The Premier League is back and the summer transfer window continues into its penultimate week.
Clubs in England and across Europe still have plenty of business to do, despite their domestic campaigns beginning over the weekend.
Eze played for Palace yesterday despite Spurs links
Isak left out of Newcastle squad as stand-off continues
Bournemouth set for ÂŁ25m Doak signing from Liverpool
Newcastle complete Ramsey signing from Villa
Man City squad is too big, says Guardiola
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Crystal Palace seem very much braced to lose Eberechi Eze, and they are seeking out potential replacements in case Tottenham agree a deal.
The Athletic's transfer expert David Ornstein has outlined two of those players. The first of them is Leicester City's Bilal El Khannouss who has been the subject of interest from a number of Premier League sides after last season's relegation.
Ornstein then broke the news that another player that Palace have approached is Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge. They have already had a big rejected by the Belgian side and are planning to return with an improved bid.
Movement in their pursuits of El Khannouss and Tzolis could facilitate Eze's departure.
Our Crystal Palace correspondent Matt Woosnam was at Stamford Bridge yesterday for that 0-0 draw and here is an excerpt of what he wrote on Eze's potential final game for the club:
đź“ť A match-winning goal would have been the perfect way for Eze to bow out at Palace. As it is, the possibility that the 27-year-old leaves this week remains, with Tottenham Hotspur still keen to secure his services.
There is no guarantee of a departure. Glasner expects him to start against Fredrikstad in the Conference League on Thursday, and that would be a more fitting way to go out — competing for Palace in Europe.
He has blossomed into a senior England international and become part of the furniture at Palace. His ability warrants regular European exposure.
There was no definitive goodbye upon his substitution or after the final whistle. Yet his applause and acknowledgement of their song might have been construed as thanks and farewell.
One of the players who may well be on the move this week is Eberechi Eze.
The Crystal Palace and England midfielder is the subject of interest from Tottenham Hotspur and talks could start to accelerate this week.
There were rumours that the 27-year-old might miss Palace's visit to face Chelsea yesterday, but he played 84 minutes and had a great goal ruled out as the two teams played out a goalless draw.
Given the firm interest from Spurs, there is every chance that was Eze's last game in the red-and-blue shirt.
Nottingham Forest have already bolstered their attacking ranks with the addition of Igor Jesus from Botafogo this summer and Chris Wood offered a reminder of his quality, with two superbly taken goals against Brentford at the City Ground on Sunday.
But, as he has regularly mentioned recently, Nuno Espirito Santo is keen to ensure that Forest have the strength in depth to cope with the additional challenges of Europa League football.
The addition of Arnaud Kalimuendo will ensure Forest are not short of forward options — and he is another player who arrives with the potential to improve.
The 23-year-old scored 17 goals in Ligue 1 last season and has netted 34 times in 93 league appearances in three years with the French club. He is armed with a turn of pace and likes to play off the last man, but also possesses physical strength and can hold the ball up.
It is a very exciting time to be a Nottingham Forest supporter.
A season of European football awaits, they started their season with a very convincing 3-1 win against Brentford yesterday and they are seriously strengthening their squad.
After presenting new boys Omari Hutchinson and James McAtee to supporters at the City Ground yesterday, they have confirmed the signing of striker Arnaud Kalimuendo from Rennes.
Our Forest correspondent Paul Taylor states that the fee for 23-year-old is around £26million ($35.2m) and he has signed a five-year deal. Kalimuendo was a member of France’s silver medal-winning team at the Paris Olympics in 2024 and scored 18 goals in 34 appearances last term.
Ben Doak was the talented teenager tasked with flying the flag for youth development at Liverpool but ultimately his pathway was blocked by a generational talent.
Dislodging Mo Salah on the right side of attack is a tough task for any player — just ask Federico Chiesa and Harvey Elliott — so to challenge a 19-year-old to do it was quite the brief.
Doak did replace Salah on the opening day of the season in August 2023 in a 1-1 draw with Chelsea under Jurgen Klopp but that turned out to be the last of only three Premier League appearances.
Had the Egyptian not signed a contract extension last summer, Doak may have been given an opportunity to make an impact but with his value increasing following a loan spell, Liverpool were keen to listen to offers this summer.
The money they will now receive for a player who made just 10 senior appearances represents excellent business, and at Bournemouth, the young winger will get the chance to kickstart his career.
This one seems like a really good piece of business for Liverpool.
They have, once again, shown their strength in selling players as they are set to receive ÂŁ25million ($33.9m) from Bournemouth for Ben Doak, according to our very own James Pearce.
I'm certainly not saying the 19-year-old isn't a good player, but that seems like an awful lot of money for someone who has only made 10 senior appearances for Liverpool.
Doak underwent his medical on Sunday and will become Bournemouth's fourth signing of the summer after goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic and defenders Adrien Truffert and Bafode Diakite.
Six teams beaten so far on this Premier League weekend — Leeds and Everton play this evening — and some of them will be feeling pretty dejected this morning.
None more so than West Ham who were trounced at the Stadium of Light by Sunderland, who were playing in their first top-flight match in almost eight years.
Elsewhere, Brentford were well beaten by Nottingham Forest in Keith Andrews' first game and Burnley started with a bruising defeat away to Tottenham.
I'm sure fans of a couple of these teams are frustrated not to have opened with a win; Brighton were winning for most of the second half until Rodrigo Muniz scored for Fulham in the seventh minute of stoppage time and Newcastle played against 10 men for nearly half an hour.
Both teams had to settle for a point, as did Chelsea and Crystal Palace whose goalless draw was overshadowed a little by a rarely seen decision to rule out Eberechi Eze's free-kick goal.
Nine games down in gameweek one, which means there is one more match to come — and it should be a cracker.
Newly promoted Leeds United are back in the Premier League and start the season in front of their raucous fans at Elland Road against Everton.
It might not have the quality of the games that have come before it this weekend, but it will be packed full of passion!
We'll be covering it live later on, so make sure to join us here on The Athletic.
The stand-out fixture of the opening Premier League weekend was, undoubtedly, Arsenal's visit to face Manchester United at Old Trafford yesterday. And it was a set piece that did the damage again for Mikel Arteta's side.
Riccardo Calafiori headed in from close range in the 13th minute to give Arsenal a lead they didn't surrender. Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo impressed for United on debut, but they found David Raya in strong form as the Spaniard made a fine save to deny each of them.
Earlier in the day, Chelsea and Crystal Palace played a goalless draw while Nottingham Forest made light work of Brentford in Keith Andrews' first game.
Chelsea 0-0 Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest 3-1 Brentford (Wood x2, Ndoye; Thiago)
Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal (Calafiori)
The champions laid down their marker on Friday, so it was only right that the team they wrestled the title from responded a day later.
Tijani Reijdners turned in one of the great Premier League debut performances and Erling Haaland scored twice as Manchester City cruised past Wolves.
It came after Sunderland had marked their return to the top flight with a huge win against West Ham and Richarlison starred with a goal of the season contender in Tottenham's 3-0 win against Burnley.
Here are Saturday's results:
Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle
Brighton 1-1 Fulham (O'Riley, Muniz)
Sunderland 3-0 West Ham (Mayenda, Ballard, Isidor)
Tottenham 3-0 Burnley (Richarlison x2, Johnson)
Wolves 0-4 Manchester City (Haaland x2, Reijnders, Cherki)
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