World Soccer Presents - The Prem Era #2 (2022)

THE PREM ERA

Contents

INTRODUCTION

The Premier League at 20 4

THE MANAGERS

Alex Ferguson 8

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 14

Jose Mourinho 16

Pep Guardiola 20

Jurgen Klopp 22

Marcelo Bielsa 28

Antonio Conte 30

SNAPSHOT

2007-2015 in pictures 34

2015-2022 in pictures 78

THE STORIES

Game 39 36

Manchester City takeover 38

Liverpool takeover 44

Gael Kakuta & Chelsea 48

Wayne Rooney U-turn 50

Portsmouth administration 52

Leicester City champions 54

THE PLAYERS

The next generation 58

Didier Drogba 62

Harry Kane 66

Sadio Mane 68

Raheem Sterling 70

Heard Here First 72

THE TRANSFERS

Robinho 80

Record breakers 82

Emmanuel Adebayor 84

Carlos Tevez 85

Rafael van der Vaart 86

Robin van Persie 87

Luis Suarez 88

Cristiano Ronaldo 89

THE LEGENDS

Premier League Hall of Fame 90

STATISTICS

The Numbers Game 94

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