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Chris Kamara's verdict on Ozil, Fellaini, Sterling, Bale and Lukaku

New Manchester United signing Marouane Fellaini and David Moyes at Aon Training Complex on September 2, 2013 in Manchester, England.
Image: Fellaini: should Moyes have widened his horizons?

Arsenal would be in the title mix with or without Mesut Ozil

I'm surprised Jose Mourinhio let Romelu Lukaku leave Chelsea

Romelu Lukaku's performances for West Brom last season were fantastic and usually when you send someone out on loan it's to ask them to earn the right to play for your team. Sir Alex Ferguson did it many times and other managers have done it as well, bringing loanees back as better players. I felt Lukaku earned his stripes, but there has been a change of manager and maybe Mourinho feels he wants to bring in his own players. I think he'd have got lots of credit for playing Lukaku as an out-and-out striker because he's got the potential to be every bit as good as Didier Drogba. Do they have enough options going forward? When you consider they didn't play a single striker against Man United you'd have to say there's more than enough because they have plenty of flair players elsewhere in the team. It seems Jose's tactical nous might play a bigger part than we expected - but if you want to be champions then you can't simply stifle games. You need to go out and play football yourselves.

Liverpool have done good business, but I'd be upset if I was Raheem Sterling

In Victor Moses it seems Liverpool have brought in a young player similar to Raheem Sterling and you can't say the lad has done anything wrong. Maybe Brendan Rodgers thinks he'll require two wide men in certain games and that having a bit of competition for places might improve Sterling and his football education. Maybe there's some method in the madness. Overall, Brendan has done good business, though. Keeping hold of Luis Suarez is like another new signing and they are in good health after three wins in the league. That said, all of the top teams are in good health and it will be interesting to see how all the new players will fit into their respective clubs.

Tottenham were clever to go about their business before Gareth Bale was sold

If you go after players after selling Bale for £85million then you'd end up spending a fortune more, so Daniel Levy was very shrewd to make all of his signings first. By doing things that way around he avoided paying over the odds. If he'd gone out the day after the Gareth Bale sale then he'd probably have needed to pay double the price for the players he brought in. Tottenham knew the Bale thing was going to happen because if Real Madrid come knocking and say they want to make your player the biggest transfer in history then you know you're going to have to let him go. You can't keep someone under those circumstances, so they brought their players in and it's now up to AVB to gel them all together. The one thing I know for sure is the competition has never been stronger at the top of the Premier League. I couldn't pick a winner at this moment in time and I probably couldn't even pick a top three because all of the top sides have their strengths and flaws.

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