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Fulham and Bournemouth are back in the big time after securing automatic promotion from the Championship last season, while Nottingham Forest return after a ...

The Reds have thrown financial caution to the wind to become one of the summer’s big spenders in a bid to retain their Premier League status going into next season. Preparation in terms of transfers for the new season has been ad hoc, with The Cherries waiting until August to pay a fee for anyone. After a massive overhaul in 2018 and a host of loans in Fulham's 2020 premiership season backfired, Silva will hope a mixture of the old and the new can keep his side out of the bottom three. The Cottagers and The Cherries have both been regulars in the Premier League in recent years, with Fulham known as a “yo-yo” club from the way they constantly go up and down between the divisions. Having had time to blood his team through a year in the Championship and having brought in defensive reinforcements, he will be hoping he can finally make Fulham’s status as a first division team stick. Fulham and Bournemouth are back in the big time after securing the automatic promotion spots in the Championship last season.

The Premier League season has arrived, and the top club competition in Europe will be watched all over the globe as Man City look to defend their title.

3:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Crystal Palace, led by former Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira, won't be a pushover. Pep Guardiola will lead City in the 2022/23 season as they look to retain their place atop the English top flight. The Premier League is back with viewers around the globe tuning in to see if Manchester City can defend their title and make it three in a row.

There's a new home for the Premier League in Canada as fuboTV is carrying all 380 matches during the 2022/23 season. Fans can watch every game live or on ...

It's a reminder of just how tight the margins are in the Premier League, and why every match is high stakes. The English top-flight will then resume action on Boxing Day, Dec. 26 and continue through May 28, 2023. The likes of Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester United, and Arsenal will all look to push the top two, while West Ham, Newcastle United, or another surprise challenger could also insert themselves into the mix.

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“Financial Fair Play will impact us, will continue to impact us, I think, for a number of years,” said the Newastle manager. I will not be a person to stop a desire for the people. The player will have to talk to the club and I have never ever been involved in that.” “We’re not in that position and I don’t think we will be for some period of time. “I am delighted that is it is done, it is a really exciting challenge for me and the club,” Duffy told the Fulham website. By the way there is, I think, a side-debate to be had about another thing Tyler said earlier – “You have got to remember football was in a bit of a crisis at that time [of the Premier League’s creation].” Was football really in crisis in 1992? After six consecutive seasons of rising attendances, hooliganism on the wane, and the game already surfing a post-Italia 90 wave? Chelsea have confirmed the signing of the Brighton left-back on a six-year deal for £55m plus a potential £7m in add-ons. We feel already and the talks with the players, the excitement, which is normal and a good thing. This move will give him that opportunity, which is really important to him as the captain of the Republic of Ireland, and Fulham are getting a player who has great experience at this level.” Seagulls head coach Graham Potter is confident Duffy will benefit from regular game time with the Cottagers. “Shane has been an outstanding servant to this club, and is rightly held in high esteem by everyone here,” Potter told Brighton’s website. The FA has now charged Forest with a breach of Rule E20.

Shane Duffy is staying in the Premier League after signing a season long loan with top flight newcomers Fulham.

Duffy's contract at Brighton ends next summer so this switch will effectively bring the curtain down on his stay at the club he joined from Blackburn in 2016. Indeed, Ireland manager Stephen Kenny said earlier this week that he had anticipated the 30-year-old would move on but that scenario had not come to pass. The Derryman enjoyed a terrific revival at Brighton last term under Graham Potter, bouncing back from his disastrous spell with Scotland, but it was clear at the end of the season that his future there was in doubt.

2022/23 Premier League games gets underway, this weekend, and there are a host of big ones on the slate. It should be a cracker.

Kick-off at Old Trafford is 2pm and you can stream the game with a NOW Sports Membership. You can also stream that match with a NOW Sports Membership. Buoyed with the optimism of a fresh campaign and new faces to cheer on, Selhurst Park should be hopping. Stream the game with a NOW Sports Membership NOW Sports Membership. The Premier League action begins early on Saturday, with newly promoted Fulham hosting last season's runners-up Liverpool at Craven Cottage. Kick-off there is 12:30pm and you can stream that encounter with a NOW Sports Extra Membership. Here is how to stream it all with a NOW Sports and Sports Extra Membership.

The 30-year-old defender is set to get another crack at the Premier League after falling out of favour at Brighton.

