⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Kristiyana]

Liverpool are yet to win a trophy this season, after coming close in the fa cup final against Newcastle. As they were also eliminated from the Chhampions League and the EFL cup also, leaving only the English Premier League as their potential trophy. Given their strong performance in the league this season, it seems unlikely that we will see any surprises. Liverpool's huge point lead at the top of the table makes them clear favourites to lift the EPL trophy. Congratulations to Arne Slot for winning the Premier League in in his first season.

It’s disappointing to see Liverpool sent of the Champions league, and lose to Newcastle in the EFL Cup within a week. Seriously slot will just have too prepare more by next season, I knew the champions league won’t be easy for Liverpool, but I was expecting them to win both the premier league, and the Carabao cup, but Liverpool were defeated by Newcastle in final. If I will be honest, Newcastle really played well in the match, and they deserve the win.

Liverpool is left with just premier league, am not expecting any surprise from that, Liverpool should be able to win the premier league title, because their is little points which they are using to lead Arsenal which is in second position is just much, and there is no way arsenal will be able to take the position from Liverpool.

The match was really tough for liverpool, though I didn't watch the first half of the game. I only watched the second half by then newcastle is already leading with 2:0 it was still during the die minutes of the game that liverpool was struggling so hard to make an equalizer, and I most say that the match was very tough for newcastle during the extra time. If not for those delay strategies I think liverpool would have make an equalizer, but it was all there fault for allowing newcastle to score. Just imagine how they were struggling during the extra time, maybe they thought they could win newcastle so easily just as they did in there previous meeting, But they were so surprised to see things working differently.

[fullhdpixel]

Where do you see these 2 teams next season guys? I'd really like to see Amorim improving with new transfers. But hopefully he doesn't bring useless players like Erik ten Hag did and spent even a lot of money on them. Normally Ange is also not a bad manager. Tottenham are one of top scorer teams but the problem is the defense. He needs to bring more decent players to this area if he doesn't get sacked. The same for Amorim about sacking.

Great hopes are in Amorim. With a lot of experience in Portugal, they should be able to develop. Perhaps indeed, the current condition is far from the ideal player's expectations because he only got the rest from Ten Hag. So next season's condition Amorim must be able to make good use of the transfer market. He has to buy the right quality players and be able to work hard. For Totenham it may be the same, they also have to take advantage of the transfer market. Perhaps this is Tottenham's second season without Kane. This condition can be seen this season they cannot only rely on Son Heun Ming.

Amorim did a great job with Sporting, which made everyone assume United would keep being a great team as well, thanks to Amorim. But he didn't do as great as people hoped for, recently they are on a decent form and haven't lost a game in a while so they could be happy about the last months results.

However, the start was terrible, and looking at where they are ranked right now, there is absolutely no hope for them this year. Next year, they will not be able to win the league title, they can't get that much better, but they can focus on making it to top six, and go to Europa, once again, that would be a good improvement. A season where they are like sixth, go to Europa, and maybe even win FA cup or EFL cup could actually be amazing.

[Spack17]

The most obvious sign that Liverpool have already won the title is that bookmakers are not accepting bets on it.
As for next season, it will be a different team - Arnold will leave, Salah may leave, Van Dijk too, etc. It's too early to talk about next season as we don't know what kind of team Slot can put together plus we don't know what the competitors can do.

It would be very surprising if bookmakers still opened a bet for Liverpool to get the title at the moment. It would be like 1.02 or so I guess.    Extraordinary work they have done in the league so far.

TAA, Salah and van Dijk all are probable to leave but nothing is certain yet. Contract talks are ongoing. I hope Salah stays at least. TAA would probably sign for Real Madrid and I think van Dijk will leave for a Saudi team. Julian Alvarez's name is in the rumours but I don't know if Atletico Madrid would let him go easily. He is a superb finisher and I can't imagine what he can do in case of replacing this trash Nunez.

