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Such is the nature of Leicester City’s 5,000\/1 title triumph last season that it would seem\u00a0ridiculous to suggest\u00a0we’re at the starting blocks of the most unpredictable season ever. And yet, with the addition of even\u00a0more superstars\u00a0to the most competitive major\u00a0league in Europe, there are sure to be a whole host of twists and turns over the course of the next ten months.<\/strong><\/p>\n So, with managerial heavyweights Jose Mourinho<\/a> and Pep Guardiola<\/a> going toe-to-toe in Manchester, just down the road from a Liverpool<\/a> team beginning to fit Jurgen Klopp’s mould, while Antonio Conte adapts to life in London beside Premier League<\/a> veteran Arsene Wenger and exciting young boss Mauricio Pochettino, there’s sure to be fireworks.<\/p>\n Trying to make sense of it all ahead of Saturday’s big kick-off, the staff and partners of Icons.com<\/a> have given their answers to the biggest questions. But we’d like to hear from you on our Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> pages: don’t be shy, give us your predictions for the season ahead and check out our fantastic range of signed items from\u00a0Premier League<\/a> icons past and present \u2013 available right now on\u00a0Icons.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Premier League<\/a> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester City<\/a> FA Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> UEFA Champions League<\/a> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>FC Barcelona<\/a> Random prediction:\u00a0<\/strong>This will be Arsene Wenger’s last season at\u00a0Arsenal<\/a>.\u00a0Pep Guardiola<\/a>\u00a0will be key to\u00a0Manchester City<\/a>‘s success.<\/p>\n Premier League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester City<\/a> FA Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Chelsea<\/a> UEFA Champions League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>FC Barcelona<\/a> will get back on top. Random prediction:\u00a0<\/strong>Arsene Wenger will not sign a new contract.\u00a0Manchester United<\/a> will suffer from squad shuffling and rotation issues as they try to find the right combinations.\u00a0Pep Guardiola<\/a> will complain about English football’s congested fixture list within months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Sergio Aguero remains one of the Premier League’s most fearsome strikers, can he lead Man City to the title?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Premier League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Manchester City<\/a> FA Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Liverpool<\/a> UEFA Champions League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Bayern Munich<\/a> Random prediction:<\/strong>\u00a0I’ll be laughed at for my prediction about Sadio Mane. Despite all the summer spending by\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester City<\/a>, Kevin de Bruyne will remain key to their success.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Premier League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester United<\/a> FA Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Chelsea<\/a> UEFA Champions League<\/a><\/strong> winner:<\/strong> Bayern Munich<\/a> Random prediction:\u00a0<\/strong>Sam Allardyce will bring success to England<\/a> at last.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Can Jose Mourinho bring Manchester United back into title contention with an\u00a0expensively assembled new-look side?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Premier League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Manchester City<\/a> FA Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Manchester City<\/a> UEFA Champions League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>FC Barcelona<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 There’s no way you keep Lionel Messi<\/a>, Neymar Jr<\/a> and Luis Suarez<\/a> quiet\u00a0two years in a row. Random prediction:\u00a0<\/strong>Dele Alli <\/a>will continue his remarkable rise at\u00a0Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>. There will be at least one nine-goal thriller as the league’s porous\u00a0defences are exposed by one\u00a0of\u00a0Europe’s finest collection of\u00a0attacking midfielders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Premier League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester United<\/a> FA Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Manchester City<\/a> UEFA Champions League<\/a><\/strong> winner:<\/strong> FC Barcelona<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> Random prediction:\u00a0<\/strong>Harry Kane will again finish the season as\u00a0Premier League<\/a> top goalscorer. Injuries will disrupt\u00a0the debut season of Zlatan Ibrahimovic but at the end of season he will have played an important role at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n Dele Alli was red hot for Tottenham last season, will his stock rise yet further this campaign?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Premier League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester United<\/a> FA Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Chelsea<\/a>Edward Freedman, Chairman<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nTop four:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester City<\/a>,\u00a0Liverpool<\/a>, Manchester United<\/a>, Chelsea<\/a>
\nRelegated:\u00a0<\/strong>Bournemouth, Burnley, Hull City
\nUnderachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Arsenal<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The Gunners have spent nothing this summer; manager Arsene Wenger should have gone two seasons ago.
\nSigning of the season:\u00a0<\/strong>Sadio Mane (Liverpool<\/a>) \u2013 Mane is an honest and hard worker, he’s just the player Jurgen Klopp’s side need right now.<\/p>\n
\nLeague\u00a0Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Manchester United<\/a><\/p>\n
\nUEFA Europa League<\/a> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Juventus<\/a><\/p>\nDan Jamieson,\u00a0CEO and Managing Director<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nTop four:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester City<\/a>, Liverpool<\/a>, Manchester United<\/a>, Chelsea<\/a>
\nRelegated:\u00a0<\/strong>Hull City, Watford, Sunderland
\nOverachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Crystal Palace \u2013 Alan Pardew produces good attacking teams and if they were to get him, Christian Benteke could be the difference.
\nUnderachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Arsenal<\/a> \u2013 This is is the year when Arsene Wenger’s transfer philosophy is exposed as fundamentally flawed.
