⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[HajiBagi]

Calafiori will be a great addition for Arsenal without a doubt, and they didn't spend all that much insane money on him neither, we are talking about something quite small for a team like Arsenal, 45 million if I am not wrong.

Saliba and Calafiori together could be a deadly duo at centre back, they could definitely shut down many teams, and would be amazing at the league as well. They are not trying to get UCL or anything anyway, they are trying to get premier league title, which means that this duo needs to shut down the goal to many smaller teams, if they can do that then they will be fine in the league, their offense is already good enough so they will be able to find some score.

I think the best thing to do in this case would be just getting some hopes to get the premier league title. They almost got it for two years in a row, which was awesome for them but unlucky that they missed out with just a few points, but I am guessing that we are going to see Arsenal may actually get it this year. If they do, then the next stop would be just keep having consistency with the team and try to get the UCL after that, because after league title only thing left would be UCL and that's very tough.

Everyone is expecting Arsenal to win the title next season because of their new signings, well I will not be surprised if Arsenal fails to win the title this season because they have been a good team for the last two seasons and they can’t win a trophy, no one knows the situation of arsenal this days, arsenal is one of the best team in the premier league since many years and they can’t still win any trophies which show that arsenal to check their team very well and know the solution to the team problem, the signing of Calafiori is making many people think that arsenal defensive position is going to be strong.

Calafiori is a good defensive player and we all know that he will help Arsenal but my question is is the defensive position the problem for Arsenal? For me I don’t think the defensive position is an arsenal problem, arsenal needs more attacking players, a wing player that will compete with Saka, saka always feels like he is the only one who can play the position and that is why sometimes he never turns up whenever the team needs him, I don’t know about some people opinion but from my point of view, arsenal needs a wing player that can bench saka sometimes.

[Palakka]

Calafiori is indeed a good player and Arsenal are lucky to have signed him. It’s a good thing for them as they’re done with that nonsense of a player throwing up all their plans into jeopardy with one injury. Arteta wants to solidify his defense for next season because they want to challenge for the title again this season. With the number of defensive reinforcements they have brought in so far you would wonder if they’ll have enough game time. I think there are enough games to go round. Plus the opponents will also determine who plays in some games. Arteta has said that z Calafiori will deputize Gabriel and also play the LB position. While Timber and Ben White fight for that RB slot, while both of them can deputize for Saliba if he gets injured.

Arsenal had only 3 CBs before this signing so they did a really good job with that. Calafiori is a quite talented defender at the same time. Who knows maybe Gabriel's place in the starting lineup might be under danger now.

I'm not saying that for Saliba because he is the best performing defender at the team so far. He has even been rumoured with Real Madrid recently. Arsenal had better keep him this summer. We would watch a duo like Saliba - Gabriel or Saliba - Calafiori. Gabriel was prone to making mistakes last season. He will need to improve his performance more as the competition in defense line increases more in time. Timber is also another promising defender.

Calafiori arrival will make the depth of Arsenal squad next season better, especially their defense line, Arteta is very aware that defense is an important factor in supporting their readiness to win the English League trophy next season, but Arteta should also think about their midfield at the moment it will be a little fragile after Elneny departure to another team, apart from that, in my opinion, Declan Rice needs the right tandem to make Arsenal midfield stronger in supporting their attack and defense line in next season, Calafiori arrival will clearly not change Gabriel position as a central defender in arsenal squad, because with his ability to play equally well as a left back, of course Arteta will most likely plot Calafiori as a left back to replace Kiwior or Zinchenko next season.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Manchester United have always been a very big team, right now they have a very good team, I think they have enough material to be champions, even if they don't find more players I think they're doing great

I don’t really understand you, do you really mean Manchester United have a very good team right now? I don’t really think so, because if they have a very good team, then they won’t have ended last season in the position in which they ended it. I am sure it would have been in a better position. and I don’t thing with the players that Manchester United are having currently, they are going to perform well next season.
 
If Manchester City wants to perform well next season, then there are some things that are supposed to be done. If Manchester maintains their last season squad, then they are still going to disappoint most of their fans because they won’t be able to achieve anything serious by next season. Ten Hag really has lots to work on.

