Summary: If there is one clear theme to be gleaned from the preseason, it has been the emergence of a cult of personality amongst Premier League managers that has seemed to form with the arrival of Louis van Gaal at Manchester United along the likes of Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger and Brendan Rodgers, while Manuel Pellegrini continues his work largely overlooked as he continues to put his finishing touches on a squad that appears even better than what won the title a season ago. Broadcaster and commentator Paul Sarahs joins us once again for a whirlwind summer preview of those factors in England where the managers are expected to not only deliver results, but offer a dramatic counterweight to a class of players who are often buoyed by their earning potential and celebrity status, while those who cannot sell their ideas or instill fear simply fall by the wayside. Of particular note in this episode are the expectations at Manchester City and PSG in the Champions League by their rich owners while navigating a number of UEFA sanctions for Financial Fair Play breaches, and how the moves may not yet be done in this transfer window. We also take a look at Turkish football as the season now rounds into view, along with a look at a couple of young emerging players who now enter new important phases in their careers, along with a look at the AFC Champions League which resumes later this month. We examine the questions of whether Edinson Cavani needs to escape the inescapable force that is Zlatan Ibrahimovich, the arrival of Turkish prodigy Salih Ucan at AS Roma and the jewel of UAE and AFC Football Omar Abdulrahman, who now has a team behind him that is worthy of a Champions League conquest.