He spent the following season on loan at Celtic but endured a difficult time in Glasgow and made just 27 appearances for the Glasgow club. After completing his move to Craven Cottage, Duffy said: “I’m delighted. Fulham chairman Tony Khan added: “Shane Duffy is a player with extensive experience in international football and in the Premier League. We’re very pleased that Shane is joining us on loan for this season.

The Premier League returns for the 2022-23 campaign today and clubs will be looking to get off to a positive start on the opening weekend.

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With Wesley Fofana also heavily linked with a move to Chelsea, Brendan Rodgers’ team seems to be looking over its shoulder after an already iffy 2021-22 season. - Brentford – 750-1 - Southampton – 750-1 - Wolves – 750-1 - Everton – 750-1 - Leeds United – 750-1

The new Premier League season is upon us, and we asked our wide team of writers, reporters and editors just what they think will happen at home and abroad.

It will be City in a canter and I suspect they might break that Champions League jinx for good measure. Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United will all be stronger, but still short of winning the title. Manchester City won the Premier League title last season, but to finish with just one trophy the campaign was seen as somewhat of a disappointment. The Dutchman needed the chance to completely remould a squad that slumped to United's worst-ever finish in the Premier League era last year; the three new recruits United have currently sourced will not cut it. I do fancy them to win a trophy though and they should retain their Champions League berth. The top four race looks tight with Arsenal much-improved and Manchester United entering a new era. Tottenham look strong under Antonio Conte but I struggle to see them keeping pace with City and Liverpool for a whole season. Manchester City look formidable - the only question mark is how their squad copes after returning from the World Cup. But with the depth they have available, it’s hard to see it being a major issue. While 99 goals last season was ridiculous, Haaland will lift Pep Guardiola's side to a new level and that's why they'll win the Premier League and Champions League. I've backed Manchester City to win another domestic treble. Manchester City have won four of the last five Premier League trophies and their dominance is showing no signs of waning. As far as the cups go, Arsenal are surely due an FA Cup after missing out for two whole seasons.

Crystal Palace and Arsenal will kick off the new campaign at Selhurst Park, before the remaining 18 teams compete in their opening fixtures across the weekend.

The loss of Yves Bissouma and Marc Cucurella will have a big impact on Graham Potter’s side and I just can’t see them being good enough for their trip to Old Trafford. While the Red Devils still have a number of signings they need to make, their team is definitely strong enough to beat the Seagulls and I can’t see Erik ten Hag slip up in his first match. While the trio are unlikely to have left before this weekend’s fixtures, it will definitely have a big impact on their performance and it is unclear whether the players will feature at the King Power Stadium. I think it will be a tight game and I definitely don’t think the Cherries have a strong enough squad to break Villa down, but they may well claim their first point since promotion. Crystal Palace will undoubtedly have a good season but I think it will take them a while to get into it, with Cheick Doucoure likely to shine in the second half of the campaign. Arsenal are once again featuring in the first match of the season and this time they will want to avoid the humiliation of defeat.

Oddsmakers have pegged the quest for the Premier League title as a two-horse race between Manchester City and Liverpool.

Man United's preseason title odds are the longest they've been in over a decade, according to sports betting archive SportsOddsHistory.com. Liverpool, though, finished just one point behind and notched a victory over Man City last week in the FA Community Shield. Tottenham, at +1,400, and Chelsea, at +1,600, are next but are a ways down oddsboards.

As the Premier League turns 30, SportsPro presents its annual rundown of all the commercial details you need to know about English soccer's top flight.

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The Todd Boehly era officially starts for Chelsea on Saturday while Nottingham Forest end their 23-year top-flight absence.

The American billionaire completed his £4.25billion purchase of the Premier League side with Clearlake Capital a week after the last season had finished and this weekend’s clash with Everton will be the first competitive match of the post-Roman Abramovich era. The £51.1million player is expected to make City better and will hope to open his account this weekend. It was branded “unacceptable” by his new manager and all eyes will be on whether he makes the squad against Brighton, who thrashed the Red Devils 4-0 in May – one of several lows last season. Steve Cooper was the man to bring top-flight football back to the city for the first time since 1999 and his first assignment is a trip to Newcastle. While the hosts are funded by Saudi’s Public Investment Fund and have splashed plenty of cash, Forest have not been shy in making additions. Todd Boehly completed his takeover of Chelsea in May but Saturday’s trip to Goodison Park will mark the official start of a new chapter. It has failed to thwart their efforts to strengthen the squad this summer with the likes of Fabio Vieira, Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko coming through the Emirates doors but they face a tricky start.