[yudi09]

TAA, Salah and van Dijk all are probable to leave but nothing is certain yet. Contract talks are ongoing. I hope Salah stays at least. TAA would probably sign for Real Madrid and I think van Dijk will leave for a Saudi team. Julian Alvarez's name is in the rumours but I don't know if Atletico Madrid would let him go easily. He is a superb finisher and I can't imagine what he can do in case of replacing this trash Nunez.

Trent has rarely been in the Liverpool line-up since Arne Slot arrived. Regardless of Trent's injuries, TAA is not considered Slot's first choice. TAA is a Liverpool product and Trent's performances have attracted interest from other big clubs and there have been rumours that Real Madrid are interested in his services.
Liverpool probably won't let Trent go if they look at tradition. Van Dijk and Salah would be different possibilities. It's not the right time to talk about transfers because our focus is on the Premier League.

[Pokapoka124]

Neither Manchester United nor Tottenham are relegating obviously. But still this doesn't make them comfortable of course. Just look at their positions in the standings. Terrible... They look like some kind of average level teams in the PL. 

Where do you see these 2 teams next season guys? I'd really like to see Amorim improving with new transfers. But hopefully he doesn't bring useless players like Erik ten Hag did and spent even a lot of money on them. Normally Ange is also not a bad manager. Tottenham are one of top scorer teams but the problem is the defense. He needs to bring more decent players to this area if he doesn't get sacked. The same for Amorim about sacking.

You are right, but their inconsistent performances this season have made fans question their credibility as  top football teams. They have fallen short of expectations, and at this point they don't seem capable of competing at the highest level. However, it will be interesting to see how these two clubs perform next season. I think with a strategic approach and smart transfer policy, Manchester United could significantly improve. Chelsea are pretty good, they just need to learn to play as a team without depending on Cole Palmer.

[KTChampions]

~Based on what I know about Manchester City, I would say that Manchester City will definitely play in the Champions League next season.

  Before this season, City were considered the Champions League favourites on the same basis.
In fact, City's situation is quite difficult - Aston Villa and Fulham are three points behind them, Brighton and Newcastle are one point behind, but Newcastle have a game in hand. It turns out that if City continue to lose points, there are as many as 4 teams that can take advantage of this. It would be good if this happened - City in the Europa League, what could be fairer.

[pawel7777]

Over the last few days, the British media have been reporting on the impending verdict of the legal battle between Manchester City and the Premier League.
Man City are charged with 115 rules violations. They are very likely to get hit with huge penalties but many expect them to get penalised with points deductions and some even mention potential relegation.
Interesting read from the local Manchester Evening News:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/new-man-city-115-charges-31220462

Apparently The Premier League cannot just send the club to a lower division, but they have other ways to do that:

"I don't think they can relegate the club as such, because this is a Premier League punishment," Maguire said. "The Premier League doesn't control the EFL, so therefore the commission would have to set a tariff - a punishment that will be so severe in terms of points deductions that it would effectively guarantee relegation.

[RaltcoinsB]

Neither Manchester United nor Tottenham are relegating obviously. But still this doesn't make them comfortable of course. Just look at their positions in the standings. Terrible... They look like some kind of average level teams in the PL. 

Where do you see these 2 teams next season guys? I'd really like to see Amorim improving with new transfers. But hopefully he doesn't bring useless players like Erik ten Hag did and spent even a lot of money on them. Normally Ange is also not a bad manager. Tottenham are one of top scorer teams but the problem is the defense. He needs to bring more decent players to this area if he doesn't get sacked. The same for Amorim about sacking.

You are right, but their inconsistent performances this season have made fans question their credibility as  top football teams. They have fallen short of expectations, and at this point they don't seem capable of competing at the highest level. However, it will be interesting to see how these two clubs perform next season. I think with a strategic approach and smart transfer policy, Manchester United could significantly improve. Chelsea are pretty good, they just need to learn to play as a team without depending on Cole Palmer.

If we talk about Manchester United, the Portuguese manager seems to be making the announcement for next year already. They want to get to good places in the English League. For this, a team restructuring is needed. Amorim is currently trying to get to know the team in the best way to do this. They will say goodbye to many players in the summer and transfer many players. The important thing is that the transfers are harmonious. Because Manchester City still has not been able to get any benefit from the players they have recently transferred. I don't think they want to experience the same scenario.

