⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Abbatty]

Manchester United will soon be announcing the signing of Youri Tilemans. A very good and premier league proven player already, every premier league fan knows what he can do on and off the ball. He his a hard working player and have good eyes for goal. After missing out on Ederson, Manchester United knew they needed to bring in a good midfielder and it really nice to see them getting Tilemans.

Now I think this signing will put a lot of smile of their fans, we saw a lot of them complaining about the signing of Santos but I believe most of them are really pleased with this one. I still believe a lot of players will come in, but the question is what positions.

[SuperBitMan]

If arsenal can win the premier league title last season with the present players, then they have no fear at all this season because what they need is their playing consistency and also improving areas where they are weak, which may mean that they sign players to strengthen the squad but I don't think they should panic even though other clubs will want to improve to compete for the title this season too. But arsenal remains one of the best contenders for this title this season.

This is just the truth, Arsenal won the league with the current players in the team there is a possibility of them winning the league again next season but the only challenge will be the players being in good form, Arsenal will also have to face the opposition that will be coming their ways, Manchester United is in good form now unlike last season where they started very poor same thing with Manchester City and Liverpool. The new season will be filled with strong competition but the better team will surely win the league.

Arsenal actually performed very well last season they surprised and shocked everybody that was thinking they wouldn’t lift the Premier league title, you are correct Arsenal has a lot of good players, but the problem is that are they actually going to perform very well next season, I think the coach is aware that the current players may not perform the way they did last season and that is why they are signing new players and also selling some players so there will be a little change, I strongly believe that Arsenal has a chance to lift the Premier league title next season.
Manchester United will actually be a problem to Arsenal next season because they have really improved greatly and I am sure that their target next season is to lift the Premier league title and if Arsenal should make any mistake Manchester United will actually lift the Premier league title I believe after Arsenal it is Manchester United in the premier league right now.

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Palestra, Quenda and Denner... These are the moves by Chelsea so far right? All of them are very young names and not all of them are well-known either.

Are we sure that Xabi Alonso is in charge of the transfers now?    Because this kind of transfers really look like the owners' instead.

I don't see any improvement in the squad for now. They are just losing blood starting with Cucurella.

I’m not sure if this transfer was at Xabi Alonso’s request. It must be the doing of the club’s owners, who are solely focused on financial gain. I’m surprised that the club’s owners are so keen on signing young players, even though Chelsea’s current squad already has so many young players. Given a squad like this, I’m not convinced that Xabi will be able to improve Chelsea’s performance next season.

Chelsea need to sign experienced players especially in the premier league or players that are very experienced with the champions league because Chelsea already have young players and they are still not able to play consistently for a long time even during the time of Maresca, they need players that are dependable in the long run because sometimes Chelsea can be consistent and reach the top 3 in the league and all of a sudden with the same squad they will drop down from the top teams on the table. So the team clearly needs players they can depend on for consistency. Except it's Alonso that's asking for such players and he knows that his ideas will be well implemented with them, then Chelsea don't have an issue but if it's because of their gain, then theirs a big problem waiting to happen next season.

[Accardo]

Manchester United will actually be a problem to Arsenal next season because they have really improved greatly and I am sure that their target next season is to lift the Premier league title and if Arsenal should make any mistake Manchester United will actually lift the Premier league title I believe after Arsenal it is Manchester United in the premier league right now.

Man U possess a team strong to be Arsenal's rival this season, but Arteta is on a whole different level, his plans to emulate PSG's playing strategy, should it work, will easily place him ahead of the contending teams in the Premier league, he's done so well at mastering transitional football, and is yet to add to it the emotional maneuvering that Enrique's brought to his game at the finals with Arsenal, If Arteta lays his hands on that playing Fluid he'd have nobody to worry about in the premier league.

[Slow death]

Manchester United is very active in this transfer window. I see that they not only want to remain in the top 4 next season but also probably want to fight for the title and go as far as possible in the Premier League. They made another signing, I'm talking about Andrey Santos, coming from Chelsea. According to Fabrizio Romano, Manchester United will pay £48 million. It's strange to see Chelsea only selling players and not being very active in buying many players like in the past. Andrey Santos is 22 years old. Last season for Chelsea, he played 27 games but only managed to score 1 goal and provided 0 assists. We'll see how he performs at Manchester United.

[Volgastallion]

The main question about Manchester United is, can they play as the expected perfromance? Becausse we always thing they are gonna do a good season and when the season start they start to drop points like crazy and another season goes into the bin, we already saw this in the past seasons, this time seems to be diferent and seems like Carrick has now a much better grip on the team and the team trust him but the past experience makes me doubt.

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Manchester United will soon be announcing the signing of Youri Tilemans. A very good and premier league proven player already, every premier league fan knows what he can do on and off the ball. He his a hard working player and have good eyes for goal. After missing out on Ederson, Manchester United knew they needed to bring in a good midfielder and it really nice to see them getting Tilemans.

Now I think this signing will put a lot of smile of their fans, we saw a lot of them complaining about the signing of Santos but I believe most of them are really pleased with this one. I still believe a lot of players will come in, but the question is what positions.

This is a good signing for Manchester United indeed, he is a player that already have premier league experience and has tried really well for Aston Villa last season; although his last season’s statistics wasn’t quite good because he only recorded four assists and scored zero goals for Aston Villa last season in the premier league; but he scored two goals and provided three assists in the Europa League; I think he can be a very good backup for Bruno Fernandez and can still be used to play in defensive midfield position since Casameiro has left the club and Urgate is not reliable, he can be helpful and do well for the team if he finally join Manchester United.