The cost of going to see Premier League football continues to rise with a clear trend of supporters based in the capital having to fork out significantly ...

The Hammers do, however, offer the cheapest season ticket in the division with a select number of seats available for £299. Arsenal have the highest cheapest ticket on £927 with Spurs next on £807. Five most expensive Premier League season tickets 22/23

Crystal Palace are hosting Arsenal on the opening day of the new English Premier League season on Friday. Manchester City have won four of the last five ...

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Picking out five players with the low FLP ownership and the potential to score big on the opening Gameweek.

A repeat of that would be music to the ears of the 1.2% of FPL players who have him in their squads. That was the third time in that sequence they have conceded three and Solanke could be just the man to profit. Prior to the injury, he amassed 101 points in the 2020/21 campaign, averaging 4.4 points per match over his 23 outings. Last season was pretty much a write-off for the forward who made just nine appearances as he struggled with a series of injuries. But for all the hours of deliberation, Gameweek 1 is about not losing ground early on. With Mohamed Salah in close to 60% of squads, Trent Alexander-Arnold in just over 58% and Erling Haaland in around 47%, the big-hitters have already been earmarked.

We're back! After a summer of rest and recuperation, a new Fantasy Premier League season is upon us.

Archer looks to be the promising of the 4.5m options. One of the unwritten rules of fantasy football is not picking players who are new to the league but it’s always been more a guideline anyway. We have been burnt before but when Fulham score, it’s likely to be through the Serbia international. Still, he appears to be first-choice for now and his underlying statistics before an injury at the end of last season were fantasy gold. The easiest thing to do might just be to set him in your squad and wait for the points to roll in. Going big at the back is popular this year but there are still potential bargains in the 4.5m bracket. Prepare an escape route if he loses his place but could be worth a punt. Six goals and six assists was a decent return which should only be improved upon, especially if he emerges as first-choice penalty taker. The Brazilian carries an aerial threat too, while Crystal Palace and Leicester have been known to struggle on set-plays. Picking a 4.5m goalkeeper has traditionally been the smart thing to do but there is not really an outstanding option among this year’s cohort. With Ward’s back-up Iversen also priced 4.0m, we have the rare prospect of a viable 8.0m pairing. Wing-backs playing under Antonio Conte tend to be brilliant fantasy assets and Perisic should be no exception.

Nunez is quite an addition to the Liverpool attack as Jurgen Klopp refreshes the team to replace Sadio Mane. After scoring 34 goals and assisting four more with ...

It could be a tough start for Forest and they could finish anywhere from tenth in the league to dead last and it wouldn't be surprising to me. While he should score quite a few goals for the Hammers this season, I'd love to know the story that his tattoos have to tell. It will be another strong season for Salah and the Reds and while not attending the World Cup with Egypt will be a disappointment, it will also make for a strong second half of the season where Salah is rested while others aren't. With Christian Pulisic needing to fight for minutes at Chelsea, Chris Richards being in a similar position with Crystal Palace, and Antonee Robinson fighting an uphill battle with Fulham all eyes are on Leeds United's American duo of Tyler Adams and Brenden Aaronson. Adams is replacing Kalvin Phillips who moved on to Manchester City. Leeds need to fill the massive hole that he left in the squad and Marc Roca and Adams have been tasked with that. Coming off of a breakout year that saw him score 11 goals and assist seven more in Premier League play, Arsenal have surrounded Saka with more quality so that he can make the attack tick. Vieira is building something special in South London and Eze's performances will be at the center of making it work this season. Steve Cooper has a tough job getting their new signings to click, but it also has to be an easier job than last year when he took over the team during the season and got them promoted from the Championship. On paper, Forest have made impressive additions but they'll need to ensure that Taiwo Awoniyi and Brennan Johnson are supported well in the attack. The Premier League is back and with that, it's a good time to gaze into a crystal ball of what may happen in the league while everyone is still on level footing. The only players to best him in the past five seasons are Jamie Vardy and Harry Kane. Vardy is struggling with injuries while he ages while Kane is no longer the most feared attacker on Spurs as that title now shifts to Heung-Min Son who tied Salah for the Golden Boot last year. Sven Botman and Nick Pope are significant upgrades while making the addition of Matt Targett permanent is also a solid addition for them. The biggest point in Nunez's favor over the summer's more heralded move of Erling Haaland to Manchester City is that I see him getting more starts in an attack that can match City step for step. Even if he drifts out to the wing, Salah is able to fill the space in the middle, making Liverpool that much more dangerous.

