Premier League 2017 - 2018 officially kicks off

(Baonghean.vn) - This week, the Premier League 2017 - 2018 (English Premier League) will officially open. The 26th seasonprizefootballThe top professional football league in England began on 12 August 2017, and ran until 13 May 2018. The league featured 20 teams, with 38 rounds of matches.For many years, the Premier League has always been considered the most attractive tournament in European football because it brings together many famous coaches and football stars in the world.

This season's Premier League is attracting the attention of fans due to the convergence of the world's top young football stars such as Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, Gabriel Jesus, Bernardo Silva, Marcus Rashford, Alexandre Lacazette, Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Alvaro Morata. Surely, people will witness many beautiful goals, great plays in top matches.

Championship candidate

Famous betting company William Hill chose the top 4 Premier League this season, Man City, Chelsea, MU and Tottenham. Photo: Internet.

Because English clubs have invested heavily in buying players, the season promises to be extremely attractive and difficult to predict the championship. The Premier League is currently gathering the best "strategists" in the world of football. They are Antonio Conte (Chelsea), Juergen Klopp (Liverpool), Jose Mourinho (Man United), Pep Guardiola (Man City), Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) and Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham). Last season, they created an extremely attractive race, with Conte winning when he led Chelsea to the championship.

Famous betting company William Hill predicts that the top 4 of the Premier League this season will be Man City, Chelsea, MU and Tottenham, excluding Liverpool and Arsenal, which is quite strange because Tottenham is not the team that spends a lot of money on shopping.

The pressure is on coach Pep Guardiola. After 2 years at Man City, the young Spanish coach has had his owners spend up to 400 million pounds to bring in the world's top players. Man City is the team that spends the most in the Premier League so far. Man City has spent a total of 210 million pounds to upgrade the squad. Ederson, Danilo, Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy were brought to Etihad with the task of helping the Etihad team aim for major titles in the 2017/18 season.

Antonio Conte has had a successful season, winning the title in his first spell in charge of Chelsea. But now the Italian coach has the task of maintaining that success. Chelsea have spent approximately £140 million to recruit Alvaro Morata - a complete striker, defensive midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko, and versatile centre-back Antonio Rudiger. Previously, Chelsea announced a free transfer of Willy Caballero when the goalkeeper's contract with Man City expired. But recent conflicts with owner Roman Abramovich have made things extremely difficult for this coach. Jose Mourinho was sacked shortly after leading Chelsea to the Premier League title.

After a failed season, “The Special One” Mourinho brought to MU big contracts such as Romelu Lukaku, Nemanja Matic and Victor Lindelof. Statistics show that usually, teams led by coach Mourinho often maximize their strength in the second season.

Rookies and the field

Premier League race for famous coaches.. Photo: Internet.

The Premier League welcomes three new recruits: Newcastle, Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town. Huddersfield Town became the third representative to be promoted to the Premier League, after a thrilling victory over Reading in the Championship play-off final on the evening of May 29. This is the first time in history that Huddersfield has played in the Premier League since its inception in 1972. Of course, a series of difficulties await the three recruits this season, their goal is certainly to try to stay in the league.

Despite helping Watford to achieve their goal of staying in the Premier League, coach Walter Mazzarri was still sacked by the Vicarage Road team after the team suffered a serious decline in the final stages of the season with 5 consecutive losses. It is likely that another Italian coach, Claudio Ranieri, who helped Leicester City win the Premier League, will be the coach of Watford this season.

Tottenham Hotspur will play at Wembley this season as White Hart Lane is being demolished and rebuilt. With a capacity of 90,000, Wembley is the largest stadium in the Premier League, while AFC Bournemouth's Dean Court, with a capacity of 11,464, is considered the smallest.

AT