New rules, new faces - the Premier League is back

The Premier League originates this weekend, pinch Manchester City bidding to proceed their supremacy successful English shot and Ipswich making their top-flight return.

Manchester United big Fulham to get america nether measurement connected Friday astatine 20:00 BST, pinch matches dispersed crossed 4 days.

Ipswich big Liverpool connected Saturday earlier Manchester City recreation to Chelsea connected Sunday successful nan 2 astir eye-catching games of nan opening weekend.

Arsenal will beryllium hoping they tin yet pip Manchester City to nan title, while Manchester United are looking to retrieve from their worst play since 1990.

There will beryllium tweaks to handball, VAR and wounded time, positive more.

BBC Sport looks astatine who, and what, is caller and what we tin expect successful nan 2024-25 Premier League campaign.

The video adjunct referee strategy will person a higher barroom for intervening than before.

The "referee’s call" intends that nan VAR should only intervene if they tin "see without immoderate uncertainty nan on-pitch charismatic has made a clear mistake".

Otherwise nan first determination will stand. That intends less stoppages for marginal decisions to beryllium many times rewatched.

"Let’s person nan assurance to not beryllium excessively forensic connected our analysis," is what refereeing leader Howard Webb has said.

The Premier League Match Centre account, external connected societal media level X will station "near-live" explanations of VAR decisions.

It plans to show much replays and explicate decisions connected nan large screens successful stadiums, too.

We will spot a important driblet successful stoppage clip this play - because of a alteration successful timing extremity celebrations.

Until now clip was added connected for each 2nd betwixt nan shot hitting nan nett and nan kick-off being taken.

Now nan timepiece will only beryllium started aft 30 seconds. So a crippled pinch six goals would person 3 minutes little of stoppage time.

Away from VAR, attacking players blocking aliases obstructing guidance players astatine a set-piece will beryllium penalised much strictly.

Ben White was trending connected societal media pinch nan proposal nan Arsenal defender's actions from corners will consequence successful much guidance free-kicks.

The handball rule will beryllium relaxed a tad. Players person been told by nan Premier League they do not person to move pinch their arms rigidly by their sides aliases down their backs.

The position of their limb aliases manus will beryllium judged successful narration to nan activity of their body.

"We get a consciousness that we springiness excessively galore handballs for actions that are rather normal and justifiable," said Webb.

"The guidance to officials this play is little is more. You will spot less harsh handball penalties."

Meanwhile, a non-deliberate handball that leads to a punishment will nary longer beryllium an automatic booking offence.

During penalties nan shot must beryllium connected aliases hanging complete nan centre of nan punishment spot, alternatively than astatine immoderate constituent connected nan spot.

Encroachment by players into nan container erstwhile nan punishment is taken will only beryllium penalised if it has an impact.

That intends if an guidance subordinate has an effect connected nan kicker aliases prevents a extremity aliases chance from a rebound.

If it is simply a punishment taker's team-mate, nan encroachment is applicable if they effect aliases distract nan goalkeeper, scores aliases creates a chance.

Ball boys and girls will beryllium allowed to springiness a shot to a goalkeeper to return a restart, alternatively of nan keeper having to prime it up disconnected a cone. The multiball strategy - picking nan shot disconnected a cone - will stay for outfield players.

One much mini alteration - 5 substitutes tin lukewarm up astatine nan aforesaid clip connected nan touchline, up from three.

There will beryllium a caller shot this season, nan Nike Flight, which is "built pinch Aerowsculpt exertion pinch grooves debased into nan casing, to let aerial to recreation seamlessly astir nan ball, delivering truer flight".

A 4th of nan managers successful nan Premier League will beryllium taking complaint of an English top-flight crippled for nan first clip connected nan opening weekend.

They are Arne Slot astatine Liverpool, Enzo Maresca astatine Chelsea, Russell Martin astatine Southampton, Kieran McKenna astatine Ipswich and Fabian Hurzeler astatine Brighton.

Slot and Hurzeler person travel from Feyenoord and St Pauli respectively, while Martin, McKenna and Maresca - albeit past astatine Leicester City - each won promotion from nan Championship past season.

There are plentifulness of caller players, too.

Manchester United signed £52m Lille defender Leny Yoro, who will miss nan commencement of nan play pinch a surgery foot, £33.7m Bologna striker Joshua Zirkzee and Bayern Munich defenders Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui for a mixed interest approaching £60m.

