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By Oli Dickson Jefford It has been almost 30 years since the old First Division merged into the Premier League, a moment that changed football both across the UK and the globe. The Premier League has made superstars of its biggest players and managers and turned its clubs into some of the biggest teams in the sporting world. The past 30 years has delivered some classic encounters, more often than not fuelled by some key rivalries across both players and managers. We take a look at some of the biggest rivalries of the Premier League era. Alex Ferguson v Arsene Wenger No rivalry defines the Premier League era like Ferguson v Wenger. Between 1996 and 2004 the title was won by either Manchester United or Arsenal, with arguably the two greatest managers of the Premier League era bringing English football to new heights. United and Arsenal were each other’s biggest rivals in this era and while there was respect between the two managers, there was also a great deal of animosity. Ferguson once...

By Josh Graham You can have a Premier League side packed full of stars but if the man at the helm is not hitting the mark you cannot expect to be lifting trophies.   In the toughest league of the world, it’s a dog-eat-dog world when it comes to managerial chopping and changings and no more so among the traditional ‘big six’ clubs.   Here we rank the incumbents in charge at Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham.    1, Pep Guardiola    The Manchester City boss is a colossal figure when it comes to football management, having dominated the game at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now at the Etihad.    Famed for rotating players in an irritating fashion for fantasy football players, a trait that has been coined ‘Pep roulette’, the Spaniard is revered globally for his tactics and tinkering.    The three-time Premier League manager of the season has helped turn City into a genuine European giant and all that...