As a newly promoted team to the Premier League, in their first match, they faced a huge challenge from Man City - the reigning champions of the tournament.

Man City's strength was demonstrated from the 4th minute when Haaland opened the scoring after a combination between Kevin de Bruyne and Rodri.

Haaland scored twice to help Man City easily beat Burnley in the opening match of the Premier League. Photo: Dailymail

Although Kevin de Bruyne unexpectedly suffered a relapse of his injury and had to leave the field in the 23rd minute, Man City still maintained good control of the game. In the 36th minute, Julian Alvarez received the ball from Kyle Walker and then passed the ball to Haaland to complete his double in the match.

In the second half, Man City scored another goal thanks to Rodri in the 75th minute. On the other side of the field, Burnley did not score any goals, and also lost a man when Anass Zaroury received a direct red card in the 90+4 minute for diving straight at Kyle Walker's foot.

In the end, Man City won 3-0 against Burnley.

* ESPN quoted transfer expert Fabrizio Romano as saying that although Brighton agreed to sell Moises Caicedo to Liverpool for £110 million, the Ecuadorian midfielder stated that he only wanted to move to Chelsea. Accordingly, instead of traveling to Liverpool for a medical as planned, the Ecuadorian international is waiting for the next bid from The Blues. In fact, the Stamford Bridge team has been pursuing Caicedo since the beginning of the summer transfer window, but the fees they sent have not met Brighton's requirements.

* According to Goal, Ronaldo has officially surpassed 600 million followers on Instagram, becoming the first person to reach that number on this social network, followed by Messi with 482 million and Selena Gomez with 427 million followers. In the immediate future, CR7 aims to win the Arab Club Championship Cup when Al Nassr meets Al Hilal in the final at 10pm on August 12. After that, he and Al Nassr aim to win the Saudi Pro League.

Ronaldo becomes the most followed player on Instagram. Photo: India Today

* Spanish media reported that the "White Vultures" are preparing to sign a contract with David de Gea. Previously, main goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was at risk of being out of the field for a long time, after tearing his knee ligaments in the latest training session. The "goalkeeper" of Belgian origin will have to undergo surgery and is expected to be out of action for 7-9 months. This is a heavy blow to Los Blancos right before the new season. Therefore, the La Liga team immediately switched to negotiating with David de Gea, who is currently a free agent after his contract with MU expired last June.

* Expensive new signing Rasmus Hojlund has finally chosen his shirt number at MU. Accordingly, the Danish striker will inherit the number 17 shirt from Fred, who has just reached an agreement to move to Turkish Fenerbahce for 13 million pounds. Hojlund joined the "Red Devils" in this summer transfer window for 64 million pounds but has not yet made his debut due to injury.

In related news, Bild reported that Bayern Munich are ready to sell defender Benjamin Pavard if MU agrees to a fee of nearly 26 million pounds. Having agreed to sell center-back Harry Maguire to West Ham, coach Erik ten Hag must start looking for a replacement.

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