⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[SatoPrincess]

TAA, Salah and van Dijk all are probable to leave but nothing is certain yet. Contract talks are ongoing. I hope Salah stays at least. TAA would probably sign for Real Madrid and I think van Dijk will leave for a Saudi team. Julian Alvarez's name is in the rumours but I don't know if Atletico Madrid would let him go easily. He is a superb finisher and I can't imagine what he can do in case of replacing this trash Nunez.

Trent has rarely been in the Liverpool line-up since Arne Slot arrived. Regardless of Trent's injuries, TAA is not considered Slot's first choice. TAA is a Liverpool product and Trent's performances have attracted interest from other big clubs and there have been rumours that Real Madrid are interested in his services.
Liverpool probably won't let Trent go if they look at tradition. Van Dijk and Salah would be different possibilities. It's not the right time to talk about transfers because our focus is on the Premier League.

The rumors of Real Madrid’s interest in Trent Arnold is no longer news and it seems the player is also interested in a move to Real Madrid. However in the summer transfer window we will learn the outcome of this transfer rumors whether or not he will join Real Madrid or remain at Liverpool but no doubts that Real Madrid are desperately in need of a right back in the summer.

[Juicyhome]

I don't expect Amorim to win the Europa League title. It would be a big surprise for me if he manages to do that in such a horrible season. There are tougher opponents than Real Sociedad from now on. We will see how he handles the situation now.

When it comes to my thoughts, I would actually be happy if they make it. Because things have got even much worse since Erik ten Hag left. They aren't even in the FA Cup anymore. No EFL Cup either. A terrible position in the league too. So the only hope left is the Europa League trophy to achieve something this year.    Just find a way out to win it and give your fans more hope for next season. Otherwise it will be a more difficult summer for Amorim.

Yeah there are tougher opponent ahead, but one step at a time. As they defeated Real Sociedad Manchester United has to win any opponent to get to the finals and win the title.  They can do it, if only the players are ready to fight for Jersey.   Th Europa title is the only cup that can bounce Manchester United back to Europe competition else they won't play even in conference league next season.

It has never been this worse for Manchester United like we have seen this season, its a terrible season and they must win the Europa to get back the confidence of the fans back.  Manchester United won't finish at top 10 In the league it's clear, they are playing rubbish with average players.

[red4slash]

Liverpool journey in all leagues is over and for now they can focus on there 9 remaining matches of EPL. Liverpool is eliminated from UEFA but there EPL performance will ensure there participation in next season's Champions League. 

Liverpool vs PSG was a tight contest, we saw an Aggregate of 1-1 after the completion of both legs and Liverpool was eliminated by PSG on penalties. Both teams are top team of there leagues and both did well in both legs apart from Liverpool miserable performance during plenty shootouts that resulted in there elimination from UEFA. 

Chances of treble and even quadruple that were previously open are now closed in terms of opportunities that make them only have to be satisfied to focus on the Premier League alone for now.

Their chances should not be destroyed as a whole especially for now it can be said that the Premier League trophy is in sight but that does not mean they can relax because now their performance is in transition especially after defeats in several other competitions which ultimately affect their performance in the Premier League.

Although the results are 3 points they always get but the effectiveness of their attacks feels a little weakened which if this is allowed it could be that the advantages they have will actually be destroyed just like what happened to Arsenal 2 seasons ago.
Liverpool currently have a big enough chance to win in the EPL so they must not waste it especially now that the focus is only on the EPL.

[Volgastallion]

I dont see it yet, Amorim is not having a good run at Manchester United despite the last games, if we compare his start with other previous coach he is even worst than all of them. So i dont see Manchester United coming back yet. Maybe next season when he makes the team he wants and he select the reinforcements, but the main question is, he is gonna be still the coach of Manchester United?

Other question why Totenham doesnt fire Postecoglu?

[Moreno233]

I don't expect Amorim to win the Europa League title. It would be a big surprise for me if he manages to do that in such a horrible season. There are tougher opponents than Real Sociedad from now on. We will see how he handles the situation now.

