Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[Localhostspeed]

Manchester United is wise and ready to offload Rashford, but sadly there are many other hurdles that are preventing him from leaving Manchester United. Bayern Munich is ready to pay £40 million, though his £325,000 weekly wages remain a problem for Bavarians.

After German giants, three English Premier League clubs are also interested, but Manchester United is not ready to allow him to go to any rival club. This is making this more problematic for both stakeholders.
His performance in the World Cup is not bad, but still, things are looking unclear about his future. Most chances are he is going to stay in the Premier League due to his high wages.

I am seeing all this Rashford decision as no and not because of his release clause. Manchester United purposely made him loanable the first time, he went and did as they instructed, came came back and was loan again to Barcelona but they couldn't kept him and say the problem is the weekly payment. If Rashford really want to stay in Barcelona, I'm very sure he will cut down his pay check to stay with Barcelona but option was not available for him.

If Manchester United are going to fulfill his obligation, there is nothing to lose here. He can come back to the team and make more effort and continue to enjoy his time in the club until the time elapsed so another club can take him as free agent. Most of the clubs that are not coming to him now will be willing to take the deal by that time so they can renegotiate about his new term and for him too, he can decide to take small duration so he doesn't get hook to a club for long time like Manchester united.

[len01]

The new coach will have some good foundations, which will help him keep things on balance. Enzo Marcea is a good, experienced coach and has spent good time with Chelsea. This will also help him have better results and give good performance.

I admit he's a really good coach, but when it comes to experience, I still think he has something to prove. I know he did a pretty good job with Chelsea before, but competing in the EPL and managing a top club is a completely different challenge. Even if he can build on Guardiola's system and tactics, he'll need to come up with plenty of tactical options this season. So the pressure on him is definitely going to be huge, and it won't be easy for him to lead City to a successful season.

[sotelorene]

The new coach will have some good foundations, which will help him keep things on balance. Enzo Marcea is a good, experienced coach and has spent good time with Chelsea. This will also help him have better results and give good performance.

I admit he's a really good coach, but when it comes to experience, I still think he has something to prove. I know he did a pretty good job with Chelsea before, but competing in the EPL and managing a top club is a completely different challenge. Even if he can build on Guardiola's system and tactics, he'll need to come up with plenty of tactical options this season. So the pressure on him is definitely going to be huge, and it won't be easy for him to lead City to a successful season.

Currently, there is nothing showing he can not compete or manage the team well added to the fact that Manchester city is not a small club or an under dog in the premier league so I do believe and think they will cope with new Coach well though it may take a little time as normal because it's not always easy or possible to meet a team and get to adapt and move on perfectly, there will be some slack that will be rectify after some time in the club. But I'm certain Arsenal is still going to competite this season again because they didn't actually got what they were supposed to...

[Oluwa-btc]

The only valid reason Barcelona refuses to sign Marcus rashford was because of his high salary, because even the Anthony Gordons that they later bought for a much higher price is not as good as Marcus rashford.

I am expecting him to return to Manchester United and be reintegrated into the team, because he has what it takes to win back his place in the first eleven, but he wouldn't be offered cheaply, he must work for it, just as every other first team player at the club.
On the possibility of him moving to another team, it would be difficult in my own opinion because of his high salary, but if he will agree to a wage cut,much lower than what he is earning now, he might move away to the interested club, but until then, he is still a Manchester United player.

Not completely true. The same Marcus Rashford reduced his salary and wages just so he could play for Barcelona, despite that wage deduction and reduced transfer value, Barcelona still decided to get Anthony Gordon over Marcus Rashford. There's a lesson in there we're all refusing to look at.
After leaving Manchester United for Barcelona he publicly called Manchester United a toxic environment, this is the same player you want integrated back into the dressing room?! Most of you football fans are off course brian dead. I really hope it doesn't happen but what can I say?!

