9 new managers... Who'll be Arteta's next great RIVAL? - The Sports Agents

**Nedum Onuoha** (0:02)
This is a Global Production.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (0:05)
They have got a new training facility, which is very state of the art. And in this urinal, they measure various things in the players' pee.

**Mark Chapman** (0:15)
Do they?

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (0:15)
Yeah.

**Mark Chapman** (0:16)
Oh, in the... What did we do?
Just like, cry.

**Nedum Onuoha** (0:20)
Every team that goes into pre-season believe in this will be the best season they've had in a long time. And then you realize very quickly about a monsoon monsoon. It's like, nah, I think I've seen this one before.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (0:28)
I love how Spurs are in the big six when they just narrowly avoided relegation last season.

**Mark Chapman** (0:33)
Twice.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (0:33)
This is the first time in Premier League history that Fergie, Wenger, Jose Klopp and Pep have not been managing in the Premier League. And that is, I feel like a severing of the DNA.

**Nedum Onuoha** (0:43)
Get the feeling Michael Carrick wants to reintegrate Marcus Rashford.

**Mark Chapman** (0:47)
On the one hand, you could call it a clean slate and let's see what happens. You could call it last chance to lose, whichever you want.

**Nedum Onuoha** (0:52)
I wish all these guys well, but all the new people in, they can't all do well.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (0:55)
That's the thing.

**Nedum Onuoha** (0:56)
If he does well, that's for some part of this season, I think he's going to be the next thing they're managing.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (1:00)
Wow, I like that.

**Mark Chapman** (1:01)
Clip it up.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (1:12)
Hello and welcome to The Sports Agents. Hello, Mark.

**Mark Chapman** (1:15)
Hello.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (1:16)
Hello, Nedum.

**Mark Chapman** (1:17)
Hello.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (1:17)
We're all in studios and two of us in the same studio. I know we are, aren't we? This is so exciting. I know.

**Mark Chapman** (1:22)
It doesn't happen very often.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (1:23)
It must be the eve of the new Premier League season or something exciting happening like that. I think we're at different degrees of readiness for this, I would say. I don't know if you got this sense, Nedum, that Mark is chomping at the bit to get going into this season.

**Nedum Onuoha** (1:38)
Yeah. In recent weeks, it's felt strange hearing him so enthusiastic.
It's not the Mark Chapman I'm used to seeing and working with. So I guess this is his style.

**Mark Chapman** (1:48)
I am ready. I was reading some season previews last night on a site called The Transfer Flow, which we've both been subscribed to, which is really, really impressive for previews. I did Around the Grounds last week for the opening weekend of the EFL season. So I'm feeling...

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (2:07)
I feel like you're going to be leading this episode today. Yes, I agree. And you're going to be picking up a lot of knowledge from him.
I've done a little bit off the back of the Athletics. I've got a bit more invested.

**Mark Chapman** (2:16)
You have been busy, to be honest. So that's your excuse. I don't know what. Nedum?

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (2:22)
Watching the Athletics?

**Nedum Onuoha** (2:23)
I mean, the Athletics, that was it. Yeah, I've been focusing on the Athletics.

**Mark Chapman** (2:27)
That's my excuse as well.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (2:29)
Okay. Well, the Premier League season is back and it might just be the most unpredictable season ever. Nine new managers are going to take charge of their teams for the first time.
But can any of the new boys arrive on Mikel Arteta? We're going to be sizing up the newbies and asking, where have all the superstar managers gone? There's a price to staying in the Premier League and roughly, that seems to be about a hundred million pounds. And we're going to be seeing which teams need to spend a little bit more to stay up and looking at likely contenders for the drop. I mean, this is, we're covering a lot.

**Nedum Onuoha** (2:59)
Everything, everything.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (3:00)
First up, we're going to discuss the Big Six. So let's get into it.

**Mark Chapman** (3:04)
So the Big Six and people can dispute this. And I know, they will. And I know lots of people that do. But, you know, especially when you consider where some of these teams finished last season. But, you know, the traditional Big Six, the two Manchester clubs, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs.
And five of them have got new managers. And we're including Carrick in that as a sort of now permanent manager.

**Gabby Agbonlahor** (3:32)
So you may... I love how Spurs are in the Big Six when they just narrowly avoided relegation last season.