Premier League big issues: Will Amorim, Ange last? Is Salah a fading force?

The 2nd planetary interruption of the play is astir implicit and the Premier League is acceptable to instrumentality this weekend, with Liverpool's Anfield clash against Manchester United topping the bill.

Each of England's 20 top-tier clubs person present played 7 league games. The Premier League table is opening to constituent to a competitory rubric contention and a relegation conflict successful which each 3 promoted teams -- Burnley, Leeds United and Sunderland -- person genuine hopes of avoiding the drop.

But the unit is increasing connected struggling managers Ruben Amorim and Ange Postecoglou, big-money summertime signings including Florian Wirtz and Matheus Cunha are yet to person a large interaction astatine their caller clubs, portion Bournemouth and Crystal Palace are offering signs that they could propulsion for UEFA Champions League qualification.

So with 4 Premier League matchdays scheduled earlier the November planetary break, what are the large issues that could travel to a caput implicit the adjacent month?

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Will Amorim and Ange past until November?

Ruben Amorim was fixed the nationalist backing of Sir Jim Ratcliffe past week, with the Manchester United number proprietor saying that Amorim could not beryllium judged successful his relation arsenic manager until helium has had 3 years successful the post. But contempt the ballot of confidence, Amorim is inactive -- by immoderate region -- statistically the worst United manager of the Premier League era.

United person not won back-to-back league games since the Portuguese manager took complaint past November, and their past distant triumph came against relegated Leicester City successful March. So acold this season, United person beaten 2 promoted teams and a Chelsea broadside reduced to 10 players for virtually the full game, truthful Sunday's travel to Liverpool threatens to beryllium a large trial of Amorim and his players. And portion Ratcliffe's supportive words volition beryllium welcomed by Amorim, it's worthy remembering that helium called Erik 10 Hag a "very bully coach" conscionable 3 weeks earlier firing him past season.

Despite Amorim's difficulties, helium is not the manager successful astir peril close present -- that rubric goes to Nottingham Forest's Ange Postecoglou who is nether aggravated unit aft 7 winless games successful complaint astatine the City Ground.

The erstwhile Tottenham Hotspur manager replaced Nuno Espirito Santo past period aft bei...