With the international break nearing its conclusion we can now turn our attention back to the Premier League, which resumes this weekend with Arsenal hosting champions Manchester City early on Saturday.

With the transfer deadline seeing numerous high profile moves involving Premier League clubs, this weekend will see several players making their debuts with supporters up and down the country wondering whether or not their new signing will be the difference between success and disappointment.

Radamel Falcao

In what was the surprise of deadline day, Colombian Radamel Falcao joined Manchester United on a season long loan deal. Having suffered an Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury last season, Falcao has yet to hit full fitness despite having netted twice in three matches for Monaco at the beginning of this season.

It is expected United’s new number nine will make his debut on Sunday afternoon as Louis van Gaal’s side look to pick up their first victory of the season against Queens Park Rangers at home.

QPR’s defence has looked rather suspect thus far this season despite the addition of experienced veteran Rio Ferdinand. This is something United will look to take advantage of and who better than Falcao to put a shaky defence to the sword?

Acclimatizing to a new footballing culture takes time, but physically Falcao fits the bill of a Premier League forward and provided the service is there, which with the addition of Angel Di Maria, it really should be, there is every possibility the Colombian will open his account this Sunday.

Danny Welbeck

Danny Welbeck was the other half of the Falcao transfer saga with the Colombian displacing Welbeck at Manchester United leaving him fifth-choice behind even James Wilson according to James Ducker of The Times.

Arsenal, in need of a forward following the injury to Olivier Giroud, paid £16 million for the services of Welbeck with the club hoping he can improve on his meagre goal tally whilst he was at Old Trafford.

Welbeck’s statistics are somewhat misleading, there is no doubt he has been mismanaged, particularly over the last twelve months.

Welbeck has been forced to play in a wide role and even on occasion under Sir Alex Ferguson, an energetic player without a solid position simply in the side to disrupt the rhythm of an opposing playmaker i.e. Xabi Alonso when United met Real Madrid in the 2012-13 Champions League.

Welbeck has shown promise when played in a central role however even this promise has proven to be inconsistent. Having netted two goals in Monday’s 2-0 victory over Switzerland, Welbeck heads into his Arsenal debut against Manchester City in good form and will hope to open his account against what in fairness is a strong defence which may be made even more unyielding with the inclusion of Eliaquim Mangala.

Daley Blind

Manchester United’s difficult start to the season has not been helped by the lack of a defensive midfielder. In Michael Carrick’s absence there has been little protection but a defensive line which has clearly struggled with adapting to a 3-5-2 formation. Daley Blind has since joined United from Ajax after an outstanding year as a defensive midfield saw him win the Eredivisie’s player of the year award for 2013-14.

It is expected he will slot into United’s midfield in the same way and given the fact there hasn’t been a true holding midfielder at United since Owen Hargreaves and Roy Keane before him, the opportunity is there for Blind to make the spot his own.

As well as having defensive awareness there is an increasingly impressive technical side to Blind’s game and whilst the step up to the Premier League from the Eredivisie is tough it must be said he has excelled at the two highest levels, the World Cup and the Champions League. Blind could well be the man to hold United’s team together.

Ricky Alvarez

Sunderland host Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday afternoon and Gus Poyet’s side have been handed offensive reinforcements in the shape of Ricky Alvarez who joined the Wearside club on loan from Internazionale.

Alvarez is a playmaker who has the ability to bamboozle defences and create opportunities going forward hence why both Arsenal and Internazionale fought to take him from Velez Sarsfield in 2011.

Whilst things in Milan haven’t gone as all would have hoped there is still outstanding quality within Alvarez and the Premier League could be the perfect place for him to shine.

There will almost certainly be a settling in period by where Alvarez must adjust to the physical demands of the league but his signing is just the next step in Poyet’s plan to change Sunderland’s philosophy into an impressive attacking one.