Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[Humblevirus]

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.

I think what many people are saying about Enzo Maresca is that he may be able to manage Manchester City in the long term. That is what some people are thinking. We all witnessed his performances at Chelsea, but he was not able to maintain the level of performance he started with and that is what I am also thinking about him now.It is very possible that he could win the Premier League and the Champions League with Manchester City without taking a long time. However, the main point is whether he will be as great as Guardiola and remain consistent with Manchester City performances.The reason why I still have confidence in him that I think he can manage Manchester City very well and remain consistent because of Guardiola. I heard that Guardiola did not completely leave Manchester City and is still involved with the club, even though he is no longer the head coach. If that is true, his experience  could help Maresca succeed well.

[Hvdv]

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.

I think what many people are saying about Enzo Maresca is that he may be able to manage Manchester City in the long term. That is what some people are thinking. We all witnessed his performances at Chelsea, but he was not able to maintain the level of performance he started with and that is what I am also thinking about him now.It is very possible that he could win the Premier League and the Champions League with Manchester City without taking a long time. However, the main point is whether he will be as great as Guardiola and remain consistent with Manchester City performances.The reason why I still have confidence in him that I think he can manage Manchester City very well and remain consistent because of Guardiola. I heard that Guardiola did not completely leave Manchester City and is still involved with the club, even though he is no longer the head coach. If that is true, his experience  could help Maresca succeed well.

I'm sure Maresca can get some advice from Guardiola when he's facing difficulties. Because Guardiola spent many years at Manchester City and was a key player in their successes. Maresca will certainly face some challenges in club management, and here he will interact with Guardiola, whom he assisted for many years. It's good to see that Guardiola hasn't completely left. He's still an important figure for Manchester City, someone they can turn to when needed.

[Mustang Shelby]

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.

I think what many people are saying about Enzo Maresca is that he may be able to manage Manchester City in the long term. That is what some people are thinking. We all witnessed his performances at Chelsea, but he was not able to maintain the level of performance he started with and that is what I am also thinking about him now.It is very possible that he could win the Premier League and the Champions League with Manchester City without taking a long time. However, the main point is whether he will be as great as Guardiola and remain consistent with Manchester City performances.The reason why I still have confidence in him that I think he can manage Manchester City very well and remain consistent because of Guardiola. I heard that Guardiola did not completely leave Manchester City and is still involved with the club, even though he is no longer the head coach. If that is true, his experience  could help Maresca succeed well.

I'm sure Maresca can get some advice from Guardiola when he's facing difficulties. Because Guardiola spent many years at Manchester City and was a key player in their successes. Maresca will certainly face some challenges in club management, and here he will interact with Guardiola, whom he assisted for many years. It's good to see that Guardiola hasn't completely left. He's still an important figure for Manchester City, someone they can turn to when needed.

If Maresca has become a manager, he should now be completely self-reliant. I think he shouldn't contact Guardiola about this because he needs to figure things out on his own. Just as Guardiola developed himself, Maresca should gain experience by winning or losing matches and develop his own specific tactics accordingly.

[Dzwaafu11]

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.

I have said it before, Maresca is an experience coach but managing a top premeir league team is a different thing entirely. He will have to do more task than everyone think, because many people are thinking it will be easy for him since Manchester City is already in a good performance.

But to me that is not the issue maintaining the consistency is the main thing. So let's see if Maresca will be able to maintain this same consistency as pep left it, because I'm thinking Pep and Maresca mentallity is far different but since many think he can do it,  let see.

[Ndabagi01]

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.

Rashford already by now saw that Manchester United can do without him and play well even without him in the squad. So accepting a pay cut in order to get to play and remain in the club should be a necessity. I know he’ll think of himself as a valuable player to every club that gets to buy him, but sometimes, things don’t work that way and you just have to face the reality and accept some certain things.

I'm sure Maresca can get some advice from Guardiola when he's facing difficulties. Because Guardiola spent many years at Manchester City and was a key player in their successes. Maresca will certainly face some challenges in club management, and here he will interact with Guardiola, whom he assisted for many years. It's good to see that Guardiola hasn't completely left. He's still an important figure for Manchester City, someone they can turn to when needed.

Even though he’s still an important person in that club, they won’t get as much attention as they want from him in order to deliver well the task they want him to. Enzo Maresca is not a newbie manager, he can really try to get things done his own way and get the team out together in the best way he can manage them. They have really done well by bringing him for the job after Guardiola left, he’ll deliver his task well based on his pay records in managerial positions.

[Floczy]

I heard that Guardiola did not completely leave Manchester City and is still involved with the club, even though he is no longer the head coach. If that is true, his experience  could help Maresca succeed well.

I didn't hear about that but I do believe that pep will still be involved in Manchester city probably backing Enzo Maresca up so with that I think Manchester city performance will still remains at top level
Although if it happens to be that pep Guardiola is not involved in Manchester city I personally do expect some decline in performance from Manchester city because I did not expect to see immediate results as soon as Enzo Mareaca takes over

[CageMabok]

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.