With the 2022-23 Premier League season upon us, let's check out the odds for the top and bottom of the league table.

For better or worse, the Premier League campaign is always a wild ride. He does give Fulham the third-worst odds of staying up (33%), but Leeds (23%) and Southampton (20%) aren’t far behind. Pointsbet gives Bournemouth the best odds of sinking back to the Championship; the Cherries are currently sitting at -200. This year, it seems like the three newest additions — Bournemouth, Nottingham Forest, and Fulham — will only be making a brief cameo on the biggest stage. He ranked Pep Guardiola’s men as the best team in the BPL and gave them a 66% chance of lifting the trophy at the end of the campaign. That means fans around the world are about to strap into another 38-match roller coaster filled with the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, and, hopefully, some exciting football.

Last season in the Premier League, the title race, Champions League places, and relegation battle all came down to the final matchday. Will the 2022/23 EPL ...

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The Premier League season kicks off on Friday evening – here's who's playing, how to watch, and where to play fantasy football.

Manchester United have been quiet on the transfer market so far, only signing centre-back Lisandro Martínez from Ajax for €60m and Christian Eriksen on a free from Brentford, but the Red Devils come into the season with new coach Erik Ten Hag, who will be looking to lead the team to back to their former glory. Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion: 2pm, Sky Sports Premier League & Sky Sports Main Event Unusually for the Premier League, the season will take a break in the winter, to accommodate for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar which will commence in November.

Six contenders (more or less) and five story lines (plus a few extra) as the new season kicks off with everyone chasing Manchester City (again).

That leaves, perhaps, West Ham — bolstered by a couple of smart additions — as the only viable candidate. But it is a curious progress, one tempered by the fact that United does not appear to have a list of recruits beyond players ten Hag knew and liked and undercut by the Ronaldo saga. Whether any team can emerge from the pack, though, is a different matter. In what may have been the purest distillation of modern soccer imaginable, Cristiano Ronaldo received a rapturous reception upon his return to Old Trafford last weekend. Not one ready to challenge City or Liverpool, perhaps, but one that could end the club’s long exile from the Champions League. Manchester City will win it, as it has four of the past five editions, and it will most likely do so by seeing off a spirited but ultimately futile challenge from Liverpool. Although, this time, there is just one small caveat.

Fulham has made a habit of bouncing in and out of the world's richest soccer competition in recent years. Is there a business model in being almost good ...

(The lavish spree undertaken after promotion in 2020 backfired so spectacularly that the idea of recruiting too heavily in preparation for the Premier League has entered the lexicon as “ doing a Fulham.”) He is confident that he can avoid the same trapdoors. “There is a feeling that you have to over-invest,” he said. “The Championship is a great league,” Parry said. As ever, at the dawn of a new season, there is a conviction at Fulham that the cycle can be broken. He is not the only one caught in that same quandary. Nor is he merely something of a national hero, scorer of the goal that sent his country to the World Cup. What is noteworthy, though, is the scale of the drop-off. A player who was far too good for the Championship appeared to be not good enough at all for the Premier League. “It is better to be the mouse’s head than the lion’s tail.” The difference, of course, is the division where he finds himself. He is not simply a Serbian international, a fairly constant presence for his country for the better part of a decade.

With Premier League teams unveiling most of their kits for the new season, we've compiled every one and ranked each club by their collective output.

Third: Completing the set for Arsenal is a third kit, fresh and funky in rosy pink -- the first time the club had used the colour as a base for an outfield shirt. As such, we are treated to a hi-vis yellow number with thick dark bands across the abdomen that in turn are supposed to resemble spray paint -- offering a further tip of the hat to local street artists. Home: Claret with speckled "graffiti" shoulder panels of white and sky blue, which are an homage to the kit worn by Billy Bonds' promotion-winning side of 1992-93. Away: After weeks of delay caused by global supply issues, Chelsea pulled off a canny marketing ploy by subtly revealing their away kit while welcoming new signing Marc Cucurella to the club. Home: Saints have abandoned their traditional red-and-white stripes in favour of a large central block of red on a white background, inspired by similar kits worn by the club during the 1980s. Home: The Reds' new home kit is fundamentally just a plain red-all-over football kit, but the webbed knit of the fabric offers some delicious extra texture. Away: If the home kit is something a little different for Southampton, then the away kit represents a total sea change -- quite literally. Home: Forest return to the top flight after 23 years, and their home kit is given a little local flavour with a print design inspired by the Victorian ironwork on nearby Trent Bridge. The precise tone of red is a homage to Giuseppe Garibaldi, who helped to unify Italy in the mid-1800s. The white jersey with navy and neon yellow trim is clean and sleek but is unlikely to live long in the memory. Home: There's a limit as to how much kit producers can meddle with the traditional format of Villa's claret and blue, and 2022-23 is no exception. The concept is endearing, but the garish effect looks like a generic goalkeeper kit rather than a tribute to their unique home. Here's a guide to all the home, away and (where applicable) third alternate jerseys that each Premier League club has available for this coming season.

