1) Manchester United and Leicester need to start brightly Summer transfer window verdict: how every Premier League club fared Read more José Mourinho and Claude Puel are under more pressure than most to start the season strongly. Both have large numbers of sceptics among their club’s supporters, and doubts also persist about the popularity of their methods with players. So both managers need their teams to perform brightly as soon as the season kicks off in order to lift the mood. Preparations have been complicated by the transfer window and the delayed return of key players from the World Cup – and the fusses around Paul Pogba and Harry Maguire, in particular – so there is a lot of...
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