A-League legend and Paramount+ pundit Erik Paartalu joins football360.com.au to preview the upcoming A-League Men season.

Favourites? Strugglers? World Cup bolters? Best signings? Breakthrough players? And what does the future hold for the A-Leagues? Paartalu provides a commute sized insight to get you ready for kick-off.

Paartalu, who has played and commentated in India, also unpacks the controversy surrounding Australians Jamie Maclaren, Jason Cummings and Dimitri Petratos, who were surrounded by fans recently, angry at their club Mohun Bagan not travelling to Iran for a continental game.