuttgart may again find themselves usurped by more ambitious rivals like Wolfsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt and Hannover.
Another big name from the past, Hertha Berlin, are back from the second tier and will be hoping to re-establish themselves, while Eintracht Braunschweig, back after 30 years away, will just want to stay in what has become Europe's pre-eminent league. garnet hill sale
Top three buys: Mario Gotze (Borussia Dortmund to Bayern Munich, £32.5m); Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk to Borussia Dortmund, £24.2m); Thiago Alcantara (Barcelona to Bayern Munich, £22m)
Young garnet hill sale talent: Leonardo Bittencourt (Hannover) - 19-year-old midfielder who will be given a chance to spread his wings and show his potential at Hannover after moving from Borussia Dortmund, where first-team opportunities had been limited by a surfeit of world class midfielders.
Italian football has been on the down-turn for the last few years, embroiled in a misery of match-fixing controversy and poor European displays while wat
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