It’s all so obvious on Monday morning. Erling Haaland, despite his Community Shield blip, was always going to score goals for Manchester City, Aleksandar Mitrović likewise for Fulham and Brighton’s Pascal Gross was a steal at £5.5million, especially with Manchester United first up.
On the flip side, that decision to save money by putting a Southampton defender in there was never going to pay off, was it?
One week in and with the temptation to play a wildcard already strong, football.london looks back on the winners and losers from Gameweek 1.