[Adbitco]

If we talk about Manchester United, the Portuguese manager seems to be making the announcement for next year already. They want to get to good places in the English League. For this, a team restructuring is needed. Amorim is currently trying to get to know the team in the best way to do this. They will say goodbye to many players in the summer and transfer many players. The important thing is that the transfers are harmonious. Because Manchester City still has not been able to get any benefit from the players they have recently transferred. I don't think they want to experience the same scenario.

Yeah, Manchester United really needs restructuring and the coach should be given that free will to do that including the signing and departure of players. Same free hands given to Ten Hang should also be extended to Amorim and at the same time give him to time to work with his own choice of players, only then can he be judged. I really see him as a good coach who can actually bring in some changes if his given that opportunity to work freely.

[Antotena]

It is not impossible for Manchester United and Tottenham to make it to the top five position, but it will be very difficult. I suspect that both teams will be focusing on building their team for next season and not fighting for a European competition. Clubs like Newcastle, Fulham, Brighton, Aston Villa and others have better chances of making it to the the top five than the two clubs we are discussing. Manchester United gor a good win against Leicester in their last game. But the setback is that they might not be consistent. Except they keep winning, it will be impossible to win the race to the top.

I think I will go with the impossible because from the beginning of the season it's not like Manchester United and Tottenham were that serious in their games, they have always been struggling since the beginning to where they are right now. If its like Manchester City or Chelsea that is there, I will say it might be difficult but because they have been to the to of the table like two times, if I see some improvements I can say it's very possible for them to go to top 4.

Other teams that you mad mentioned have high chance but they can't do it, it's not like other teams have given up on their positions, those teams have matches with atleast 1 time with 4 teams that are at the top of the table and no way it's possible for them to win all of them and that alone can reduce their chance of getting there not to talk about some other teams that are above them and below them that can stop them from winning their matches.

[Adiljutt156]

Manchester United is still on the winning path until the 95th minute of today's match, basically in this match we can see that Manchester United is going to defeat Leicester City. So far one goal has come from the feet of Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes, and Hojlund in this match, meaning that these three players were absolutely perfect against Leicester City. I've been watching their matches over the past few weeks but there's a great desire to move forward within Manchester United. Manchester United had a remarkable performance last week as they drew against Arsenal and today as a bettor I'm happy that they are able to win 3-0 against Leicester City.

Manchester united did absolutely well in yesterdays  match, you know if not for the fact that they have not being in their best performance for some time now of course leicester is not always a threat for them. But due to there inconsistency made it look as if leicester can be a threat to them, But is so nice to see that manchester united really proved to them that they still remains the manchester united they used to know before.

However, I think Bruno deserve to be awarded as the man of the match because his performance was indeed a great one. He made two assist and also score one goal, though I don't watch the match till the end so I don't know who was giving the award.

We saw one sided match between Manchester United football team and Football team. Manchester United football team did 3 goals in this match and Leicester City football team could not do any goal in this match and match was ended with result of 3-0 . Højlund was a person who did first goal of the match and he did goal at 28 minutes of the match and after this goal, Garnacho was a person who did second goal of the match and he did goal at 67 minutes of the match when it was needed to the team . Fernandes was a person who did last goal of the match and he did goal at 90 minutes of the match when match was close to end. Manchester United team has 13th position on the table and that team points are 37 and Leicester City team has 19 position on the table and that team need improvement because players are not giving full effort to win the match.

[pawel7777]

I don't know if it's a season fatigue or overconfidence resulting from their unchallenged lead in the table but something is clearly wrong with Liverpool.
A loss can happen to any club, but they got completely dominated by Newcastle in the EFL cup final. It could've easily be 4-1 for Newcastle.
Their performance in the round of 16 of the Champions League against PSG was also far from perfect, especially in the 1st leg when they only made 2 shots on goal and their ball possession was only 29%.
Or could it be that they cannot mentally handle games where there's everything at stake and only perform well in the league (be it the Premier League or the UCL league stage)?

