EPL top 3 spenders

The Premier League outspent the rest of Europe this summer with expenditure in excess of £610 million.Let's take a look at top 3 spenders of EPL. 

Chelsea - £69 m

Chelsea have improved his squad to the tune of nearly £70 million. Andre Schurrle was the big signing at just under £20 million for most of the summer, but the capture of Willian for a whopping £33 million from under the noses of Spurs and Liverpool ends up accounting for almost half of the Stamford Bridge club's total outlay. 

Can Mourinho mould his bloated, attacking midfield-heavy squad into one that can challenge for the Premier League title once more? 

Manchester City - £102 m

Manchester City have been amongst the biggest spenders in the Premier League, but they were pipped to that particular title this time around. However, They crashed through the £100 million barrier, with Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho at £35 million, Ex Sevilla teammates Alvaro Negredo and Jesus Navas , Floreintina Stevan Jovetic and Martin Demichelis, a late signing off Atletico Madrid, will provide depth in defence. 
New manager Manuel Pellegrini will be expected to take his new charges and go one better than Roberto Mancini managed last year when the league was won by rivals Manchester United. 

Tottenham Hotspur -  £107 m

Despite comfortably surpassing the £100 million mark, Spurs have actually barely spent anything at all. Eight senior departures have been offset by seven signings, with an eclectic mix of attackers expected to really push Andre Villas-Boas' men toward the top four this season. 

They will have a huge task on their hands to manage that given the competition, but the likes of Roberto Soldado at £26 million and Erik Lamela at £27 million will give them a big opportunity to do so. 

Of course, the world-record sale of Gareth Bale gave them the funds to do such business—but has it also robbed them of their most potent weapon? 

City beats Hull 2-0

After suffering shock loss against

Cardiff City, Man City again struggled for a hard fought 2-0 victory against Hull City.
 Manchester City struggled initially as Hull had better of them as they had goal ruled offside of Danny Gragam and Robert Koren had a good shot saved, but a header from substitute Alvaro Negredo and superb free-kick from Yaya Toure sealed the three points.
City saw plenty of the ball in the first half but failed to convert the dominance into goals, so Pellegrini threw on Negredo at the break.
Negredo came close to making an instant impact but headed wide after being picked out superbly by David Silva. Having served notice of his aerial threat, Negredo duly grabbed his second Premier League goal of the season by nodding home Pablo Zabaleta’s cross on 64 minutes.
Hart was forced to make saves from Graham and Stephen Quinn as Hull went in search of a leveler, but their challenge was snuffed out in the final minute when Toure curled home a brilliant free-kick from the edge of the box.

Stats 
Shots: Manchester City 12-7 Hull City 
Corners: Manchester City 7-4 Hull City 
Possession: Manchester City 58.2 percent-41.8 percent Hull City 
Passes Completed: Manchester City 427-272 Hull City 
Fouls Committed: Manchester City 15-14 Hull City

Bayern Guide to champions League

BAYERN MUNICH 

History : Five-times European champions, bettered only by Real Madrid and Milan. They have lost as many finals as they have won.
2012/13: German and European Champions. Bested Borussia Dortmund to the domestic title and demonstrated their class against the same opposition in the Wembley final to end 12 years of pain.
Status: Favourites to win it all. Last year’s exceptional squad, with addition of Pep Guardiola, Gotze and Thiago Alcantara, could, in principle, refine recent achievements.

Coach: Replacing Jupp Heynckes , Pep Guardiola must feel the pressure of previous season triumphs but Pep has a starry resume of his own winning it all and many times with Barcelona.

Captain: A star performer for club and country, Philipp Lahm has shown himself to be one of—if not the—finest full-back of his generation.

 CL group 

CSKA Moscow
If the current Russian champions have any hopes of qualifying for the next round, they will be hoping to take at least something from Bayern when they travel to Moscow.
Seydou Doumbia, the Ivorian forward, is a tricky striker who's likely to lead the line forCSKA, while adequate support from goalscoring winger Ahmed Musa and Alan Dzagoev, the highly coveted Russian playmaker, should give Guardiola plenty to think about when this unknown quantity come up against his defending champions.

Manchester City 
A side that should appear a little easier to grasp is English Premier League side Manchester City, who entered the group in the third pot, but will undoubtedly pose the greatest threat to Bayern's hopes of winning the group.
Yet the side that completely capitulated to fellow Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund in last season's tournament seems to be long gone, as new coach Manuel Pellegrinihas arrived along with a host of new stars.
FC Viktoria Plzen 
The final side in Group D are Czech Republic champions Viktoria Plzen who join this company of clubs as something of a minnow. Yet despite the odds that will be firmly stacked against them, Viktoria will be able to attack each game with a whimsical lack of pressure and truly throw everything they have at each game.

 Prediction: Winners

Man C thrashes Newcastle 4-0

Manuel Pellegrini would be pleased to see Manchester City playing a slick, attacking football with a ruthless edge. On the day Pablo Zabaleta signed a new four-year deal at the club, they produced a brilliant performance to beat Newcastle 4-0.
 A 4-0 win over a poor Newcastle side is by no means confirmation of City’s title-winning credentials but it represents a wonderful start to the new era at the Etihad. Goals from David Silva, Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri sealed the victory, with Jesus Navas and Fernandinho making seriously impressive debuts.
Newcastle were down to ten men on the stroke of half-time after Steven Taylor was sent off but, in truth, City were dominating long before his dismissal. The fluidity of their formation was remarkable, with Silva, Aguero, Navas, Toure, Fernandinho and a much-improved Edin Dzeko all wanting the ball and influencing play.

The benefits of a good preseason were all on display. Pellegrini made a point in his Friday press conference of praising the work of Txiki Begiristain who secured four new signings in double-quick time at the start of the transfer window, leaving City with a full 40 days to prepare for the new season with all their new players involved, and it showed.
 They looked prepared and comfortable playing together, as Newcastle were given a ruthless lesson in how to play free-flowing, all-out-attack football. The evening was soured slightly by a second-half injury to Vincent Kompany. He appeared to hold his groin as he hobbled off and with Micah Richards also missing through injury, Matija Nastasic’s full recovery cannot come soon enough. Don’t be surprised if City’s search for a new defender gathers pace over the coming days. This is the level City must play at consistently if they are to regain the title. Roberto Mancini’s City’s side produced performances like this one but last season they were too few and far between, allowing Manchester United to win the league at a canter, finishing 11 points ahead of City—after taking their foot off the gas for the final few games of the season once the title was secured. It’s a big deficit to make up but if City can play like this consistently, it would be no surprise if they were champions come May.