⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Agbe]

So what can Chelsea do after winning the UEFA Conference League?, Will they keep playing on Champions League, or play on the Europa League?
As we know, After got thropy the UEFA Conference League, Chelsea automatically gets a place in the Europa League next season, Chelsea also stand on 4th place premier league where they will get ticket on champions league. this situation makes them think, What the best for team, because when they fight on champions league, they are faced with great teams which is certainly difficult to get the trhopy, but when they fight on the Europa League, they still get hope to get throphy, because the opponent is not so tough compared to champions league team.

This is an interesting one and I am witnessing such a scenario for the first time and I am wondering how would the UEFA address this issue, will the UEFA have to pick which tournament Chelsea will play or will Chelsea pick for themselves and if Chelsea pick one what then happens to the space they have left?

I think that real betis should replace Chelsea in the  Europa League since Chelsea has already qualified for the champions League via the league spot because Betis is the losing team I don't see any that is too big about this the champions League is a much bigger competition than the Europa League so Chelsea should play in the champions League while betis should take the place of Chelsea in the Europa League place which comes by winning the conference league

[SatoPrincess]

It seems like it's all getting heated up for Arteta in Arsenal as Henry Thierry has back lashed on the Arsenal manager. According to him,his furious that Arsenal who claims to building the squad hasn't landed a final in 3 years yet. While Manchester United that people are laughing at has been to at least two finals in these same three years. Seriously, it's been a disappointing season for Arsenal, I for one thought this was going to be Arsenal's season but it turned out to be the same old story again.

It's totally understandable that the fans are getting frustrated and furious with the trophy drought of the club because it's been a long time since they celebrated a major title and the fans are hungry to get that feeling again. This coming season will be a crucial one for Arteta's career and only winning a major trophy will save his job at the end of the new season.

[TastyChillySauce00]

I'm quite happy with Chelsea's not finishing the season trophyless.    First the Champions League qualification and now a Conference League trophy...

This is a good step forward to bring the old days back. However there is still a long way to go of course. I'm aware of that. Still nice to see Enzo Maresca not messing up at the end.

Because I had worries when Boehly decided to replace Pochettino with him while the club were already on the rise. Thankfully this didn't bring about bad results.

Maresca proves to the world how he's an improvement from Pochettino. Many doubted him when he came, but i surely that opinion already changed. I meant that the win of conference league combined with UCL spot enough to change people opinion about him.
Very happy with what he has achieved in Chelsea. However, the pressure will be going even bigger next season as his team play in UCL.

I hope he will be ready for that. Happy to see him stay despite so many rumors about him potentially being replaced.

[Jaycoinz]

It seems like it's all getting heated up for Arteta in Arsenal as Henry Thierry has back lashed on the Arsenal manager. According to him,his furious that Arsenal who claims to building the squad hasn't landed a final in 3 years yet. While Manchester United that people are laughing at has been to at least two finals in these same three years. Seriously, it's been a disappointing season for Arsenal, I for one thought this was going to be Arsenal's season but it turned out to be the same old story again.

It's totally understandable that the fans are getting frustrated and furious with the trophy drought of the club because it's been a long time since they celebrated a major title and the fans are hungry to get that feeling again. This coming season will be a crucial one for Arteta's career and only winning a major trophy will save his job at the end of the new season.

It's just sad anyway because arsenal I have come to know is a very good team when it comes to performance and they have been playing exceedingly well but just sad that the team is trophy shy and we know how football fans can get when they are agitated and this is what's going with the club now as others have come to mock and make memes of them not winning any major title and even a good finish in the league can't save you from that.

[Shadiq]

It seems like it's all getting heated up for Arteta in Arsenal as Henry Thierry has back lashed on the Arsenal manager. According to him,his furious that Arsenal who claims to building the squad hasn't landed a final in 3 years yet. While Manchester United that people are laughing at has been to at least two finals in these same three years. Seriously, it's been a disappointing season for Arsenal, I for one thought this was going to be Arsenal's season but it turned out to be the same old story again.

It's totally understandable that the fans are getting frustrated and furious with the trophy drought of the club because it's been a long time since they celebrated a major title and the fans are hungry to get that feeling again. This coming season will be a crucial one for Arteta's career and only winning a major trophy will save his job at the end of the new season.

It's just sad anyway because arsenal I have come to know is a very good team when it comes to performance and they have been playing exceedingly well but just sad that the team is trophy shy and we know how football fans can get when they are agitated and this is what's going with the club now as others have come to mock and make memes of them not winning any major title and even a good finish in the league can't save you from that.

