⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[POPOLUV]

Chelsea are the new talk of the town following their victory against PSG in a very intriguing match that shocked the football world going into the new premier League season we are expecting Chelsea to maintain the pace I am pitching Chelsea to be very strong title contenders this new season, am thinking their going to be able to lift the premier trophy this season, because of the depth of their squad, very brilliant set of players I must say. And i know that this premier League season there is going to be allot of competitors within the clubs in the premier League and with the lastest performance of Chelsea players recently, they are going to be a though side to the top 4 four teams, teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, Man city and man united

[SmartCharpa]

Chelsea literally finished the season with more trophies than Liverpool. 

- Chelsea: Conference League and FIFA Club World Cup
- Liverpool: Only the Premier League

Actually the Premier League is more valuable than both but it just sounds interesting you know. Liverpool had a superb performance during most of the season but ended up losing their chances in all other tournaments...

But I think next season will be different. I expect Arne Slot to get better with more trophies. Do you think the same?

Of course, since Chelsea won the FIFA Club World Cup, we can argue that they had a better session than Liverpool, who just won the Premier League despite their fantastic season under Arne Slot. Chelsea has won the Conference League and the FIFA Club World Cup, as well as any other European title. Football is unpredictable, for example, Chelsea defeated PSG, who eliminated Liverpool in the Champions League, by scoring three goals without conceding any, and won the first Club World Cup.

Furthermore, I expected Liverpool to win the treble this season based on the way they performed in all competitions, but they only won the Premier League. It's still surprising how they were knocked out from the FA Cup and Carabao Cup despite being a top Premier League team. Let's see how far Chelsea can go next season, since many believe they will not play as they did against PSG in the Club World Cup.

[knowngunman]

Chelsea literally finished the season with more trophies than Liverpool. 

- Chelsea: Conference League and FIFA Club World Cup
- Liverpool: Only the Premier League

Actually the Premier League is more valuable than both but it just sounds interesting you know. Liverpool had a superb performance during most of the season but ended up losing their chances in all other tournaments...

But I think next season will be different. I expect Arne Slot to get better with more trophies. Do you think the same?

Is this comparison even necessary? 

If you want to discuss about unlucky teams, start with Liverpool. Liverpool did everything right this season but they were very unlucky at the end. They had a perfect runs from the beginning in every competition they had participated in but everything slipped down from them eventually except the Premier league title. Chelsea on the other hand is a contrary to Liverpool experience. Chelsea with their non convincing performance managed to sneak themselves into top five teams to play in the champions league next season, won the conference league and won the FIFA club world Cup when almost everyone doubted them. So yeah, at the end of the season, Chelsea has more trophies.

[Adiljutt156]

Chelsea are the new talk of the town following their victory against PSG in a very intriguing match that shocked the football world going into the new premier League season we are expecting Chelsea to maintain the pace I am pitching Chelsea to be very strong title contenders this new season, am thinking their going to be able to lift the premier trophy this season, because of the depth of their squad, very brilliant set of players I must say. And i know that this premier League season there is going to be allot of competitors within the clubs in the premier League and with the lastest performance of Chelsea players recently, they are going to be a though side to the top 4 four teams, teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, Man city and man united

No doubt , Chelsea football team shocked everybody and that team won the final and made a history and now everyone is thinking that that team will win against big teams but that is not an easy task and that team need further improvement because big teams made their name after a performance of multiple years and Chelsea football team will play next match in the August and that match will be against Bayer 04 Leverkusen football team and Bayer 04 Leverkusen team performance is very poor and Chelsea team will win this match easily but that team should not be proudy because they could face downfall if they became proudy and took bad steps.Players should focus on the performance and should not focus what people are taking about them.

[Derekfunds]

Noni Madueke's arrival wasn't to replace Saka, but rather as a backup player to ease Saka's burden and fill in for him when he's injured.

I don’t think anyone will even think Madueke will replace saka, what is Madueke playing that will make him replace saka, which player will Arsenal even be signing that will replace saka for now? I don’t think there is any player, Madueke is just a backup player, and am sure they won’t be using saka frequently again, matches which they known that it won’t really be difficult for them, am sure they will bench saka and use Madueke, or maybe when Arsenal are already winning confidently, then they will bring Madueke into the match.