[letteredhub]

Manchester United is wise and ready to offload Rashford, but sadly there are many other hurdles that are preventing him from leaving Manchester United. Bayern Munich is ready to pay £40 million, though his £325,000 weekly wages remain a problem for Bavarians.

After German giants, three English Premier League clubs are also interested, but Manchester United is not ready to allow him to go to any rival club. This is making this more problematic for both stakeholders.
His performance in the World Cup is not bad, but still, things are looking unclear about his future. Most chances are he is going to stay in the Premier League due to his high wages.

I am seeing all this Rashford decision as no and not because of his release clause. Manchester United purposely made him loanable the first time, he went and did as they instructed, came came back and was loan again to Barcelona but they couldn't kept him and say the problem is the weekly payment. If Rashford really want to stay in Barcelona, I'm very sure he will cut down his pay check to stay with Barcelona but option was not available for him.

If Manchester United are going to fulfill his obligation, there is nothing to lose here. He can come back to the team and make more effort and continue to enjoy his time in the club until the time elapsed so another club can take him as free agent. Most of the clubs that are not coming to him now will be willing to take the deal by that time so they can renegotiate about his new term and for him too, he can decide to take small duration so he doesn't get hook to a club for long time like Manchester united.

The player's wages is exactly what is driving away potential suitors from either buying the player permanently or taking him on loan including Manchester United, they are afraid they may not be able to meet the players wages hence they have resolved to offloading the player so as to shift the responsibility to another club yet it seems no other club wants to accept it, perhaps Rashford would have to accept a pay cut in order make it easy for clubs to be able to approach him for talks.

[KingsDen]

Currently, there is nothing showing he can not compete or manage the team well added to the fact that Manchester city is not a small club or an under dog in the premier league so I do believe and think they will cope with new Coach well though it may take a little time as normal because it's not always easy or possible to meet a team and get to adapt and move on perfectly, there will be some slack that will be rectify after some time in the club. But I'm certain Arsenal is still going to competite this season again because they didn't actually got what they were supposed to...

You are right, Enzo Maresca is a good coach and there is nothing to show that he can't manage City. I can also remember Maresca worked with Pep Guardiola in Man city, and the same season they won the treble, and again he also coached the Man city U23 back in 2021 and won 2 premier league titles with them. Maresca has been linked to Man city for years now, so this transfer is just like him return to a place he knew., so it won't be a suprise to see him adapt and move on perfectly. I am certain that Maresca will follow the footsteps of Pep and deliver a great job next season.

[ITExpert]

Besides Guardiola's influence on so many teams, we can appreciate the work he did with his coaching team. Because we see that the coaches and even former players who worked with him are now also excellent coaches. I want to highlight Maresca and Kompany, these guys came through Guardiola's school and are now, without a doubt, some of the best coaches in the world. So I agree with you that Guardiola's contribution to football is enormous.

Pep Guardiola is one of the most affective talented and dominating personality of the football world. He spend his a lot of time as a great ayer in FC Barcelona. But now he is a great coach even the people who worked with him or under his supervision are also doing in their concerned places. Pep Guardiola coached three clubs which are the Europe's biggest clubs are respectively Barcelona Bayer Munich and Manchester City but now he is just ending his commitment with Manchester City after ten years. And  Enzo Maresca will appoint as the new coach of the team Manchester City he is also very capable as he worked with Guardiola as his assistant manager at Manchestet City. Because Guardiola really have a great experience at Manchester City and he also made the team or transform them into Europe's strong club

[Makus]

You're correct, Arsenal are doing pretty amazing at the moment and I wouldn't be surprised if they evenually win again. But it will all depends on how consistent they can keep sustaining at the top, due to their one sided pattern of game that I'm not that friendly to. Perhaps if they need results it's important they step up their game to the best else I'm  not expecting some magic to happen. Secondly, concerning the champions league, that one is way beyond what I can say at the moment till the game will fully get started, and just like you earlier said their are some amazing team that are pretty prepared looking for whom to devour. Arsenal themselves know that is not going to be so easy, but regardless, is for them to put in their best because one thing I know about football game is that anything is pretty possible.

