Liverpool vs. Southampton, West Brom vs. Sunderland

Liverpool vs Southampton:

Now this is an interesting fixture considering the kind of business we saw between them in the summer but we’re in no haste in judging the gainers or biggest lossers, that’s a queue for Wall Street, but there was something wolf-like about the Liverpool raid on the Saints. All items of value taken from Adam Lallana, to Ricky Lambert including defender Dejan Lovren but that was the Genesis of the exodus at Southampton as Luke Shaw also left at the call from Old Trafford and Callum Chambers to Arsenal. Ronald Koeman has got his work cut out for him as the new Saints boss with harsh reality to life in English Football were money can make a huge difference.

The Reds can make a new strike force without Luis Suarez – last season's league top scorer who left for Barcelona. Manager Brendan Rodgers now has Champions League Football to think about and though Liverpool have been the busiest in the market only time will tell how much of an impact losing the Uruguayan will have especially if the goals and results don’t come in early.

West Brom vs Sunderland:

Both teams escaped relegation last season; Sunderland under manager Gus Poyet who produced late fancy upsets, the Black cats were finalists in the League Cup but got demolished by a second-half Manchester City power pack.

Only three points separated the Baggies from being relegated last season and they have made plans to solve their goal scoring problems with £10 million record signing from Dynamo Kyiv - Brown Ideye, the Nigerian striker will be the new man up-front spotting the No. 9 shirt. A draw would not be far-off with this one at the Hawthorns.