The main purpose of Madueke’s signing is not to replace Saka as you say but to offer support as a backup for Saka next season. If you followed Arsenal progress last season you would have observed how they struggled when Saka incurred an injury late into the season resulting in many draws. Arteta is out to change such situations for the coming season. This is a good move in my opinion and I am excited the deal is happening!

It is really a welcome development for Arsenal if that is the case because you are right, last season when Bukayo Saka had injury Arsenal barely win match and back then it was obvious Bukayo Saka was the club master piece even though there were other players that are good. But even though  they are signing him as a replacements it would not make sense if they leave him on bench for long time because it will kill his mora I mean this factor always affect player's performance but I believe Arsenal will be hot next season.

[Oluwa-btc]

Liverpool and Newcastle are having active hours about signings recently...

Arne Slot's team is prioritizing Alexander Isak. However Newcastle doesn't have an intention to let him go for a cheap price. No doubt they would expect an offer above 100 million euros.

Newcastle is after Hugo Ekitiké at the same time. Around an 80 million euros official offer has already been made. Both are great CFs. They had a similar productivity last season.  

Liverpool do not want to miss out on either Alexander Isak and Ekitike. They have recently had internal talks with the club to state how interested they're in for these players. The position of Isak remains same as they've just said untouchable. Newcastle United will Tey to milk out money from Liverpool if they really want Isak. I'm not sure I want to see any  of that deal happening but what can I do? The sooner Darwin Nunez leaves Liverpool, the better for him.

[pawel7777]

Some transfer news from Chelsea, who returned victorious from the USA with the FIFA Club World Cup (the first one in the new format).
Apparently, they've listed 9 players as available for sale, with a total value of around £135m.
These are:
Armando Broja
Ben Chilwell
Carney Chukwuemeka
Axel Disasi
Joao Felix
Djordje Petrovic
Raheem Sterling
Lesley Ugochukwu
Renato Veiga

No real surprises here, as none of them are key players.
I wonder if they will use the money they earned from winning the FCWC into some high-profile transfer(s). They estimates say they are coming back from the USA £85 million richer.

[Ryu_Ar1]

No real surprises here, as none of them are key players.
I wonder if they will use the money they earned from winning the FCWC into some high-profile transfer(s). They estimates say they are coming back from the USA £85 million richer.

Chelsea auctioned off their players after several seasons they always brought in players with prices and amounts that were not really controlled by them, but this is still a very good thing in my opinion considering that in the current conditions of course they have to do this especially since some of the players actually seem too forced to stay so in the end they try to put these players on the sale list it looks quite reasonable.

In addition to performance, in the end Maresca has several plans and it is likely that some of these players are not included in their future plans especially by looking at the current core line-up they are quite solid especially for their 2 wing sectors that are able to contribute when building up attacks from the back line.
In addition, they also still need fresh funds so in this condition it is a wise choice if they try to auction off their players who are not too used and not included in Enzo Maresca's future plans.

[AYOBA]

There will be a lot of challenges next season for Arsenal because the new signings Arsenal will have many attackers, Arsenal will have 3 strikers, Jesus, Kai Havertz and Gyokeres and those players are all good players but with I think one of them will leave after next season and it will be Gabriel Jesus because he has not been good enough to help the team since they signed him, injury has made Arsenal lost their confidence in Jesus.

I’m expecting the Premier League to be a tough one in the next coming season, as so many teams are well prepared by signing good players, especially Arsenal. With the way they are serious about signing players, it proves that next season will be a great one for them. Because with those players, Arsenal is supposed to have a high chance in the Premier League next season. Seriously, Arsenal really misses Jesus; he is one of the best confidence players for Arsenal.

But as it stands now, Arsenal are only waiting for the season to arrive now that they are well prepared. I am confident that they will not repeat the same things that have been happening for them in several seasons after putting in a lot of effort, and at the end of the season they will end up with nothing; surely next season will be very different because there will be a lot of changes from them.

[Miles2006]

Chelsea literally finished the season with more trophies than Liverpool. 

- Chelsea: Conference League and FIFA Club World Cup
- Liverpool: Only the Premier League

Actually the Premier League is more valuable than both but it just sounds interesting you know. Liverpool had a superb performance during most of the season but ended up losing their chances in all other tournaments...

But I think next season will be different. I expect Arne Slot to get better with more trophies. Do you think the same?

