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, gorgeous particular person performances, baffling refereeing choices (clearly), and even a mini-crisis at Manchester United.
And in spite of everything of that enjoyable, we thought we might 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 to this point so good for these predictions.
Arsenal’s ‘Starboy’ has been in effective type so far, 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 best way 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 course of the park, finishing over 90% of his passes in all three video games, and even chipped in with two targets as nicely. Good one.
Antoine Semenyo was the principle motive 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 quite miraculous comeback towards Everton, with the Cherries coming from two targets all the way 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 type to the Premier League, and we’re right here for it.
The Brazilian was in spellbinding type within the shock win over Arsenal earlier than the worldwide break, drifting previous the Gunners defenders with constant ease and netting a purpose. High class.
Contemplating the truth that Chelsea have a billion forwards on their books proper now, followers weren’t anticipating to see an entire lot of Noni Madueke early within the 2024/25 season.
Nevertheless, having been given the suitable ahead berth by new boss Enzo Maresca, Madueke has performed exceptionally nicely.
His hat-trick within the win over Wolves will go down as top-of-the-line performances of the season, by no means thoughts simply of August.
When he is match, Eberechi Eze is without doubt one of 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.
In case you’ve been on Everton X/Twitter not too long ago, you will know that followers aren’t too proud of the state of affairs the membership at present 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 not too long ago 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 to this point this season.
Go determine.
The USMNT worldwide has been the membership’s most inventive participant of their first three video games, bagging two assists.
Very, only a few Ipswich City followers will neglect Liam Delap’s gorgeous 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 so far, dropping to the bench for the conflict with Aston Villa, Facundo Buonanotte has made probably the most of his minutes.
His purpose and help made him probably 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 nicely Van Dijk has been taking part in.
Three video games, seven targets, two hat-tricks.
Yep, Erling Haaland is totally 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 improbable, scoring the profitable purpose towards Tottenham and main the road immaculately together with his hold-up play and willingness to press.
Truthfully, now that Taiwo Awoniyi is totally match, we did not count on Chris Wooden to get many minutes at Nottingham Forest.
Nevertheless, Nuno Espirito Santo has saved his religion within the former Newcastle ahead, and it is paid dividends.
Wooden’s two targets have helped Forest to a stunning unbeaten begin to the brand new marketing campaign.
Southampton are fairly bloody terrible.
To be honest to Yukinari Sugawara although, he has scored a purpose, so we have given him the nod right here.
Nicely accomplished, we guess.
Tottenham’s performances in August have been quite 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 doubtless at all times will probably 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 offer within the last 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 so far this season (targets in a 6-2 defeat should not consequential), and that man is Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
He’ll have to proceed to search out the online recurrently if Wolves are going to have any hope of staying up.