Once again a number of exciting new additions were made by Premier League clubs in the summer. The five London clubs in the top flight brought in a number of exciting big names. We at The New Football Pools want to know who you would judge as the best summer signing made by a Premier League club from the capital.

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So after all the recent speculation concerning Roy Keane’s future at Sunderland it has emerged that he’s left the club. After a poor run of form that has seen the Black Cats slip into the relegation zone the Irishman has left in the wake of a 4-1 home thrashing at the hands of Bolton. The search will now begin to find a manager to take the reins at the Stadium of Light with former Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce strong favourite for the job.

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John Terry once again stepped up to lead England to a superb victory over Germany in Berlin with what was essentially a second string side. Despite much of the usual first team squad pulling out through injury, the Chelsea captain played the entire match culminating in his late winner.

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This week the New Football Pools pundit Tony Cascarino claimed Tottenham should pull out all the stops to sign Newcastle’s 32-year-old goalkeeper Shay Given to replace error-prone Heurelho Gomes in the Spurs goal. The former Republic of Ireland striker had this to say on the goalkeeping dilemma facing Harry Redknapp at White Hart Lane, “Spurs brought in Gomes to replace Paul Robinson after he made numerous mistakes last season but seemingly nothing has changed. I know that Harry Redknapp has been strongly linked with Newcastle’s Shay Given and for me, he would be perfect for Tottenham”.

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Last weekend Bolton’s Kevin Davies was vilified for a challenge on Arsenal’s Gael Clichy in his side’s 3-1 home defeat to the Gunners. The young left-back had to leave the field which left Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger enraged. The Frenchman said, “We have no problem with people being physical when they play us - that is a charming part of the game.

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This weekend sees local pride and bragging rights on the line as Everton fave rivals Liverpool at Goodison Park. The Merseyside derby remains one of the biggest games in the Premier League calendar but after years of controversy and excitement is the clash between Liverpool’s finest in danger of losing it’s passion with the foreign influx.

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This weekend sees local pride and bragging rights on the line as Everton fave rivals Liverpool at Goodison Park. The Merseyside derby remains one of the biggest games in the Premier League calendar but after years of controversy and excitement is the clash between Liverpool’s finest in danger of losing it’s passion with the foreign influx.

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Tonight five Premier League clubs begin their UEFA Cup campaigns with high hopes held that finally an English club will lift the trophy for the first time since Liverpool triumphed in 2001.The teams involved are Manchester City who qualified via the fair play league, Tottenham via their Carling Cup win, Portsmouth via their FA Cup win, Everton by finishing 5th and Aston Villa via the Intertoto Cup. None of these sides can be cast as no hopers for the competition even though Spurs are seriously struggling at the bottom of the Premier League and have some important new recruits cup-tied.

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This week two youngsters who came through the Southampton youth ranks performed superbly for their respective nations on international duty. Great things were expected of both players at St Mary’s prior to Theo Walcott making the move to the Emirates and Gareth Bale signed for Arsenal’s North London rivals Tottenham.

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The race to fill the vacant managerial position at West Ham is heating up with former Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola now being tipped by many to be in pole position to take over at Upton Park. However, the little Italian is not the only one of his countrymen linked to the role as Technical Director Gianluca Nani is also linked to bringing in former Italy Coach Roberto Donadoni as well as former Inter Milan Coach Roberto Donadoni and ex Hammers star Paolo Di Canio.

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