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Don’t worry – you haven’t fallen into a time warp and travelled back to 2013.

Following his extra-time victor for Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup, Manchester United fans will no doubt be licking their lips at the prospect of snatching Pedro from the Catalan giants.

Championship side Bristol City are hoping to sign Dwight Gayle from Crystal Palace after manager Steve Cotterill said the Premier League club have accepted their bid for the English forward.

Aston Villa have reportedly moved a step closer to securing Ashley Westwood’s services for the foreseeable future after offering the midfielder a long-term contract.

Bayern Munich, who let Shaqiri join Inter in January with strings attached, also have a vested interest in his sale and could yet influence the final outcome.

Watford were four minutes from their first ever victory at Goodison Park when Arouna Kone snatched a draw for Everton.

A Stoke City fan collapsed and needed to be resuscitated by stadium paramedics when Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho scored a last-gasp wonder goal to pinch victory.

Our opponents as the first Premier League opposition will be Aston Villa, probably best remembered by our older fans from the season of 1971-72 where we beat them 3-0 at Dean Court and lost 2-1 at Villa in front of a vociferous crowd of 48,110, a record at the time for the 3rd...

The last Sunderland manager to win a PL game on the opening weekend was Steve Bruce v Bolton in 2009/10 (D4 L2 since).

Added to that was the fact that West Ham had played a load of competitive fixtures while Arsenal had a truncated pre-season and it’s not surprising that one team was ready and the other was not.

The most loathed teams in the Premier League have been revealed.

The internet has been awash with Dwight Gayle talks in the past 24-hours or so that the striker, previously it was said he “definitely wouldn’t be leaving Crystal Palace” this summer, was on his way to Bristol City with Steve Cotterill very keen to bring him in.

Stoke tried to sign Shaqiri from Bayern Munich in January, however the player opted to join Inter Milan instead, signing a a four-year deal at the San Siro.

Under Flores, Watford have had a very busy summer with eleven players joining the club’s survival cause and the arrivals are set to dislodge numerous original promotion-winning squad members.

Chelsea begin their Barclays Premier League title defence on Saturday with Jose Mourinho committed for four more years and aware of the dangers of standing still.