Fulham could be without winger Harry Wilson for up to two months. The winger will miss out on facing his former club due to a knee injury sustained in a ...

Centre half Angelo Ogbonna (knee) is still not ready to return. Kaoru Mitoma, Julio Enciso and Deniz Undav are also pushing for debuts, while long-term absentee Jakub Moder (knee) is the only player unavailable to head coach Graham Potter. Kristoffer Ajer and Sergi Canos are both sidelined through injury, while Ethan Pinnock misses out with a knee problem. Fellow defender Ryan Bertrand (knee) remains a long-term absentee. Salomon Rondon will serve the final game of a three-match suspension. Nick Pope and Sven Botman could make their Premier League debuts for Newcastle. Former Burnley goalkeeper Pope and defender Botman, signed from Lille, have joined the club this summer, while full back Matt Targett completed a permanent switch from Aston Villa after a successful loan spell. Theo Walcott will miss out for Southampton due to an unspecified injury. Jimenez sustained knee and groin injuries in last month’s friendly win against Besiktas and Traore is recovering from a hamstring strain. Adam Forshaw and summer signing Sinisterra are recovering from issues picked up during the pre-season tour of Australia, while Stuart Dallas is recovering from surgery on a femoral fracture. Defender Fredericks and midfielder Rothwell have been ruled out after sustaining calf and quad injuries respectively during pre-season. Naby Keita is set to resume training on Friday after spending almost a week out with illness. Fulham could be without winger Harry Wilson for up to two months.

The Premier League is now the kingmaker of European football, its money flowing across the continent: This season will be bigger than ever before.

These are the questions that the world is asking. The economic gap between the Premier League and Championship grows every season. The Premier League was not weakened by the global financial and health crisis; it was strengthened. Within the Premier League, there are obvious stratas that are, to an extent, also governed by financial strength. It has the most money and so attracts the best players and coaches, which increases the value of the product and therefore the earning power; the cycle begins again. In 2020, when the revenues of football clubs were decimated by Covid-19’s financial impact, there was much discussion of whether the Premier League was recession-proof.

Liverpool won six straight Premier League games against Fulham between 2012 and 2019, but were unable to beat them in the 2021-22 season, drawing 1-1 away ...

United have won seven of their 10 Premier League matches with Brighton, including all five at Old Trafford, though Brighton won the last meeting at the Amex in May 4-0. Everton have won four of their last five home matches against Chelsea in the league After winning only three league matches in a run of 25 at Leeds, Wolves have won three out of their last four at Elland Road.

Foreign ownership has changed English football and suddenly Mo Salah is connected to Hong Kong's democracy.

The club has a few of the latter. This week’s decision not to take the knee before every Premier League match feels like a retreat, because of the very prominence football gives antiracism. The globe is England-focused; Premier League income and profile go up again. The sponsorship caused some discomfort because although today Barclays is a banter term, it wasn’t in the 1970s or 80s. So while you might think football has reached saturation point, it will flood the streets again. Now a wrecking-ball superstar, Erling Haaland, has joined City, a team that has lost 17 league games in the past five seasons. But those protests were not a conspicuous part of football; today they are. Those who bore on about how desirable Dubai and its meaningless skyscrapers are tend to skip the bit where Amnesty International describe (present tense) Abu Dhabi as “one of the most brutal police states in the Middle East”. Today that state has lots of land in Manchester, on 999-year leases, when Manchester is already stuffed with skyscrapers. Standard Chartered appear to be fine with the NSL as long as it “can help maintain the long-term economic and social stability of Hong Kong”. It’s hardly Salah’s field of expertise, but his picture was prominent because the Houses of Parliament’s all-party group on Hong Kong had written to Liverpool FC about the club’s association with Standard Chartered. An economic relationship that began in 2010 has been extended recently to 2027. The reason is simple: clubs cease to be sporting enterprises. The photograph shows Mohammed Salah on his backside in Liverpool red appealing for a foul.