When it comes to my thoughts, I would actually be happy if they make it. Because things have got even much worse since Erik ten Hag left. They aren't even in the FA Cup anymore. No EFL Cup either. A terrible position in the league too. So the only hope left is the Europa League trophy to achieve something this year.    Just find a way out to win it and give your fans more hope for next season. Otherwise it will be a more difficult summer for Amorim.

One thing I know about competitions such as the Europa league is that the team that will win are not always obvious from the beginning like we do know sometimes in the champions league. Due to this history of the Europa league, I will not be surprised if Manchester United goes ahead to win it this season because they have the competition as their way of qualifying for champions league next season. Manchester United seems to be getting better and that is one thing nice Amorim have done. I still think they will be a big challenge for any of the remain teams.

[Pokapoka124]

International break strikes Arsenal again. Calafiori who will be missing some weeks. His  ligament was injured during the international break. They have to replaced him with Tomiyasu, which is a good news.

I like how Tomiyasu always performed bang average. He's gonna be one of their weakness in the upcoming fixtures. It most likely PL trophy will be winning by their rival, Liverpool. They have no more chance to talk about trophy.

Although Tomiyasu is a young player that can bring the much needed energy to Arsenal's backline, his inclusion may not be enough to bridge the gap and even if Calafiori was fit, Arsenal would still struggle to catch up with Liverpool in the Premier League title race. Liverpool are well positioned  at the top, leading Arsenal by 12 points a significant gap that seems unrealistic for Arsenal to overcome, especially given Liverpool's consistency this season.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I dont see it yet, Amorim is not having a good run at Manchester United despite the last games, if we compare his start with other previous coach he is even worst than all of them. So i dont see Manchester United coming back yet. Maybe next season when he makes the team he wants and he select the reinforcements, but the main question is, he is gonna be still the coach of Manchester United?

If I must be honest with you, I did say that it still surprises me to see that Amorin, the highly celebrated Manchester united coach has turned into an object of mockery today, really amazing how fast things tends to change.

It still feels like it's yesterday when Amorin arose to replace the previous Manchester united coach - Ten Hag, we all celebrated him and were all happy for Manchester united believing that finally, they have seen the light again, this jubilation was backed up with 4 straight wins by the man united team in the premier league, everybody said Amorin was the man.

But today, I don't know if to say that Ten hag was better off than this current coach, how are we even sure that Manchester united's problem is due to poor coaching, what if it's just the players not putting enough effort to win matches?

[punk.zink]

I dont see it yet, Amorim is not having a good run at Manchester United despite the last games, if we compare his start with other previous coach he is even worst than all of them. So i dont see Manchester United coming back yet. Maybe next season when he makes the team he wants and he select the reinforcements, but the main question is, he is gonna be still the coach of Manchester United?

I think he will get his chance next season even though he didn't perform well in his first season. If he doesn't get that opportunity (he gets fired first), then that would be very unfair because he was expected to make changes while he was not given adequate financial support.

But there is one thing that is not yet certain, will he get full financial support next season? or he will have to sell many of his players to get fresh funds.

[SmartCharpa]

Why will anyone even think Liverpool lost to Newcastle in the final was caused by Liverpool losing the PSG? Liverpool losing to PSG in the champions league should have motivated them to win the carabao cup, but they failed to win the match. Liverpool played against a dangerous club in the carabao cup final, Newcastle is a club which were so desperate to win the cup, and they were able to achieve that. Newcastle played well in the match, they didn’t give Liverpool much opportunity in the match, and they were able to get a win.

Both the first leg, and they second leg of the champions league match which Liverpool played against PSG, we all saw that PSG played better than Liverpool, and they were able to defeat Liverpool and they moved to the next stage of the champions league competition.

Those who believe Liverpool's defeat in the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle was due to their elimination from the Champions League may have expected Liverpool's performance to be at its best throughout the season. Liverpool showed their bad form in the Carabao Cup final, which I never expected them to lose despite Newcastle's wanting to win a trophy. Newcastle lost the Carabao Cup final to Manchester Unified by two goals in 2023, but they couldn't miss the opportunity this season.