Well, I say this from the point of view that the players they have are very good, for me Bruno and Garnacho are excellent players, the defenders are good, what happens is that maybe the direction has not been adequate, the strategy always has to change, if it doesn't work in a season, within 5 games if you lose you have to change the formation, the strategy, but the MU itself has a very good team, that they don't know how to take advantage of their abilities is another thing, I see it from that point of view.

Mason Mount reveals his feelings on the US pre-season tour

Mason Mount revealed his thoughts on how things are going for himself and the rest of Manchester United during the team’s pre-season tour of the United States.

Having been heavily impacted by injuries last season, the English midfielder enjoyed an ample summer vacation given that he was one of the few United players to not appear on international duty.

Today, Mount shared his thoughts on the Red Devils’ pre-season tour while giving the lowdown on his and the team’s preparations for the new season in a tell-all interview.

Source: https://thepeoplesperson.com/2024/07/31/mason-mount-reveals-his-feelings-on-the-us-pre-season-tour-283492/

[BITCOIN4X]

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Xabi Alonso can also, not just Pep so I think we can't underestimate him before there is proof.

It cannot be denied that Pep is a pretty good coach but that doesn't mean there aren't any great coaches like Pep in the world, I'm sure there will be many who will emerge and now it's visible is Xabi Alonso.

Players and coaches are different, that's what must be remembered.

Xabi Alonso is not yet comparable to Pep Guardiola, but maybe he will be after he has a lot of flying time and a collection of titles. Pep Guardiola is one of the most successful coaches of this decade, while Xabi Alonso has just started his professional career as a coach. Xabi certainly has good abilities as a potential big coach in the next few seasons, but comparing him with Pep Guardiola at the moment is not appropriate.

I agree that there will be many new coaches who will emerge as top coaches for European teams. Xabi Alonson, Arteta, Xavi and several other Spanish coaches have the quality of providing competition, but all of them do not have the same path. Whether a coach is successful or not depends on the depth of the squad, financial support and several other technical things, so definitely not all of them will be successful.

[ajiz138]

Xabi Alonso is not yet comparable to Pep Guardiola, but maybe he will be after he has a lot of flying time and a collection of titles. Pep Guardiola is one of the most successful coaches of this decade, while Xabi Alonso has just started his professional career as a coach. Xabi certainly has good abilities as a potential big coach in the next few seasons, but comparing him with Pep Guardiola at the moment is not appropriate.

I agree that there will be many new coaches who will emerge as top coaches for European teams. Xabi Alonson, Arteta, Xavi and several other Spanish coaches have the quality of providing competition, but all of them do not have the same path. Whether a coach is successful or not depends on the depth of the squad, financial support and several other technical things, so definitely not all of them will be successful.

If Pep Guardiola is indeed the best coach he has been successful at Bayern Munich - Barcelona - Manchester City while for Xabi Alonso he has only reached the Bundesliga and when it comes to the European cup he failed in the final although his ability in strategy is not to be doubted by never losing in the Bundesliga.

Yes it is true that a coach must be supported by many other factors, sometimes there is a desire for the coach to buy great players but the club does not allow it for other reasons or financial factors then even a great coach will find it difficult if he is in a club difficult to understand by the coach.

[Adams0001]

Calafiori will be a great addition for Arsenal without a doubt, and they didn't spend all that much insane money on him neither, we are talking about something quite small for a team like Arsenal, 45 million if I am not wrong.

Saliba and Calafiori together could be a deadly duo at centre back, they could definitely shut down many teams, and would be amazing at the league as well. They are not trying to get UCL or anything anyway, they are trying to get premier league title, which means that this duo needs to shut down the goal to many smaller teams, if they can do that then they will be fine in the league, their offense is already good enough so they will be able to find some score.

I think the best thing to do in this case would be just getting some hopes to get the premier league title. They almost got it for two years in a row, which was awesome for them but unlucky that they missed out with just a few points, but I am guessing that we are going to see Arsenal may actually get it this year. If they do, then the next stop would be just keep having consistency with the team and try to get the UCL after that, because after league title only thing left would be UCL and that's very tough.

