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The pod assess the chances of the title contenders, cast their eyes at the Championship and all the way down to troubled Charlton
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Mauricio Pochettino has only just gone over Tottenham’s collapse last season with his players, who he said are over their international disappointments this summer
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Arsène Wenger is keen to sign Shkodran Mustafi from Valencia to shore up Arsenal’s central defence after injury problems
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Slaven Bilic has confirmed the signing of the 22-year-old Jonathan Calleri on a season-long loan from Deportivo Maldonado
Premier League 2016-17 preview
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No16 Swansea City
Michael ButlerFrancesco Guidolin has been selling some of his best players and only bringing in risky replacements, which means this season could be a tough one at the Liberty Stadium -
No15 Sunderland
Louise TaylorDavid Moyes is Sunderland’s seventh manager in five years while the Scot is on his third club in four seasons, with both now seeking stability -
No14 Stoke City
Paul DoyleMark Hughes has delivered consistency for Stoke City by guiding the club to three successive ninth-placed finishes, but must improve the side’s finishing and their leaky defence to progress -
No13 Southampton
Jacob SteinbergSaints have lost yet another top-rated manager to an English club but despite such a grim outlook, Claude Puel’s arrival may be just the fillip the club need
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No12 Middlesbrough
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No11 Manchester United
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No10 Manchester City
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No9 Liverpool
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No8 Leicester City
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No7 Hull City
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No6 Everton
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No5 Crystal Palace
Dominic Fifield
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Guardiola is a radical who will perfect his ideas at City
Xavi HernándezAs I learned at Barcelona, Pep is a character who commands instant respect and the demands he makes are contagious; if anyone can change City, it is him -
world football
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Marquee players often deliver a promotional sugar hit, sometimes extraordinary performances, but rarely do they offer both
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MLS Lodeiro is the man to save Sounders' season and Red Bulls fume
Graham Ruthven and Dave Martinez
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We look at key summer captures who slipped under the radar but promise to bring excitement, quality and intrigue to the top division
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If the penny ever drops, Morrison would volley it into the net
Jacob SteinbergRavel Morrison, a Youth Cup winner with Paul Pogba in 2011, looked like being a world-beater, but he's still struggling to make an impact -
As the women’s football tournament kicks off at the Rio Olympics, our panel of experts have compiled a countdown of the greatest ever players
regulars
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This week’s roundup also features fan impersonations, new-season kits, table tennis reinvented, the Oval celebrated, injury-time goals and some major misses
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In today’s Fiver: Arsenal, Jazz hands, and a welcome injection of celebrity
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Speaking on Thursday, ahead of Leicester City’s opening Premier League match of the season against Hull, manager Claudio Ranieri joked that there is more chance of ET landing in Piccadilly Circus than Leicester retaining their title
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Barcelona win 3-2 against Sampdoria in a pre-season friendly at the Camp Nou on Wednesday with Lionel Messi scoring a brace
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A gallery of the world’s most expensive players, from Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne to the arrival of Paul Pogba at Old Trafford
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Stones sold from Everton to Manchester City for £47.5m
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Manchester United’s newest recruit Paul Pogba says he has returned home to Old Trafford and is back at the club to win titles
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The head of the Chinese investment group set to takeover at West Bromwich Albion is targeting a top half finish for the club ‘in the near future’
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We take a look behind the scenes at the London Stadium, West Ham United’s new home ground, ahead of their debut in E20 – a Europa League qualifier against NK Domzale
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This week the quartet cast a collective eye back over the Community Shield before throwing forward their thoughts to the new season, which kicks off this weekend
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West Bromwich Albion have joined the race with Crystal Palace to sign the striker Christian Benteke from Liverpool
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the big picture
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Nicolas Albarracin of Uruguay’s Peñarol looks like a colourful version of DC Comics super-villain Black Mask as he reacts after failing to score against Paraguay’s Sportivo Luqueño
No excuses for Klopp as he kicks off season with ‘his’ Liverpool team
West Brom Club join race to sign Benteke from Liverpool
Howard Gayle Ex-Liverpool player turns down MBE
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