Premier League fans can wet their appetite for the new campaign when Manchester City and Liverpool raise the curtain to the English season in Sunday’s Community Shield clash.
The league’s top two were separated by a single point last term in an epic title race and they will resume their rivalry when the whistle blows at 4pm at Wembley.
City and Liverpool have been boosted by the return of the most of their international stars after a busy break.
For Pep Guardiola’s champions, Copa America aces returned to training this week.
Brazilian Copa winner Gabriel Jesus and his Argentinian strike partner Sergio Aguero are raring to go.
Algeria’s Afcon Riyad Mahrez will sit this one out as he is still on holiday and the same goes for the Reds’ Senegal star Sadio Mane.
Liverpool, though, have Brazil striker Roberto Firmino fit and firing, after he made a goalscoring return to Jurgen Klopp’s side in a 3-1 win over Lyon on Wednesday.
Mo Salah, whose Egypt were knocked out of Afcon by Bafana Bafana, is also in line to make an appearance after also being in action for the Reds this week.