Everyone is expecting Arsenal to win the title next season because of their new signings, well I will not be surprised if Arsenal fails to win the title this season because they have been a good team for the last two seasons and they can’t win a trophy, no one knows the situation of arsenal this days, arsenal is one of the best team in the premier league since many years and they can’t still win any trophies which show that arsenal to check their team very well and know the solution to the team problem, the signing of Calafiori is making many people think that arsenal defensive position is going to be strong.

Calafiori is a good defensive player and we all know that he will help Arsenal but my question is is the defensive position the problem for Arsenal? For me I don’t think the defensive position is an arsenal problem, arsenal needs more attacking players, a wing player that will compete with Saka, saka always feels like he is the only one who can play the position and that is why sometimes he never turns up whenever the team needs him, I don’t know about some people opinion but from my point of view, arsenal needs a wing player that can bench saka sometimes.

I don't think Arsenal will win the Premier League next season because they used to do well every season but can't compete with Manchester City and win the league title. Arsenal did well by recruiting a new player to the club. I am confident that the player is good and will help the team win the trophy if they have the opportunity next season. Artete must do all necessary to win the league so that they have a long-term chance of winning the trophy. You are right. Artete needs to find a replacement for Saka on the team because he is the only one playing the wing, and if he is hurt, there would be no one else who can play is wing. and i don't think arsenal have issue of defender they should have buy striker that can help them score goals in the pitch because arsenal perform well is just the finisher they don't have, is only sake that is trying and they need to get a young striker that have the experience. let see how the season will be if Artete can achieve is goal next season and win the premier league for the club.

Next season is a new opportunity for Artete to fight Manchester City because it is the only club that is preventing Arsenal from winning the league. Arsenal needs to adapt their playing style and try something different to see if it works. Arsenal will not have the opportunity they had last season because many clubs in the competitions are recruiting new players and will compete with each other, therefore I believe it will be extremely difficult for Artete to win the trophy, but anything is possible. Am feeling like Chelsea will be strong next season they are acquiring new players to the squad arsenal need to tighten their bite and ready to confront other teams in the competitions, if they have gotten and signed William from Athletic Bibao am sure they will be very strong because the strike will be very good, but i think the player don't like to come to the club he prefer to play in barcelona and they have Financial problem.

[beerlover]

You made a very good point about the rumour linking saliba to real madrid, because I believe that if the interest of real madrid became more serious, at some point, it would be very difficult for arsenal keep hold of his services for long, just as the saying that most players usually says, that when real Madrid comes calling, you can hardly say no as a player, so I believe that if real madrid became serious with their interest, at some point they will definitely sign him, but to the player, I think it's a wrong career move if he make such a move now, especially now that Antonio rudiger, David alaba and militao are still at the  top of their game, because in as much as he is very good now, he is still not a better central back than any of this players I made mention off.

And as for the rumour circulating the internet of victor osimhen to Chelsea, I really don't know how credible is that news, but I believe that if the deal went through, it's definitely going to be a win win situation for all the parties involved, and he is definitely going to improve the attacking lineup of Chelsea no doubt.

That's something every player wants for UCL reasons, I believe that Saliba would want it for the same reason as well. That's why Real manage to get whatever player they want, they are the dream of any player because with Real Madrid, not only you are winning the league, but there is a chance that you could do the treble in any given season, while they didn't do it recently, it's a possibility. They win UCL fairly often and I think it looks like they may actually do it again this year as well.

That's why players like Mbappe goes there for free, and that's why if Real wants to get Saliba then they can get Saliba. Only exception could be Catalan players who may have some political reason not to go there at all.

I think it's quite clear that we are going to see Arsenal not be worried about it though, while Saliba is a great defender and helped them so far, they could ask Real to pay a huge fee, and Real is a rich club so they can pay that huge fee, meaning that Arsenal could use that money to get someone else easily, whoever would be their next Saliba. That's not good for consistency of the squad, but teams have players going and players coming every season so it is not really a shock for them.

[Zlantann]

Xabi Alonso is not yet comparable to Pep Guardiola, but maybe he will be after he has a lot of flying time and a collection of titles. Pep Guardiola is one of the most successful coaches of this decade, while Xabi Alonso has just started his professional career as a coach. Xabi certainly has good abilities as a potential big coach in the next few seasons, but comparing him with Pep Guardiola at the moment is not appropriate.