All Arsenal fans certainly hope for that again next season, but as everyone has seen and everyone knows, to win the Champions League, a team must be truly strong in all areas, not just defense. Because when a team often defends without attacking much, of course the opposition will try to find openings to score, even though it's difficult, but they will never tire of attacking, as we saw in last season's Champions League final. So, Arsenal will need a new style of play in every game next season if they want to go far in the Champions League and become title contenders in the Premier League again next season.

[Dzwaafu11]

I heard that Guardiola did not completely leave Manchester City and is still involved with the club, even though he is no longer the head coach. If that is true, his experience  could help Maresca succeed well.

I didn't hear about that but I do believe that pep will still be involved in Manchester city probably backing Enzo Maresca up so with that I think Manchester city performance will still remains at top level
Although if it happens to be that pep Guardiola is not involved in Manchester city I personally do expect some decline in performance from Manchester city because I did not expect to see immediate results as soon as Enzo Mareaca takes over

There will no be immediate result from Maresca because there is many clubs are fully ready for the next coming season performance, and it will definitely be a challenging to him. But if pep is part of the stuff they definitely City performance  may still remain, but in as much as Maresca will be the one managing this team by next season they will first decline in performance.

Arsenal will maintain their consistency and performance till they see that no team can catch up just as last season, every error will be corrected and thing will go as plan.

[Mayor of ogba]

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.

I don't think the only valid reason for Barcelona not activating the £30 million release cause of Marcus Rashford at the end of his loan spell was because of high salary, because there was no valid news or rumour that Barcelona and Marcus Rashford couldn't agree a personal terms, which made the deal to collapse. I believe Barcelona didn't sign Marcus Rashford because they weren't satisfied with his performance during his loan spell at Barcelona. If Marcus Rashford is willingly to leave Manchester United, high salary won't be a problem and it won't stop him from leaving because if it happens that he needs to take a pay cut in order to leave Manchester United for good he will do it

[$weetne$$]

I heard that Guardiola did not completely leave Manchester City and is still involved with the club, even though he is no longer the head coach. If that is true, his experience  could help Maresca succeed well.

I didn't hear about that but I do believe that pep will still be involved in Manchester city probably backing Enzo Maresca up so with that I think Manchester city performance will still remains at top level
Although if it happens to be that pep Guardiola is not involved in Manchester city I personally do expect some decline in performance from Manchester city because I did not expect to see immediate results as soon as Enzo Mareaca takes over

It is very possible he may not be directly involved but will contribute to the team when they need it, through his wealth of experience,  that could be from the management side of the team. As one who loved the team so much and the team too did loved him as much,  they will most likely be in touch  and he definitely will be of great help to their coach and helping  the team on how to navigate certain competitions at some points.

[Amphenomenon]

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.

Arteta are having quite the advantage and since many of their players are participating in the World Cup actively I hope he signs more stars and gives them more breaking time because soon they will worn outs and just seems like injury prone or getting long term injuries.

Real Madrid suffered that some seasons back especially after their La Liga and Champions league triumph two seasons ago.

[Albarq]

I heard that Guardiola did not completely leave Manchester City and is still involved with the club, even though he is no longer the head coach. If that is true, his experience  could help Maresca succeed well.

I didn't hear about that but I do believe that pep will still be involved in Manchester city probably backing Enzo Maresca up so with that I think Manchester city performance will still remains at top level
Although if it happens to be that pep Guardiola is not involved in Manchester city I personally do expect some decline in performance from Manchester city because I did not expect to see immediate results as soon as Enzo Mareaca takes over

It is very possible he may not be directly involved but will contribute to the team when they need it, through his wealth of experience,  that could be from the management side of the team. As one who loved the team so much and the team too did loved him as much,  they will most likely be in touch  and he definitely will be of great help to their coach and helping  the team on how to navigate certain competitions at some points.

Even though they are still connected with Manchester City, Pep Guardiola still only has a few interests in having a relationship with City Football Group because Manchester City is part of a company that has a football network consisting of six clubs in the network between countries, so Pep Guardiola still has a role as an advisor or ambassador, not just one club and City is included in it, therefore Pep still has a relationship even though he is not a coach.

[martinom]

Arsenal certainly have the opportunity to create a solid foundation now from which to build for next season and create a very strong environment.
has a good chance of winning the English Premier League again and of reaching the top of the Champions League and he proved it by managing to tame the very strong Paris Saint-Germain in a direct match.

Arsenal was a really strong team that was able to do very well compared to the others, but it must be said that they have been working on this project for years and that they can continue to improve, i feel able to say that this team will do great things and will be able to return to have revenge against Paris Saint-Germain.

[tiCeR]

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.

