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5) Stevan Jovetic (ManCity)
Similarly to Lamela before him, whilst it
may be fair to label Jovetic's first season
in England as disastrous, the entirety of
the blame cannot be placed at the feet of
a player who suffered with multiple injury
issues.
Jovetic can use both feet, is happy to drift out wide or deep and has an excellent eye for a pass in the final third - his brilliance in his final season for
Fiorentina has been unjustly forgotten amidst a stuttering 12 months in
Manchester. With the hamstrings of Sergio Aguero, form of Alvaro Negredo
and finishing of Edin Dzeko providing an uneasy hat-trick, there is the propensity for a City forward to establish themselves as a regular starter
within the first-team set-up, and the Montenegrin scored five goals in
City's final three pre-season friendlies. A word of warning, however: Darren Bent scored 11 goals in his last five friendlies in 2008/9 for Spurs.

4) Ander Herrera (Man United)
Ander Herrera may well not be Europe's
best midfielder. His transfer fee may also
be slightly on the lofty side at £29million,
and he may well be the tenth choice for
Spain's central midfield, reaching the age
of 25 without receiving a call-up to the
national squad. But that just makes his presence as the potential new saviour of Manchester United's midfield all the more intriguing. Contributing
three assists on debut in a 7-0 win is lovely enough, but Herrera's real test
will soon come. With the much-vaunted move for Arturo Vidal still failing to
materialise, it's all on a fresh-faced young man from Bilbao to pour Polyfilla in the cracks in United's midfield. Has anyone got a bulldozer?

3) Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
Well of course we are excited about the
arrival of Alexis Sanchez, and to see
whether Aaron Ramsey can continue his
frankly obscene form from early last season, but it's Theo Walcott that raises the
most intrigue. Arsenal were top of the
Premier League when Walcott suffered his knee injury in January, and he
had scored five goals in his previous five league matches