This week’s roundup also features fan impersonations, new-season kits, table tennis reinvented, The Oval celebrated, injury-time goals and some major misses
1) Welcome back then, the Premier League, and if the Olympic Games are not proving enough of a distraction and the next few days are just too long to wait, here’s a spot of summer fun from all 20 teams: Arsenal’s dilemma and last season’s story; Eddie Howe on Bournemouth’s pre-season and the Cherries’ top five wins from last season; Burnley go white-water rafting to Firestarter and Andre Gray curls one into the corner against Rangers in a warm-up; Chelsea in America and N’Golo Kanté’s first interview; Palace’s Pards on the new captaincy and fans at last season’s FA Cup final; Everton’s Ramiro Funes Mori models the new kit; Mike Phelan on Hull’s final pre-season game and their top five celebrations from last season; Leicester meet their fans in Los Angeles and Claudio Ranieri reviews his best moments for the faithful; Getting to know Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp and the manager explains going to see Celine Dion in Las Vegas to a group of kids in the US; John Stones’ first day at Manchester City and Pep’s taxi; Manchester United’s force awakens, all of their goals on the way to last season’s FA Cup final and the game itself; Middlesborough in Marbella and Gastón Ramírez’s goal of the season; Southampton’s Claude Puel reflects on his final pre-season win against Athletic Bilbao and their alternative awards for last season; Mark Hughes on Stoke’s pre-season finale with Hamburger SV and the best moments from last season; Sunderland’s pre-season goals and the team in speedos; Swansea’s Gylfi Sigurdsson’s greatest hits and their final pre-season match against Rennes at the Liberty Stadium; Tottenham players on the green screen and outtakes from last season; Watford’s Allan Nyom says his side is ready to fight and five of the best bits of skill from last season; West Brom go bike riding in Austria and new owner Guochuan Lai discusses the future of the club; and finally, welcome to West Ham’s new home and the Hammers shoot hoops.
2) Looking at the Premier League as a whole, here’s the Football Republic’s roundup of every Premier League fan in 90 seconds – short, sweet and seems pretty much spot on, US former player Heath Pearce rates this season’s kits in a not at all annoying fashion while Star Sports previews it by of all things, well, washing the new kits.
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