Xabi Alonso is just fortunate to make a mark in Europe and the Bundesliga within a short period. He became the first coach in the German League to go unbeaten all through the season and the longest unbeaten run in Europe (51 games). Pep Guardiola might not have such remarkable career numbers, but he is one of the greatest coaches of all time. Pep has gotten more experience and won more trophies and awards than the young Spanish coach.

I agree that there will be many new coaches who will emerge as top coaches for European teams. Xabi Alonson, Arteta, Xavi and several other Spanish coaches have the quality of providing competition, but all of them do not have the same path. Whether a coach is successful or not depends on the depth of the squad, financial support and several other technical things, so definitely not all of them will be successful.

The success of the coach depends on the players, management support, and availability of funds. But let me add that luck can play a significant role. Bayern Munich had the best players, coach, and money, but it looks like Mother Luck favored Bayer Leverkusen. We have seen many young coaches leading top clubs; all eyes will be on Russell Martin, Kieran McKenna, Fabian Hürzeler, and Vincent Kompany.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Arsenal had only 3 CBs before this signing so they did a really good job with that. Calafiori is a quite talented defender at the same time. Who knows maybe Gabriel's place in the starting lineup might be under danger now.

I'm not saying that for Saliba because he is the best performing defender at the team so far. He has even been rumoured with Real Madrid recently. Arsenal had better keep him this summer. We would watch a duo like Saliba - Gabriel or Saliba - Calafiori. Gabriel was prone to making mistakes last season. He will need to improve his performance more as the competition in defense line increases more in time. Timber is also another promising defender.

Timber got injured and he was out for 8 months. He couldn't find any proper chance as a result. I don't know how often he can play while he is injury-prone but he is still very young of course. Gabriel is indeed not better than Saliba. Calafiori has really impressed people on the other hand. I think he has a good chance to get the shirt in the starting eleven.

Arsenal should sign a striker already. Nketiah and Jesus can't do much. I wish I didn't say that for Jesus but he got much worse after having a serious injury.    Arsenal can be more competitive for a PL title with a credible scorer.

[Oluwa-btc]

Manchester United have always been a very big team, right now they have a very good team, I think they have enough material to be champions, even if they don't find more players I think they're doing great

I don’t really understand you, do you really mean Manchester United have a very good team right now? I don’t really think so, because if they have a very good team, then they won’t have ended last season in the position in which they ended it. I am sure it would have been in a better position. and I don’t thing with the players that Manchester United are having currently, they are going to perform well next season.
 
If Manchester City wants to perform well next season, then there are some things that are supposed to be done. If Manchester maintains their last season squad, then they are still going to disappoint most of their fans because they won’t be able to achieve anything serious by next season. Ten Hag really has lots to work on.

What a great response. The load, and failures will not be on Erik Ten Hag. I'm even disappointed with the news I read today about Sir Jim Radcliffe telling Erik Ten Hag not to fight for the Premier League Competition. I sat back to ponder and wonder if that man is really a Manchester United fan.
It's also surprising to see Manchester United fans wanting change but they don't want certain players to leave the club. Some are even defending wacked and subpar players to remain with the club with high payrolls.

I have the same opinion. I have always wondered how he see's this Manchester United squad. Pep Guardiola would come into Manchester United and chase all of them. One thing I hate about Manchester United is that, they're not always brute and ruthless when it comes to things that propels the club standards higher. Worrying!!

[irhact]

We do not need to be disappointed with the results obtained by Manchester City and Everton which ended in defeat.
This is not a serious match but for me Manchester City has a very good performance even though it only appears with a few young players and Pep Guardiola managed to provide an increase to young players like Nico O'reilly who managed to score in the match against Barcelona.

We don't have to worry too much since this is just a friendly game but Manchester city has been losing too many games in this preseason and they shouldn't continue like this or they will have a bad feeling among the players. The teams winning them are team they should be winning with ease therefore their defeats are unexpected. It looks like players are not willing to play very well again as they have won everything, and it becomes difficult to use them in winning more trophies. Pep Guardiola knows how to coach very well therefore I still have very strong faith in him that he still got it in him to lead Manchester city to victory in the coming season.