[AirtelBuzz]

We saw one sided match between Manchester United football team and Football team. Manchester United football team did 3 goals in this match and Leicester City football team could not do any goal in this match and match was ended with result of 3-0 . Højlund was a person who did first goal of the match and he did goal at 28 minutes of the match and after this goal, Garnacho was a person who did second goal of the match and he did goal at 67 minutes of the match when it was needed to the team . Fernandes was a person who did last goal of the match and he did goal at 90 minutes of the match when match was close to end. Manchester United team has 13th position on the table and that team points are 37 and Leicester City team has 19 position on the table and that team need improvement because players are not giving full effort to win the match.

Surely we also saw that the match between Manchester United and Leicester City was one-sided in every way. This match shows that Leicester City Club also contributed a lot and Leicester City should have gotten a lot more out of their performance against Manchester United. As you mentioned Leicester City are in 19th position in the table, they are only losing matches for which they are in 19th place. Anyway after this Manchester United will have to face Nottingham Forest, Manchester City Club But Manchester United will have to play a quarter-final match in a place where they are currently performing very well.

[JiiBs]

Finally Newcastle won first domestic trophy in 70 years after beating Liverpool 2-1. Newcastle is at number six on points table while Liverpool is top team of EPL. It's surprise to see that Liverpool who is doing so good in EPL is unable to win any other contest. In EPL, Liverpool will win the title this season as they have lost only one game this season and it's very unlikely that they will lose any game in rest of there matches. Liverpool need to improve there weaknesses, if they are winning in EPL then they need to grab other titles also. 

That win is something no one saw coming. I just couldn’t believe what I was watching but it was right there, unfolding right before my eyes. Liverpool thought it was going to be some game where they just suck up the pressure in the first half and come running over Newcastle United in the second half but no, Newcastle United ended the game right from the first half.
The manager’s tactical substitution also played a vital role to neutralizing the pressure that Liverpool was coming with in the second half. They merely got away with that last goal else, Newcastle United would have kept a clean sheet in this too.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

Finally Newcastle won first domestic trophy in 70 years after beating Liverpool 2-1. Newcastle is at number six on points table while Liverpool is top team of EPL.

Yes Newcastle Football Club has finally managed to win a domestic trophy but the year you mentioned here, we saw it differently in different newspapers. Still many congratulations to the Newcastle football team for being able to play fairly well and Newcastle managed to take home a trophy.

It's surprise to see that Liverpool who is doing so good in EPL is unable to win any other contest. In EPL, Liverpool will win the title this season as they have lost only one game this season and it's very unlikely that they will lose any game in rest of there matches. Liverpool need to improve there weaknesses, if they are winning in EPL then they need to grab other titles also.

Based on how Liverpool Football Club is performing in other contest, I think they may still be a long way from winning a trophy in the EPL. They were previously very high up in the Champions League but were defeated by Paris Saint-Germain, disappointing everyone. Also in my opinion Liverpool may have been very disappointed after losing to PSG in the Champions League. Maybe this is not the Liverpool we saw at the start of the season, they were a balanced team but they were very delicate against Newcastle.

[SatoPrincess]

I would love to see what Amorim will do in the transfer market this summer and how he would improve the team next season atleast it is sure that he will survive sack this season but how about Ange Postecoglou? Will he also survive and not get sacked before the new season? I also don’t consider him a bad coach but time will tell.

[Tipstar]

Finally Newcastle won first domestic trophy in 70 years after beating Liverpool 2-1. Newcastle is at number six on points table while Liverpool is top team of EPL. It's surprise to see that Liverpool who is doing so good in EPL is unable to win any other contest. In EPL, Liverpool will win the title this season as they have lost only one game this season and it's very unlikely that they will lose any game in rest of there matches. Liverpool need to improve there weaknesses, if they are winning in EPL then they need to grab other titles also. 

