⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Cyber_warrior]

Iraola will do the best he could for Liverpool to make them regain their strength in the domestic league. Currently, Liverpool will have to do more in the Champions League and also in the domestic league, so it will not be that easy for him. However, I know he will use the best tactics he could to see he has uplifted the team's performance. I hope it works for him, even though it will not be an easy task.

I believe Iraola has good intentions for Liverpool. But I doubt he'll be able to take them much further in the UCL. If he can keep Liverpool competing for a top 4 finish, that would already be a solid achievement. So there's no need to expect him to produce surprising results across multiple competitions, because he simply doesn't have enough experience yet to lead a big club like Liverpool to major success on several fronts.

Right now Liverpool problem is not a coach that will give them consistent champions league football but a coach they will win them the league again and possibly the champions league too. This is the very reason why some set of fans still believe Iraola is not the right coach for Liverpool. Well it not good to underestimate anyone but by next season we will be able to see if he his the right man.

Another thing Liverpool management need to do is to back him up with good players, individual talents that can make a difference in the squad. They lost salah and Konate, let hope they will be able to fill in that space with a top level player.

[M47AK16]

It's all about vision no matter how much money you have for spending on transfers... We will see if Iraola is such manager on the upcoming days.

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

They did spent a whole lot of money last summer and look what that got them. It is obvious that we are going to see them not be that great, not be that bad neither. Let me put it this way, my expectations for them is that they will not be the champions, but they will be top five. This depends on the moves they make of course, how the players stay healthy as well as how the new manager works good enough. Iraola showed himself as someone who has overachieved with a smaller team, but we did not see him try to go for a league title at EPL before, right? So this may not be that easy.

[hyudien]

Right now Liverpool problem is not a coach that will give them consistent champions league football but a coach they will win them the league again and possibly the champions league too. This is the very reason why some set of fans still believe Iraola is not the right coach for Liverpool. Well it not good to underestimate anyone but by next season we will be able to see if he his the right man.

Another thing Liverpool management need to do is to back him up with good players, individual talents that can make a difference in the squad. They lost salah and Konate, let hope they will be able to fill in that space with a top level player.

I'm pretty sure Iraola can give the best result for Liverpool, I say this for quite reasonable reasons. In the hands of this 44-year-old man, Bournemouth every season shows positive development, in every season they always finish in a fairly good position. However, I also don't really expect Liverpool to win the title this season. Liverpool need time to really achieve success under Iraola leadership, because after all they are currently missing quite a few of their mainstay players. Unless they make the right transfer to replace a player who has left, perhaps Iraola will be able to prove it in the first season.

[Just Say]

Wow, there is a really big move by Chelsea! They've signed Morgan Rogers for £117m!!!  

I still can't get used to these numbers man... That's hell of an amount for him. But if Gordon has been sold by Newcastle for big numbers then Rogers should also be worth it.

Finally the first real transfer by Chelsea. I bet Xabi Alonso wanted him. He can play as attacking midfielder and left winger both. Garnacho is likely to leave so this will be a big upgrade I believe.

Chelsea are looking to add experienced players to their squad to improve in the upcoming season as we can see that they have already signed a player from Aston Villa for £117 million. In fact, even if Xabi Alonso didn't succeed in Madrid, he might succeed in this PL club as I have noticed that he is trying to buy the best players, also Garnacho is going to join another club from this club, so it seems that this player from Aston Villa might play as Garnacho's replacement. According to my knowledge, he has managed to score 31 goals and 29 assists for the Aston Villa team, so it seems that he will be able to show his experience even if he joins the Chelsea team.

[Merit.s]

Wow, there is a really big move by Chelsea! They've signed Morgan Rogers for £117m!!!  

I still can't get used to these numbers man... That's hell of an amount for him. But if Gordon has been sold by Newcastle for big numbers then Rogers should also be worth it.

Finally the first real transfer by Chelsea. I bet Xabi Alonso wanted him. He can play as attacking midfielder and left winger both. Garnacho is likely to leave so this will be a big upgrade I believe.

