And that will be that for Friday. It has been a busy one with 11 news conferences in the bag.

Aston Villa made the biggest move of the day in signing Carlos Sanchez for around £5m and Malky Mackay wants to succeed Tony Pulis at Crystal Palace.

Feverish stuff and the big day has not even arrived yet. Just 18 hours and 40 minutes until kick off.

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Our final vote of the day is over and you have selected Juan Mata as the man most likely to top the assists chart this season.

The Manchester United playmaker gets 20% of the vote, with Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas second on 17%.

Liverpool confirm Joao Carlos Teixeira joins Brighton on loan until the end of the season., external

The 21-year-old will work under former Reds captain Sami Hypia, who manages the Championship side.

Former England captain Gary Lineker:, external I think that Arsenal could run Chelsea very close. There, I've said it.

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"Malky Mackay is keen on the vacant manager's position at Crystal Palace following the departure of Tony Pulis.

"Pulis left the club by mutual consent on Thursday and Mackay is the overwhelming favourite to be appointed as his successor.

"Mackay worked with Palace sporting director Iain Moody at Watford and Cardiff, and has a strong relationship with Eagles chairman Steve Parish.

"It is understood Palace will approach the former Norwich City defender."

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Southampton manager Ronald Koeman says Morgan Schneiderlin is ready to play at Anfield on Sunday - if selected.

The 24-year-old midfielder had informed the club last week he was "not mentally or physically ready" to play after being linked to a move to Tottenham.

However, Koeman says the Frenchman has trained well all week and is available for the season opener at Liverpool.

"He showed me that he is ready to play in the last week of training," Koeman told BBC Sport.

Stoke boss Mark Hughes is hopeful of adding more new players to his squad before the end of the current transfer window.

Hughes has declared himself "very pleased" with the business he has done so far, which has seen him recruit Bojan Krkic, Mame Biram Diouf, Steve Sidwell, Phil Bardsley and Dionatan Teixeira.

"We are still hopeful on a number of fronts," he says. "I think a lot things are dictated by people other than ourselves, so you just have to wait for the process to run its course and we'll see where we are at the end of it."

There may be just a shade under 24 hours to go until the Premier League gets started but there is still time for final preparations.

Chelsea's payers have had two training sessions today and sandwiched in the middle have put their best foot forward to get their green-screen images done for the season.

You know the ones...player turns to the camera and walks before typically folding his arms. Hope you've been practicing, Cesc.

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Wigan manager Uwe Rosler has responded to interest from Burnley in the club's midfielder James McArthur.

Burnley, promoted to the Premier League in May, reportedly made a £4m offer, external for the 26-year-old Scotland international.

"We made them aware of the situation - we don't expect any more bids from Burnley because we told them the player is not for sale," says Rosler. "We didn't give any valuation - we're not looking to give any valuation because the player is not for sale."

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere:, external The season starts tomorrow and I am absolutely buzzing like every single football fan out there! Let's make this a special one.

Aston Villa announce the signing of Colombia international Carlos Sanchez from Spanish side Elche.

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The 28-year-old signs a four-year contract with Paul Lambert's side for a reported fee of £4.7m.

Sanchez played four times for Colombia at the Brazil World Cup where his side were eventually eliminated by the hosts.

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Southampton sold Dejan Lovren, Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana to their opening day opponents during the summer.

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You have voted in your thousands and it came down to just 26 votes but you believe Daniel Sturridge will finish the season as top scorer in the Premier League.

The Liverpool striker gets 22% of the vote with Chelsea's Diego Costa second with 21.76%.

The Manchester United pair of Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney were split by just nine votes but the Dutchman came out ahead with 12.71% overall.

Alan Shearer has effectively ruled out a return to football management. The former Newcastle United player and manager has remained a TV pundit since his short stint in charge of the Magpies back in 2009.

Speaking at the new launch of BBC Match of the Day, Shearer says: "The longer you're out the game the harder it is to get back in. That candle isn't burning as much as it was when I finished playing, so I don't think I will go into management now."

Match of the Day, presented by Gary Lineker, returns to BBC One on Saturday at 22:30 BST, when Shearer will be joined by Ruud Gullit,

Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew says he hopes to repay owner Mike Ashley for his backing with a successful season.

Pardew, 53, signed a contract in 2012 to keep him at the club until 2020 but suffered a controversial 201314 campaign as a result of his touchline head-butt on Hull City's David Meyler.

"He stood by me and this feels like an up time for me," Pardew, who has signed nine players this summer, tells a news conference. "He's armed me again, he's stood by me.

"I can always give him an honesty of where we are and he listens - that's why so many players have entered the building. We needed them."

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Sha Maharaj, Surrey: When I sit to watch a Liverpool match, my TV remote has to be on my right hands side always and my right leg folding under my left thigh....if not then Liverpool always lose.

Barcelona's German goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen will be sidelined for two to three weeks with a back injury.

Ter Stegen, 22, signed in the close season from Borussia Moenchengladbach, is suffering "a small fracture" to a vertebra in the lower back.

Manager Brendan Rodgers says Liverpool will seek to find a new striker all the way up to the end of the transfer window.

The Reds sold Luis Suarez to Barcelona during the summer and acquired strikers Rickie Lambert from Southampton and Divock Origi from Lille, only for the latter to be loaned back to the French club.

"We haven't brought in another striker other than Rickie Lambert but we aim to do that," says Rodgers. "If we don't, it means the right player hasn't become available for us, and if that is the case we will continue with the group we have and I will be happy to go into the season with that team."