However, I expected Liverpool to bounce back in the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle after losing their Champions League position, but Liverpool proved how they turn at the end of the season. I might have said that they had less chances of winning the Premier League this season, but the club is ahead of Arsenal by a huge point, and this will be difficult to reduce with the games remaining of the season.

[Spack17]

I think Arsenal has a higher chance of winning the Champions League than winning the Premier League, and that's what they should focus on.

That's explaining Arsenal's current situation exactly.    Arteta is also aware of it already that he has shifted his focus on the Champions League already. He says they will beat Real Madrid for the semi final - doesn't sound very likely though .

They are always the 2nd team in the Premier League for many years. It is high time they put an end to that. But first as I said they still need to add some more players starting with a credible goalscorer. They will probably need to fill some players' places who have a potential to leave. Such as Saliba to Real Madrid rumours.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Arteta has been the Arsenal manager since December 2019. He has been Arsenal manager for 5 years and in all that time he should have created a team in which there would be a Plan B whenever some good players got injured. But unfortunately he didn't create that and has signed players who are very susceptible to getting injured for a long time.

Arteta has good management skills and he has repeatedly failed to identify quality transfers. With both his central forwards Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz out on long term injuries, along with Raheem sterling also injured, it's clear that he lacks proper squad planning. His inability to build squad depth has left the team vulnerable in key positions. This is why Arsenal have been unable to win the Premier League in the last six years.

I am an Arsenal fan but I've never taken time to really sit down and study the Arsenal coach to identify his flaws and all that, but then, going by what you both have said here, a man can not be good and still have this flaws and still maintain his status as being a good coach, results is what really proves a coach is good and not just words of the mouth.

To me personally, I have not yet seen the desired result to believe Arteta is really a good coach, till date, Arsenal has remained one of the most inconsistent club in the Premier league, they know how to get to the top at the very beginning of a season, and just when it become very important for them to remain and maintain that top position, they begin to fail in consistency, very annoying to say the least.

[Pokapoka124]

It is completely correct that the Newcastle is not a weak team, but it has never been real to us that they will win the trophy against a very strong team in the EFL Cup final match. It seems to me that the Liverpool Football Club may be emotionally upset now, We are disappointed with this team's recent performance because they were unexpectedly defeated by PSG and we thought then that Liverpool might try to recover their loss in the EFL Cup. But we saw in the last few days that Liverpool was heading in the same direction. In your opinion maybe the Premier League is now the only hope for Liverpool, but now they may need new enthusiasm.

No one believed that Newcastle would win Liverpool in the FA Cup final. Liverpool's recent performance has been underwhelming especially with their shocking defeat at the hands of PSG at Anfield. That said with both losses in the FA Cup finals and in the quarter finals of the Champions League, the English Premier League is the only option left for them to get silverware. With their 12 points lead at the top of the Premier League standings they are well positioned to win the league but it will surely not be the season they anticipated for, and they will need to restrategize next coming season.

[JeffBrad12]

I dont see it yet, Amorim is not having a good run at Manchester United despite the last games, if we compare his start with other previous coach he is even worst than all of them. So i dont see Manchester United coming back yet. Maybe next season when he makes the team he wants and he select the reinforcements, but the main question is, he is gonna be still the coach of Manchester United?

Other question why Totenham doesnt fire Postecoglu?

Amorim has been United's worst coach in the history. Even Moyes has recorded better stats than him in only 5 games, while he did it on 14 games. As you can see how bad Amorim's quality is. That's why i think Manchester United has not yet comeback. Everytime they win against a small team, people called they're so back. What a fucking joke is it?  

As per Manchester United's owner, Sir Jim, he doesn't wanna sack Amoruim, but let him stay much longer. He has hinted Amorim's future on his interview.

As for Tottenham, it seems fucking Levy is reluctant to pay the compensation once he sacks Ange. That's why he keeps him much longer.  

