Spanish Boxing Day: Emery against Klopp, Lopetegui's debut, Arteta leader and Guardiola among 'fat' and tired of the World Cup

It is true that there is no League, but England will experience the

, with Unai Emery, Julen Lopetegui, Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola among its main attractions.

The poker of Spanish coaches is at stake in the return of the Premier after the World Cup break, although for very different reasons.

's Arsenal

goes very seriously for the title,

makes his debut with the responsibility of getting the Wolves out of the

Right now they are four points away from a salvation marked by Everton, in whose field they will play tomorrow, and with the handicap that his new team still does not know what it is to win abroad.

The man from La Rioja has just signed Atlético

, but he still won't be able to count on him, nothing is known about

, and

, who before the arrival of Lopetegui was already considering leaving the club, is now one of his essentials.

On the other side of the table is Arteta's Arsenal, leader with five points ahead

, and who will receive a visit from West Ham tomorrow.

The circumstance occurs that, since the Premier exists, only half of the teams that arrive as leaders on Boxing Day end up winning the title.

Guardiola, for example, of his four

, only came as the leader on Boxing Day in half, and once even as third.

The return of

, absent from the World Cup in Qatar, is the main incentive for Wednesday's game in the Leeds field, and probably the main incentive for this marathon of matches that starts on Wednesday and ends on January 5 with three days of the championship at stake.

While the Norwegian striker returns to the English league more than rested after passing through the golf courses of Marbella, Guardiola must get the Premier League's most fatigued squad back on track:

were at the World Cup, and

in total.

Among those that the Argentine forward Julián Álvarez, with Pep no longer counts for these days.

Although worse is the case of Kalvin Phillips, who returned from the England squad so rested that he arrived overweight, and is away from the team until he loses a few kilos.

The highlight of tomorrow's Boxing Day is Aston Vila-Liverpool, a

.

The Spaniard barely had time to work with his new team after abruptly leaving Villareal just before the World Cup, and now he faces an old acquaintance whom he has already faced seven times, with five wins for the German.

Of course, one of Emery's was with Sevilla in the

Liverpool is not going through a good moment now and is sixth, and Emery arrived precisely to revolutionize the villains, who are currently in half of the table

If seeing City again means seeing Haaland again, at Liverpool it means seeing another of the great soccer stars absent in Qatar, the Egyptian

Who today is in the news in England and Egypt due to the criticism and threats received on social networks by

after hanging an image with his family next to the tree congratulating Christmas.

Something that he also does every year.

The criticism, in any case, is far below what Emery's goalkeeper,

, is suffering these days for his celebrations after winning the World Cup, although the Argentine is not expected until the second match of the three that Aston Villa will play until January 4.

Except for the Frenchman Konate, the early eliminations of the Reds in the World Cup allow Klopp to have a

relatively rested

Apart from Spanish interests, another of the great incentives of Boxing Day will be to see Manchester United without Cristiano Ronaldo, after his departure to the Saudi Al-Nassr.

Ten Hag and his team will have to show on Tuesday against Nottingham Forest that they have taken a load off their shoulders in the dressing room, and try to get into the positions that give access to the Champions League, with the help of a signing, the Dutchman Gapko sounds .

When the official Manchester channel asked the coach what would be the best Christmas present, he said a ticket to see his team.

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