Andreas Cornelius – Cardiff City (promoted)
The 20-year-old is a something of an unknown entity outside of the striker’s native Denmark, but 18 league goals made Cornelius the top-scorer in the Superligaen last year.
There is good history when it comes to Scandinavians succeeding in the Premier League and the Dane could be key to Cardiff’s survival.
Emanuele Giaccherini – Sunderland (17th)
Manager Paolo Di Canio’s capture of the Italy international is somewhat bemusing considering the winger was playing for Serie A champions Juventus.
However, with Juve needing money to fund Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente transfers, Giaccherini made way and the Black Cats acted first to sign the 14 times capped Italian.
Rickie Lambert – Southampton (14th)
The Saints front-man was a little like Grant Holt in his first season in the Premier League in the sense that opposition teams simply had now idea how to play against the 31-year-old.
In Lambert’s defence the Englishman has a larger array of skill and talent than Holt and proved it with 15 league goals – it will be a tough task to replicate that though.
Morgan Schneiderlin – Southampton (14th)
Arguably Southampton’s best player upon the club’s impressive return to the English top tier in 2012, Schneiderlin has made the step up with the Saints all the way from League One and still looks comfortable in the Premier League.
If the Saints don’t break the top 10 this season then the Frenchman could easily be on his way to a bigger club.
Ricky Van Wolfswinkel – Norwich City (11th)
Another new signing in England along with Cornelius and Giaccherini, Van Wolfswinkel arrives at Carrow Road having scored a bagful of goals in both Portugal and the Netherlands.
The 24-year-old has experience in top European football and also has two caps for the Dutch national team – a great signing for Norwich.
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