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3) Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Norwich City and the Netherlands)

‘Beware of the Big bad Wolf”, says a poster featuring Ricky van Wolfswinkel modelling the Canaries’ new away kit.

Norwich have been spending their money very wisely this summer, and while van Wolfswinkel is definitely their marquee signing, he joins a host of new players, including fellow Dutchman Leroy Fer, Javier Garrido, Martin Olsson, Nathan Redmond, Carlo Nash an Gary Hooper as the Canaries look to build on their eleventh-place finish last season and move into the top half of the table.

Such spending from a recently-promoted side is previously unheard of but it is a trend that has been followed not just by Norwich, but by Swansea and Southampton as well.

What’s more, Chris Hughton’s team appear to have spent wisely, not in the haphazard manner that Queens Park Rangers did last year.

Van Wolfswinkel is a prolific marksman. In his last three seasons in Portugal and the Netherlands, he has scored at an average of more than 20 goals a season and the Canaries are sure to benefit from such a gifted player who has his best years ahead of him. ‘There’s only one Ricky van Wolfswinkel’ might be a bit of a mouthful, but if he does score goals, the fans at Carrow Road will definitely perfect the chant as the season goes on.

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