Premier League: 10 things to look out for as the new season kicks off

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“They can add this winning mentality.” Ben Fisher Nottingham Forest v Leeds, Saturday 3pm 5Serene Senesi can bring calm to SpursCristian Romero has taken his maverick brand of defending to Atlético Madrid, upsetting neutral Premier League watchers. WU Brentford v Tottenham, Saturday 5.30pm6Villa head south besieged by problemsIt is surely not how Unai Emery envisaged the countdown to Aston Villa’s season-opener at Brighton on Sunday – and certainly not as he enjoyed the afterglow from the club’s Europa League triumph over Freiburg in May.

The new Bournemouth coach, Marco Rose, has faced City six times in the Champions League with Leipzig and Mönchengladbach, and is sure to order his visitors to go for the jugular at the Etihad. Photograph: Dimitris Legakis/EPA8King Kev remembered at NewcastleKevin Keegan was supposed to have been the guest of honour at St James’ Park on Sunday, but his death from cancer in July means this meeting of two of his old clubs will turn into a tribute to one of English football’s enduring heroes.

The Sweden striker, making his first return to Newcastle, has much to prove at Liverpool, and now has a new head coach to impress in Andoni Iraola. His managerial career has been less prominent than that of his Basque rival – and he has clearly insisted on snapping up talent from the Bernabéu.