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Mehdi Benatia, the Moroccan former sporting director of Olympique de Marseille, launched a scathing attack on the growing influence and power of players in modern football, citing the incident of Spanish coach Xabi Alonso's dismissal from managing Real Madrid last season before he took charge of Chelsea.

Question marks are mounting over Manchester City's future, as sporting pressures coincide with one of the most dangerous legal battles in Premier League history approaching its moment of reckoning, amid the possibility of sanctions that could go as far as relegation from the Premier League.

Mauricio Pochettino did not need to think long when he was asked to pick three managers in the Premier League he would have liked to play under. The Argentine coach did not hesitate, nor did he look for multiple names reflecting the diversity of his experiences. Instead, he chose a single name and repeated it three times: "Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Alex Ferguson."