Arsenal played very well last season and became the Premier League champions. But I don't like Arsenal's  gameplay. They played defensively in most of the matches. Such gameplay is  not very enjoyable. If you perform like that, it is possible to do well against average teams. But it  is very difficult to  achieve good results against big teams. We did not see Arsenal play  well against city. They also failed to win against psg . I am sure Arsenal would not have been  able to win even if they faced Bayern Munich. Arsenal's squad is strong. Arteta should change his tactics.

Defense is a good game play but in my opinion it is not the best because this cannot always guarantee winning a match. We all saw how arsenal struggled in their match against psg, that was clear proof that their attack was really poor. If only they had a strong attack for them to be able to score one more goal but unfortunately they were not able to do that because their attention was centered more on defense. If they are hoping to improve next season they are going to work on this aspect otherwise they might start going backwards again.

[Adams0001]

Yes,, if Rashford is no longer needed at Manchester United, it would be better to sell him. I feel sorry for Rashford, because if he continues to stay at Manchester United, it will clearly not be good for his career. He certainly won't get many playing minutes,, and over time, Rashford's reputation will clearly fade. So, I don't think we should wait until something like that happens, because Rashford is still very young, so I don't think Manchester United should be selfish about this.

Because if there is a team interested in signing Rashford, it is clear that selling him would be the most appropriate option. But if I'm not mistaken, I heard that Rashford wants to return to Manchester United, so with that information, I am personally confused at the moment. Because does Rashford really want to play at Manchester United again or is it just an excuse? But if that's not the reason, I think it's also good, because currently Manchester United is being trained by a new coach, and it's not impossible that Rashford might be given the opportunity to play.

Rashford as really lose a lot of form and when he go back to Barcelona he as do everything possible to get back to track and he did it and everyone started liking him in the club but at last Barcelona have disappointed him and not to sigh him and now that he as go back to Manchester United I don’t think he can enjoy playing there because many of the players is playing with them at the team as change club and new manager.

What I just think is that carrick can manage him for this next season and see if he can do well in the team and they can make decisions if they will sell him or not. Manchester United are in a good shap since last season and now they will play champions league next season and Rashford will like to perform in the competition too.

[9ja Amaka]

Manchester United is wise and ready to offload Rashford, but sadly there are many other hurdles that are preventing him from leaving Manchester United. Bayern Munich is ready to pay £40 million, though his £325,000 weekly wages remain a problem for Bavarians.

After German giants, three English Premier League clubs are also interested, but Manchester United is not ready to allow him to go to any rival club. This is making this more problematic for both stakeholders.
His performance in the World Cup is not bad, but still, things are looking unclear about his future. Most chances are he is going to stay in the Premier League due to his high wages.

I still think that Marcus Rashford is a decent player and still has a lot to offer as a squad player. I also think that Manchester United don't want to keep him and they are looking to sell him, but also don't want to sell to a direct rival, so it does not come to hunt them later in the season.
I think Marcus Rashford should consider dropping his wages if Bayern Munich are really interested in him, because I really don't think that Bayern will want to pay that high wage, I don't even think any team will want to pay him such a high wage, so I really think the best thing for him is to consider reducing his wage, so he can move to another club and begin to enjoy his football again.

[Renampun]

I admit he's a really good coach, but when it comes to experience, I still think he has something to prove. I know he did a pretty good job with Chelsea before, but competing in the EPL and managing a top club is a completely different challenge. Even if he can build on Guardiola's system and tactics, he'll need to come up with plenty of tactical options this season. So the pressure on him is definitely going to be huge, and it won't be easy for him to lead City to a successful season.

It will be more difficult for Enzo to be able to lead Man city as successful as Pep did, because Enzo is not a coach as experienced as Pep and he still needs more time to be able to show his quality as a coach.. so in the first year he might still be able to manage City because Pep has prepared what he needs as a City coach, but in the following seasons he must be able to prove that he is able to build his own squad and maintain the team's consistency in competing for the title, that's where the real challenge will begin.. if he is able to pass that phase well, then he will be the right coach for City, if not then it is likely that he will be kicked out faster from City.