Good performances without trophies are not of much use. When you are playing well season after season but you are not able to win any title, then what do you do with that performance? I fully support the excitement of football fans, because outside the field they have to be trolled just because they are not winning a title. You are right that even after having some great matches in the season, you are trolled just because you are not winning a title. Everyone loves to read success stories, if you ask them to read failure stories, you will not wait a moment to throw the book away, thinking it is a waste of time. So if you go to the shore and sink the boat, the fans will never applaud you.

[ITExpert]

We won't know which Premier League teams will truly be successful next season until we see real changes in these 6 teams, with new players being brought in to add depth to their squads. And from what I've seen, the most aggressive in bringing in new players ahead of next season is Liverpool, who are currently trying to recruit Florian Wirtz and Jeremy Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen among the Reds' new players, and both are close to agreeing deals. And what's even crazier is that Florian Wirtz's transfer fee could break the Premier League transfer record, making him the most expensive player in the Premier League.

Man City may not make too many signings considering that the team has already spent quite a lot of money in the middle of the season by bringing in Omar Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt and others. If it's just a rumor, at this time they are eyeing the Dutch midfielder who currently plays for AC Milan, namely Tijjani Reijnders. Yes, he might be a suitable replacement to fill Man City's midfield which was left by KDB at the end of this season.

England sending six teams in the next season means that one out of six teams will be successful, but nothing can be said about it yet because there can be many new additions. The players will be very capable, some will be aggressive, and the preparation of some will be good and some will be bad. Nothing can be said about it yet. Until we see all of them and improve everything, only then can we establish what is there. But what is certain is that the routine of the liverPool is that it has been a team and they have been a good team, of course, because if you look at their performance then the first thing is that it is very competitive because for any match or league, your consistency is very important and I think the liverool team has this quality very well. Infact i would say that all time amzing club.

[SmartCharpa]

No doubt Aston Villa really played a wonderful performance this season; Marcus Rashford was of great help for them in the front line, and if they are able to retain his loan deal, then I will say their performance next season, both in the Premier League and the Europa League, will definitely improve because for them to qualify for the Europa League means they still have a chance of winning the championship of the Europa League, which will be an achievement for them. If they can buy Rashford fully, then I think it will be a different situation for them, as they will know their front line is Alfred secured.

Rashford was not the only player that performed well for Aston Villa, but he contributed to their success, however, he was unable to continue the season due to an injury suffered in the second leg of the Champions League match against PSG. However, I do not believe Aston Villa will keep most of the players they utilized for the next season, otherwise, keeping the players and competing for the Premier League will be a good achievement. We are waiting for another club to win the Premier League next season to break the record because we are tired of seeing the big four win it every season.

However, Rashford will be happy to stay at Aston Villa for next season because he has a more rested mind at the club than he was at Manchester United. Manchester United fans always want to see more from him, and they cannot expect him to be the same Rashford he was 5 years ago, not all players performances can be consistent throughout their careers. But I've heard rumors that Aston Villa will not keep him since they only want to extend his loan if they make it to the Champions League.

[Ruttoshi]

It seems like it's all getting heated up for Arteta in Arsenal as Henry Thierry has back lashed on the Arsenal manager. According to him,his furious that Arsenal who claims to building the squad hasn't landed a final in 3 years yet. While Manchester United that people are laughing at has been to at least two finals in these same three years. Seriously, it's been a disappointing season for Arsenal, I for one thought this was going to be Arsenal's season but it turned out to be the same old story again.

It's totally understandable that the fans are getting frustrated and furious with the trophy drought of the club because it's been a long time since they celebrated a major title and the fans are hungry to get that feeling again. This coming season will be a crucial one for Arteta's career and only winning a major trophy will save his job at the end of the new season.

It's just sad anyway because arsenal I have come to know is a very good team when it comes to performance and they have been playing exceedingly well but just sad that the team is trophy shy and we know how football fans can get when they are agitated and this is what's going with the club now as others have come to mock and make memes of them not winning any major title and even a good finish in the league can't save you from that.

Good performances without trophies are not of much use. When you are playing well season after season but you are not able to win any title, then what do you do with that performance? I fully support the excitement of football fans, because outside the field they have to be trolled just because they are not winning a title. You are right that even after having some great matches in the season, you are trolled just because you are not winning a title. Everyone loves to read success stories, if you ask them to read failure stories, you will not wait a moment to throw the book away, thinking it is a waste of time. So if you go to the shore and sink the boat, the fans will never applaud you.

Personally, I feel that Arsenal performance is stagnant and the management isn't seeing that. They performed poorly this season compared to previous seasons because they struggled to finish on the second position this season. The only thing that I applaud Arsenal for is that, they were able to reach the semifinals in UCL after a very long time.

