Premier in preseason: What stars are generating more expectation?
With the Start of the 2025-26 season of the Premier League planned for August 15many clubs are immersed in preseason preparations, after having spent the last weeks heating engines with concentrations and some friendly matches.
Some of the most important clubs have been in action throughout the worldwith exhibition matches and miniseries that have been held from the United States to Hong Kong and Singapore. In fact, a fundamental part of this summer’s preseason itinerary has been the Premier League Summer Series, in which Manchester United, Everton, Bournemouth and West Ham have competed in New Jersey, Atlanta and Chicago.
Manchester City and Chelsea have not yet started their calendar after participating in the World Cup of FIFA (although both have friendly scheduled by the end of this week), but a good number of premier league clubs have warmed themselves with friendlies played at home and abroad, non -competitive matches in which the new signings, the recognized senior players and the promises of the youth teams, trying to get the attention of the coach.
The results alone do not count much, but Several players have caused a good impressionamong them a couple of adolescent prodigies of the quarry who have created great expectation with individual actions that could catapult them to the top of the hierarchy in time for the new season.
Fulham has played several friendlies in recent weeks Against Aberdeen, Nottingham Forest, Al Ittihad and Sheffield United, and next weekend he will face the Frankfort Eintracht.
Although Emile Smith Rowe and Raúl Jiménez have been the scorers of the Cottagers, The most prominent player has been Wilson. The Welsh midfielder has scored five goals in four games (including two consecutive doubles against Aberdeen and Forest) and has added assistance against Sheffield.
It is worth mentioning that Wilson too He has scored spectacular goals during the preseason. An ingenious balloon and a foul launch from 25 meters against Forest in Portugal are the highlights so far.
Danny Welbeck scored four goals in the first friendly preseason game of Brighton against Wycombe Wanderers, but it was O’Riley, a 24 -year -old midfielder, who took the award for the best player of the match against Las Palmas Spanish the following week.
The Danish international had a few minutes with the Seagulls last season, but became the team’s brain in Marbellawhere Yasin Ayari attended in the first goal and then scored with an intelligent shot from 25 meters that sealed the 2-0 victory. The Brighton added his fourth preseason victory when he returned to the United Kingdom. Defeated Coventry in a friendly match played in his training complex, with O’Riley again attending Ayari to open the score in a 2-0 routine victory over his Championship rival.
Could be The beginning of a very productive association Under the direction of coach Fabian Hürzeler, or it could be the sports equivalent to a summer romance. I guess only time will say it.
Ruben’s team Amorim suffered an unfortunate campaign in the Premier League last seasonbut the coach has already praised his team for looking “stronger and faster,” with several senior players such as Mason Mount and Dorgu showing a great state of form in the United States.
Despite the torrential rain that fell on the metlife stadium, Dorgu caught attention during the Summer Series exhibition match against West Ham in New Jersey. The lateral agile attended Rasmus Højlund to score the first goal, before adding the second he himself after getting out of the West Ham defense and forcing the goalkeeper to clear under sticks.
While the trio formed by Jarrod Bowen, Niclas Füllkrug and Lucas Paquetá has proven to be in full form with the West Ham in the United States during the Summer Series, The surprise has undoubtedly been Diouf, signed in July from the Slavia of Prague.
It should not be confused with the former Liverpool and Compatriot El Hadji Diouf, the 20 -year -old Senegalese side played a fundamental role in several goals. Their precise centers gave rise to both goals of his team’s 2-0 victory over the Bournemouth.
Despite the almost constant rumors that linked him with a transfer in summer, Watkins has completely focused on the villaand the English striker has scored three goals in three games during the club’s stay in the United States.
After missing the defeats against Walsall and Hansa Rostock, Watkins He returned to the team for the United States and started with good foot In the first game of the Villa against the Frankfurt Eintracht, scoring the first goal in the 2-2 draw in Louisville. He then scored his second goal in two games in the 2-1 victory over St. Louis, before adding his third goal in as many games in another 2-2 draw, this time head against Nashville.