[Mate2237]

Enzo Maresca is likely not going to start in a wining note because, we should know that this is a transition period in the history of the club. It will take time for the players to get used to the playing style of Maresca as a coach. Even though I strongly believe that Maresca is also going to play thesame kind of playing style as Pep , so the players are not going to finding it difficult to adopting into the Maresca style of game.



But the truth is that it's not always easy, whenever there is a change of management, most clubs struggle when ever there is a change of Coach. I just hope and pray that Maresca should start on a very good note.

[LUCKMCFLY]

While Arteta needs to improve his team style of play and possibly add more signings, they are still not in a tight spot especially since every other managers from almost all top teams are new and it's often expected that changes like this requires time to see if it will actually succeed.

Regardless, these new managers are not entirely getting this ease since they know the clubs or fans are hungry for success. The EPL competition will be exciting but Gunners managers still have the advantages.

Yes, they definitely have a big advantage, being the PL champion is something great, for me Arteta has to do better things, the players are having a great world championship now, they have had all kinds of experiences, good luck, and many of the things they are experiencing will surely contribute a lot to their team, this is what an experience like the world championship offers, undoubtedly one of the best world events.

[Youngrebel]

Yes, they definitely have a big advantage, being the PL champion is something great, for me Arteta has to do better things, the players are having a great world championship now, they have had all kinds of experiences, good luck, and many of the things they are experiencing will surely contribute a lot to their team, this is what an experience like the world championship offers, undoubtedly one of the best world events.

Winning the Premier League alone has given them confidence. Arteta has built a strong team and love that and the experience the players are gaining at the Club World Cup with their national teams can only make them better and stronger when they come back to play in league. The problem now would be turning that growth into trophies, because to me I really want arsenal to fall out with both the premier and champions league throphy next season.

[Slow death]

Manchester City, with the arrival of Enzo Maresca, is starting to look like Chelsea during the Enzo Maresca era. I'm talking about the excessive number of signings. I believe that this season Manchester City will be the team with the most new signings, and the question then will be where all these players will play and how Manchester City will perform. Now I see they want to sign Jeremy Monga.

Jeremy Monga is 16 years old and plays for Leicester City. He made 27 appearances in the Championship and only managed to score 1 goal, even though he's a striker and playing in a league that isn't as strong as the Premier League. So I can't understand why Manchester City would be so eager to sign him, to the point of competing with Arsenal for him. That was Chelsea's behavior.

[SmartCharpa]

Arsenal played very well last season and became the Premier League champions. But I don't like Arsenal's  gameplay. They played defensively in most of the matches. Such gameplay is  not very enjoyable. If you perform like that, it is possible to do well against average teams. But it  is very difficult to  achieve good results against big teams. We did not see Arsenal play  well against city. They also failed to win against psg . I am sure Arsenal would not have been  able to win even if they faced Bayern Munich. Arsenal's squad is strong. Arteta should change his tactics.

Of course, Arsenal perform better in the league last season, and became the league champions. Their hard work for the last season deserves to win the league. To be honest, I don’t like Arsenal style of play, they hardly attack to score more goals after they score a goal. Arsenal would be defending against weak teams, instead of attacking to score more goals. They were luck to win the league due to some goals they scored from the corner kick.

The failed to win the Champions League last season, because they assumed they could defend the one goal lead against PSG, a team that is a threat to every other team in the Champions League. Arsenal was referred to as a big club in the World last season, but I didn’t see them as the best team, they need to dominate their opponents throughout their matches.

[Egii Nna]

The new coach will have some good foundations, which will help him keep things on balance. Enzo Marcea is a good, experienced coach and has spent good time with Chelsea. This will also help him have better results and give good performance.

