Leicester steeled for winning start at Hull

In fact, all five Premier League wins over City have come at home. They won’t quite be able to replicate the brilliance of last season as they will have champions league to consider too. “I want my players to play their football with pleasure inside”. Today is the day before the start of the Premier League.

DESIblitz has everything you need to know ahead of the first kick-off of the new Premier League season.

Has the Premier League ever been graced with so much talent at managerial positions? Or is it the prospect of another season of competitive and compelling football after the remarkable and inspiring story of Leicester City’s title win.

I just think there’s a big advantage in not playing European football, and that certainly works in favour of both Chelsea and Liverpool. He has been ultra-successful with world powerhouses Barcelona and most recently Bayern Munich. The young French midfielder is now more expensive than both Bale and Ronaldo and the enormous price tag has been questioned by many. But this is normal when you have lots of new things – new coach and new players.

Pablo Zabaleta has one year left on his Manchester City contract.

In Spain and Germany the vast majority of teams want to play on the floor but here it changes every week and there are teams who will try to be physical against City or kick it long.

Jose Mourinho returns to the Premier League in 2016/17/.

Last year, other than the champions Leicester and, at times, Tottenham, the standard of play was pretty poor. Are we going to see another Leicester City rise up and take the crown?

There are seven new managers, with Ronald Koeman succeeding the sacked Roberto Martinez at Everton and Claude Puel taking the Dutchman’s place at Southampton.

The transfer of the experienced France global to Selhurst Park has gone a little under the radar, but the 31-year-old could prove to be one of the buys of the summer.

Manchester United turns the page on the disastrous Louis van Gaal era with the hiring of former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.

Guardiola believes City have to play with “soul” as he urged his team to show the desire to compensate for their inability to play flawless football yet. Chelsea, under the master tactician Conte, has added marauding midfielder N’Golo Kante for what could be the most inspired signing of the lot this offseason.

New Liverpool signing Sadio Mane.

Manchester City meanwhile have now spent over £100 million this summer.

Three of City’s summer recruits in Gabriel Jesus, Marlos Moreno and Aaron Mooy are not in immediate first-team contention while Leroy Sane and Ilkay Gundogan are injured. But that may not be the end of Pep Guardiola’s overhaul. Between January 2010 and May 2011, Everton beat City four times in succession, and Moyes was more successful against Roberto Mancini than any other manager had been. Attempts to sign Leicester’s Jamie Vardy and Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette have failed, leaving the not-always-convincing Olivier Giroud as first-choice striker.

Andros Townsend was a little unlucky not to make England’s Euro 2016 squad after the impressive manner in which he finished the 2015-16 campaign with Newcastle United. Immediate improvement from last season is expected from the man many consider as the world’s best manager, but Guardiola is faced with a task unfamiliar to his previous posts. But I believe Pochettino’s Spurs will be a force again this season. Conte is a no-nonsense manager who reportedly already has banned certain foods so players will stay in shape. “If anything, Eric Dier and Kyle Walker were England’s best players”.

“Last season we made something unbelievable”.