Arsenal needs to buy a good finisher to always help them score goals. Not winning any trophy from season to season doesn't show that they are growing in performance. Some weak clubs are winning trophies.

[Baki202]

Everyone knows thats Aston villa played well this season, they had the opportunity to quantify for the champions league, but they were not lucky, things didn’t really end well for them. Rashford is the only player that surprised me in Aston villa, honestly I never expected such a good performance from him, Rashford is a player which most Manchester United fans wanted him to just because of his poor performance in Manchester United, but he got to Aston villa and his performance changed, seriously Rashford has really playing well in Aston villa.

Aston Villa needs to fix a lot of things because they will find it very hard to qualify for the Champions League, and they are such an excellent club. They start well, and at the end of the day, they are struggling because even last season, they did perfectly well as they stopped Arsenal from winning the Premier League. This is something that Arsenal fans can not forget, so they need to do everything possible. And I am surprised that Manchester was able to win against Aston Villa, and I think even the red card contributed to their loss, but at least they won.

Aston villa should be able to work on position’s which they know that their performance is not so good, Aston villa performance should be better by next season. Aston villa should be able to perform well in the Europa league also if they play well, then they should be able to win the Europa league.

Sometimes positioning those who do not work in football is very complicated, and they are struggling, and don't be surprised that what they need is just some moral and a lot of encouragement and some new players because that is the only way you can build a better club, and even if they should perform well in the europa they will find it very difficult to win it at ease.

[Issa56]

Personally, I feel that Arsenal performance is stagnant and the management isn't seeing that. They performed poorly this season compared to previous seasons because they struggled to finish on the second position this season. The only thing that I applaud Arsenal for is that, they were able to reach the semifinals in UCL after a very long time.

Arsenal have been making the same mistake for the past few seasons, Arsenal performance is always good at the beginning of the season till middle of the season, but immediately the season is coming to an end, then you will see that their performance is always dropping, and they will start losing matches that they are not suppose to lose, and they going to be losing points. Also Arsenal are not having enough replacement for their players, whenever one of their player is injured, then they are always finding it difficult to get a proper replacement for the player. I noticed that Arsenal performance dropped when Saka went on injury, they were finding it difficult to score goals in matches which they played during that period.

[GiftedMAN]

So what can Chelsea do after winning the UEFA Conference League?, Will they keep playing on Champions League, or play on the Europa League?
As we know, After got thropy the UEFA Conference League, Chelsea automatically gets a place in the Europa League next season, Chelsea also stand on 4th place premier league where they will get ticket on champions league. this situation makes them think, What the best for team, because when they fight on champions league, they are faced with great teams which is certainly difficult to get the trhopy, but when they fight on the Europa League, they still get hope to get throphy, because the opponent is not so tough compared to champions league team.

This is an interesting one and I am witnessing such a scenario for the first time and I am wondering how would the UEFA address this issue, will the UEFA have to pick which tournament Chelsea will play or will Chelsea pick for themselves and if Chelsea pick one what then happens to the space they have left?

This is an interesting season indeed and the scenario happened during the most competitive season for EpL teams that was struggling to make it to the top4. Chelsea has qualified already for the champions League I think there will be no need for them to pick where they want to play I think UEFA should consider the other English teams that finished 5th and 6th to replace Chelsea's position in the Europa or they increase the number of the English teams to participate in the champions League and Europa League next season.

[Antotena]

I'm quite happy with Chelsea's not finishing the season trophyless.    First the Champions League qualification and now a Conference League trophy...

This is a good step forward to bring the old days back. However there is still a long way to go of course. I'm aware of that. Still nice to see Enzo Maresca not messing up at the end.

Because I had worries when Boehly decided to replace Pochettino with him while the club were already on the rise. Thankfully this didn't bring about bad results.

All this doesn't really matter in my opinion. I don't want to eat my words and come back for it else I would have make a remark that this qualification means nothing to Chelsea, they will just go there and represent and come back like Arsenal did. Almost all the teams in the quarter final stage are going back to Champions league next season, it's going to be an endless battle, how do they even balance it in the Premier League, in the Champions League and Europa, mortal kombat I guess

Next season is going to be like a war for Chelsea which is why Maresca is going to act like he doesn't have good players, he should try and recruit as much players so it doesn't come a time where the players will be tire to be active and to avoid many of them going to injuries. Whenever there are huge number of matches lineup for players, that's what they get most of the time, injuries upon injuries without any viable result, it's going to be frustrating through out.