\nSigning of the season:\u00a0<\/strong>Loris Karius (Liverpool<\/a>) \u2013 The goalkeeper may be injured now but he will be a star by the end of the season.\u00a0Henrikh Mkhitaryan \u2013 I liked him before he moved to Dortmund and he should suit\u00a0Manchester United’s<\/a> UEFA Europa League<\/a> endeavours.<\/p>\n
\nLeague\u00a0Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Tottenham Hotspur<\/a><\/p>\n
\nUEFA Europa League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Sevilla would seem an obvious choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n![\"Manchester](\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GettyImages-456514309-1024x750.jpg\"){kind=icon}
<\/a>Ben Soley,\u00a0Sales and Marketing Manager<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nTop four:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Manchester City<\/a>,\u00a0Manchester United<\/a>,\u00a0Chelsea<\/a>,\u00a0Arsenal<\/a>
\nRelegated:\u00a0<\/strong>Hull City, Burnley, Swansea City
\nOverachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Arsenal<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The Gunners have spent nothing again and will no doubt have 10+ injuries and yet somehow they’ll still manage to finish among the biggest spenders on the globe.
\nUnderachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester United<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 All that money… what a waste of all that money…
\nSigning of the season:\u00a0<\/strong>Sadio Mane (Liverpool<\/a>) \u2013 The attacking midfielder\u00a0was expensive but will be key to\u00a0Liverpool’s<\/a> pacy frontline. Nathan Redmond will be useful at Southampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nLeague\u00a0Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Chelsea<\/a><\/p>\n
\nUEFA Europa League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester Uni- no, not really! Juventus<\/a> or Benfica.<\/p>\nMargaret Plunkett, Head of Customer Service<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nTop four:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester United<\/a>,\u00a0Arsenal<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester City<\/a>,\u00a0Chelsea<\/a>
\nRelegated:\u00a0<\/strong>Hull City,\u00a0Southampton<\/a>, Burnley
\nOverachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Arsenal<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 My beloved Gunners will remain in the top four despite not spending umpteen millions on new players.
\nUnderachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Spurs have an excellent manager but his players will let him down again this season.
\nSigning of the season:\u00a0<\/strong>Granit Xhaka (Arsenal<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nLeague\u00a0Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Liverpool<\/a><\/p>\n
\nUEFA Europa League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Atletico Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n![\"Wayne](\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GettyImages-585575820-1024x693.jpg\"){kind=icon}
\nAlistair Hunter,\u00a0Editorial Assistant<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nTop four:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Manchester City<\/a>,\u00a0Manchester United<\/a>,\u00a0Chelsea<\/a>,\u00a0Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>
\nRelegated:\u00a0<\/strong>Hull City, Swansea City,\u00a0Watford
\nOverachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Middlesbrough \u2013 If only Aitor Karanka can glue\u00a0the pieces together, there’s genuine talent on Teesside in Marten de Roon, Viktor Fischer and Alvaro Negredo.
\nUnderachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Leicester City \u2013 The fearless Foxes won’t be as lucky with injuries again this season. Regardless, the\u00a0Premier League<\/a> has an inexhaustible love of seeing\u00a0successful teams fail. The bottom half beckons for Claudio Ranieri’s miracle men.
\nSigning of the season:\u00a0<\/strong>Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United<\/a>) \u2013 He’s getting on a bit, yes, but the\u00a0Premier League<\/a> will suit this brash, physical phenomenon. That secret yoga routine has kept him nimble.<\/p>\n
\nLeague\u00a0Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Cambridge United \u2013 At the time of writing, the U’s have just dumped out Championship side Sheffield Wednesday to reach Round Two.\u00a0Wembley calls…<\/p>\n
\nUEFA Europa League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>PSV Eindhoven \u2013 The Dutch side finish third in their\u00a0UEFA Champions League<\/a> group then battle\u00a0to victory in Stockholm under\u00a0Phillip Cocu, an achievement that’ll earn the boss\u00a0a move to a top European side.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\nHarm Jan Deuring,\u00a0De Hand van Maradona<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nTop four:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester United<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester City<\/a>,\u00a0Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>, Chelsea<\/a>
\nRelegated:\u00a0<\/strong>Hull City, Burnley, Bournemouth
\nOverachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Everton’s<\/a> play will be the opposite of last season’s: not sparkling but very efficient. David Moyes will guide Sunderland to a solid season.
\nUnderachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Liverpool<\/a>‘s<\/a>\u00a0inconsistency will result in a paltry mid table finish.\u00a0Arsenal<\/a> will fail to qualify for a\u00a0UEFA Champions League<\/a> spot and Arsene Wenger will quit next summer.
\nSigning of the season:\u00a0<\/strong>Ilkay Gundogan \u2013 The German will be a key player for\u00a0Manchester City<\/a> from day one.<\/p>\n
\nLeague\u00a0Cup winner:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Chelsea<\/a><\/p>\n
\nUEFA Europa League<\/a><\/strong> winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Internazionale<\/a> under Frank de Boer<\/p>\n![\"Tottenham](\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dele-Alli-1024x695.jpg\"){kind=icon}
<\/a>\nChris Jinks,\u00a0A1 Sporting Memorabilia<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nTop four:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester United<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester City<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Liverpool<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Chelsea<\/a>
\nRelegated:\u00a0<\/strong>Sunderland, Swansea City, Hull City
\nOverachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Liverpool<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The Reds will have momentum with Jurgen Klopp as in charge\u00a0and the team as a whole will become greater than the sum of all its parts.
\nUnderachievers:\u00a0<\/strong>Arsenal<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The same stagnant strategy with no real leadership on or off the pitch will lead to a finish outside the top four in Wenger’s last season.
\nSigning of the season:\u00a0<\/strong>Henrikh Mkhitaryan \u2013 The spotlight is bound to be on fellow summer signings Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba meaning the pressure is off the Armenian playmaker.<\/p>\n
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