It is also worth highlighting Morgan Rogers, fellow of Watkins in the front, who scored against Frankfurt and St. Louis, and to the Dutch extreme Donyell Malen, who gave three assists and scored a goal during the mini -village of the villa in the United States.
El Palace has had A very busy preseasonwith six games (including two against the Germans Mainz and Augsburg) in recent weeks. Also He has scored 10 goals at that time, most of them in charge of the Mateta striker.
In fact, the top scorer last season It seems to be maintaining its good condition for the 2025-26. The 28 -year -old striker has scored four goals in four games with the Eagles during the summer, in addition to scoring his team’s first goal in three of those matches.
After disparate results on his pre -season Asian tour, Manchester United returned to the path of triumph at the end undefeated in the Summer Series of the United States and lift the trophy in Atlanta.
With the incorporation of new signings and the opportunity to enjoy minutes of the young people, It was the reliable Fernandes who proved to be the catalyst. The Portuguese midfielder scored two goals in the inaugural victory against the West Ham and transformed a penalty into the third and last United States against Everton.
Tottenham will have to fix them without their hero are Heung-Min next seasonafter the South Korean international announced his intention to leave after ten years of valuable services. However, the team could have found a new source of goals in The unusual figure of Pape Sarr.
Despite not being known for its scoring smell, The 22 -year -old midfielder scored three goals in three games With the club in July, including victory against Arsenal in Hong Kongin a match in which the Spurs achieved their first victory in a derby in northern London away from home, even in a friendly match.
The Senegalese international stole the ball to Myles Lewis-Skelly, looked up, saw that David Raya was out of his goal and proceeded to score a magnificent goal from afar to the edge of the break. The Spurs endured and lifted their second trophy in two months, adding the Herbalgy Trophy to their record.
While it was Bukayo Saka who made the difference in the first friendly pre -season game of Arsenal against AC Milan in Singapore, it was another product of the Hale End Academy who He stole the show against Newcastle A few days later. The young man Dowman, 15, already considered a promise of the first team For the connoisseurs, he has risen rapidly in the lower categories of Arsenal, skipping several categories. He even became the youngest scorer in the history of UEFA Youth League by scoring with 14 years with the Gunners U-19 team last season.
In the preseason, The teenager initially caught his attention with a brief appearance against the Rossonerobefore being definitely in the spotlight with their impressive performances against Newcastle and Tottenham.
Playing with a serenity and a composure that contradict his youth, the offensive midfielder came into play at the time of play and immediately impressed by his ability to stand up to more experienced rivalsand he did it again in the last bars of the defeat of the Gunners against their rivals, the Spurs.
The non -competitive debuts with the first team are one thing, but without a doubt it seems that Dowman has great things ahead.
While Darwin Núñez and the new Florian Wirtz signing have contributed multiple goals during Liverpool’s preseason games, many of the covers have been starring A 16 -year -old who arrived from Chelsea Last summer.
After starting in the 3-1 victory over the Preston in Deepdale, Ngumoha kept his position in the friendly against Stoke In Liverpool training facilities, and the energetic extreme soon scored his first goal with the major team in the 5-0 victory.
He then played against Milan in Hong Kong, where he demonstrated his energy and danger on the left wing, and culminated his good streak with a brilliant solo goal in the comeback (4-2) of Liverpool against the Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan, with which the champion of the Premier League put the brooch of gold to his tour of Asia.
Back at home, Nguhoma maintained his good moment of the preseason in the first of the two consecutive friendly matches of Liverpool against Athletic Club On Monday, monopolizing once again the headlines by scoring the first goal with a wonderful individual play that illuminated Anfield, before attending Núñez in the second.
Nguhoma is already the youngest player to debut in a game of the first team in the long history of Liverpoolafter jumping to the field against Accrington Stanley in the third round of the FA Cup last season (16 years and 135 days). With Luis Díaz out of the team and Cody Gakpo needing a young substitute in the left wing, Nguhoma seems to be ready to have a little more minutes in the 2025-26 season.
