’Somebody’s trash is another’s treasure’. This old saying is familiar to all football clubs in the world, as they buy and sell players twice a year. In the current transfer window, which ends on August 31st in the biggest leagues in Europe, some transfers arose interest, mainly due to the facts that the biggest clubs in the league were buying players from each other. Not only across Europe (Haaland from Borussia to Manchester City, Lewandowski from Bayern to Barcelona), but within one league. Manchester City made an interesting decision this year and sold three of his first team players to their rivals: Chelsea and Arsenal. Premier League odds for the upcoming season favor the current champion Manchester City to win the league again, but Chelsea and Arsenal remain as third and sixth favorite. Off course, the chances are really small for those London clubs to win the league, but at least, a battle for the Champions League will be fierce.Successful dress rehearsal! Gunner Jesus nets a cool hat-trick in the slaying of SevillaThat is the reason why Citizens decision to sell its players to Chelsea and Arsenal was peculiar to everybody. Chelsea were the Champion League winners just two seasons ago and now they got Raheem Sterling, while Arsenal increased their quest for that fourth spot with transfers Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko from the Citizens. Why would Pep Guardiola let those players go to another (strong) Premier League team? If you ask former Manchester United captain, now a TV pundit Roy Keane, the reason is simple – the Spaniard doesn’t see Arsenal as threat. “I wouldn’t doubt Pep’s opinion on players. He works with them closely. You’ve got to keep moving on, you’ve got to freshen things up. They’ve got good money for these players, who have been brilliant players for Manchester City. Jesus has really done well the last dew months, Sterling’s stats are fantastic, but with Haaland coming in, Pep’s probably thinking he wants to keep a hungry squad. That’s the name of the game. He probably, at this moment in time with the money that came in, doesn’t see these clubs – certainly Arsenal – as a threat. The big worry at the moment is trying to keep ahead of Liverpool. Liverpool and Manchester City are so far ahead of the other teams, he thought it’s worth a gamble” said Keane to ITV Sport. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6534831##His comments came just after a great 6-0 win over Seville in which Jesus scored a hat-trick. And his former Premier League rival and not a fellow TV pundit Ian Wright also backed up that theory.„Man City are able to pass those players on, whether it’s to Chelsea, a direct competitor, or Arsenal trying to be a direct competitor because they’re not worried about people or what they can do. They’re not worried about Jesus or Sterling going, good luck to them. They’re looking at what they’re doing. What they’ve done with a striker is an upgrade massively” said Wright, thinking about Erlin Haaland’s arrival in Manchester.
