⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[qurbanshah02]

Chelsea are looking sharp and good to take on the new season, they have made good recruitment and look to have built a stable squad for the season but it’s not clear if they will win the league because you can’t tell from now. Manchester City and Arsenal are also bolstering their squad, making their squad stronger and better to also challenge for the league title next season.

It is just the beginning and this season Chelsea has to be strong and weak many times, which is why they can be considered better than the beginning, which is why it is foolish for us to consider them a successful team in the top season. Their decision is quite good and if they feel that they are lacking in this, they will improve in it along with it and will make their players perform well. This is what keeps Chelsea's performance at a point, which is why they can be called good. If Manchester City plays by strengthening themselves, then this time I will bet on it, which gives me full confidence.

[AirtelBuzz]

I'm wondering what reason Manchester United is so passive recently. They only signed Cunha, and not clear what's going on with the rest of their deals. They also feel so difficult to sell their players, and even failed to sell Sancho for 25m. Do they lose their pull or what?
Afaik they're financially fine, but hope they to make some strategic transfer asap. They need to take fast step to ensure the new players can have enough time for the pre-season.

I think Manchester United are very calmly analyzing the situation, which is why they are in a passive state right now. Still you might want to keep an eye on today's transfer news as Manchester United have managed to sign Brian Mbeumo so now it can be said that they have taken one more step, that is, one step forward for their new chapter. While other teams in the Premier League tournament are spontaneously buying players, this team's strategy and actions are showing inaction. For now they have had some success in the transfer market, even we can already see that they have announced the name of the traveling team for the friendly match in Leeds.

[Helena Yu]

After looking at the top teams in EPL and their signings so far this season as the transfer window opened, it's only Manchester United that's still lagging behind in numbers if signings so far. This is a team that we thought needs overhauling of most of its team players in order to bring in new ones but here they are still. It's just today that they secured a £71 million agreement with Brentford for Mbeumo. So far, two signings maybe they really want to explore the market and make better decisions instead of just buying players, just maybe that's why they are still behind in signings.

Manchester United are the slowest and the players they signed are like trash, Mbeumo is similar to Cunha, both of them are trash players.

Now what next? I heard they want to sign Emiliano Martinez, it's good if they can, but his salary is expensive.

Manchester United is lack of money, they have useless players who no teams interested to pay high, while Manchester United insist want to earn high. I don't even know the news about Antony, Betis haven't sign him permanently.

[Franctoshi]

I'm wondering what reason Manchester United is so passive recently. They only signed Cunha, and not clear what's going on with the rest of their deals. They also feel so difficult to sell their players, and even failed to sell Sancho for 25m. Do they lose their pull or what?
Afaik they're financially fine, but hope they to make some strategic transfer asap. They need to take fast step to ensure the new players can have enough time for the pre-season.

After looking at the top teams in EPL and their signings so far this season as the transfer window opened, it's only Manchester United that's still lagging behind in numbers if signings so far. This is a team that we thought needs overhauling of most of its team players in order to bring in new ones but here they are still. It's just today that they secured a £71 million agreement with Brentford for Mbeumo. So far, two signings maybe they really want to explore the market and make better decisions instead of just buying players, just maybe that's why they are still behind in signings.

Could it be that Manchester United no longer has the funds needed to bring in the kind of players they need?
Or maybe the players they've been going for could be rejecting their offer due to their poor performance last season and their absence in the champions league Eropa cup next season, because I doubt if they will just fold their hands and watch without thinking of strengthening their squad this window transfer with the club's current bad state.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

Chelsea are looking sharp and good to take on the new season, they have made good recruitment and look to have built a stable squad for the season but it’s not clear if they will win the league because you can’t tell from now. Manchester City and Arsenal are also bolstering their squad, making their squad stronger and better to also challenge for the league title next season.

Chelsea squad is good from defensive midfield up to attack only from my POV. their CB most especially needs reinforcement. Tosin isn't to be trusted, Chalobah and Colwil which looks like a good combination can each get injured it fatigued, then it creates a heavy leak again. I think they need two more good defenders to solidify the team,  the team is looking competitive already and I believe they would go far if not return to the major European and EPL trophy days.

[Pablo-wood]

Chelsea are looking sharp and good to take on the new season, they have made good recruitment and look to have built a stable squad for the season but it’s not clear if they will win the league because you can’t tell from now. Manchester City and Arsenal are also bolstering their squad, making their squad stronger and better to also challenge for the league title next season.

Chelsea squad is good from defensive midfield up to attack only from my POV. their CB most especially needs reinforcement. Tosin isn't to be trusted, Chalobah and Colwil which looks like a good combination can each get injured it fatigued, then it creates a heavy leak again. I think they need two more good defenders to solidify the team,  the team is looking competitive already and I believe they would go far if not return to the major European and EPL trophy days.

