The fixtures for the 2016-17 Premier League season were announced Wednesday, with Mourinho’s first competitive game in charge of United coming at Bournemouth on the weekend of August 13-14.
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Spanish coach Pep Guardiola will debut with Manchester City, as his side will host Sunderland, while Manchester United, coached by Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, will host Bournemouth.
Premier League winners Leicester City will begin their quest to defend the title when they take on newly promoted Hull City.
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West Ham home games with Tottenham are always entertaining.
The two rivals who dueled in the media during Mourinho’s Real Madrid tenure being in the same city managing rival clubs will potentially make the Manchester Derby a tastier fixture than anytime in recent memory.
While Leicester head to Hull on the opening day, all eyes will be on the first home game of the campaign, when last season’s runners-up, Arsenal, are the visitors to the King Power Stadium.
Arsenal will host Spurs in the first north London derby on November 5 while the other eagerly anticipated derby clash, between Merseyside clubs Liverpool and Everton, takes place at Goodison Park on December 17. What are the must-see games on their schedule?
The Premier League confirmed that clubs should learn which of their early Premier League fixtures will be televised “in the first week of July”, with a second batch of TV games to be announced “a couple of weeks after that”.
The season runs through to May 21 with reigning champions Leicester closing against Bournemouth, Manchester United at home to Crystal Palace and Manchester City at Watford.
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Burnley’s return to the Premier League sees them host Swansea, while Middlesbrough are at home to Stoke in their first game since winning promotion from the Championship.