Chelsea are looking to add experienced players to their squad to improve in the upcoming season as we can see that they have already signed a player from Aston Villa for £117 million. In fact, even if Xabi Alonso didn't succeed in Madrid, he might succeed in this PL club as I have noticed that he is trying to buy the best players, also Garnacho is going to join another club from this club, so it seems that this player from Aston Villa might play as Garnacho's replacement. According to my knowledge, he has managed to score 31 goals and 29 assists for the Aston Villa team, so it seems that he will be able to show his experience even if he joins the Chelsea team.

What is the name of the player mate. Xabi Alonso is a good coach and wouldn't be on pressure like when he was in Real Madrid and that will give him a cool head to coach the players.

Chelsea will surprise a lot of people next season because they have good players and they have also hired Xabi Alonso who has deep knowledge on building a team.

[Shineup]

It's all about vision no matter how much money you have for spending on transfers... We will see if Iraola is such manager on the upcoming days.

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

They did spent a whole lot of money last summer and look what that got them. It is obvious that we are going to see them not be that great, not be that bad neither. Let me put it this way, my expectations for them is that they will not be the champions, but they will be top five. This depends on the moves they make of course, how the players stay healthy as well as how the new manager works good enough. Iraola showed himself as someone who has overachieved with a smaller team, but we did not see him try to go for a league title at EPL before, right? So this may not be that easy.

To me I'd say we shouldn't jump into conclusions yet nor underestimate him, he's an English premier League proven so we can't just write him off, at least he did quite okay with his previous team in that case he might fail or he might succeed, but the one thing I know for sure is if he's to win either the English premier League title or the UEFA Champions League title he need to be given much time to put things in order then we can expect him to win something for the Liverpool team, for now he's main focus is on making it to top four.

[Cyber_warrior]

It's all about vision no matter how much money you have for spending on transfers... We will see if Iraola is such manager on the upcoming days.

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

They did spent a whole lot of money last summer and look what that got them. It is obvious that we are going to see them not be that great, not be that bad neither. Let me put it this way, my expectations for them is that they will not be the champions, but they will be top five. This depends on the moves they make of course, how the players stay healthy as well as how the new manager works good enough. Iraola showed himself as someone who has overachieved with a smaller team, but we did not see him try to go for a league title at EPL before, right? So this may not be that easy.

To me I'd say we shouldn't jump into conclusions yet nor underestimate him, he's an English premier League proven so we can't just write him off, at least he did quite okay with his previous team in that case he might fail or he might succeed, but the one thing I know for sure is if he's to win either the English premier League title or the UEFA Champions League title he need to be given much time to put things in order then we can expect him to win something for the Liverpool team, for now he's main focus is on making it to top four.

Everyone has their opinion and expectations about Iraola, it suppose to be so. So far I would say he is a decent coach, considering what he has done at Bournemouth with the resources that was available to him. Now coaching a top club like Liverpool comes with it own pressure, it comes with huge expectations and responsibilities, so for sure it not going to be like the Bournemouth job.

At Liverpool he needs to be given time and resources he request for, the board needs to back him up if they want the best from him. As for me my expectations about him is getting a champions league football for them the following season and maybe getting a cup final too.

[RaltcoinsB]

It's all about vision no matter how much money you have for spending on transfers... We will see if Iraola is such manager on the upcoming days.

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

They did spent a whole lot of money last summer and look what that got them. It is obvious that we are going to see them not be that great, not be that bad neither. Let me put it this way, my expectations for them is that they will not be the champions, but they will be top five. This depends on the moves they make of course, how the players stay healthy as well as how the new manager works good enough. Iraola showed himself as someone who has overachieved with a smaller team, but we did not see him try to go for a league title at EPL before, right? So this may not be that easy.

To me I'd say we shouldn't jump into conclusions yet nor underestimate him, he's an English premier League proven so we can't just write him off, at least he did quite okay with his previous team in that case he might fail or he might succeed, but the one thing I know for sure is if he's to win either the English premier League title or the UEFA Champions League title he need to be given much time to put things in order then we can expect him to win something for the Liverpool team, for now he's main focus is on making it to top four.

Considering Liverpool's situation last year, they won't have high hopes for them this year. This will work to Liverpool's advantage in some ways, as it will mean they'll be under less pressure in their matches. Less pressure is always better, and players perform better under less pressure. Manager Iraola will certainly want to be in the title race with Liverpool, but how they start the league will be crucial.

