Analysing the managerial changes in Premier League this season

Manchester City: Managing one of the most expensively assembled squads in the Premier League is a job fit for a man who was entrusted by Fiorentino Perez to handle the second coming of the Galacticos.

Manuel Pellegrini

We extend a warm welcome to the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini who has never managed in England before. With a CV that boasts of spells at the River Plate in Argentina and Villareal, and the might of Real Madrid in Spain, Pellegrini has his work cut out when it comes to managing the multi-millionaires at the Etihad.

With reports of the squad unrest under the previous manager Roberto Mancini, Pellegrini will be happy that Balotelli has been shipped to Milan and Carlos Tevez to Juventus. Pellegrini needs to get this lot to buckle down and play as a team considering that they looked lost when Mancini changed formations and personnel last season between games.

The big money acquisitions of Alvaro Negredo, Fernandinho and Jesus Navas seem to be in the spotlight now at City, but they need their little Spaniard David Silva to reproduce the form he showed in his first season in England. Samir Nasri, who was repeatedly questioned for his commitment by Mancini and Kun Aguero, who looks unsettled, need to get their act together.

Pellegrini though brings valuable Champions League experience with his stints in Spain and City fans can look forward to a season where they will compete on all fronts again.