His bitter rival from his days at Chelsea, Arsene Wenger, will have his Arsenal side host Liverpool in the most high-profile match of the opening day.
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Manchester United are then at home to (currently) managerless Southampton before heading off to play Steve Bruce’s newly-promoted Hull.
If Burnley agree, and there’s no reason they wouldn’t, four of our first five Premier League matches will be away from home – and the only Anfield tie will be hosting the champions Leicester City.
Southampton hosts Watford and Crystal Palace takes on West Bromwich Albion to round off the opening games on 14 August (AEST).
The festive period sees games on Boxing Day and New Years Eve, with Guardiola spending his first Christmas Day in England preparing for a December 26 clash at Hull. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.theeagleonline.com.ng as the source.
Mourinho’s first return to former club Chelsea comes at Stamford Bridge on October 22, with the return at Old Trafford on April 15.
We examine the Premier League title contenders’ run-ins after the announcement of the 2016/17 fixtures.
Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United debut seems to be smooth.
Arsenal has the toughest start of all the likely title contenders, with its second game away to Leicester in a match between the top two from last season.
There are others that could have been added-the away trip to Manchester City and the home game against Liverpool will obviously be massive games, but the derbies are represented here by the reverse fixtures. The club’s qualifying round matches will occur before games against Stoke (A) and West Ham (H).
That was the scene of an impressive 3-1 win for the Reds last season but Chelsea will be a very different proposition under new boss Antonio Conte come September.
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Spurs face Ronald Koeman’s Everton on the opening weekend.