Champions Manchester City person brought successful Brazil winger Savinho from sister nine Troyes for £30.8m, while Arsenal person recruited Bologna defender Riccardo Calafiori, who impressed for Italy astatine Euro 2024, for up to £42m.

Brighton signed Gambia winger Yankuba Minteh from Newcastle United for £30m and 2 £25m midfielders successful Mats Wieffer from Feyenoord and Brajan Gruda from Mainz.

Minteh is efficaciously caller to nan Premier League because he joined Feyenoord, playing alongside Wieffer, connected indebtedness connected nan time he joined nan Magpies past summer.

Chelsea signed a big of players, including Barcelona striker Marc Guiu and £20.7m goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen from Villarreal. The Dane will compete pinch Robert Sanchez for nan number 1 spot.

Teenage midfielder Archie Gray is caller to nan Premier League aft joining Tottenham Hotspur from Leeds United for astir £30m.

Julen Lopetegui's West Ham paid £27m to motion Germany's Euro 2024 striker Niclas Fullkrug from Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund, and £25.5m for Brazilian winger Luis Guilherme from Palmeiras.

Two of nan 3 promoted Championship clubs are acquainted to nan Premier League - champions Leicester City and play-off winners Southampton bouncing backmost instantly aft relegation successful 2022-23.

But Ipswich Town amazed everyone arsenic they vanished 2nd to execute back-to-back promotions. They are backmost successful nan apical formation aft 22 seasons away.

They will beryllium an chartless amount pinch very small Premier League acquisition successful their squad, and an breathtaking up-and-coming head successful McKenna.

The 3 players to deed double figures successful goals for them past play - Conor Chaplin, Nathan Broadhead and Omari Hutchinson - person a mixed 2 Premier League appearances.

Left-back Leif Davis, who recorded 18 assists past term, played doubly successful nan apical formation for Leeds.

Captain and subordinate of nan play Sam Morsy, who turns 33 adjacent month, will make his Premier League debut.

Ipswich person signed Hutchinson, who was connected indebtedness from Chelsea past season, successful a club-record £20m deal, and Manchester City guardant Liam Delap for a interest that could scope £20m.

Hull defender Jacob Greaves, West Ham's Ben Johnson and Burnley keeper Arijanet Muric are among their different summertime recruits.

Leicester are connected their 3rd head since sacking Brendan Rodgers successful April 2023. Dean Smith near pursuing their relegation. Maresca led nan Foxes to promotion successful his only play successful complaint but past near for Chelsea, pinch ex-Nottingham Forest leader Steve Cooper replacing him.

Jamie Vardy, now 37, was their apical scorer past play pinch 20 goals.

Player of nan play Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, sold to meet financial rules, has joined Maresca astatine Stamford Bridge for £30m.

They could get a points conclusion for breaking Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) past clip they were successful nan Premier League.

Martin took Southampton backmost to nan Premier League via nan play-offs, aft they enjoyed a club-record 25-game unbeaten tally from September to February.

Adam Armstrong was named Saints' subordinate of nan play aft scoring 24 goals.

Che Adams, their only different subordinate to deed double figures, has near for Torino and been replaced by Chile striker Ben Brereton Diaz, signed from Villarreal.

The promoted trio are nan 3 favourites to spell consecutive backmost down, followed intimately by Nottingham Forest, Everton and Wolves.

Manchester City are nan first English nine to triumph 4 consecutive top-flight titles - tin they make it five?

Arsenal will dream to beryllium their main title rivals - again.

Under Mikel Arteta, nan Gunners person sewage person and person and vanished runners-up nan past 2 seasons. Last play they took it down to nan last day, finishing 2 points down City.

Liverpool - nan only different squad to triumph nan title successful nan past 7 seasons - commencement a run without Jurgen Klopp successful complaint for nan first clip since 2015-16.

Slot, who has won nan Dutch convention pinch Feyenoord, is moving successful English shot for nan first time.

Manchester United will beryllium hoping for a amended play aft Sir Jim Ratcliffe took complete nan moving of nan club. He has changed a batch disconnected nan pitch, but kept head Erik 10 Hag successful charge, erstwhile it was wide expected nan Dutchman was going to beryllium sacked.

Nobody knows what to expect from Chelsea aft different summertime of changing head and dense recruitment.

Tottenham are bidding to amended connected past season's fifth-placed decorativeness nether Ange Postecoglou, while Aston Villa whitethorn struggle to amended their top-four decorativeness arsenic they juggle home shot and a debut Champions League campaign.