Saturday will witness the first game of the 22nd season of the greatest league in the world, the English Premier League. It would be fair to suggest that the final weekend of last year didn't bring the same drama and significance as in previous years, with Manchester United running away with the title and Wigan, Reading and QPR falling through the trapdoor of relegation prior the final day. With the Red Devils as dominant throughout the season as they were, hopefully this upcoming year will provide the unpredictability that the FA and Capital One Cups brought to the fans. Furthermore, it is hopeful that the players will provide their very best for their clubs and fans. Last year, superstars like Gareth Bale, Robin Van Persie and Luis Suarez lit up the league with the goals, whilst the likes of Christian Benteke and Romelu Lukaku displayed their immense potential as stars for the future. Old hands such as Michael Carrick and Frank Lampard were supplemented with young up-and-comers like Eden Hazard and Luke Shaw to amalgamate into a successful league campaign for the individual footballers. However, with the futures uncertain for the likes of Bale, Suarez and Wayne Rooney, there is the potential for other players from within their respective clubs to emerge as the star for the season. Therefore, before the players unpack their new boots and line-up for the opening fixtures of the 2013/14 season, it may be beneficial to analyse every team that will be competing this year through the player that displays the most potential to guide their sides' fortunes. Whether the club will be warring at the top of the table, sitting comfortably in the middle, or desperately battling at the bottom to retain their status, every club will be relying on their particular marquee player to produce week in and week out to give them their best possible chance of success. It must be said, these are merely predictions based on the pre-season form of these players, their importance to the club last season, and their position relative to the place in the table they are expected to frequent most regularly. Teams at the top will require a key player to provide the goals to beat their opposition, similarly to teams at the bottom that will most likely rely on a single player's goals to counteract their probable leaky defence. On the other hand, teams that are normally mid-table mainstays will try and maintain a firm defence to ensure that they do not get dragged into the mire. So, let's begin the examination of the top players of the Premier League, and call me old-fashioned, but I'm going to start from the top with...