Levi Colwill is a solid center back but we know we can't rely on any player through out the season. Fatigue and injury can set in at any point. Chelsea are ready to compete for next season, for now the club is balanced even if the choose not to add to the squad, their current starting xi is already a fierce team to take on any club both in the premier league and the Europa championships league as well.  I just can't wait for the season to start so we begin betting on our favourite teams again.

[JeffBrad12]

Chelsea squad is good from defensive midfield up to attack only from my POV. their CB most especially needs reinforcement. Tosin isn't to be trusted, Chalobah and Colwil which looks like a good combination can each get injured it fatigued, then it creates a heavy leak again. I think they need two more good defenders to solidify the team,  the team is looking competitive already and I believe they would go far if not return to the major European and EPL trophy days.

Chelsea doesn't need to add new defenders. They still have Badiashile and Fofana in their line-up to cover their main CB (chalobah & colwill). I don't think adding a new defender is necessary for them. They have massive amounts players, and very depth squad.
They're good with their current players.

[Jaycoinz]

I'm wondering what reason Manchester United is so passive recently. They only signed Cunha, and not clear what's going on with the rest of their deals. They also feel so difficult to sell their players, and even failed to sell Sancho for 25m. Do they lose their pull or what?
Afaik they're financially fine, but hope they to make some strategic transfer asap. They need to take fast step to ensure the new players can have enough time for the pre-season.

Seeing how badly Manchester United performed last season I expected that by now they would have been making quick progress with player signings this summer but unfortunately they have only signed one player in Cunha which makes me wonder if the club does not recognize the importance of these signings. Manchester United have definitely lost that big club force to attract big players lately, they will have to do the extra work to get players this summer.

Atleast they have completed the deal with the Brentford forward mbuemo although it's still not adding up because of the way they struggled and finished up the last season. It's really disappointing seeing how a once giant of English football struggle to get things right and I can only hope for positives this break because with the way things are going I don't think next season would be even easy for them and again the premier league is filled with all good teams ready to dismantle and win you anytime so it's definitely going to be a season to withhold.

[Baki202]

The thing I admire about Liverpool and the signings they have made is how quietly they did it unlike the case of Arsenal and Man UTD who had enough talks surrounding theirs. The only one that made us hear about them of recent was the one involving Alexander Isak and I have the feeling that next season would be as equally interesting as last one was for them.

Even when last season they were prepared and nobody suspected them that will not do anything tangle and people were focusing on arsenal and Manchester city to win and at the end of the day see does that won so Liverpool are knowto do there things solo. Manchester United and arsenal are not serious clubs and that is why they don't do anything tangible for there self. And with what we are seen next season is going to be very interesting. But when we anticipate some too much then it becomes un interesting.

The question that just keeps making
me wonder is if second season syndrome would affect Arne Slot. We've seen good coaches get affected by this; in their first season in charge, they excel brilliantly but when it gets to the second, they struggle. In Arne's case, he won the trophy with Liverpool in his first year as boss, something Jurgen Klopp could not achieve, so I feel that more expectations would be on him to repeat the same thing and coupled with the fact that he's still bolstering his squad up, will these fresh legs be able to help him maintain the record or have we seen enough of Arne Slot?

What ever we think that will affect Arne Slot because this is not the first time so I don't think the commencement of the season should affect him no syndrome should be above what ever he as experienced of all this thing. And Liverpool seems to be more promising than other clubs because when they bagged the premier no one expected it to turn that way it ended from the beginning Liverpool was looked down on until everyone saw the amount of point they were gathering they used a good strategy there use the same pattern with the city. We are waiting for what will happen next season.

[bitcoin_mining]

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.

We were all surprised to see chelsea's performance in this match. Because psg was in a very good flow . In the last match , psg won a big margin against madrid. So we thought chelsea would play cautiously and try to win by a small margin. But Chelsea did not do that. From the first minute of the match, we saw Chelsea tried to dominate the match. I am sure PSG was very surprised to see Chelsea's strategy. No one expects such a performance from Chelsea. The players were very confident. And in the end, Chelsea scored 3 goals against PSG's strong defense

The way Chelsea played football did not only surprise PSG, it surprised the entire football world. Chelsea fans also thought that their team would lose to PSG by a large margin and there was enough reason to think so, the team that PSG played against this season lost to PSG, in the end we said that maybe there is no team that can resist PSG at least this season, but at the last moment Chelsea resisted PSG and they resisted in a big match like the Club World Cup final. Even if PSG was happy throughout the season, they could not be happy in the last match, but they may try to get out of that place and try to start again in a new way in the new season, especially in the next season, their main focus may be on the Champions League.

