⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Jewan420]

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.

After the great victory against PSG, my expectations for Chelsea in the upcoming season have increased more than before. The Premier League may not be the unpredictable stage like the FIFA Club World Cup, but I am eagerly waiting to see their progress. No team's performance alone is enough to judge how much Chelsea has improved.

I may be the only person who, after watching the final match against PSG, has dreamed of winning the Premier League with Chelsea. Although it is too early now, I will be very happy if it comes true. Although the chances of it are very small.

[Zaguru12]

After the great victory against PSG, my expectations for Chelsea in the upcoming season have increased more than before. The Premier League may not be the unpredictable stage like the FIFA Club World Cup, but I am eagerly waiting to see their progress. No team's performance alone is enough to judge how much Chelsea has improved.

I may be the only person who, after watching the final match against PSG, has dreamed of winning the Premier League with Chelsea. Although it is too early now, I will be very happy if it comes true. Although the chances of it are very small.

This new belief in Chelsea isn’t only you but most people even the fans of other clubs, and truthfully looking at the current Chelsea squad and the rest of the premier league clubs Chelsea definitely has the potential to go for it. If we look at last season even with a poorer squad Chelsea actually were chasing for the league title and only fell off along the way. I could remember them coming back from a 2-0 down against Tottenham and they were just 2 points behind Liverpool then but they fell off when Cole Palmer went on goal drought this was because he was there only reliable goal scorer then and none of his teammates stepped up then.

But looking at this current Chelsea squad you could see a more complete squad than last season, the defense looks more solid not with James back in it and the introduction of Tosin who to me has been excellent in that position plus the impressive performance of Cucurrella. The midfield is also very good with Caicedo now easily one of the best defensive midfielders in the league right now. There combination with Enzo and Palmer is superb.

Then the arrival of Joao Pedro is simply looking to be a moral booster for Chelsea attack as they lack an out to out striker like him before and also Pedro Neto simply settling in well at the club

[Velvet78]

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

I don't know. It sounds interesting to call Crystal Palace as the king of England.    The FA Cup is like the second most prestigious tournament after the Premier League in England.


Mbeumo is a good target for the Red Devils. They should go after him. However his cost is really huge though.    But they need to take these risks. The squad needs to be revolutionized.

I hope Amorim does a good work with it. But his job won't be easy there at all considering how hard it has been to carry this team to top. Alex Ferguson was like the last name with whom they had a great time period.

[Merit.s]

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.

Chelsea was lucky enough to scale through to the finals and they made the club proud by defeating the best team in Europe at that moment. I believe that Enzo Maresca used this victory to send a message across to other clubs that next season wouldn't be a joke for the blues. It's good to appreciate a club when they perform brilliantly.

[JeffBrad12]

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

I do think Mbeumo worth that much. £70m is worthy price for him.

- He got speed, and good physicality
- 4th place of EPL top scorer last season
- PL proven

Those reasons above are even enough in explaining why Mbeumo really worth with his price. I'd rather waste £70m on him rather than £72m for a flop striker like Hojlund.

[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.

Chelsea was lucky enough to scale through to the finals and they made the club proud by defeating the best team in Europe at that moment. I believe that Enzo Maresca used this victory to send a message across to other clubs that next season wouldn't be a joke for the blues. It's good to appreciate a club when they perform brilliantly.

Chelsea was not just lucky they deserved what they achieved since they started very well from the day 1 of the club world cup competition, getting to the finals they proved himself and right and proved everyone who never believed that they could lift the trophy wrong. Enzo Maresca has proven himself in the competition and for next season every team needs to be ready because the league is going to be more competitive.

[Stable090]

Chelsea was lucky enough to scale through to the finals and they made the club proud by defeating the best team in Europe at that moment. I believe that Enzo Maresca used this victory to send a message across to other clubs that next season wouldn't be a joke for the blues. It's good to appreciate a club when they perform brilliantly.