From my observation the teams decide what title race is more important and then go for it, seeing Chelsea had no chance winning the premier league title it’s better they go for something else and luckily they won two different title. Not all team get to the exact point after indicating their focus so Chelsea did a good job, both titles can’t be compared but watching the big teams they faced before winning the title tells Chelsea is ready for a change. I hope to see something different this season, I’m tired of watching same team get the trophy consistently maybe not Chelsea but, other teams probably in this way the competition will be tough.

[KingsDen]

Some transfer news from Chelsea, who returned victorious from the USA with the FIFA Club World Cup (the first one in the new format).
Apparently, they've listed 9 players as available for sale, with a total value of around £135m.
These are:
Armando Broja
Ben Chilwell
Carney Chukwuemeka
Axel Disasi
Joao Felix
Djordje Petrovic
Raheem Sterling
Lesley Ugochukwu
Renato Veiga

No real surprises here, as none of them are key players.
I wonder if they will use the money they earned from winning the FCWC into some high-profile transfer(s). They estimates say they are coming back from the USA £85 million richer.

Where is Jackson on the list?
I mean Chelsea's striker, the one Chelsea fans have been using to threaten Manchester United fans on the internet?

Chelsea literally finished the season with more trophies than Liverpool. 

- Chelsea: Conference League and FIFA Club World Cup
- Liverpool: Only the Premier League

But then, both Chelsea and Liverpool, none is the king of England. I think the FA Cup winners are the real English kings.

[knowngunman]

From my observation the teams decide what title race is more important and then go for it, seeing Chelsea had no chance winning the premier league title it’s better they go for something else and luckily they won two different title. Not all team get to the exact point after indicating their focus so Chelsea did a good job, both titles can’t be compared but watching the big teams they faced before winning the title tells Chelsea is ready for a change. I hope to see something different this season, I’m tired of watching same team get the trophy consistently maybe not Chelsea but, other teams probably in this way the competition will be tough.

Did you just say big teams they face before winning it? You can say something else but this is not the right way to rate Chelsea performance. No doubt, they have shown a bit of improvement in their recent games but we all know they faced average teams in both competitions until the final stages. However, Chelsea was not at fault for playing less competitive teams because you can only play a team assigned to you by the organisers of the competition. I don't want to downgrade Chelsea but it is too early to conclude that the Chelsea we knew before is back to its former self. We can only say that when the new season begins to see what they have for us.

[SmartCharpa]

I’m expecting the Premier League to be a tough one in the next coming season, as so many teams are well prepared by signing good players, especially Arsenal. With the way they are serious about signing players, it proves that next season will be a great one for them. Because with those players, Arsenal is supposed to have a high chance in the Premier League next season. Seriously, Arsenal really misses Jesus; he is one of the best confidence players for Arsenal.

But as it stands now, Arsenal are only waiting for the season to arrive now that they are well prepared. I am confident that they will not repeat the same things that have been happening for them in several seasons after putting in a lot of effort, and at the end of the season they will end up with nothing; surely next season will be very different because there will be a lot of changes from them.

Of course, the Premier League will be very tough next season because each team is active signing players to improve their performances. Even Sunderland, which was promoted to the league last season, has signed about three players, so they should not be relegated at the end of next season. I can't tell whether Arsenal misses Gabriel Jesus because, even when he's fit to play, they don't win trophies, and the last time he won one was with Manchester City.

However, Arsenal is a team that usually disappoints their fans at the end of every season, so don't be too impressed with the players they're gathering to believe they will perform better the next season. Arsenal league performance will improve if they are able to get Gyøkeres and maybe Rodrygo from Real Madrid, as rumors say they are also interested in signing the player.

[GiftedMAN]

From my observation the teams decide what title race is more important and then go for it, seeing Chelsea had no chance winning the premier league title it’s better they go for something else and luckily they won two different title. Not all team get to the exact point after indicating their focus so Chelsea did a good job, both titles can’t be compared but watching the big teams they faced before winning the title tells Chelsea is ready for a change. I hope to see something different this season, I’m tired of watching same team get the trophy consistently maybe not Chelsea but, other teams probably in this way the competition will be tough.

Did you just say big teams they face before winning it? You can say something else but this is not the right way to rate Chelsea performance. No doubt, they have shown a bit of improvement in their recent games but we all know they faced average teams in both competitions until the final stages. However, Chelsea was not at fault for playing less competitive teams because you can only play a team assigned to you by the organisers of the competition. I don't want to downgrade Chelsea but it is too early to conclude that the Chelsea we knew before is back to its former self. We can only say that when the new season begins to see what they have for us.

