The most pressing questions facing the English Premier League as the offseason
began were:
Question: Will Luis Suarez stay
at Liverpool?
Answer, May 30th:
Likely, but we don’t know
Answer, August 14th:
Likely, but we don’t know
Q. How will David Moyes fare as
Manchester United manager?
Answer, May 30th:
Your
guess is as good as mine
Answer, August 14th:
Your guess is as good as mine
Q. Will Arsenal spend big (or
at least moderately) in the transfer window
Answer, May 30th:
Who can tell?
Answer, August 14th:
Who can tell?
Q. Does Wayne Rooney really
want to leave Manchester United, and if so, will they sell him?
Answer, May 30th:
Probably,
and probably not
Answer, August 14th:
Probably, and probably not
Q. Can Tottenham rebuff
interest in Gareth Bale from bigger clubs in the long-term
Answer, May 30th:
Maybe for a while, but it
risks destabilizing the team
Answer, August 14th:
Maybe for a while, but it risks destabilizing the team
Q. How will Manuel Pellegrini
fit in as Manchester City manager?
Answer, May 30th:
He’ll favour attacking football and be more popular than Mancini, but we can
only guess
Answer, August 14th:
He’ll favour attacking football and be more popular than Mancini, but we can
only guess
You get the picture. It’s time
for the previews, endless transfer punditry and assumptive journalism to end
and for football to start. This close
season has not produced one answer to any big question of relevance: before last
term ended, we knew Jose Mourinho’s return to Chelsea and Manuel Pellegrini’s move
to Man City were faits d’accompli, the
baton had been passed between Scots at Old Trafford and that some clubs were
going to remodel
themselves almost entirely. For most
of the league, however, it has been an offseason marked by inertia.
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