Why will you say Chelsea were lucky in the final? I won’t call that a luck, Chelsea scored 3 goals in the final, and PSG couldn’t even get a goal in the final, how are we even going to call that a luck? Chelsea played well in the final, they played better than even PSG in the final, and they were able to get a win in the final.

Everyone underestimated Chelsea in the match, they expected Chelsea to be humiliated in the match, just as PSG have been winning other clubs, but Chelsea was just completely different, Chelsea didn’t give them much chances in the match, and they utilized the few chances which they had in the match. With the way Chelsea played in the match, they really deserved the win, and they didn’t win by luck.

[ITExpert]

If Arsenal sign Rodrygo and Gyokeres Arsenal is going to be a tough opponent to play against, Arsenal are currently working on Gyokeres deal before signing Rodrygo as Real Madrid is still in the Club World Cup, according to the news Xabi Alonso and Real Madrid have given green light of letting Rodrygo leave but Xabi Alonso always said Rodrygo is very important in his squad and he is doing everything to make the player have a good season but due to lack of minutes Rodrygo need to leave Real Madrid because he is a star player and as a Real Madrid fan I prefer Rodrygo over Vinicius because since the Balloon Dior issue Vinicius has not been good enough to help the team.

Having Rodrygo, Gyokeres and Saka as attackers is going to be a huge improvement for Arsenal because Trossard and Martinelli are not good enough to help Arsenal on the left wing, and Arsenal are giving Rodrygo full assurance that he will be in the first eleven, which is what Rodrygo wants. From my observation, I think Rodrygo and Gyokeres to Arsenal is just a matter of time because everything is going well.

I think the best time to come for Arsenal or the time gives an opportunity to Arsenal to make them even more strong. Because this is the perfect time Arsenal can sign Rodrygo for the betterment of their team. Although the Arsenal team is now interested and they are trying to sign Gyokeres. If this signing happened it's a good step by the management. After this they must think to have Rodrygo in their team. Real Madrid has the leaving signs for Rodrygo. The addition of both Rodrygo and Gyokeres to the Arsenal is just more than enough to make Arsenal even stronger. The Attackers like them definitely gives the team a strength Which ultimately helps them to be a great opponent for anyone. Because strong names in the team are the first image which an opponent makes about before any competition.

[Amphenomenon]

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.

While Chelsea these teams in the cwc let's not forget these set of clubs defeated top teams in the same competition before being eliminated by Chelsea. Our final also showed something great when we defeated PSG with three goals to nil.

While I can say we have improved, I don't know if we can be consistent and this is were the biggest fight is. If we can be consistent then we can be among the EPL title race and other competitions.

[KingsDen]

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.

Are you not aware of the buzz all over the social media? I think it's kind rediclous.

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

I don't know. It sounds interesting to call Crystal Palace as the king of the England.    The FA Cup is like the second most prestigious tournament after the Premier League in England.

Lol, it's funny though.
But while only a few top clubs play EPL, all divisions play FA cup... Could be the reason.

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

I do think Mbeumo worth that much. £70m is worthy price for him.

- He got speed, and good physicality
- 4th place of EPL top scorer last season
- PL proven

Those reasons above are even enough in explaining why Mbeumo really worth with his price. I'd rather waste £70m on him rather than £72m for a flop striker like Hojlund.

Have you heard of anything called one season wonders?
Maybe you will witness it this time around

[tygeade]

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.

When you win against a team like PSG who managed to beat everyone, that feels like you are already good enough to be proud of what you already achieved. There is nothing wrong with them beating smaller clubs all the way to the finals, yes they didn't face any big teams, but then they met with the biggest team, the team that won everything and they still managed to get a win easily, and as long as they are capable of doing that, then we can safely say that Chelsea is a fine team.

Am I considering them for a title this season? Of course not, but they are not really that far off, I can see them do fine, and with few injuries and some mistakes etc, they could suddenly find themselves higher up, close, or even maybe win, all depending on what happens to other teams.

[Egii Nna]

Am I considering them for a title this season? Of course not, but they are not really that far off, I can see them do fine, and with few injuries and some mistakes etc, they could suddenly find themselves higher up, close, or even maybe win, all depending on what happens to other teams.