[Spaceman1000$]

I think it's too early for us to say if Amorim has a worse performance than other coaches, because as we know if he coaches only half a season and the squad he has is also the legacy of Ten Hag, so we can't say if he completely failed at Manchester United, the transfer market next season in my opinion will be the proof for Amorim in building his squad absolutely, so we can see how the performance that Manchester United shows next season and that's when we can say whether Amorim is the right coach or not for Manchester United later.

But, if we compare Amorim with another coach who successfully managed the team in half a season, Amorim looks like he failed to manage MU based what on he did before. If we talk about players who can't compact on his strategy, Amorim should quickly adaption to the current squad. he was expected by many people to lift MU position from the bottom rank, but he can't do that so far so make many people are disappointed in his performance, and perhaps recruit a new coach to replace him. If he can't recruit a new player to fill up the gap position, I think he will not be long, and will be replaced soon by a coach who is targeted such as Xavi Hernandez.

For how long will Manchester united continue to employ the services of a new coach, is already looking like the Amorim coming is failed project already, so there is need to look out for a new coach. I want you to understand that, before Amorim can lift Manchester united from the bottom rank, they also need quality players, the issue of managing average players with high expectations should be the bone of contention, Manchester united should go for good players, and they should be ready to open their Purse,  so bringing in a new coach will not entirely solve the problem, they've changed a good number of coaches in the last few years, how far has that gone with them.

[SensitiveEyes]

Mikel's planning and tactics are good. Raheem is not injured, he sits on the bench because he is not good enough to field. Mikel took Arsenal close to winning the PL but he should recruit more players for next time. 

Arteta has good management skills and he has repeatedly failed to identify quality transfers. With both his central forwards Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz out on long term injuries, along with Raheem sterling also injured, it's clear that he lacks proper squad planning. His inability to build squad depth has left the team vulnerable in key positions. This is why Arsenal have been unable to win the Premier League in the last six years.

[Altryist]

Amorim has been United's worst coach in the history. Even Moyes has recorded better stats than him in only 5 games, while he did it on 14 games. As you can see how bad Amorim's quality is. That's why i think Manchester United has not yet comeback. Everytime they win against a small team, people called they're so back. What a fucking joke is it?  

As per Manchester United's owner, Sir Jim, he doesn't wanna sack Amoruim, but let him stay much longer. He has hinted Amorim's future on his interview.

As for Tottenham, it seems fucking Levy is reluctant to pay the compensation once he sacks Ange. That's why he keeps him much longer.  

Amorim should have understood where he was going, Manchester United was in a bad state even before he was appointed head coach, and after that he sold several more attacking players and what did he expect, that just because he became a coach, the team should win, no, that's not how it works. Apparently, Amorim is not as good a coach as expected, and most likely they will give him more time, Manchester United management has such an approach, they gave time to every coach they had, but as history has shown, it did not help any of them.

[AYOBA]

Injury has affected many teams this season and it affects big teams that usually use one player to play every game, a team like Real Madrid, Manchester City and Arsenal suffered injuries most this season and the reason is that don’t have many players to rotate so that the key players will be resting, a team like Liverpool Barcelona that has players to replace their key players will never complain about the injury, although it will affect them a little bit but have a backup player that can help is very important.

Honesty so many teams suffering in the injuries even the strong teams the issues of injuries make their performances to be poor, especially those teams you mentioned earlier but I think Real Madrid and a Arsenal their own worst then everybody. Because of not the injured that affected they know suppose still behind of the Liverpool.

Arsenal doesn't have an excuse to give because Real Madrid has injury issues than Arsenal and Real Madrid still manages to compete in every competition, instead of Arsenal signing players that they lack in every position they will be signing midfielders, let observe Arsenal after the season end we will see the kind of players they will be signing.

What are you try said do you means that Real many have issues of injuries than Arsenal? We all know that both of the teams suffered a lot in terms of facing injuries issues, stared that Real Madrid has more issues of the injury then Arsenal and they still survive in very of their competition; let remand you about Arsenal their only want signing more players to make their position to be more balance is not that there lack of players.