I don't think the only valid reason for Barcelona not activating the £30 million release cause of Marcus Rashford at the end of his loan spell was because of high salary, because there was no valid news or rumour that Barcelona and Marcus Rashford couldn't agree a personal terms, which made the deal to collapse. I believe Barcelona didn't sign Marcus Rashford because they weren't satisfied with his performance during his loan spell at Barcelona. If Marcus Rashford is willingly to leave Manchester United, high salary won't be a problem and it won't stop him from leaving because if it happens that he needs to take a pay cut in order to leave Manchester United for good he will do it

They are probably on the outlook for a stronger right wing player. It was not hard to see that Rashford can't handle the pressure in matches like the World Cup. He has good days and he has so many bad days and Barcelona needs a player who is reliable for years, not just one season or ten matches. They want maximum stability and consistency and they want progress from season to season and I think that is not what they see in Rashford. He did well when he played for Barcelona and his statistics are acceptable, but it is Barcelona and it wouldn't be the club it if they were not already searching for a better substitute.

Rashford could never really maintain his best form for an extended period of time and this is what they want. See how consistent PSG players are, you can rely on anyone of them in their offense and on any other position. Of course it is possible that one of them has a bad day, but if yo every match into account in one season, all of them are consistent in terms of what is expected from them.

[kennycryptoitalia]

Arteta are having quite the advantage and since many of their players are participating in the World Cup actively I hope he signs more stars and gives them more breaking time because soon they will worn outs and just seems like injury prone or getting long term injuries.

Real Madrid suffered that some seasons back especially after their La Liga and Champions league triumph two seasons ago.

that's right, actively participating in a World Cup, however, makes you prepared and with international experience, things that you can reapply once you return to your homeland, to your club of origin, many players will return with very important experience, and this can bring added value to Arsenal.

[bastisisca]

For now, Manchester United is prioritizing selling him to another club, from what I know there are already several Premier League clubs interested in him. But the negotiation process could be longer because United only wants a permanent transfer option to another club, and if that is not completed by the end of this season's transfer, then Rashford will inevitably stay at United and will try to be reintegrated into the team, but perhaps his position will not be as important in the team because even though his performance was quite good at Barcelona, the United squad composition is still more proper for now, maybe he will only be played in certain matches.

In my opinion this choice by Manchester United doesn't make much sense, selling an important player in the same league doesn't seem like a good, intelligent choice to me. i don't understand the reason for this wicked choice, or he could leave him to Barcelona.

[Agbamoni]

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.

City fans dont trust Enzo Maresca as they did with Pep Guardiola. Pep set a standard for them, and that standard has to remain, as the fans are used to winning trophies. However, Enzo Maresca has worked with Manchester City for a long time before becoming their manager. The City fans need to remember that he was once their own before leaving for Chelsea. Now that he is back, he deserves that trust and respect.

[m4r1o]

The next decision will be whether the team trust him to rediscover his best form or not, if there's no substitute, they should probably loan him again to give him time to get back to his form or they do a permanent transfer for him to contribute to he team's future. For Manchester United, they need to make decisions that will make the team compete consistently especially for major trophies rather than relying on their past achievements.

Marcus Rashford may return but that's not the point Manchester United must continue to manage the team and Carrick is the only one who can do it, these teams need a guide who takes them forward and who never abandons them, it is necessary to understand what they will do in the future in the upcoming matches also because they have to play the Champions League.

[changaa]

All Arsenal fans certainly hope for that again next season, but as everyone has seen and everyone knows, to win the Champions League, a team must be truly strong in all areas, not just defense. Because when a team often defends without attacking much, of course the opposition will try to find openings to score, even though it's difficult, but they will never tire of attacking, as we saw in last season's Champions League final. So, Arsenal will need a new style of play in every game next season if they want to go far in the Champions League and become title contenders in the Premier League again next season.

The chances are very high that he will be able to do as well as the previous season, in fact many hope so and he will certainly be gearing up to do something similar and have the same quality standards as the previous season.
i am very certain of it.

[blue Snow]

For now, Manchester United is prioritizing selling him to another club, from what I know there are already several Premier League clubs interested in him. But the negotiation process could be longer because United only wants a permanent transfer option to another club, and if that is not completed by the end of this season's transfer, then Rashford will inevitably stay at United and will try to be reintegrated into the team, but perhaps his position will not be as important in the team because even though his performance was quite good at Barcelona, the United squad composition is still more proper for now, maybe he will only be played in certain matches.

It’s highly likely that Rashford will be forced to stay at Manchester United next season. According to rumors, some of the clubs interested in Rashford are only willing to pay a low price or take him on loan, offers that Manchester United will, of course, rejected. I don’t understand why it’s so difficult to find a club for Rashford. After all, his performances haven’t been that bad. Rashford’s situation is a real dilemma. His future hangs in the balance with no clarity in sight.