[Roseline492]

Chelsea need to sign experienced players especially in the premier league or players that are very experienced with the champions league because Chelsea already have young players and they are still not able to play consistently for a long time even during the time of Maresca, they need players that are dependable in the long run because sometimes Chelsea can be consistent and reach the top 3 in the league and all of a sudden with the same squad they will drop down from the top teams on the table. So the team clearly needs players they can depend on for consistency. Except it's Alonso that's asking for such players and he knows that his ideas will be well implemented with them, then Chelsea don't have an issue but if it's because of their gain, then theirs a big problem waiting to happen next season.

This weakness in Chelsea players will be solved when the club start making available with a lot of money to be use on big players signing because when a club is growing very weak against other clubs the only players to looked for are the ones who would be capable beyond any doubt of people to be signed and restore the balance performance that has been anticipated of the club so actually that is what Chelsea most do because they are in the point were only good signing could do the work for them but if they choose small players to do it for them then this season will have nothing for them. Even if Alonso are the one asking for small players what is he going to do with them in this trembling time in Chelsea.

[Oluwa-btc]

Manchester United will soon be announcing the signing of Youri Tilemans. A very good and premier league proven player already, every premier league fan knows what he can do on and off the ball. He his a hard working player and have good eyes for goal. After missing out on Ederson, Manchester United knew they needed to bring in a good midfielder and it really nice to see them getting Tilemans.

Now I think this signing will put a lot of smile of their fans, we saw a lot of them complaining about the signing of Santos but I believe most of them are really pleased with this one. I still believe a lot of players will come in, but the question is what positions.

I'm glad they could get that done without overpaying outrageously for him. Now with his signature, we should be in need of a proper and physical defensive midfielder who can shield the defenders.
That said, Manchester United should also invest in a defender because our best defender for Manchester United defender is yet to recover fully from injury.
This is not really enough, the management will have to bring in two to three players to make us a proper competitive side.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Chelsea need to sign experienced players especially in the premier league or players that are very experienced with the champions league because Chelsea already have young players and they are still not able to play consistently for a long time even during the time of Maresca, they need players that are dependable in the long run because sometimes Chelsea can be consistent and reach the top 3 in the league and all of a sudden with the same squad they will drop down from the top teams on the table. So the team clearly needs players they can depend on for consistency. Except it's Alonso that's asking for such players and he knows that his ideas will be well implemented with them, then Chelsea don't have an issue but if it's because of their gain, then theirs a big problem waiting to happen next season.

If Chelsea can sign most of the players they need in this transfer window from the Premier League, I believe the club will definitely improve quickly because those players have already gained experience in the league. In fact, that is the reason only a few players signed from other leagues perform well once they get to the Premier League. So, the idea of signing players from the Premier League will really help Alonso get the kind of quick results he wants.When I first heard that Chelsea wanted to sign Xhaka, I was really happy because I believe Xhaka is an experienced player, and he would definitely contribute to the club if they were lucky enough to sign him. But now, I am no longer hearing any news about Chelsea's approach to signing Xhaka again. I don't know maybe they are waiting until after the World Cup.

[Sammye3]

Manchester United will actually be a problem to Arsenal next season because they have really improved greatly and I am sure that their target next season is to lift the Premier league title and if Arsenal should make any mistake Manchester United will actually lift the Premier league title I believe after Arsenal it is Manchester United in the premier league right now.

Arsenal is a built team already and is ahead of Manchester United at this moment but it would be a good thing that Arsenal makes an addition to their team to strengthen the squad depth. It would be nice to see Manchester United carry the trophy after 13 years, same as Arsenal lifting the trophy after 22 years, how much surprise would that be?

With the new signings in Manchester United, especially after the recent signing Youri Tielemans, that should be a boost to the team's experience and talents that could make them top contenders for the league trophy. There are top clubs like Liverpool and Manchester City which should also be major contenders for the league trophy too so it would be more competitive than usual.

[Velvet78]

In my opinion, Liverpool are too low, in the end they got rid of Slot and they have a good team (Isak the rat as a curse can of course be taken into account). Arsenal is probably the favorite rightfully, but then again, last season Liverpool was initially the favorite if I remember correctly and everyone saw how the season went. City are clearly overvalued. At the moment, I think United, Chelsea, and City should be considered equally likely. So it should be something like:

Arsenal - 3.0
Liverpool - 4.5
United, Chelsea, City - 5.0

Maybe it might be because of Liverpool's not getting one of the best manager candidates for themselves... I mean of course I like Iraola. He did great things with Bournemouth in the league.  

But there is a question mark until he starts managing a much bigger team than that. On the other hand Enzo Maresca is also not so different on paper. That's why I would say Liverpool should have had closer odds to Manchester City...

[Not your key not your BTC]

What? This is shocking news. What’s really going on? Why did Manchester United suddenly call off the Ederson transfer that had already been agreed upon with Atalanta? I also don’t believe that Manchester United canceled the Ederson deal for medical reasons. There must be something else they’re hiding. Atalanta must be very disappointed with Manchester United’s decision. So is Ederson. Both Atalanta and Ederson feel like they’ve been played by Manchester United.

They’re definitely disappointed, since they’ve already reached the medical examination stage. I think United saw another opportunity that might have already led to serious negotiations with another player. I think the medical reason was just used as an excuse for United to cancel the transfer. 
United is also building a team for next season’s competition. But they need to think it through carefully.

This is the first time I’ve seen a club cancel a transfer once the player has reached the medical exam stage. What Manchester United did was wrong, in my opinion. Yes, even though they want to build a team that can compete next season. But, acting this way could actually cause Atalanta and Ederson to hold a grudge against Manchester United.