[KTChampions]

The Europa League this year for United is something that can turn the season around and turn it from unsuccessful to successful, since getting the title + a ticket to the Champions League while being in the bottom half of the standings is the maximum possible. Thanks to the new format and low competition, this is quite possible - United's chances are currently estimated at around 18%.

That is true, if they could somehow manage to win the Europa league title then Amorim will have a lot more time and he will be considered great. However, Mourinho won this and yet he still was fired because more than anything else, the league title matters, and how it is going at the moment matters. Look at ETH, he was a terrible manager, but he has a third place, an EFL cup and a fa cup under his belt, even though he won all of those, he is still considered a terrible manager.

Because the time he got sacked, United wasn't even in top 10. Which means, even if you win something, in this case Amorim with Europa league, if next season they are still not even in top ten, he will be fired too. He has to do better next season.

Mourinho is different, when he took over the post the memories of the Ferguson era were still fresh (in fact it was right next to it) and Mourinho was expected to return to it. It was a completely unfounded ambition, but Mourinho was sacked.
Ten Hag is a truly terrible manager, third place and third-rate cups don't change anything.
Of course Amorim should show better results next season, I think the minimum level is top 4. If it is lower at the end of the season and there are no side successes, then he will be fired.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

I think it's too early for us to say if Amorim has a worse performance than other coaches, because as we know if he coaches only half a season and the squad he has is also the legacy of Ten Hag, so we can't say if he completely failed at Manchester United, the transfer market next season in my opinion will be the proof for Amorim in building his squad absolutely, so we can see how the performance that Manchester United shows next season and that's when we can say whether Amorim is the right coach or not for Manchester United later.

But, if we compare Amorim with another coach who successfully managed the team in half a season, Amorim looks like he failed to manage MU based what on he did before. If we talk about players who can't compact on his strategy, Amorim should quickly adaption to the current squad. he was expected by many people to lift MU position from the bottom rank, but he can't do that so far so make many people are disappointed in his performance, and perhaps recruit a new coach to replace him. If he can't recruit a new player to fill up the gap position, I think he will not be long, and will be replaced soon by a coach who is targeted such as Xavi Hernandez.

For how long will Manchester united continue to employ the services of a new coach, is already looking like the Amorim coming is failed project already, so there is need to look out for a new coach. I want you to understand that, before Amorim can lift Manchester united from the bottom rank, they also need quality players, the issue of managing average players with high expectations should be the bone of contention, Manchester united should go for good players, and they should be ready to open their Purse,  so bringing in a new coach will not entirely solve the problem, they've changed a good number of coaches in the last few years, how far has that gone with them.

We see in recent times that the Manchester United club is changing the coach very quickly. In fact this team may not have a problem with the manager, actually their players can't play properly. If the current manager of Manchester United is changed and the aforementioned Xabi Hernandez is given a chance, I think Manchester United might not be as strong either. From my point of view, Hernandez was a good player but he was not good enough as a coach. Because we have seen before that he was a coach of Barcelona, but he could not perform his duties properly. So my personal opinion is that Manchester United have to purchase their quality players to strengthen.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

I don't expect Amorim to win the Europa League title. It would be a big surprise for me if he manages to do that in such a horrible season. There are tougher opponents than Real Sociedad from now on. We will see how he handles the situation now.

When it comes to my thoughts, I would actually be happy if they make it. Because things have got even much worse since Erik ten Hag left. They aren't even in the FA Cup anymore. No EFL Cup either. A terrible position in the league too. So the only hope left is the Europa League trophy to achieve something this year.    Just find a way out to win it and give your fans more hope for next season. Otherwise it will be a more difficult summer for Amorim.

Manchester United are lucky that the relegation zone is far away from the rest of the league. In some seasons the teams in the relegation zone have close points with the top teams. I want to say that Manchester United should plan for the long term. But they tried that before with Erik ten Hag. And they didn't succeed. Alex Ferguson was sporting director. And again they didn't succeed. I don't have an opinion about them anymore. Even if they make better signings, they still might not succeed. They seem to have lost their talisman. I don't know, maybe they need experienced old wolves instead of young managers like Erik ten Hag or Amorim.