Manchester United's 20-year old defender Luke Shaw is diagnosed to have fractured his both legs during Red Devil's 2 - 1 defeat to Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in Champions League group stage game.

After 15 minutes into the game, when left-back Shaw dribbled the ball into Eindhoven's penalty box,a strong challenge from Mexican defender Hector Moreno caught his standing leg and sent Shaw to the ground. As a result Shaw was sidelined and substituted by Marcos Rojo.

The severity of the injury was confirmed after the final whistle that, Shaw suffered a double fracture of his right leg.

Speaking in his post-match press conference, United manager Louis van Gaal said,

"I’m not a doctor so I cannot say, but when you have a double fracture it is four to six months. But you can never say that in advance. He won’t play in the group stage, I don’t think. I hope he will play again this season."

Shortly after suffering the injury, Shaw thanked the well-wishers who sent him notes of support via his Twitter account saying:

"Thank you everyone for your messages, words can't describe how gutted I am, my road to recovery starts now, I will come back stronger."

His former club Southampton told Shaw to "come back stronger", to which he replied: "thank you, you don't know how much you as a club mean to me, thank you so much I really appreciate it."

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has praised his 28-year old forward Dimitri Payet as the French international scored twice during West Ham's 2 – 0 win over Newcastle United.

West Ham boss said:

"He's not only a great player that is deciding games but he makes all players around him play better.

"That is the most important thing you want in a footballer; someone who is not only an individual but a team player.

"I've known him a long time and I tried to get him to Besiktas last year but it was impossible. He is the player I really wanted from the start and hoped he would come but I didn't believe it would happen."

"The victory is was small proof that we are in a good way and that we've really done well in the transfer window.

"I think we fully deserved three points. It was a big relief to get the home win. We need the fans to come to the stadium and enjoy themselves, but in the last two we lost at home we were sloppy and made bad mistakes

"But we have showed a good reaction and we need a really good season. The club are moving forward and into a new stadium. We need a good team that can defend and attack with numbers, keep the ball, and we are working on that."

The 35-year old former Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has expressed his views over The Red's unproductive signing of Italian forward Mario Balotelli while speaking in the serialisation of his book 'My Story' in the Daily Mail.

Balotelli is now on loan at AC Milan after his unsuccessful stint at Anfield which saw him score just four times in 27 appearances last season.

Gerrard said,

"In my last season, Brendan Rodgers came to me at Melwood one day in mid-August.

"He said: 'You know we've missed out on a couple of signings. I'm basically left with no option to have a bit of a gamble.'

"Brendan paused before he spoke again: 'The gamble is Mario Balotelli.' My instant reaction was: 'Uh-oh.'

"I'd never met Balotelli but I'd heard all the stories about the indoor fireworks and Jose Mourinho describing him as an 'unmanageable' player.

"I could see that, in the right mood, he was a quality footballer but the rest of his career seemed like a spectacular waste of talent. That was my opinion of Balotelli.

"We got on fine. I still tried to help him and I kept looking for chances to praise him but I could see why Mourinho had been right when he said Balotelli is unmanageable.

"He is very talented with the potential to be world class, but he'll never get there because of his mentality and the people around him. Balotelli's always late, he always wants attention.

"He says the wrong things on social media. For me, he doesn't work hard enough on a daily basis. You're always fighting a losing battle with Balotelli. He does too many things wrong."

MANCHESTER UNITED  VS  LIVERPOOL

MANCHESTER UNITED

3 - 1

LIVERPOOL

Game Played on 12th September, 2015 , Kick Off at 16:30 (GMT)

Venue: Old Trafford, Referee: Michael Oliver

MANCHESTER UNITED:

- Blind (49') , Herrera (70')- P , Martial (86')


- Darmian (73')


LIVERPOOL:

 - Benteke (84')


 - Clyne (48') , Milner (75')

  

  WEST BROMWICH ALBION  VS  SOUTHAMPTON

WEST BROM

0 - 0

SOUTHAMPTON

Game Played on 12th September, 2015 , Kick Off at 14:00 (GMT)

Venue: The Hawthorns, Referee: Andre Marriner

WEST BROM:

- Brunt (79')

   

WATFORD  VS  SWANSEA CITY

WATFORD

1 - 0

SWANSEA CITY

Game Played on 12th September, 2015 , Kick Off at 14:00 (GMT)

Venue: Vicarage Road, Referee: Robert Madley

WATFORD:

- Ighalo (59')


- Capoue (90')


- Behrami (64')


SWANSEA CITY:

 - Ki (67')

  

NORWICH CITY  VS  AFC BOURNEMOUTH

NORWICH CITY

3 - 1

AFC BOURNEMOUTH

Game Played on 12th September, 2015 , Kick Off at 14:00 (GMT)

Venue: Carrow Road, Referee: Martin Atkinson

NORWICH CITY:

- Jerome (35') , Hoolahan (52') , Jarvis (67')


- Tettey (20') , Hoolahan (30')


AFC BOURNEMOUTH:

 - Cook (81')


 - Francis (24') , Smith (25') , Ritchie (61')

  

