A clash between supposedly the two most expensive lineups in history overseen by two of the most decorated coaches will end the phoney war and ignite the Premier League season for real when Manchester United host Manchester City on Saturday.

Arsenal's England midfielder Jack Wilshere, who has suffered a string of injuries, joins Bournemouth on a season-long loan.

Premier League champions Leicester City pay a club record fee for Sporting Lisbon's Algeria striker Islam Slimani just hours before the transfer window closed.

Records continued to fall as the deadline for European football transfers (2200GMT) drew closer on Wednesday and new managers at some of the biggest clubs refined their squads with Chelsea set to re-sign Brazilian defender David Luiz.

Wayne Rooney will remain England captain going into the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, manager Sam Allardyce confirms on Monday.

Raheem Sterling strikes twice as Manchester City make it five wins in as many matches under the management of Pep Guardiola with a 3-1 victory over West Ham.

Antonio Conte will head to the beach next week as the frazzled Chelsea manager gets some well deserved rest after battling in vain to land his top transfer targets.

Big spending English clubs shatter the Premier League's transfer spending record after the total splashed out reaches £880 million on Thursday.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic refuses to share his Old Trafford spotlight with Paul Pogba, scoring in each half as Manchester United brush aside Southampton 2-0.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes Paul Pogba is the world's best midfielder, but does not expect the France international to produce fireworks every week.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola lauds the response of Sergio Aguero, who went on to score three goals after missing two first-half penalties.

Monday's 2-1 Premier League win over West Ham United sends a clear message that Chelsea are already marching to Antonio Conte’s orders.

Arsene Wenger says Arsenal are not physically ready for the Premier League season after opening the campaign with a chaotic 4-3 defeat at home to Liverpool.

Leicester's Premier League title defence gets off to an embarrassing start as the champions crash to 2-1 defeat at troubled Hull.

After a four-year gestation period, the Pep Guardiola era at Manchester City begins in earnest on Saturday when his side tackle Sunderland in their opening Premier League fixture.

Jaw-dropping new broadcast deals totalling 8.3 billion pounds ($10.9 billion, 9.8 billion euros) have enabled the English Premier League to assemble a dazzling galaxy of stars for the 2016-17 season.

Liverpool are beaten 2-1 by Roma in their latest pre-season outing.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scores a second half goal on a brilliant solo effort as English giants Arsenal earn their second win of their US tour by defeating Chivas Guadalajara 3-1.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic makes a dream start to his Manchester United career by scoring acrobatically in just the fourth-minute of his debut as they won 5-2 against Galatasaray in Gothenburg.

Pep Guardiola has banished some of his Manchester City players from training sessions because they are overweight.