The effects of last weekend have been felt in the transfer market: everyone wants a piece of Sanchez, and no one is quite sure which slice of the Liverpool midfield to have. Who dares to double dip on Coutinho and Lallana? Who dares to Zlatan these days? Rashford is all the rage now, while Sterling rises in the face of De Bruyne-xit. And who has room for the forgotten Son? He has five in five now, while Ross Barkley has none.

The Pep Show may not have been perfect this week but they’re still looking pretty pretty. City’s midweek draw at Celtic meant their dream start to the season stops at 10 wins, but they did keep up their season’s average of scoring 3 goals a game. This weekend they visit Spurs who – as narrative-writers would have it – hold that elusive 56-year record start (11 wins).

In the same fixture this time last year Spurs ran out 4-1 victors and I wouldn’t put it past them to come away with three points, even if by a slimmer margin. Supersoldier Sergio may have scored 27 in his last 27 Premier League games, but while 28 is not beyond him, 29 ought to be a captain armband’s breadth too far against Master Mauricio’s well-drilled side…right?

Away from the limelight, title hopefuls play relegation favourites in fixtures that must be fantasy fodder. No team has scored more than Liverpool since Klopp came to town, while only three teams have a goal difference worse than Swansea City this season – you do the math on this.

Stoke are enduring their worst start in over 60 years and visit Boyz II Men United, themselves experiencing some growing pains. United play Chelsea and Liverpool away after this fixture and should settle this early and easily if not through a set piece, then through a star…

…not that anyone’s still got any left in their squad. If you follow the money you’ll end up at Arsenal these days, where the feel good factor is back, probably until the next injury crisis. Till then, they face an easy street of fixtures, starting at Turf Moor this Sunday. Purple Patch Theo is on one of his streaks, and you might want to catch the flash while it’s still hot in the pan.

In the ring, big Belgian men battle it out under Friday night lights in the derby de Bolasie. Both Everton and Palace appear better off since Bolasie’s transfer and will come to blows at Goodison Park, with Pardew hopeful of dealing the sucker Puncheon and bagging his fourth win on the trot. This could turn out to be one of the more entertaining fixtures this weekend.

Leicester City used to be the entertaining fixture every weekend, but appear to have sold their rights to the Champions League. They seem painfully ordinary going into their game against Southampton, with Everyman’s Charlie Austin looking more worthy of an England call-up than Hollywood’s Jamie Vardy at the moment.

Finally, the bubbles at London Stadium have also well and truly popped, though with Payet pulling the strings they still look good value for a goal or two. I would say the same for evergreen Jermaine Defoe, but will the clueless Black Cats claw him down? The questions continue at the KCOM Stadium: dare you Hazard a guess which Chelsea will turn up against the Tigers?