[Miles2006]

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

Liverpool badly need a worthy replacement for Salah. He has been at Liverpool for a long time. And has been able to perform well. Salah has not played well in the last season. He has only scored 7 goals and 7 assists. And we have seen the effect of this in Liverpool's overall performance. Liverpool now need a scorer like Salah. Who has the ability to score 20+ goals. Finding such an experienced scorer will not be easy for Liverpool. A tough challenge awaits Iraola.

Liverpool felt the space for so long, Salah last season didn’t perform better definitely Liverpool need another player like him viewing he was present last season but, couldn’t perform like previous seasons. Well he left which is the best thing to do and now it will take time for Liverpool to find an active player like Salah this time around, now the league seems tight with a lot of competition starting this early period as seen the signing market yet they just started, no doubt Liverpool have few good players who still play so well yet the team needs new good players probably top scorers to support.

[SmartCharpa]

Rogers is a really good move by Chelsea for sure. He is one of the best talents in the Premier League currently. They had to spend a ton of money maybe but I hope Xabi Alonso will use him nicely.

Lacroix is another rumour for the defense line. Another thing is that they say Manchester United is preparing to offer €90m for Cole Palmer.

But if he is a part of Xabi Alonso's plans then I don't think they would sell him for any price now. At least if the owners don't act without asking him... 

Morgan Rogers is a good move for Chelsea, I don’t understand why Arsenal always delay when it comes to the transfer market. Arsenal was the first club negotiating with Aston Villa to sign him, but they didn’t make any progress and Chelsea overtake them to sealed the deal. Rogers is one of the best players in the Premier League recently, we saw how he played for Aston Villa last season, scoring 14 goals and 12 assists across all competitions.

There’s a rumor that Arsenal will also sign Bruno Guimaeres from Newcastle, I hope they don’t miss the opportunity they way they did last time. Cole Palmer to Manchester United? I don’t think that is a good move for Manchester United. Palmer is a good player no doubt, but injuries affected his game last season, but let’s see if he is one of the untouchable players at Chelsea.

[Oluwa-btc]

Rogers is a really good move by Chelsea for sure. He is one of the best talents in the Premier League currently. They had to spend a ton of money maybe but I hope Xabi Alonso will use him nicely.

Lacroix is another rumour for the defense line. Another thing is that they say Manchester United is preparing to offer €90m for Cole Palmer.

But if he is a part of Xabi Alonso's plans then I don't think they would sell him for any price now. At least if the owners don't act without asking him... 

A quality player we can all agree, but that sum paid for him was not worth it. He will definitely perform and won't be under pressure.

Cole Palmer has never been discussed just simply rumours at the moment. I can agree for the news about Lacriox. He will be the next player to he signed by Chelsea. Besides the world cup over.

We don't know what will happen even to Enzo Fernandez,  he should be who they worry about not Cole Palmer.

[Bright0515]

Iraola will do the best he could for Liverpool to make them regain their strength in the domestic league. Currently, Liverpool will have to do more in the Champions League and also in the domestic league, so it will not be that easy for him. However, I know he will use the best tactics he could to see he has uplifted the team's performance. I hope it works for him, even though it will not be an easy task.

I believe Iraola has good intentions for Liverpool. But I doubt he'll be able to take them much further in the UCL. If he can keep Liverpool competing for a top 4 finish, that would already be a solid achievement. So there's no need to expect him to produce surprising results across multiple competitions, because he simply doesn't have enough experience yet to lead a big club like Liverpool to major success on several fronts.

If you are talking about going further in the champions league I'm not really certain about that but the Liverpool would definitely want to do better than they did in previous seasons. You cannot talk about the premier league without mentioning Liverpool but for a long time they have been performing terribly and it is quite concerning.

[Berry2d]

Iraola will do the best he could for Liverpool to make them regain their strength in the domestic league. Currently, Liverpool will have to do more in the Champions League and also in the domestic league, so it will not be that easy for him. However, I know he will use the best tactics he could to see he has uplifted the team's performance. I hope it works for him, even though it will not be an easy task.

I believe Iraola has good intentions for Liverpool. But I doubt he'll be able to take them much further in the UCL. If he can keep Liverpool competing for a top 4 finish, that would already be a solid achievement. So there's no need to expect him to produce surprising results across multiple competitions, because he simply doesn't have enough experience yet to lead a big club like Liverpool to major success on several fronts.

