The start of a new season for footballers is just like the start of a new year for common folk; time to set new goals, break new ground and attain new heights.
But every year, some players come into a new season with a make or break mentality. More often than not these players are coming off a poor campaign last time out, or making up for lost time due to injury, or even trying to justify massive transfer fees.
Below are five players who with something to prove in the 2016/17 football season:
1Oscar (Chelsea):
In the summer of 2012 when Eden Hazard and Oscar transferred to Stamford Bridge, opinion was split amongst fans and pundits as regards who was the most talented footballer.
But while Eden Hazard has morphed into one of the best wing forwards in the world, Oscar has struggled to make any sort of real impact at Chelsea in the last two seasons.
The long range shooting accuracy and quick feet which made him such a joy to watch in his first two seasons are gone.
In a Chelsea side always willing to buy the best players in the world, anything less than a stellar campaign from the Brazilian midfielder this season and he might find himself in the shop window sooner rather than later.
Why do people keep repeating the lie that Depay had a good start to his United career?
He had a terrible debut against Spurs, then was just as bad at Villa, then had a pretty good game against FC Bruges and then quickly went back to being poor once United started playing decent teams in the Premier League again.
Depay can obviously perform well at a certain level but that level clearly isn’t the Premier League, so he needs to leave ASAP.
There is absolutely no point in him staying at United because he isn’t going to go from the worst player in the PL to one of the best and he isn’t even going to come on as a sub once Jose realises how bad he is!