[Adbitco]

Whenever I see the phrase "next season", it reminds me of Arsenal because they are the team that always use next season as consolation for their failure to achieve anything amidst high expectations from their supporters. You are right about Aston Villa putting up outstanding performance this season, even in the champions league. Unfortunately, they started declining towards the end of the season and failed to secure a champions league ticket for the next season. They can still be a big treat next season if they can add one or two attackers to the team.

Lol, it's really funny but it's the truth. That's what the board has reduced the team into "a joke of a club" as I often refer to the team at times. The board has also sold this delusional pattern to the fans and they came up with the phrase "next season" and of course it was turned into a seasonal movie where it doesn't end. A team that went from winning ways to being comfortable without trophies (not the FA cup though) for a long time and see nothing wrong with that. Their fans is also part of the problem, once the team had few good performances streak, the next thing we will be hearing is, "we are back"

[pawel7777]

Premier League club wins Europa League
Premier League club wins Conference League
It's a bit of a shame we're not going to have a treble, and the Champions League cup will go to either the French or the Italians. Maybe next season will be luckier for English teams. Statistically it's quite possible as Premier League clubs will have the greatest representation (6 clubs).

Anyhow, if I'm not mistaken, yesterday's Chelsea's Conference League cup win means there will be an extra Europa League spot, which should go to the next club in the table, being Nottm Forest. It's great news for Forst and their fans, who must've felt a bit down about finishing 7th after a not-so-great finish to a really impressive season.

This means we will have a total of 9 English clubs in the European cups.

[red4slash]

This is an interesting season indeed and the scenario happened during the most competitive season for EpL teams that was struggling to make it to the top4. Chelsea has qualified already for the champions League I think there will be no need for them to pick where they want to play I think UEFA should consider the other English teams that finished 5th and 6th to replace Chelsea's position in the Europa or they increase the number of the English teams to participate in the champions League and Europa League next season.

This season, tactically, EPL clubs are quite stealing the spotlight even though in the Champions League they completely failed because the last club, Arsenal, failed in the semi-finals, making them not feel the atmosphere of the final unlike what happened in the Europa League and Conference League but indeed on the other hand for now I think the EPL is still quite good because after all the achievements they get especially the Europa League finalists are both representatives of the EPL it is something good.

On the other hand, what I noticed this time is that London clubs really dominate for trophies where on every side except for north London (Arsenal) get trophies this season.
Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur managed to get the trophy this season but it is a bit of bad luck it seems for Arsenal especially since they are now still happy to be number 2 in the standings.

[AYOBA]

Arsenal have been making the same mistake for the past few seasons, Arsenal performance is always good at the beginning of the season till middle of the season, but immediately the season is coming to an end, then you will see that their performance is always dropping, and they will start losing matches that they are not suppose to lose, and they going to be losing points. Also Arsenal are not having enough replacement for their players, whenever one of their player is injured, then they are always finding it difficult to get a proper replacement for the player. I noticed that Arsenal performance dropped when Saka went on injury, they were finding it difficult to score goals in matches which they played during that period.

Those are just the facts about Arsenal. I wondered why they keep repeating the same thing every season. This season, a lot of people had hopes for them due to the way they began the season with a wonderful start, but at the end of the season, they still lost ground by making their regular mistakes. Honestly, once Arsenal's best players are injured, all their games during that time will never go well, and Saka, whom you mentioned earlier, his position will always be wide open, like there's no player to replace him. Seriously, Mikel Arteta has to find a solution for that problem, because Arsenal will be doing well in the beginning and middle of the season, but at the end of the day, they will be dropping points after they begin to lose their matches. I think that’s not proper for the team.

[SatoPrincess]

I'm quite excited about Liverpool next season. Arne Slot is already taking steps for transfers. First Frimpong and now Wirtz deal is also closing in on done.    With a more solid squad I think they won't make do with only a single trophy.

Manchester City looks like they won't be dominant in the PL anymore. They can change roles with Liverpool from now on. This could even end in Guardiola's leaving his team sooner than we think maybe but still early to make sure of it.

Liverpool have been taking bold steps and I must say that I admire the choices they have been making with transfers lately. There is no doubt Florian Wirtz will be a good signing for Liverpool, after winning the league trophy I expected they will relax and make one more signing but they have been making shocking moves. I'm sure they will have a shot at the title again next season.

[kawetsriyanto]

Arsenal have been making the same mistake for the past few seasons, Arsenal performance is always good at the beginning of the season till middle of the season, but immediately the season is coming to an end, then you will see that their performance is always dropping, and they will start losing matches that they are not suppose to lose, and they going to be losing points.