CRYSTAL PALACE  VS  MANCHESTER CITY

CRYSTAL PALACE

0 - 1

MANCHESTER CITY

Game Played on 12th September, 2015 , Kick Off at 14:00 (GMT)

Venue: Selhurst Park, Referee: Mike Jones

CRYSTAL PALACE:

- Dann (18') , Hangeland (71')


MANCHESTER CITY:

 - Iheanacho (90')


 - Toure (26') , Nasri (69') , Mangala (81')

 

ARSENAL  VS  STOKE CITY

ARSENAL

2 -0

STOKE CITY

Game Played on 12th September, 2015 , Kick Off at 14:00 (GMT)

Venue: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Jon Moss 

ARSENAL:

- Walcott (31') , Giroud (85')


-  Ozil (38')


STOKE CITY:

 - Bardsley (81')

 EVERTON  VS  CHELSEA

EVERTON

3 - 1

CHELSEA

Game Played on 12th September, 2015 , Kick Off at 11:45 (GMT)

Venue: Goodison Park, Referee: Andre Marriner

EVERTON:

- Naismith (17') , Naismith (22') , Naismith (83')


- Galloway (65') , Stones (87')


  CHELSEA:

 - Matic (36')


 - Azpilicueta (88') , Costa (90')

 The 24-year old Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck will be out of action for a period of months after undergoing knee surgery.

The England striker sustained an injury at the end of April and has been working throughout the summer to recover but unfortunately, Welbeck was unable to sufficiently step up his rehabilitation work and has undergone a surgery in his left knee.

A statement on Arsenal's official website said:

"It had been hoped he would avoid surgery but after increasing his training workload, the injury to his cartilage did not respond as well as hoped and the decision was taken last week for him to undergo surgery by a leading specialist in the field.

"Danny is now expected to be out for a period of months and everyone at Arsenal wishes him well."

This 2015 Premier League summer transfer has set a new record for most expensive transfer window ever in the history of English football with overall money spent reaching £870m. This is 4% greater than the record set last year.

CLUBS WHICH SPENT THE MOST ARE:

Manchester City broke their club record twice this summer to bring De Bruyne and Sterling to Etihad Stadium as they became England's highest gross spenders in a single window.

Their total spend of approximately £160m beat the near £150m outlay of Manchester United in summer 2014, including deals for Fabian Delph, Patrick Roberts and Nicolas Otamendi.

Alex Thorpe from the Sports Business Group at Deloitte told the BBC:

"Total spending in 2015, across both the January and summer windows, is also a new record, reaching the £1 billion mark for the first time.

"With all 20 of the Premier League clubs now ranked in the top 40 globally by revenue, we have seen clubs across the league compete successfully in the market for international talent. Premier League clubs' gross spending on players from overseas clubs this summer totaled more than half a billion pounds."

TOP 5 BIG MONEY TRANSFERS:

1. Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg to Manchester City for £55m.
   
   
2. Raheem Sterling from Liverpool to Manchester City for £49m.
   
   
3. Anthony Martial form AS Monaco to Manchester United for £36m.
   
   
4. Christian Benteke form Aston Villa to Liverpool for £32.5m.
   
   
5. Nicolás Otamendi form Valencia to Manchester City for £32m.

COMPARISON WITH EUROPE'S TOP LEAGUES:

Undoubtedly, Premier League ranks first among highest spending league followed by Italy's Serie A, with a gross spend of £405m, followed by Spain's La Liga (£400m), the German Bundesliga (£290m) and Ligue 1 in France (£220m).

MAJOR SOURCE FOR THIS RECORD BREAKING TRANSFER WINDOW:

The Premier League is currently positioned as the world's richest domestic football competition as a result of TV broadcasting rights deal which was increased from £3.018bn for a record-breaking 5.14 billion pounds ($7.9 billion) for three seasons.

The three-year deal with Sky Sports and BT Sports from 2016 to 2019 means that all of England's top clubs will be richer than ever before, with each televised match worth more than 10 million pounds ($15.3 million).

All 20 Premier League clubs already rank among the 40 richest in the world and this new broadcasting deal is 70 percent higher than the three billion pounds ($4.6 billion) that was raised from the sale of the existing deal, which finishes at the end of next season.

Quite simply, bigger bank balances mean that clubs will be able to sign top players on bigger salaries and also invest in other areas, such as expanding grounds or build new ones. They have also promised to spend more on youth development and a range of other community and fan initiatives.

The bottom club will pocket £99m per season with the champions earning more than £150m in prize money, even before extra money is paid for featuring in a TV match. 

 

Alex Thorpe said:

"Looking across Europe, Premier League clubs' gross and net spending this summer is more than double that of any other European league. The driving force behind this is the growth and distribution mechanism of the league's broadcast rights.

"Earlier this year we reported the remarkable rebalancing of revenues and costs, such that Premier League clubs collectively generated pre-tax profitability for the first time since 1999, with clubs set to enjoy a further revenue boost when the next broadcast deals start in 2016.

"Therefore, despite a new record level of player transfer spending this year, collectively Premier League clubs have a chance to invest in playing talent whilst remaining profitable in a way that was previously not the case.''