Chelsea are surprising most of the time. When fans are not expecting them to achieve anything, they end up becoming champions. But the moment you start having hope that they will do something good, that’s when you begin to see very poor performances from Chelsea.

It’s not that I’m not happy for Chelsea, but I’m concerned about whether they will be able to maintain this good and improved performance into the upcoming season. We all know that after seeing their recent form, many fans will begin to have strong hope in Chelsea being one of the strongest teams in the next season.

However, if things go the wrong way and their performance drops again, it will lead to a lot of disappointment among the fans. I hope that won’t be their portion this coming season.

[Cookdata]

Chelsea was not just lucky they deserved what they achieved since they started very well from the day 1 of the club world cup competition, getting to the finals they proved himself and right and proved everyone who never believed that they could lift the trophy wrong. Enzo Maresca has proven himself in the competition and for next season every team needs to be ready because the league is going to be more competitive.

The only time I can confidently say Chelsea are not so lucky is when they face PSG, they killed that game and spin football around, including me I lost money I bet on them because I had the believe they were going to loss but things went south. However, if this guys face some other club from quarter final, semi final and knockout stage, they will be out before the final but the teams they faced were not up to their standards but they didn't decide that, it was decided by vote from the beginning.

All this looks good and everyone is hailing them now until they make some little mistake or if the season resume fully and they refused to meet up with everyone expectations, that's when you will know that there is no permanent friends and club in football, they will forget all the good part they have done so far and focus energy on the bad side until they see they change their ways and performance, that's how people behaves with teams when they are doing well or change to bad performance.

[free-bit.co.in]

Chelsea was not just lucky they deserved what they achieved since they started very well from the day 1 of the club world cup competition, getting to the finals they proved himself and right and proved everyone who never believed that they could lift the trophy wrong. Enzo Maresca has proven himself in the competition and for next season every team needs to be ready because the league is going to be more competitive.

The only time I can confidently say Chelsea are not so lucky is when they face PSG, they killed that game and spin football around, including me I lost money I bet on them because I had the believe they were going to loss but things went south. However, if this guys face some other club from quarter final, semi final and knockout stage, they will be out before the final but the teams they faced were not up to their standards but they didn't decide that, it was decided by vote from the beginning.
All this looks good and everyone is hailing them now until they make some little mistake or if the season resume fully and they refused to meet up with everyone expectations, that's when you will know that there is no permanent friends and club in football, they will forget all the good part they have done so far and focus energy on the bad side until they see they change their ways and performance, that's how people behaves with teams when they are doing well or change to bad performance.

I could not say it is a fluke that Chelsea won over PSG with a 3-0 margin. How people could insult Enzo Maresca when he showed great skill and tactical brilliance through sharp transitions. I've seen an outstanding performance by Cole Palmer 1 assist, 2 goals,  a midfield conductor role. PSG may have looked like underdogs in the lineup, however Chelsea outplayed them, charming every midfield duel and shattering down their defence. I can't disagree that in previous round they didn't face any top tier team but by thrashing PSG they proved their ability and rising signal. Hopefully their confidence and competitiveness will grow even further next season.

[Miles2006]

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.

It’s not that deep, even the average teams you consider to be small are actually big teams but you don’t have the idea of other league. I once had an argument concerning Saudi Pro League not having the strength to compete with big teams but to my biggest surprise the competition there is tough, it depends on your definition of small teams but I’m sure this is a good way to rate Chelsea performance. I’m not a Chelsea fan, it’s not that hard to accept Chelsea had a great opportunity and they didn’t missed any chance, I agree we still don’t know what Chelsea will offer this coming season rather we are just making predictions.

[Agbe]

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.