That win is something no one saw coming. I just couldn’t believe what I was watching but it was right there, unfolding right before my eyes. Liverpool thought it was going to be some game where they just suck up the pressure in the first half and come running over Newcastle United in the second half but no, Newcastle United ended the game right from the first half.
The manager’s tactical substitution also played a vital role to neutralizing the pressure that Liverpool was coming with in the second half. They merely got away with that last goal else, Newcastle United would have kept a clean sheet in this too.

Newcastle is performing good in the league as well. They had came with a plan and they executed well cornering Salah and making it difficult for Liverpool to breach the defense while their attacks too yielded expected results. Dan Burn and Alexander Isak took the initial lead for Newcastle and even though Liverpool had greater possession and overall good field presence, they needed to wait till the injury time to get a compensatory goal.
This also proves there's not much difference between the teams in the league, even though Liverpool is having a great points lead.

[SatoPrincess]

Pep is a great manager. If Pep leaves City will be relegated.
But It's crazy to think in the worst season with Pep City will finish in the top 4
Pep rebuilt the City squad before, so he can and will do it again. Never lose hope.
I think the team has improved, the attack is good, and Marmoush is also good, but Doku's finishing is still lacking, so there is no need to sign another striker.
We will see a new Manchester City next season. Pep is changing to a more direct style of play, so I suspect City will sign more physical and fast players in the summer. IMO

I doubt that Manchester City will be relegated if Pep leaves because aside from Pep Guardiola there are still many managers who are good as well. Coaching a club like city who have the influence and finances to fund transfers it will be a lot easier for any experienced manager to thrive in the club when you have the back up of the club to fund transfers and get you any player of your choice it will be difficult to fail.

[rachael9385]

Finally Newcastle won first domestic trophy in 70 years after beating Liverpool 2-1. Newcastle is at number six on points table while Liverpool is top team of EPL. It's surprise to see that Liverpool who is doing so good in EPL is unable to win any other contest. In EPL, Liverpool will win the title this season as they have lost only one game this season and it's very unlikely that they will lose any game in rest of there matches. Liverpool need to improve there weaknesses, if they are winning in EPL then they need to grab other titles also. 

That win is something no one saw coming. I just couldn’t believe what I was watching but it was right there, unfolding right before my eyes. Liverpool thought it was going to be some game where they just suck up the pressure in the first half and come running over Newcastle United in the second half but no, Newcastle United ended the game right from the first half.
The manager’s tactical substitution also played a vital role to neutralizing the pressure that Liverpool was coming with in the second half. They merely got away with that last goal else, Newcastle United would have kept a clean sheet in this too.

Newcastle is performing good in the league as well. They had came with a plan and they executed well cornering Salah and making it difficult for Liverpool to breach the defense while their attacks too yielded expected results. Dan Burn and Alexander Isak took the initial lead for Newcastle and even though Liverpool had greater possession and overall good field presence, they needed to wait till the injury time to get a compensatory goal.
This also proves there's not much difference between the teams in the league, even though Liverpool is having a great points lead.

Newcastle are on fire and it would be the first time in a long that they've made it to the championship, premier league took a different turn this season, I can't believe that Liverpool's performance would turn out to be like this because they had quite a good start but later on they started getting cold. Losing two games in a row is so unlike them and this is very strange. The worst outcome I was expecting in their match against Newcastle was a draw but they ended up losing in everything, ball possession, shots on target and also goal difference.

[SatoPrincess]

Liverpool are still empty-handed...

FA Cup : eliminated very early
EFL Cup : eliminated in the finale
Champions League: eliminated during last 16

Now there is only the Premier League left to win. We can already call them as the champions here though. Because the gap is 12 points with Arsenal so I don't think even Arteta believes in their chance anymore.  

Do you call Arne Slot successful for this year? I think winning a Premier League trophy is a good start at least. He is about to end Liverpool's thirst for this title - the last one achieved was in the 2019-20 season.

I consider Liverpool champions already because with 12 points gap and only nine games to play I don’t see a possibility of Liverpool slipping away not like Arsenal are going to win all their remaining matches even so for me the title race has ended already just give Liverpool the trophy. Can I call Arne Slot successful? Yes why not. He got to the league cup finals, got to Champions League knockout and if he achieved the league title ofcourse he has a successful season.