[Sticky Bomb]

Chelsea squad is good from defensive midfield up to attack only from my POV. their CB most especially needs reinforcement. Tosin isn't to be trusted, Chalobah and Colwil which looks like a good combination can each get injured it fatigued, then it creates a heavy leak again. I think they need two more good defenders to solidify the team,  the team is looking competitive already and I believe they would go far if not return to the major European and EPL trophy days.

Chelsea doesn't need to add new defenders. They still have Badiashile and Fofana in their line-up to cover their main CB (chalobah & colwill). I don't think adding a new defender is necessary for them. They have massive amounts players, and very depth squad.
They're good with their current players.

If you're a coach and have Badshille and Fofana, would you can them a good squad? I don't think they are standard players. If I can remember clearly, Badshille performed badly during the time he played actively for Chelsea before his injury. He's not smart and Fofana 's performance is poor. I would support DubemIfedigbo001 that Chelsea needs defenders, although there's still room for the current ones to improve and they can go ahead with these sets of 5 central defenders for the season's campaigns.

[Abdulzuruku01]

I'm wondering what reason Manchester United is so passive recently. They only signed Cunha, and not clear what's going on with the rest of their deals. They also feel so difficult to sell their players, and even failed to sell Sancho for 25m. Do they lose their pull or what?
Afaik they're financially fine, but hope they to make some strategic transfer asap. They need to take fast step to ensure the new players can have enough time for the pre-season.

Seeing how badly Manchester United performed last season I expected that by now they would have been making quick progress with player signings this summer but unfortunately they have only signed one player in Cunha which makes me wonder if the club does not recognize the importance of these signings. Manchester United have definitely lost that big club force to attract big players lately, they will have to do the extra work to get players this summer.

Mbeumo has joined the team, but as far as I can see, Manchester United needs a good goalkeeper. Onana isn't good; he gives up too many positions at the back. He's also a goalkeeper who makes too many mistakes. Manchester United no longer considers dropping points or being unsuccessful. Therefore, I think they need to replace him. The transfer window is almost over, and I expect a transfer move at Manchester United.

All EPL teams are currently busy bringing new players to strengthen their team except Manchester United, which is lagging behind from the look last season Manchester United had their worst season by ending in number 17 at the EPL table. They have only mateus cunha and have been prepared in mbuemo deal for almost a month now and refuse to sell their players like sancho and marcus rashford. Rashford jersey number 10 has been given to cunha, which means he definitely has to leave. And in my opinion, Manchester United should improve their front line and even add a new goalkeeper perhaps center defense, to compete in the Premier League and other domestic competitions.

[bitgolden]

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.

They actually asked for Gyökeres' price and talked to the player also. But they got a negative answer from him. He prefers Arsenal over them which is understandable.

Manchester United should have lifted that Europa League trophy. A CL ticket is very effective on bringing this kind of players easier. 

Now on Mbeumo... I'm only having doubts if he could just be a seasonal scorer. His performances in earlier seasons were much worse.

Same is said for Gyokeres too, he was a prolific scorer at sporting, but before that he wasn't a good scorer at all. Because of this, there were a lot of people who doubted he worths this much. In any case, Mbuemo should be helpful for Manchester United considering how terrible they are, he doesn't have to be some superstar, he just needs to be "decent" and he would still be one of the best in that team.

However, he definitely doesn't deserve the 70 million offer that they got, he is good but not THAT good, United definitely got taken to cleaners on this transfer. Considering how much they already spent, and time they used, I am pretty sure they are not going to have that many more transfers done rest of the summer, not big ones at least.

[doomloop]

After looking at the top teams in EPL and their signings so far this season as the transfer window opened, it's only Manchester United that's still lagging behind in numbers if signings so far. This is a team that we thought needs overhauling of most of its team players in order to bring in new ones but here they are still. It's just today that they secured a £71 million agreement with Brentford for Mbeumo. So far, two signings maybe they really want to explore the market and make better decisions instead of just buying players, just maybe that's why they are still behind in signings.

Ruben Amorim is sitting in swamp and watching how to fix this club miseries which are increasing instead of having any positive end too many big players with hug spendings now no club wants to buy them on this price which is the huge problem for them.

Now they already have two buying which are good and can give them something good but still many issues which are looking for fix before start of new season which is now having three weeks while they also needed to have some practice matches before start which give them something boost. Time is running out, and they are still standing where they ended in last season while things are looking for solution which is not around them hopefully they will jump and try to fix things before next season.

[Jegileman]

Liverpool is still searching for a way to get rid of Darwin Núñez. Really nobody wants him.    I get it of course. Who would like pay €50m for him while he is performing poorly?

He won't ever be Liverpool's first choice. That's for certain. They are already looking for a good replacement. Like Ekitiké or Isak. I'd favour Isak more because of proving himself in the PL already. But he costs much more.