Let's be honest Chelsea didn't face any big team along their way to the finals the only big team they faced is PSG and they dealt with them perfectly even though I'm not a Chelsea fan, I won't fail to acknowledge their good effort in that finals they cleared my doubt and merited the trophy anyone who thinks otherwise must be a joker.

[Volgastallion]

That's true Chelsea didn't playa against any big team along the way to the final and PsG was the first really big team and they a super game and became champions.

Aside of that I feel like this tournament can't be taken into account to know if the team is gonna be a contender for the Premier league, I feel like a lot of teams didn't play at full effort, Real Madrid was an example of that.

[Distraction]

Manchester United has made progress on Bryan Mbeumo deal. However they'll need to pay around £70m for him... It's a quite high sum. Do you think he's really worth that much?

He had a great season at Brentford. 20 goals and 8 assists in the PL.    Truthfully Manchester United really needs productive players like him. Last season went terrible for them in terms of scoring enough.

The source of the transfer: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1945834536471826578

[Just Say]

Let's be honest Chelsea didn't face any big team along their way to the finals the only big team they faced is PSG and they dealt with them perfectly even though I'm not a Chelsea fan, I won't fail to acknowledge their good effort in that finals they cleared my doubt and merited the trophy anyone who thinks otherwise must be a joker.

Winning against smaller teams in the Club World Cup tournament has helped keep the English representatives' attitude positive as a result they were not under any nervous pressure in the first match they faced against their big team. Chelsea were never really expected to win the trophy in this tournament but they still played In a fluent manner against the first big team they faced. It is true that Chelsea Football Club has removed all doubts and they have qualified for the trophy, still it can be said that the English club completely silenced Paris Saint-Germain in the final match of this tournament, even they were more energized in this match.

[KingsDen]

Manchester United has made progress on Bryan Mbeumo deal. However they'll need to pay around £70m for him... It's a quite high sum. Do you think he's really worth that much?

He had a great season at Brentford. 20 goals and 8 assists in the PL.    Truthfully Manchester United really needs productive players like him. Last season went terrible for them in terms of scoring enough.

The source of the transfer: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1945834536471826578

How could Manchester United be negotiating for Mbeumo for over 50 days now and the deal is not completed yet and they are talking about Jackson. What is wrong with Manchester United and who told them that it's only English teams that will produce a good striker for them. Manchester United scout should look beyond England and buy a young and hungry striker.

That's true Chelsea didn't playa against any big team along the way to the final and PsG was the first really big team and they a super game and became champions.

Aside of that I feel like this tournament can't be taken into account to know if the team is gonna be a contender for the Premier league, I feel like a lot of teams didn't play at full effort, Real Madrid was an example of that.

If Chelsea had had difficulty fixtures all along, they wouldn't have made it to the finals. There's no how they would have done it. Playing finals is quite different and finals have its own spirit and motivation. Anyways, they are now world champions

[ILuckyGuyI]

I think Liverpool is doing a really good move now. Isak or Ekitike, both are really talented strikers. Ekitike contributes with many assists also. 

But honestly I'd like to see Isak more. He has already been playing in this league and proven his quality. I don't know if Ekitike will be able to adapt quickly.

How could Manchester United be negotiating for Mbeumo for over 50 days now and the deal is not completed yet and they are talking about Jackson. What is wrong with Manchester United and who told them that it's only English teams that will produce a good striker for them. Manchester United scout should look beyond England and buy a young and hungry striker.

What? Is Manchester United really thinking of adding Jackson to the squad? They must be out of their mind.    He is a total failure. He has nothing to add to them and I'd love to see him leaving Chelsea ASAP also.

[Pandu Geddon]

Winning against smaller teams in the Club World Cup tournament has helped keep the English representatives' attitude positive as a result they were not under any nervous pressure in the first match they faced against their big team. Chelsea were never really expected to win the trophy in this tournament but they still played In a fluent manner against the first big team they faced. It is true that Chelsea Football Club has removed all doubts and they have qualified for the trophy, still it can be said that the English club completely silenced Paris Saint-Germain in the final match of this tournament, even they were more energized in this match.

However, it is a final match, of course, every Chelsea player will have great motivation to win. Moreover, their opponent is a strong team, of course, there will be a desire to show the true strength of Chelsea, although I'm sure they don't do it easily.
I can't wait to see how Chelsea will perform in the Premier League this season. I'm sure the expectations of fans and observers will also increase towards the team.