You're right. Arsenal repeats the same mistakes, they often begins bad performance when it is in the middle season. They started to lose points in the second half of the season, so they ends up the season without a trophy. It is a bit difficult to understand the root of Arsenal problem. It can be of the lack of sufficient number of quality players, or it is about the instability of the players' mentality. I'm not sure if it is also caused by the monotonous of the strategy/tactic was applied by Arteta.

Also Arsenal are not having enough replacement for their players, whenever one of their player is injured, then they are always finding it difficult to get a proper replacement for the player. I noticed that Arsenal performance dropped when Saka went on injury, they were finding it difficult to score goals in matches which they played during that period.

Arsenal and Arteta are just unlucky. They actually have prepared enough players, unfortunately there was too many injured players in the attacking line. All the strikers were injured, some wingers also followed the same problem as well (including Saka). So, the problem isn't only about losing Saka in the lineup, but there was too many injured attackers. For the next season, Arteta should add more attackers, I've heard that Arsenal have planned to sign some attackers. One of them is signing Viktor Gyökeres as a new mainstay player in the striker position. Another rumor that Arsenal is interested in Alejandro Garnacho, I hope this player also joins Arsenal.

Related news:
1. Arsenal offered €70m for Viktor Gyokeres
2. Arsenal started negotiation with Garnacho’s agent

[Chikito]

So what's your suggestion? Chelsea should forfeit their champions league spot and go for Europa?

Europa EUFA League is the best for them.

That would be the most stupid decision from them if they ever do that. Chelsea has won champions league two times before and shouldn't be scared to participate in the champions league at this stage because that's where big teams are supposed to be playing. If they should be afraid to meet with tough teams, they are gradually losing their big team status and even playing in the Europa league will eventually become harder for them.

because many people currently doubt their abilities, Chelsea today are not the same as several years ago. They have problem with squad and management. they are unstable, and need some development which I think need too much time to happen it fast.

So what can Chelsea do after winning the UEFA Conference League?, Will they keep playing on Champions League, or play on the Europa League?
As we know, After got thropy the UEFA Conference League, Chelsea automatically gets a place in the Europa League next season, Chelsea also stand on 4th place premier league where they will get ticket on champions league. this situation makes them think, What the best for team, because when they fight on champions league, they are faced with great teams which is certainly difficult to get the trhopy, but when they fight on the Europa League, they still get hope to get throphy, because the opponent is not so tough compared to champions league team.

This is an interesting one and I am witnessing such a scenario for the first time and I am wondering how would the UEFA address this issue, will the UEFA have to pick which tournament Chelsea will play or will Chelsea pick for themselves and if Chelsea pick one what then happens to the space they have left?

Chelsea should have chosen for themselves what is best for the team. When we consider how difficult they are in Premier League, and how hard they qualify in the next round champions league,  I think Chelsea must realistic on next session to do not grandiose to get Champions League throphy exception if they rebuild the team, and spend alot of money to buy potential player to cover existing players.

This is an interesting season indeed and the scenario happened during the most competitive season for EpL teams that was struggling to make it to the top4. Chelsea has qualified already for the champions League I think there will be no need for them to pick where they want to play I think UEFA should consider the other English teams that finished 5th and 6th to replace Chelsea's position in the Europa or they increase the number of the English teams to participate in the champions League and Europa League next season.

UEFA added a 1 slot club Premier League for Champions League. Maybe better they added 1 more slot for UEFA league to consider it.

[Hanadawa]

Personally, I feel that Arsenal performance is stagnant and the management isn't seeing that. They performed poorly this season compared to previous seasons because they struggled to finish on the second position this season. The only thing that I applaud Arsenal for is that, they were able to reach the semifinals in UCL after a very long time.

Arsenal have been making the same mistake for the past few seasons, Arsenal performance is always good at the beginning of the season till middle of the season, but immediately the season is coming to an end, then you will see that their performance is always dropping, and they will start losing matches that they are not suppose to lose, and they going to be losing points. Also Arsenal are not having enough replacement for their players, whenever one of their player is injured, then they are always finding it difficult to get a proper replacement for the player. I noticed that Arsenal performance dropped when Saka went on injury, they were finding it difficult to score goals in matches which they played during that period.

Arsenal don’t have great squad depth. This is in contrast to some teams like Liverpool and City where their bench players can play at almost the same level as their first team players. As you said Arsenal’s first team is very good and that shows in their performances at the start of the season which are very good. However, in the middle of the season when several players are injured they don’t have other players who can play at the same level. This is a problem that underdogs like Girona in La Liga or Nottingham Forest have had this season. But for a top team like Arsenal this is a problem they should be able to solve. Being runners up for three seasons in a row is very painful for the fans.