IT’S a just a few days to the start of the Premier League season and I’ll post a preview and some anteposts by Thursday at the latest.
Jordan’s got an early tip from the big game of the weekend – Arsenal v Liverpool.
He says: “Posting this one through gritted teeth but I like the chances. The Premier League opening weekend looks tough until you get to Sunday.
It’s no secret about Arsenal’s injury concerns in defence and Arsene Wenger is going to have to break the bank to land somebody to fill in. There’s more chance of all of us on here winning the lottery in my opinion and they’ll do well to keep out Liverpool out of their goalmouth after a full pre-season under Jurgen Klopp and some good additions.
“Two players I would happily take into the Man United squad are Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum. Another important factor for me is Liverpool’s squad have had an “easy” summer. Wijnaldum didn’t even get a ticket to France for the Euros and Mane might have had a ticket but only to watch a game as he is Senegalese.
“The likes of Phillippe Coutinho and Robert Firmino have had the summer off to do as they please after being knocked out of the Copa America in the groups. You could even argue the likes of Clyne, Lallana, Milner and Sturridge didn’t even get a summer run-out with Roy Hodgson’s sporadic line-ups.
“What this dwindles down to is Liverpool being the much fresher side and with Arsenal’s injury woes it could be a bad afternoon at the Emirates. Arsenal’s fans might disagree and you’re welcome to but for me Liverpool will score and I’ll chance it before their time of 58 minutes.”
Premier League – (4pm, Sun)
Liverpool to score before 58mins
(5-6, bet365) – 3.6 points