Will
Paul Pogba click with Bruno Fernandes? Can Leicester, Sheffield United and Wolves make it to the Champions League? And what do elite players say on the pitch?
Ed Aarons After months of not needing to look at the
Premier League and Championship tables and finding other ways to occupy our evenings and weekends, suddenly the excitement that only the end of a season can provide is back.
Liverpool may have almost wrapped up the title but there are still lots of prizes to play for. Can Sheffield United finish off their miraculous campaign by qualifying for Europe next season? Will the relegation dogfight come down to the final day fixture between West Ham and Aston Villa? And can Leeds finally end their top-fight exile after 16 years away? Whatever happens, thank goodness (some)
Football is back.
Nick Ames There is a sense of excitement but some trepidation, too. How will everyone involved master an occasion that has been pared back to its rawest elements? As a journalist, that becomes an interesting test: what is it about a football match that informs your responses the most? That question applies especially to the players, of course. We may well see more open, watchable games than usual but the absence of external stimuli probably plays into the hands of the better, more technically gifted teams.