Isak is the best choice amongst this two players that will be a better striker for Liverpool but I don’t think that Newcastle are even ready to let such a great player go and play for Liverpool. They’ll rather keep him for another season but not selling him off in this delicate time. Although football is business, maybe they will have to give them a good offer and they’ll accept the offer and let him go.

Seeing how badly Manchester United performed last season I expected that by now they would have been making quick progress with player signings this summer but unfortunately they have only signed one player in Cunha which makes me wonder if the club does not recognize the importance of these signings. Manchester United have definitely lost that big club force to attract big players lately, they will have to do the extra work to get players this summer.

Aside from Cunha, they’ve also signed Bryan Mbuemo from Brentford which makes it another successful signing for them. Manchester United is still a very great team regardless and any player that gets to play for them will be happy that did in their career. Despite the poor form of the team, it’s a prestige to play for them and I think any player they wish to sign, they’ll get to sign them.

[Adbitco]

After looking at the top teams in EPL and their signings so far this season as the transfer window opened, it's only Manchester United that's still lagging behind in numbers if signings so far. This is a team that we thought needs overhauling of most of its team players in order to bring in new ones but here they are still. It's just today that they secured a £71 million agreement with Brentford for Mbeumo. So far, two signings maybe they really want to explore the market and make better decisions instead of just buying players, just maybe that's why they are still behind in signings.

Manchester United are the slowest and the players they signed are like trash, Mbeumo is similar to Cunha, both of them are trash players.

Now what next? I heard they want to sign Emiliano Martinez, it's good if they can, but his salary is expensive.

Manchester United is lack of money, they have useless players who no teams interested to pay high, while Manchester United insist want to earn high. I don't even know the news about Antony, Betis haven't sign him permanently.

Calm down, you seem very angry at this and from the way you're sounding, you must definitely be a Manchester United fan, lol. But why are you so quick to criticise players that haven't yet kicked the ball for their new team? Don't you think it's already too early for this kind of harsh criticism on them? Some players might not really be good in some teams but might flourish better in another team. Just keep your fingers crossed and wait until they have started playing, then you can vent your anger on them if they fail to perform.

[Egii Nna]

Ruben Amorim is sitting in swamp and watching how to fix this club miseries which are increasing instead of having any positive end too many big players with hug spendings now no club wants to buy them on this price which is the huge problem for them.

Manchester United are really facing a lot of challenges, and it is a very hard time for them. Amorim, as a coach, is dealing with a lot at United because of the increased pressure from fans and management to win a trophy.

Manchester United missed a lot of targets this season, which is a major setback for them. Most of the players they wanted to get rid of could not be moved, meaning they will have to spend far too much next season on wages and salaries, which will strain the club’s finances.

Manchester United are expecting a lot of positive results without putting in the necessary work, and this is adding more struggles to the club going into next season. Problems keep piling up for Manchester United on all fronts, and it is pretty bad for the club. We hope to see this once-great club regain its full strength.

[Issa56]

Chelsea are looking sharp and good to take on the new season, they have made good recruitment and look to have built a stable squad for the season but it’s not clear if they will win the league because you can’t tell from now.

Chelsea have made some good signings already, and they are already prepared for the next season, we should wait for the season to start to see how they going to perform, but  with the way Chelsea played in the FIFA club World Cup, then they played well in the tournament, most people said Chelsea didn’t play against any strong team until the final, but even as they played against weaker teams, I noticed difference in their performance, and they played so well at the final.

Am not expecting Chelsea to win the premier league title by next season, but I know they will have a better season, they won’t have to be struggling to qualify for the champions league, Chelsea players are now having confidence in themselves, and at least they have replacement for Jackson thats always wasting chances.

[LGD2Business]

Well, Kyle Walker-Peters is staying in the Premier League. KWP, whose transfer was canceled after agreed with Beşiktaş, is now heading to West Ham. His wages will probably be much lower. West Ham United have offered him a 3-year contract. If the player was very good Southampton would have renewed his contract. I think it's good that he didn't come to Beşiktaş. West Ham United is a club closer to his caliber. With Aaron Wan-Bissaka there, I don't think KWP can start. He may be a bench player for a long part of the season.

[Miles2006]

How is gonna feel the Arsenal fans now. I mean I know this is not a super main tournament but Chelsea again win a international trophies and they can't win anything when they already have one of their best teams in years.

Another bad year for an Arsenal fan.

The good news? We are only 1 month away from the start of premier league.

Arsenal had a good season last time no doubt, I’m not sure they’ll bottle up the chance this new season although I can’t predict just yet because other teams are doing their best to sign players including improving their performance definitely this is a competition. The way Chelsea fans are confident about their team and their performance this past days is impressive, they have every reason to celebrate and brag.