It’s not that deep, even the average teams you consider to be small are actually big teams but you don’t have the idea of other league. I once had an argument concerning Saudi Pro League not having the strength to compete with big teams but to my biggest surprise the competition there is tough, it depends on your definition of small teams but I’m sure this is a good way to rate Chelsea performance. I’m not a Chelsea fan, it’s not that hard to accept Chelsea had a great opportunity and they didn’t missed any chance, I agree we still don’t know what Chelsea will offer this coming season rather we are just making predictions.

You're right every league has it unique strength so don't underrated any team from any league all leagues are competitive enough the difference is just in the Media coverage teams in main stream Europe have more Media coverage which helps to promote their teams globally but in terms of quality of play I think that no league should be written offs because we can see what the team from the soudi league did

[Lida93]

Chelsea was not just lucky they deserved what they achieved since they started very well from the day 1 of the club world cup competition, getting to the finals they proved himself and right and proved everyone who never believed that they could lift the trophy wrong. Enzo Maresca has proven himself in the competition and for next season every team needs to be ready because the league is going to be more competitive.

The only time I can confidently say Chelsea are not so lucky is when they face PSG, they killed that game and spin football around, including me I lost money I bet on them because I had the believe they were going to loss but things went south. However, if this guys face some other club from quarter final, semi final and knockout stage, they will be out before the final but the teams they faced were not up to their standards but they didn't decide that, it was decided by vote from the beginning.

Cookdata, I don't agree with all you had to say. It was all hardwork that took Chelsea that far up to the finals of the CWC. Perhaps if they had not beaten PSG in the way they did then I would have seen reasons to agree with your suggestion of luck in all the other teams Chelsea faced before meeting PSG. This is football we are discussing, and it's possible that PSG may not have survived to the final if they had met those teams Chelsea played from group stage to the semifinals. The game is unpredictable mate.

[Smack That Ace]

You're right every league has it unique strength so don't underrated any team from any league all leagues are competitive enough the difference is just in the Media coverage teams in main stream Europe have more Media coverage which helps to promote their teams globally but in terms of quality of play I think that no league should be written offs because we can see what the team from the soudi league did

I can not agree with you thoroughly. It is true that the Saudi pro league is improving. But we know very little about the Saudi pro league because they do not have much media coverage . I agree with you.

But I do not think every league is competitive. The only strong club in ligue 1 is psg . No other club is able to form a squad as strong as psg. The strongest club in the Bundesliga is Munich. Although there are several renowned clubs in the Bundesliga, every club is far behind Munich in the title race. On the other hand  there are many renowned clubs in the Premier league,  and there are also many rich clubs. It is impossible to predict with certainty which team will win the title before the start of the season.

[Pandorak]

Chelsea was not just lucky they deserved what they achieved since they started very well from the day 1 of the club world cup competition, getting to the finals they proved himself and right and proved everyone who never believed that they could lift the trophy wrong. Enzo Maresca has proven himself in the competition and for next season every team needs to be ready because the league is going to be more competitive.

After witnessing Chelsea performance in reaching the final, it is indeed not impossible to defeat PSG, and Chelsea has proven this, completely dispelling all doubts among the fans with a decisive blow. No one expected this match to turn into a rout; personally, i also thought it might be a closely contested game ending with a narrow score.

Next season will be a challenging one for every team, as competition will intensify. All clubs will need to improve their playing style if they want to compete with others.

[Gost ms]

Chelsea was not just lucky they deserved what they achieved since they started very well from the day 1 of the club world cup competition, getting to the finals they proved himself and right and proved everyone who never believed that they could lift the trophy wrong. Enzo Maresca has proven himself in the competition and for next season every team needs to be ready because the league is going to be more competitive.

Chelsea were very lucky to win against PSG because they didn't play against a very good team from the beginning. And we never imagined that PSG would lose to Chelsea. Maybe it was because of Chelsea's great form and PSG took Chelsea very lightly. Because in the first half we saw Chelsea break through PSG's defense very easily. But in the second half we saw Chelsea couldn't do anything very well and couldn't break through PSG's defense either. Chelsea has a very good chance to beat them. Because Chelsea has been going through a very difficult situation for several days, maybe this time they can bounce back and overcome their bad times.