If you are talking about going further in the champions league I'm not really certain about that but the Liverpool would definitely want to do better than they did in previous seasons. You cannot talk about the premier league without mentioning Liverpool but for a long time they have been performing terribly and it is quite concerning.

Yes its the prayer of every team to improve beyond imagination in the forth coming premier league tournament but with what I see now in Liverpool's display last season,  i think it will be difficult for them to come out victorious this coming season.
With what I see now in the Premier League i think it will be very difficult for Liverpool to make the top five spot next season but if they do it will be a narrow escape for them because next season will be a very competitive season for all teams in that league. Although at times unbelievable things do happen and that God of unbelievability is the only thing that will help them scale through.

[Abdulzuruku01]

Right now Liverpool problem is not a coach that will give them consistent champions league football but a coach they will win them the league again and possibly the champions league too. This is the very reason why some set of fans still believe Iraola is not the right coach for Liverpool. Well it not good to underestimate anyone but by next season we will be able to see if he his the right man.

I also thought as much Liverpool are lack of good coach that can help them and be very competitive with the team. Last season when the season started, Liverpool performance was very good but after a while when the season has gone far they begin performing very poorly, which I think lack of consistency is part of their problem. Now that Liverpool has lose some of their keys players it left for their coach to get another better players if he really want to be successful next season, because no matter how the coach talents if he doesn’t have a good players that will be cooperating with him it will be difficult for him to get the best results from the team.

[Solodoski]

Wow, there is a really big move by Chelsea! They've signed Morgan Rogers for £117m!!!  

I still can't get used to these numbers man... That's hell of an amount for him. But if Gordon has been sold by Newcastle for big numbers then Rogers should also be worth it.

Finally the first real transfer by Chelsea. I bet Xabi Alonso wanted him. He can play as attacking midfielder and left winger both. Garnacho is likely to leave so this will be a big upgrade I believe.

Chelsea are looking to add experienced players to their squad to improve in the upcoming season as we can see that they have already signed a player from Aston Villa for £117 million. In fact, even if Xabi Alonso didn't succeed in Madrid, he might succeed in this PL club as I have noticed that he is trying to buy the best players, also Garnacho is going to join another club from this club, so it seems that this player from Aston Villa might play as Garnacho's replacement. According to my knowledge, he has managed to score 31 goals and 29 assists for the Aston Villa team, so it seems that he will be able to show his experience even if he joins the Chelsea team.

Chelsea is still linked to Granit Xhaka after the player has shown commitment to Sunderland to retain his position as the captain. Chelsea need a replacement for Santos, to improve the team better. Ive not heard of club coming for Garnacho. Garnacho is better than Gittens. Gittens should be the player to leave first before Garnacho. In the conversation of succeeding in the PL. Xabi Alonso chances of succeeding in the PL is 50/50. Blueco is open to spend lots of money on any player Xabi Alonso want.

[Byebyebtc]

Morgan Rogers is a good move for Chelsea, I don’t understand why Arsenal always delay when it comes to the transfer market. Arsenal was the first club negotiating with Aston Villa to sign him, but they didn’t make any progress and Chelsea overtake them to sealed the deal. Rogers is one of the best players in the Premier League recently, we saw how he played for Aston Villa last season, scoring 14 goals and 12 assists across all competitions.

Xabi Alonso seems to be cooking up something interesting for Chelsea, and it seems very interesting, I just imagine how good their performance will be next season, I personally expect a good performance from Chelsea next season, we have lost players, I just realised in this world cup that we have lost players like cucurella, and I hope we don't loose Enzo too. Chelsea needs a good performance next season to make up for their bad performance this season.

[Jostern]

Iraola will do the best he could for Liverpool to make them regain their strength in the domestic league. Currently, Liverpool will have to do more in the Champions League and also in the domestic league, so it will not be that easy for him. However, I know he will use the best tactics he could to see he has uplifted the team's performance. I hope it works for him, even though it will not be an easy task.

I believe Iraola has good intentions for Liverpool. But I doubt he'll be able to take them much further in the UCL. If he can keep Liverpool competing for a top 4 finish, that would already be a solid achievement. So there's no need to expect him to produce surprising results across multiple competitions, because he simply doesn't have enough experience yet to lead a big club like Liverpool to major success on several fronts.