The players approaching the end of their current deals will be free to speak to potential suitors in January and sort out pre-contract agreements if they so ...

The coming months will present a chance for him to decide whether that's something he wants to showcase away from Old Trafford, though the club has an option to extend his deal until 2024. Shaw enjoyed one of the best seasons of his career in 2020-21, but - after an injury-hit campaign last summer - he now has new signing Tyrell Malacia to compete with. There have been ups and downs for the Italian international since his big-money move from Napoli back in 2018, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see him return to Serie A. With a mid-season World Cup, Tielemans is one of a number of players who could impress in Qatar and then return to a club contract with just months remaining. Crystal Palace star Zaha was in fine form last season and has continued to impress ahead of the new campaign. Liverpool, meanwhile, decided now was the time to cash in on Sadio Mane while ensuring a new deal for Mohamed Salah to ensure they won't be forced to sell at a loss next summer.

Former Ireland midfielder replaces namesake Steven in promoted side's backroom team.

"After seeing everything that was achieved last season, it's a really good opportunity for me to contribute to the team and thrive in this environment. They've all been fantastic with me since initially being involved during pre-season and I'm looking forward to repaying the faith they've shown in me. "I'm really grateful to the gaffer for giving me this opportunity to work alongside him and the rest of the coaching staff we have here.

The new Premier League season is upon us and it promises to be another fascinating campaign. Mirror Football columnist Robbie Savage makes his full 1-20 ...

He may be getting his excuses in early for a relegation battle. Marsch has spent a lot of money – around £90 million – on seven new faces, but none excites me and I'm sorry to say Leeds might be going down. They have had a low-key transfer window, with Nathan Collins arriving from Burnley to boost the defence, but they may be looking over their shoulders in 2023. I have a sneaking feeling they might surprise a few people, as Sheffield United and Brentford did after winning promotion. I expect Jarrod Bowen to go to the World Cup with England, but the top six may be a step too far this time. The front three of Wilf Zaha, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Michael Olise is genuinely exciting, and they have definite top-half potential. In the title race they will be close... The only way is up on Tyneside, and they could be the most wealthy club in the Europa Conference League next season. To finish in the top four, the number-crunchers say you need to score 76 goals – but without CR7, I don't think United have enough goals in that side. Gabriel Jesus is a fantastic addition to Mikel Arteta's front line, and with Eddie Nketiah maturing fast as a proven goalscorer at the highest level, the Gunners will be hard to contain. After winning the title for the last two years with a false No.9, they are going to be even more dangeorus with an authentic centre forward. Yes, it's that time of year where Headmaster Sav delivers his pre-season verdict on each pupil in the top set.

Defending champions Manchester City dey go for hat-trick of titles dis season - but who fit stop dem from winning three in a row?

But dat na di issue - dem still dey grow and I no dey sure if dem don ripe yet. If im fit lead di line and pass on di experience of wetin e take to dey successful for Premier League, den Arsenal go dey very competitive dis year. Jonathan Woodgate: I love di players Arsenal buy and dem go dey close to di top four again dis season. E no go dey on dia pre-season tour and e no go dey 100% fit for di start of di season. Jermaine Jenas: United dey depend on players wey don dey quiet for dem so far, players like Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford - wey bin no dey form last season - but you gtaz realise say dem bin no dey organised for most of last season. I still tink dia squad dey full of quality players and I no think dem go get di same bad spell like last season, so I feel say dem go do beta dis time. Whoever come in, dem go get wetin dem need for di transfer market and Tuchel go make dem play di way im want. Dem fit stay unbeaten for dat long, but I no see dem go on a run wia dem dey win every match I dey see Liverpool younger players like Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones to contribute a lot more dis season, and dem get di best defence for di league. Stephen Warnock: You only need to watch di quality and intensity on show for di Community Shield to see how good City and Liverpool dey - and why no-one go dey close to them again dis season. Whoever dem put down di middle last year bin get plenty chances, so di same go happen for Haaland, although e go dey patient because di ball no go come to am as quickly as im dey used to. Everyone know say dis break go happen and dem go dey ready for am, especially di top teams.

1. Manchester City · 2. Liverpool · 3. Tottenham · 4. Arsenal · 5. Manchester United · 6. Chelsea · 7. West Ham · 8. Newcastle

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The Premier League has seen some spectacular debut performances since its inception back in 1992 - here's some of the very best.