DBasia.news – The 2018-2019 Premier League has started. Ahead of the competition, the clubs are hunting new players. There are 110 new players joining the Premier League summer transfer market this time.
Most of the clubs decided to send the new players on the pitch during the first match. However, not every debutant performed well.
Here is the evaluation of 5 new players in the first week of Premier League:
- Naby Keita (Liverpool)
Liverpool have to wait a year to get Naby Keita worth £50M from RB Leipzig. Liverpool’s patience resulted in a happy ending.
The Guinea midfielder became the engine of central field of The Reds when they defeated West Ham United 4-0 at Anfield Stadium. In this match, Keita scored 68 passings, 88,2 percent of them met the target. Moreover, Keita also stole the ball from the opponent for 9 times.
Score: 8
- Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea)
Kepa became the world’s most expensive goalkeeper when Chelsea got him from Athletic Bilbao. Filling the position left by Thibaut Courtois is not an easy task for the 23-year-old goalkeeper.
Kepa wasn’t praised enough when Chelsea won 3-0 against Huddersfield. Kepa just did one saving. In this match, Kepa’s passing accuracy was just 65,8 percent. As a comparison, the average passing accuracy of a goalkeeper in the Premier League last season was around 54,1 percent.
Score: 6,5
- Jorginho (Chelsea)
Besides Kepa, Jorginho is also the new player of Chelsea who played on the pitch during the first match. Maurizio Sarri’s decision was reasonable considering Jorginho is Sarri’s key player from Napoli.
In his debut, Jorginho performed impressively. He became the important part of 4-3-3 by Sarri. Calmly executing the penalty, most passings from Jorginho were succeeded, with 93,9 percent or 62 from 66 passings.
Score: 8
- Fred (Manchester United)
The Brasil national team player started the solid debut with Manchester United. Playing against Leicester City, Fred kept the ball possession well and arranged the attack of The Red Devils.
Fred made three interceptions and scored passing accuracy to 92,5 percent, highest among the other midfielders. But, Fred also showed his temperamental behavior. Fred got a yellow card after the argue with James Maddison.
Score: 7
- Joao Moutinho (Wolverhampton)
This Portugal midfielder with high experience is probably the best spending of Wolves. And Moutinho performed well with this promotion club.
Came from Monaco, Moutinho played solid with Ruben Neves during the match against Everton. Moutinho gave 38 passings in the opponent’s area during the match. While for passing accuracy, Moutinho scored 91,9 percent.
Score: 7,5