⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Stable090]

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

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

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

[ITExpert]

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

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

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

[Amphenomenon]

From my observation the teams decide what title race is more important and then go for it, seeing Chelsea had no chance winning the premier league title it’s better they go for something else and luckily they won two different title. Not all team get to the exact point after indicating their focus so Chelsea did a good job, both titles can’t be compared but watching the big teams they faced before winning the title tells Chelsea is ready for a change. I hope to see something different this season, I’m tired of watching same team get the trophy consistently maybe not Chelsea but, other teams probably in this way the competition will be tough.

Did you just say big teams they face before winning it? You can say something else but this is not the right way to rate Chelsea performance. No doubt, they have shown a bit of improvement in their recent games but we all know they faced average teams in both competitions until the final stages. However, Chelsea was not at fault for playing less competitive teams because you can only play a team assigned to you by the organisers of the competition. I don't want to downgrade Chelsea but it is too early to conclude that the Chelsea we knew before is back to its former self. We can only say that when the new season begins to see what they have for us.

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

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

[KingsDen]

How could Manchester United be negotiating for Mbeumo for over 50 days now and the deal is not completed yet and they are talking about Jackson. What is wrong with Manchester United and who told them that it's only English teams that will produce a good striker for them. Manchester United scout should look beyond England and buy a young and hungry striker.

What? Is Manchester United really thinking of adding Jackson to the squad? They must be out of their mind.    He is a total failure. He has nothing to add to them and I'd love to see him leaving Chelsea ASAP also.

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

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

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

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

Manchester United has made progress on Bryan Mbeumo deal. However they'll need to pay around £70m for him... It's a quite high sum. Do you think he's really worth that much?

He had a great season at Brentford. 20 goals and 8 assists in the PL.    Truthfully Manchester United really needs productive players like him. Last season went terrible for them in terms of scoring enough.

The source of the transfer: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1945834536471826578

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

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

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

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

[tygeade]

Let's be honest Chelsea didn't face any big team along their way to the finals the only big team they faced is PSG and they dealt with them perfectly even though I'm not a Chelsea fan, I won't fail to acknowledge their good effort in that finals they cleared my doubt and merited the trophy anyone who thinks otherwise must be a joker.

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

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

[Egii Nna]

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

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

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

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

[Cookdata]

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

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

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

[free-bit.co.in]

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

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

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

[Miles2006]

From my observation the teams decide what title race is more important and then go for it, seeing Chelsea had no chance winning the premier league title it’s better they go for something else and luckily they won two different title. Not all team get to the exact point after indicating their focus so Chelsea did a good job, both titles can’t be compared but watching the big teams they faced before winning the title tells Chelsea is ready for a change. I hope to see something different this season, I’m tired of watching same team get the trophy consistently maybe not Chelsea but, other teams probably in this way the competition will be tough.

Did you just say big teams they face before winning it? You can say something else but this is not the right way to rate Chelsea performance. No doubt, they have shown a bit of improvement in their recent games but we all know they faced average teams in both competitions until the final stages. However, Chelsea was not at fault for playing less competitive teams because you can only play a team assigned to you by the organisers of the competition. I don't want to downgrade Chelsea but it is too early to conclude that the Chelsea we knew before is back to its former self. We can only say that when the new season begins to see what they have for us.

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

[Agbe]

From my observation the teams decide what title race is more important and then go for it, seeing Chelsea had no chance winning the premier league title it’s better they go for something else and luckily they won two different title. Not all team get to the exact point after indicating their focus so Chelsea did a good job, both titles can’t be compared but watching the big teams they faced before winning the title tells Chelsea is ready for a change. I hope to see something different this season, I’m tired of watching same team get the trophy consistently maybe not Chelsea but, other teams probably in this way the competition will be tough.

Did you just say big teams they face before winning it? You can say something else but this is not the right way to rate Chelsea performance. No doubt, they have shown a bit of improvement in their recent games but we all know they faced average teams in both competitions until the final stages. However, Chelsea was not at fault for playing less competitive teams because you can only play a team assigned to you by the organisers of the competition. I don't want to downgrade Chelsea but it is too early to conclude that the Chelsea we knew before is back to its former self. We can only say that when the new season begins to see what they have for us.

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

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

[Lida93]

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

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

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

[Smack That Ace]

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

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

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

[Pandorak]

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

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

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

[Gost ms]

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

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

[DanWalker]

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

[asriloni]

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

Don't be salty bruh. Calling a club that managed to get into the final with their hardwork just by luck is telling me if you can't accept Chelsea's victory. Win is win, trophy is trophy.

[Fuso.hp]

That's true Chelsea didn't playa against any big team along the way to the final and PsG was the first really big team and they a super game and became champions.

Aside of that I feel like this tournament can't be taken into account to know if the team is gonna be a contender for the Premier league, I feel like a lot of teams didn't play at full effort, Real Madrid was an example of that.

Although Chelsea's opponents were not very difficult until the final, their opponent in the final was the toughest and considering the performance of PSG, PSG was considered the favorite team in the Club World Cup. We had clearly said that the match between PSG vs Real Madrid would be the final match because the team that wins that match will ensure the Club World Cup title but Chelsea proved our idea wrong. However, even if they could not do well in the Premier League, at least they ensured the Club World Cup title so with that confidence they can do well in the Premier League next season. Chelsea currently has several young footballers who are performing well recently, if these young footballers can maintain their good performance, then the team will definitely do better next season through them.

[wakier]

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

Don't be salty bruh. Calling a club that managed to get into the final with their hardwork just by luck is telling me if you can't accept Chelsea's victory. Win is win, trophy is trophy.

I understand why some people say Chelsea is lucky enough to reach the final because from the start Chelsea did not face top European clubs like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid in the tournament and only found opponents outside Europe although I do not deny that clubs outside Europe also cannot be underestimated they also have strong performances and maybe many people think that if Chelsea met the top European clubs maybe Chelsea would not have made it to the final but actually that cannot be guaranteed because everything requires hard work to be able to survive until the end the proof is Chelsea was able to beat PSG even though PSG was the one who eliminated the top European clubs.

[Joy- maker]

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

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

in as much as am not a fan of Chelsea  I refuse to agree with you that that Chelsea won PSG by luck, normally I can't argue with you that Chelsea didn't play against a very big team from beginning, but even as that it is not enough reason to say that Chelsea won PSG by luck, beside PSG is a very good team that is in good form, yet Chelsea kicked there ass in the final. PSG never took Chelsea lightly in that match especially in that first half you are talking about, PSG was just too confident which made lose formation thinking that they will win Chelsea since they are in good form but that's not the game play, while Chelsea took that final very serious normally Chelsea don't joke with finals they always take very serious, if you really watch Chelsea play in that final you will understand what am talking about, forget about this your exaggeration that  PSG too Chelsea lightly in the first half and later too them hardly in the second half what a joke, Chelsea just cleared the doubts of people and proved to them that they are the best, which they are the best.

[POPOLUV]

I really enjoyed the first pre season friendly match that was held on the 13th of July 2025 by Liverpool club and that of Preston club and although it is just a friendly match of a non-competitive game but it is use to test the players skills or tactics and also to warm up players to be  ready for the upcoming season, and the match was an emotional one for Liverpool, as it was their first game since the tragic, in memory of their lost of Diogo jota, and when the match was going on Conor Bradley a Liverpool player score the first goal in the first half that make Liverpool club dominate from the first half against Preston North End club and immediately when the second half started Liverpool was able to score more two goals and Preston reply by scoring one goal, so the match end in the favor of Liverpool club which the won 3:1 to Preston North end club.