The following Friday's the Friday Five will list 5 new players on different positions to keep an eye on during this Premier League season. Last week we took a look at the new defenders; this Friday we are looking at the midfielders.




5. Victor Wanyama, 22, Southampton FC
Joined from Celtic

Despite refusing to join Southampton just to help Celtic, the Kenyan midfielder is not turning out for The Saints. The 22-year-old was one of the profiles in last years Celtic squad, and was rumoured to several Premier League clubs, including Arsenal and Liverpool before signing with Southampton. The Kenyan made his way to Europe through Swedish youth football and a couple of years in the Belgian club Beerschot AC. At the South coast,  Wanyama have already made his way to the starting lineup and will throughout the season only develop further, to perhaps, become one of the best midfielders in the Premier League.

4. Marco van Ginkel, 20, Chelsea FC
Joined from Vitesse

The Dutch talent is a product of Vitesse Arnhem's youth department, and had his debut in the Eresdivisie when he was only 17 years old. Van Ginkel was the first signing from José Mourinho and is without a doubt brought in as a developing player. The Dutch has so far played 2 international matches for the Netherlands and is considered as one of the next big hopes for the future. In Chelsea,  he has so far played 13 minutes, and will probably be used most as a substitute this season. However, as the talent is capable of playing both the attacking midfield and the central midfield, he might be given the chance against some of the mid-table Premier League clubs and in the cups.

3. Leroy Fer, 23, Norwich City
Joined from Twente

Another Dutchman has joined the Premier League this summer; Leroy Fer is the new playmaker in Norwich. However, the Dutch could have played for Everton this winter if it was not for the fact that he failed the medical test. Fer is from the Feyenoord youth department and played 104 matches for the Eresdivise club before joining Twente in 2011. Now he is ready for Norwich, where he already have shown that he is a midfielder who knows where the goal is scoring his first goal in a League Cup match against Bury FC. During his time in the Netherlands he scored 14 goals for Feyenoord and 12 for Twente. However, the attacking midfielder can also be used on the central and defensive midfield.

2. Fernandinho, 28, Manchester City
Joined from Shakhtar Donetsk

Manchester City has spent the summer bringing in some new faces, and one of them is the Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho. The 28-year old playmaker was an important part of Shakhtar's success last season, and the Ukrainians was not ready to let him go for peanuts. £28m was what Manchester City had to give to get the Brazilian international to England. However, for the £28m they get a player that scored 52 goals and made 51 assists in 281 matches for Shakhtar, so there is no doubt City has brought in a great midfielder. Hopefully, he can add to his impressing statistic in Manchester City.

1. Paulinho, 25, Tottenham Hotspur
Joined from Corinthians 

José Paulo Bezerra Maciel Júnior, also known as Paulinho, was on Tottenhams short list the entire last season. This summer they finally got the Brazilian, who was one of the best players at the summers Confederations Cup where he played 4 matches and scored 2 goals. During his first matches in Tottenham, he has already shown why Andrés Villa-Boas was so keen to sign midfielder as he has shown to be an enforcement of the attacking midfield. I have very high expectations to this Brazilian star, who can become one of the best players in the Premier League this season.