Alexander Isak teams up with the two strikers Newcastle hope can fill his void in this XI of new signings who could make their debuts this weekend\u2026<\/p>\n
After a woefully-timed international break, the Premier League returns this weekend, giving us a glimpse of a host of new signings<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Because some were made to fly off immediately after completing their late-summer switches, some managers might be tempted to play it cool with their new recruits and bed them in gently.<\/p>\n Sod that, we say\u2026<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n GK: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City)<\/strong><\/p>\n We could see two new goalkeepers in the derby<\/a>;<\/strong> we might see none. Donnarumma feels like a more likely debutant than Senne Lammens, even if United\u2019s need for a new stopper is greater than City\u2019s, because this is the Etihad and big games like this are ten a penny to the Italy No.1. Might we get sight of a different City, given the obvious clash in Donnarumma\u2019s style<\/a> <\/strong>compared to his predecessors?<\/p>\n READ MORE: Amorim and United should smell City blood before Manchester derby<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n RB: Lutsharel Geetruida (Sunderland)<\/strong><\/p>\n The Netherlands right-back could introduce himself to the travelling Mackems at Palace on Saturday, but Trai Hulme could consider himself extremely unfortunate to be dropped given his early season form for the Black Cats and through the international break with Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n READ: Premier League mood rankings: 14 places between Liverpool and Man Utd<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n CB: Piero Hincapie (Arsenal)<\/strong><\/p>\n The deadline-day arrival<\/a><\/strong> immediately flew off to South America for international duty, during which time the Ecuador defender sparked friction with Alexis Mac Allister which we desperately hope spills over to the Premier League. Arsenal will be without William Saliba for the clash with Forest, but given Hincapie will have been in north London barely a few days before the Saturday lunchtime kick-off, it seems much more likely that Cristhian Mosquera will deputise from the start.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n CB: Igor Julio (West Ham)<\/strong><\/p>\n West Ham fans\u2019 last sight of the Brazilian defender was of him choking on Jarrod Bowen\u2019s dust in the Europa Conference League final so they will be hoping to form a better impression when Spurs show up at the London Stadium. Julio\u2019s participation is likely to depend on whether Graham Potter shifts to a back five, or sticks with the four that shut out Forest a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n LB: Nicolo Savona (Nottingham Forest)<\/strong><\/p>\n Forest fans are denied a first sight of Oleksandr Zinchenko because the Ukranian belongs to Saturday\u2019s opponents, so they may have to settle for a glimpse of Savona at the Emirates. Savona is predominantly a right-back, which is where he will play on Saturday, but he can play across the back four and since we\u2019re short of a left-back here, the Italian is doing us a favour. Good lad.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n CM: Florentino Luis (Burnley)<\/strong><\/p>\n As a defensive midfielder, Luis could have his work cut out against Liverpool on Sunday, just as he does in this woefully-imbalanced XI. But it represents the 26-year-old\u2019s first opportunity to impress while he looks to secure a club-record \u00a320.8million permanent move that Burnley have the option of completing with Benfica next summer. Should he start at Turf Moor against the champions, it would be Luis\u2019s first of the season having come off the bench three times for Benfica prior to his big move.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n LM: Harvey Elliott (Aston Villa)<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019re buzzing to see what Elliott can do in a more prominent role than the odd cameo he got at Liverpool. Villa certainly need the England Under-21 star to bring the creativity against Everton since they are the only team in the top seven tiers of English football yet to score a goal.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong>\u00a0Harvey Elliott could return to Liverpool but his Villa deal still makes sense for all<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n RW:\u00a0Xavi Simons (Tottenham Hotspur)<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s a toss-up here between Simons and Randal Kolo Muani over which of the Tottenham new boys gets to do a job on the right in this XI, with the Netherlands star getting the nod on the basis he\u2019s more likely to start for Spurs at West Ham. Simons has also played for club and country in recent weeks; Kolo Muani has done neither. After the defeat to Bournemouth in which Spurs were desperately shot-shy, Thomas Frank needs Simons to start pulling strings immediately in the London derby on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n CF: Alexander Isak (Liverpool)<\/strong><\/p>\n