So the 2017-18 Superliga season has just started last week and though the transfer window is still open to the end of this month, the Europa cup games and transfers so far, do seem to give clues about who will be able to fight for the Championship, Silver and Bronze medals this season.. Starting with FC København that won the Championship no less that 22 points ahead of the Silver-medalists from Brøndby ... but I'm qute sure this is not going to happen this season, considering that FCK have lost the "spine" of their team, selling ther captain in defense, Matthias "Zanka" Jørgensen to newly promoted English PL side Huddersfield, just as they sold their key central midfielder Thomas Delaney to Werder Bremen at the end of last season and then also their key striker Andreas Cornelius to Italian side Atalanta ... Obviously they also sold Nikolai Jørgensen to Feyenoord last season, where he became top-scorer of the Dutch league, but replacing him with Rasmus Falk, who has the same kind of creative skills in attack, but unfortunately has been long-term injured and is still not ready to play ... another long-term injured player is their key right-back Peter Ankersen who is out with a broken ankle ... so also considering that they have sold "Zanka" + their key left-back Ludwig Augustinsson to Werder Bremen, it adds to their defensive worries, though they have replaced Augustinsson with another Swedish LB, Pierre Bengtson who they signed from Mainz, just as they got Nikolaj Boilesen, who is now finally fit and able to make a difference. But as mentioned, thy seem weaker all over the pitch right now, both due to the key players they have sold and replaced, but also due to some misfortunate long-term injuries. FCK squad : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.C._Copenhagen#Players Transfers so far : https://www.transfermarkt.com/fc-kopenhagen/alletransfers/verein/190 Brøndby seem in much better shape at the moment, beating FC Midtjylland by 4-0 in their first game and they have signed som players who seem to fit right in from day-one ... Especially the quick, solid and always hard working attacking midfielder Kasper Fisker, who was Randers absolute best player last season, in my opinion. But also Besar Halimi who is on a 1-year loan from Mainz, has already made his mark. So at least Brøndby seem to have a head start this season, in compare with FCK. Obviously Brøndby do not have as much money for transfers or their wage budget as FCK, but they seem to have solved this problem by especially getting players on loan deals from coach Zorninger's former German club, Leipzig and other German clubs, which has been a success so far, last Leipzig addition being the left back Anthony Jung .... while also signing some Danish players on more permanent basis, like their latest signing, Danish U21 central midfielder Lasse Vigen, who they got from Fulham.... only real loss this summer is central midfielder Lebogang Phiri, who did not want to renew his contract but has moved to France and Guingamp ... and Kahlenberg who has retired. Brøndby squad : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brøndby_IF#Players Transfers so far (minus Anthony Jung who they signed today) : https://www.transfermarkt.com/brondby-if/alletransfers/verein/206
FC Midtjylland lost 4-0 to Brøndby in the first round of this season, but they seem to be the only team really able to challenge Brøndby and FCK this season ... their moneyball approach to signing players, makes it it difficult for me to evaluate their signings, but the two Norwegians , Gustav Wikheim and Alexander Sørloth they have picked up from the Belgium and Dutch league, while the centre back Zsolt Korcsmár is an experienced international from Hungary, while Bozhidar Kraev is an only 20-yo Bulgarian international.... FCM rely very much on their experienced captain in midfield Jakob Poulsen, but he has turned 34 and could suffer injuries, so they will need other experienced players to support their many young players. FCM squad : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Midtjylland#Players Transfers so far : https://www.transfermarkt.com/fc-midtjylland/alletransfers/verein/865 FC Nordsjælland, that finished 5th last season, with the youngest squad in the Superliga, could have been the big revelation this season, but they have been selling their young star players ... in fact much like FCK, they are losing the "spine" of their team, the Slovakian U21 international midfielder Stanislav Lobotka, sold for €5 million ($5.75 million) to Spanish side Celta Vigo and Danish U21 international and last season Superliga topscorer, Marcus Ingvartsen has likewise been sold for around the same €5 million figure, just as it would seem their Danish U21 international midfielder Emiliano Marcondes is on his way to Brentford in England ... and likely also their captain and centre back, the Danish U21 international Andreas Maxsø, could also be gone before the summer transfer window is closed... So no Championship for FCN I'm sure ... they still got some very talented young players, but they have not been signing replacements for the players they have lost... only a 19-yo Collins Tanor on loan from the Manchester City Academy. FCN squad : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Nordsjælland#Players Transfers so far : https://www.transfermarkt.com/fc-nordsjaelland/alletransfers/verein/2778
Brøndby held onto the overall 3-2 aggregate advantage over Finnish club, Vaasan Palloseura to advance towards the 2017/18 Europa League - Third qualifying round. Results were a 2-0 home win, and then a 1-2 loss away. Next opponent will be Hajduk Split, who finished as 3rd place last season in the Croatian League. Early today Brøndby have also announced the one-year loan signing of Left-back, Anthony Jung from RB Leipzig. Anthony Jung er ny mand i Brøndby-trøjen. Venstrebacken kommer til på en etårig lejeaftale.https://t.co/lrxVYXhHa0#Brøndby pic.twitter.com/UtbtaLkHlC— Brøndby IF (@BrondbyIF) July 20, 2017