The primary month of the 2024/25 Premier League season is within the books, and what a month it was.
We bore witness to nice comebacks, beautiful particular person performances, baffling refereeing selections (clearly), and even a mini-crisis at Manchester United.
And in spite of everything of that enjoyable, we thought we would have a crack at choosing each membership’s finest participant of the primary month of the marketing campaign.
Bukayo Saka was many individuals’s decide for participant of the season, and it has been up to now so good for these predictions.
Arsenal’s ‘Starboy’ has been in effective kind to this point, bagging 4 purpose contributions in simply three appearances.
If he continues to carry out on this method, count on the Gunners to push Man Metropolis all the way in which within the Premier League title race.
Aston Villa forked out massive cash to signal Amadou Onana as a substitute for Douglas Luiz, and it has been a masterful little bit of enterprise.
The midfielder has been a metronomic presence in the midst of the park, finishing over 90% of his passes in all three video games, and even chipped in with two targets as effectively. Good one.
Antoine Semenyo was the primary cause why Bournemouth managed to bagged themselves 4 factors in August.
After organising the equaliser within the spectacular draw with Newcastle United, he scored himself to kick-start a moderately miraculous comeback towards Everton, with the Cherries coming from two targets right down to win at Goodison Park earlier than the worldwide break.
No Ivan Toney? No downside.
Having been given the keys to the Brentford assault after Toney’s departure for the Saudi Professional League, Bryan Mbeumo has excelled, netting three in three.
Joao Pedro has lastly introduced his UEFA Europa League kind to the Premier League, and we’re right here for it.
The Brazilian was in spellbinding kind within the shock win over Arsenal earlier than the worldwide break, drifting previous the Gunners defenders with constant ease and netting a purpose. Prime class.
Contemplating the truth that Chelsea have a billion forwards on their books proper now, followers weren’t anticipating to see a complete lot of Noni Madueke early within the 2024/25 season.
Nevertheless, having been given the fitting ahead berth by new boss Enzo Maresca, Madueke has performed exceptionally effectively.
His hat-trick within the win over Wolves will go down as probably the greatest performances of the season, by no means thoughts simply of August.
When he is match, Eberechi Eze is among the most entertaining gamers to observe within the Premier League.
In August, he was match, and it was very enjoyable.
His purpose towards Chelsea was a correct stunner.
For those who’ve been on Everton X/Twitter lately, you may know that followers aren’t too proud of the scenario the membership presently discover themselves in.
And contemplating the truth that they’ve misplaced all three video games, gave up a 2-0 lead in added time at dwelling to Bournemouth, and misplaced 4-0 to Tottenham and 3-0 to Brighton, it is fairly simple to see why.
Regardless of that, there’s been one factor lately which has introduced a smile to Evertonian faces, and that is a Marouane Fellaini compilation that has been doing the rounds on social media. So, due to that, peak Fellaini is their participant of the month… as a result of nobody who performs for the membership proper now deserves to be.
The ever-reliable Antonee Robinson has been ever-reliable for Fulham up to now this season.
Go determine.
The USMNT worldwide has been the membership’s most artistic participant of their first three video games, bagging two assists.
Very, only a few Ipswich City followers will overlook Liam Delap’s beautiful purpose towards Fulham any time quickly.
The purpose secured the membership’s first level within the Premier League in over twenty years.
Though he hasn’t been a assured starter for Leicester Metropolis to this point, dropping to the bench for the conflict with Aston Villa, Facundo Buonanotte has made essentially the most of his minutes.
His purpose and help made him essentially the most potent attacker within the Foxes squad in August.
A Virgil van Dijk-led Liverpool defence has conspired to concede zero targets of their first three video games of the 2024/25 Premier League season.
That is how effectively Van Dijk has been taking part in.
Three video games, seven targets, two hat-tricks.
Yep, Erling Haaland is completely unstoppable.
Having misplaced two of their first three video games, there weren’t too many candidates for Man Utd‘s ‘participant of the month’ award.
Maybe the one candidate is Amad Diallo, who at the very least gave it a go in August, netting within the win over Brighton.
In many individuals’s eyes, Alexander Isak is the second finest quantity 9 within the Premier League behind Haaland.
It has been simple to see why that is the case within the first few weeks of the season.
The Swede has been unbelievable, scoring the successful purpose towards Tottenham and main the road immaculately along with his hold-up play and willingness to press.
Truthfully, now that Taiwo Awoniyi is absolutely match, we did not count on Chris Wooden to get many minutes at Nottingham Forest.
Nevertheless, Nuno Espirito Santo has stored his religion within the former Newcastle ahead, and it is paid dividends.
Wooden’s two targets have helped Forest to a shocking unbeaten begin to the brand new marketing campaign.
Southampton are fairly bloody terrible.
To be truthful to Yukinari Sugawara although, he has scored a purpose, so we have given him the nod right here.
Effectively executed, we guess.
Tottenham’s performances in August had been moderately inconsistent and bemusing at instances, however Son Heung-min has been dependable as ever at the very least.
The membership captain’s brace towards Everton was very spectacular – regardless of the standard of opposition.
Jarrod Bowen is, and possibly at all times can be (till he retires at the very least), West Ham’s finest participant.
August 2024 was no totally different, with the membership’s star man persevering with to supply within the remaining third when known as upon – netting an important late winner towards Bournemouth in gameweek two.
Just one Wolves participant has been in a position to rating a consequential purpose to this point this season (targets in a 6-2 defeat should not consequential), and that man is Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
He’ll must proceed to seek out the online often if Wolves are going to have any hope of staying up.
