Blazing sunshine in Croydon, West Yorkshire, Tyneside and Hertfordshire. Almost like it is August...

Our Premier League heroes are currently going through their strenuous pre-match warm-ups in the heat. It's giving me a sweat just watching.

Swansea City head coach Paul Clement says he is as involved in the club's transfers as chairman Huw Jenkins and others.

Ian Dennis
Senior football reporter at St James' Park for 5 live Sport

Big afternoon on Tyneside. Issues behind the scenes regarding investment and players' bonuses plus it's been a poor start on the pitch for Newcastle United.

Rafa Benitez is frustrated but constant talk of "lack of investment" will test the patience of owner Mike Ashley and SHOULD things come to a head then there is only winner.

West Ham have brought a strong squad to the north east and will look to add to Newcastle United woes.

What's going on at Newcastle? Apparently Rafa Benitez has barely spoken to owner Mike Ashley in the past year, with the sportswear tycoon supposed to be unhappy about the Spaniard's mutterings in the media about the lack of financial support in the transfer market.

Will he stay or will he go? That's Rafa, not Ashley, by the way. Toon fans certainly hope he will stay but the back page of today's Daily Mirror doesn't give them much encouragement.

And, in a twist of fate, Rafa has been linked with... West Ham. Today's opponents have also had a stinking start, leading to chat that Slaven Bilic might be under a bit of pressure.

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Oh. My. Word! Drama o'clock at Bournemouth...

There has been a goal and a red card. For the same man!

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I wouldn't have Channing Tatum down as a football fan. Apparently he follows Arsenal.

The Hollywood hunk says he played varsity soccer when he was younger but was asked by the parents of the other children to switch to American football because he was "more of a slam-into-each-other type of player".

He'd get more yellow cards than Lee Cattermole.

Mark Lawrenson, our resident Mystic Meg, has been predicting scores again this week. He's taken on American actor Channing Tatum this time around.

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We're into the final few seconds in the lunchtime kick-off and Pep Guardiola is getting a little lairy. That means it is not going Manchester City's way... Tune in to the final moments.

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Thoughts on that team news then? Anyone? I'm on the lookout for some Fantasy Football bargains so I'm keen to see how Richarlison gets on today...

Watford make one enforced change to the team that won 2-0 at Bournemouth last weekend, with Jose Holebas suspended after seeing red in the EFL Cup defeat to Bristol City in midweek; he's replaced by Belgian Christian Kabasele.

Andre Carrillo, who has joined the Hornets on a season-long loan from Benfica, is on the bench.

Watford XI: Gomes, Britos, Prodl, Amrabat, Cleverley, Richarlison, Chalobah, Doucoure, Gray, Femenia, Kabasele.

For Brighton, there are two changes from the side that lost 2-0 at Leicester, with Tomer Hemed in for Jamie Murphy and Anthony Knockaert starting in place of Glenn Murray, who does not feature on the visitors' bench.

Their record signing, winger Jose Izquierdo, has been given international clearance and starts on the bench.

Brighton XI: Ryan, Bruno, Dunk, Stephens, Hemed, Knockaert, Gross, March, Duffy, Propper, Suttner.

Not sure they've got any choice Simon. Well, unless it involved going to four at the back and it doesn't look like Paul Clement wants to do that.

Simon Hancock: Risky selection for Swansea? They only have 3 fit centre backs at the club and they're playing all 3 together today.

Huddersfield boss David Wagner, wearing those snazzy glasses that his mate Jurgen Klopp also wears, has just been speaking to Match of the Day's Steve Wilson in the John Smith's Stadium tunnel.

Wonder if they bought them in a BOGOF offer? Anyway... here's a flavour of what he had to say about today's opponents Southampton.

"This is a top-class team - a top 10 team, possibly more," says the German.

"We have to be at our best. Even if we respect Southampton we have to have a lot of focus on ourselves and do our stuff right. That's how we have always done it."

I, for one, am glad Abdelhamid Sabiri and Florent Hadergjonaj aren't playing. Unspellable.

Huddersfield manager David Wagner has named the exact same squad which beat Newcastle 1-0 last Sunday.

Abdelhamid Sabiri and Florent Hadergjonaj haven't been considered for selection after joining the club this week.

Jonathan Hogg, Nahki Wells, Jon Gorenc Stankovic and Martin Cranie remain sidelined.

Huddersfield XI: Lossl, Smith (C), Biling, Kachunga, Mooy, Lowe, Van La Parra, Ince, Mounie, Zanka, Schindler.

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Southampton make just one change to the squad which beat West Ham last weekend and have named the same starting XI.

New signing Wesley Hoedt replaces Jan Bednarek on the bench but there is still no sign of Virgil van Dijk amid speculation he is close to a move away from St Mary's.

Southampton XI: Forster, Soares, Stephens, Yoshida, Bertrand, Romeu, Lemina, Tadic, Davis (C), Redmond, Gabbiadini.

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Newcastle make one change from the side that lost 1-0 at Huddersfield last week, with £5m signing Joselu replacing Dwight Gayle in attack.

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West Ham make two changes from the starting XI that lost 3-2 to Southampton, with defender James Collins and Edimilson Fernandes in for the suspended Marko Arnautovic and Jose Fonte.

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That's a blow for Palace. Ruben Loftus-Cheek has been their leading light in their two defeats. Ruud Gullit was raving about him in the Match of the Day production office last week. Ruud Gullit! High praise indeed.

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Crystal Palace boss Frank de Boer makes just the one change from the side that lost 1-0 to Liverpool at Anfield last Saturday.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek is out with a groin injury, so in comes James McArthur to the Palace midfield. Yohan Cabaye, injured for much of pre-season, is fit enough to make the bench.

Palace XI: Hennessey, Fosu-Mensah, Dann, Tomkins, Ward, Milivojevic, McArthur, Van Aanholt, Townsend, Puncheon, Benteke.

Subs: Speroni, Cabaye, Lee, Schlupp, Lokilo, Kelly, Anderson.

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Swansea manager Paul Clement makes two changes from the team that lost 4-0 at home to Manchester United last weekend.

Sam Clucas, signed from Hull in midweek, makes his debut in midfield as another new face, Roque Mesa, drops to the bench. Defender Kyle Bartley is out with medial ligament damage sustained in the EFL Cup win at MK Dons, so in comes Mike van der Hoorn.

Swansea XI: Fabianski, Fernandez, van der Hoorn, Mawson, Naughton, Carroll, Fer, Olsson, Ayew, Clucas, Abraham.

Subs: Narsingh, Nordfeldt, Routledge, Rangel, Roque, Fulton, McBurnie.

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