Right now Liverpool problem is not a coach that will give them consistent champions league football but a coach they will win them the league again and possibly the champions league too. This is the very reason why some set of fans still believe Iraola is not the right coach for Liverpool. Well it not good to underestimate anyone but by next season we will be able to see if he his the right man.

Another thing Liverpool management need to do is to back him up with good players, individual talents that can make a difference in the squad. They lost salah and Konate, let hope they will be able to fill in that space with a top level player.

Liverpool signings last season, and the amount of money that was spent, shows that Liverpool is a very ambitious club, they don’t just want qualifying for the Champions League, they want to win the Premier League Title and also win the Champions League, but the manager that have come in, is expected to build a team that is capable of challenging in all fronts, both in the Premier League and Champions League.

There is something very important that is supposed to look more closely with appointing a manager which is the playing style, and Andoni Iraola have a blueprint of the kind of football that Liverpool want to team to play, so he has a job of building a team that would challenge on all front in the next two years of his contract and whatever the performance outcome is, determines if he gets contract extensions.

However Liverpool need more players, after loosing Salah and Konate and Robertson, I fell they need two wingers and an experienced defender, and also a right back, the once they have are always injured, I believe the club board and management are working on Transfers, they need to replace Salah with a prolific player.

[Velvet78]

Unless they want to drift Morgan Rogers to the right wing, it's going to be a battle between Cole Palmer and him since they play thesame position and it seems like Rogers base wages surpasses that of Palmers.

Rather than the right wing, the left wing is a good alternative for Rogers. He played there in so many games last season and made a decent contribution to their goals. 

Or maybe Chelsea really thinks of Rogers as a replacement for Palmer as they say he is likely to leave. But honestly the fans would like to see both fighting for Chelsea next season.

I don’t think Chelsea will go for Lacroix after his performance in the World Cup but a player can not be judge by a single game, he has been doing well in the Premier League and that is why Chelsea want to sign him.

Lacroix is doing great in the Premier League. We shouldn't take the World Cup as a single reference. Chelsea needs better defenders and Lacroix is a good candidate for that.

[B-BossMan]

Right now Liverpool problem is not a coach that will give them consistent champions league football but a coach they will win them the league again and possibly the champions league too. This is the very reason why some set of fans still believe Iraola is not the right coach for Liverpool. Well it not good to underestimate anyone but by next season we will be able to see if he his the right man.

I also thought as much Liverpool are lack of good coach that can help them and be very competitive with the team. Last season when the season started, Liverpool performance was very good but after a while when the season has gone far they begin performing very poorly, which I think lack of consistency is part of their problem. Now that Liverpool has lose some of their keys players it left for their coach to get another better players if he really want to be successful next season, because no matter how the coach talents if he doesn’t have a good players that will be cooperating with him it will be difficult for him to get the best results from the team.

Yes it's true. Liverpool performances was a great one at the initial stage if the season, everything was going so fine for them and they started with a good mindset and dedications, but thier problem is they couldn't maintained the consistency throughout the tournament, that's why sometimes I do preferred some weaker teams to stay at the top at the initial stage them the stronger ones should comes with full forces so that they would be a good challenges among themselves like what happened in this 2926 FIFA world cup tournament quarterfinals and the semi-finals, when there's challenges in matches the games look more interesting. Well even Chelsea's performance was very poor in the last season,because the position Manchester United ended the season with co9uld habe been maintained by Chelsea but they fumbled at the end of it, changing coaches like something. I hope they improved on themselves next season.

[tygeade]

It will take a while for Xabi to rebuild this Chelsea team, of course it is not that easy, but we also have to remember that we are dealing with a team that is not that easy to handle at all. We should be considering how this could be not that easy to handle, but at the same time we should be considering how this may not be easy to see at all.

Because Xabi will make this team better again, no doubt about that but so far the squad is filled with "trash", I do not want to be mean towards the players, but over half of them are trash, and there are like maybe few good players. Morgan Rogers is a good direction, but him alone, with a couple good players Chelsea already has, will not make this team great. They will need a couple more moves, and maybe even a whole year, for a winter transfer break and next summer transfers, to finally have a full on good squad.