I admit he's a really good coach, but when it comes to experience, I still think he has something to prove. I know he did a pretty good job with Chelsea before, but competing in the EPL and managing a top club is a completely different challenge. Even if he can build on Guardiola's system and tactics, he'll need to come up with plenty of tactical options this season. So the pressure on him is definitely going to be huge, and it won't be easy for him to lead City to a successful season.

Enzo Maresca has been a good coach, and he has served as Guardiola's assistant coach. So, definitely, he will use some of Guardiola's strategies and tactics, then also use his own. We all saw when he was able to achieve the Club World Cup trophy against PSG for Chelsea, so I have hope in him that he will definitely do his best and achieve an even better one at Manchester City. Let’s give Enzo Maresca a chance and see what he will be able to achieve. Even though it will not be easy for him, he can definitely achieve more than we expect from him.

[Wake Up]

The new coach will have some good foundations, which will help him keep things on balance. Enzo Marcea is a good, experienced coach and has spent good time with Chelsea. This will also help him have better results and give good performance.

I admit he's a really good coach, but when it comes to experience, I still think he has something to prove. I know he did a pretty good job with Chelsea before, but competing in the EPL and managing a top club is a completely different challenge. Even if he can build on Guardiola's system and tactics, he'll need to come up with plenty of tactical options this season. So the pressure on him is definitely going to be huge, and it won't be easy for him to lead City to a successful season.

Enzo Maresca has been a good coach, and he has served as Guardiola's assistant coach. So, definitely, he will use some of Guardiola's strategies and tactics, then also use his own. We all saw when he was able to achieve the Club World Cup trophy against PSG for Chelsea, so I have hope in him that he will definitely do his best and achieve an even better one at Manchester City. Let’s give Enzo Maresca a chance and see what he will be able to achieve. Even though it will not be easy for him, he can definitely achieve more than we expect from him.

I'm also curious to see what they can achieve with Manchester City. They have very high-quality players, and he's a coach who was part of Guardiola's administration. Even though Guardiola is gone, it seems his influence continues. Perhaps that's why Manchester City made this choice. I hope Maresca can have a successful career with Manchester City, just like Guardiola.

[Issa56]

You are right, Enzo Maresca is a good coach and there is nothing to show that he can't manage City.

Why will people even think Enzo Maresca can’t manage Manchester city? Maresca is also an experience coach, we saw how he performed at Chelsea, so I don’t think there is anything special in Manchester city that he won’t be able to manage. Maresca has worked under Pep Guardiola at Manchester city before, so he already has experience about how the team is being run, so he won’t really find it difficult now. Manchester city is having a strong squad already, Maresca will just continue with the players which pep Guardiola signed, and am sure Maresca will be using the same strategy with pep Guardiola.

[ndutndut]

The new coach will have some good foundations, which will help him keep things on balance. Enzo Marcea is a good, experienced coach and has spent good time with Chelsea. This will also help him have better results and give good performance.

I admit he's a really good coach, but when it comes to experience, I still think he has something to prove. I know he did a pretty good job with Chelsea before, but competing in the EPL and managing a top club is a completely different challenge. Even if he can build on Guardiola's system and tactics, he'll need to come up with plenty of tactical options this season. So the pressure on him is definitely going to be huge, and it won't be easy for him to lead City to a successful season.

No one doubts Enzo coaching qualities. Besides having worked with Pep Guardiola, he has also coached a major club like Chelsea, so he's certainly familiar with the play of Premier League teams. But now, he faces the significant responsibility of coaching a team as big as Manchester City, which has had success under Pep Guardiola. I mean, coaching Manchester City certainly has the drive to improve the team if not surpass Pep Guardiola level, at least not get worse.

This will be a major challenge for Enzo especially since Pep Guardiola recommended him to continue his work at Manchester City. A team that already has a strong foundation under a previous manager will find it very difficult to manage under a new manager. This is what happened to Manchester United when SAF left, and Arsenal when Arsène Wenger left they needed years to regain their strength.