Champions Arsenal favourities again
Kolkata, Aug. 21 -- "Everybody's waiting," says Claude Makelele throwing his head back and laughing. "Every single team is waiting."
The midfield engine - the one Real Madrid's Bentley missed, according to Zinedine Zidane - was reminiscing about Chelsea defending the 2005-06 Premier League title in "Mourinho", the eponymous Netflix series on his former manager.
Frank Lampard, another voice in the three-part series, says Mourinho transformed Chelsea "from nearly wanting to be winners, to winners." There is resonance in comments on a season 21 years ago as Arsenal mount their title defence, at home on Friday against newly promoted Coventry where Lampard is in charge, as another season starts. One where an outfield player will leave the pitch ...
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