[AYOBA]

From the start of next season to its end, I don't expect Enzo to have magic done in the Chelsea team. We will be seeing the same results, no difference in the team will be made at this time, if Chelsea likes let them sign young talented players to their squad. The impact will not be felt in the team unless Boyle begins to learn how to be patient with Chelsea's coach rather than be in a hurry to sack them. The sack of Pochettino was a mistake move taken, I believe he won't repeat the same mistake with Enzo, to sack him without coaching Chelsea to the agreed year of contract reached.

Since Chelsea seeing there performances that is not that standard all this while and they see that even the fans are not happy with their playing patterns, that’s they want to get young talent players that will make them perform so much better in next coming seasons. But sign the new players doesn’t is the team will come back to their normal quality the performance, because of the team is lack of inconsistency it will very difficult for a team to become as well and the way I’m seeing next season the competition Wilber very tough since I can see that even the weak teams are try to improve up by signing better squad.

[Josefjix]

From the start of next season to its end, I don't expect Enzo to have magic done in the Chelsea team. We will be seeing the same results, no difference in the team will be made at this time, if Chelsea likes let them sign young talented players to their squad. The impact will not be felt in the team unless Boyle begins to learn how to be patient with Chelsea's coach rather than be in a hurry to sack them. The sack of Pochettino was a mistake move taken, I believe he won't repeat the same mistake with Enzo, to sack him without coaching Chelsea to the agreed year of contract reached.

Mauricio Pochettino got fired because he failed to meet up, it was a harsh decision from the Club's owner, Todd Boehly. Enzo Maresca is good for us, I'm a Chelsea fan and will always be in support of the Blues in all sectors. This season, the coach will face more complex challenges than any other coach in the English Premier League, because he's new to these players and trying to enact his own formation which will definitely take time before the club's adapts to it, perhaps it can be swiftly or delay. It all depends on the players.

[arimamib]

Arsenal had only 3 CBs before this signing so they did a really good job with that. Calafiori is a quite talented defender at the same time. Who knows maybe Gabriel's place in the starting lineup might be under danger now.

I'm not saying that for Saliba because he is the best performing defender at the team so far. He has even been rumoured with Real Madrid recently. Arsenal had better keep him this summer. We would watch a duo like Saliba - Gabriel or Saliba - Calafiori. Gabriel was prone to making mistakes last season. He will need to improve his performance more as the competition in defense line increases more in time. Timber is also another promising defender.

Arsenal's success in recruiting Riccardo Calafiori will certainly bring competition for defenders to get the main place this season. Calafiori has a larger body posture which is certainly needed by every defender to compete for the ball during duels in the air. In his action at the Euros, we have seen that he was able to break up many attacks carried out by opponents, both one on one, so I think Arsenal found quite good success in improving their defense.



I think Saliba will find ideal partners with Calafiori in securing the defense this season. Arteta's recruitment has always succeeded in bringing progress to the team, as has happened in the last two seasons, where Arsenal have had quite significant developments.

[cryptoWODL]

Arsenal and Liverpool face each other in a friendly match which has already ended 77 minutes with Liverpool leading by two goals. Liverpool and Arsenal have entered the field today in this 4-3-3 formation.Mohamed Salah scored for Liverpool in the first 13 minutes to give his side the lead. However, they doubled their lead shortly after another team-mate F. Carvalho scored another goal in the 34th minute. At this stage of the game it looked like Arsenal might be playing badly as they couldn't defend their defense properly. As a result, Liverpool's players easily enter Arsenal's D box and put the ball in their net and even score goals. Arsenal's players did not let Mohamed Salah and Carvalho celebrate their goals for long, as Arsenal's Havertz scored a goal 40 minutes into the match to bring his side Arsenal level. So far in this match he is the only goal scorer for his team.

[blue Snow]

Arsenal and Liverpool face each other in a friendly match which has already ended 77 minutes with Liverpool leading by two goals. Liverpool and Arsenal have entered the field today in this 4-3-3 formation.Mohamed Salah scored for Liverpool in the first 13 minutes to give his side the lead. However, they doubled their lead shortly after another team-mate F. Carvalho scored another goal in the 34th minute. At this stage of the game it looked like Arsenal might be playing badly as they couldn't defend their defense properly. As a result, Liverpool's players easily enter Arsenal's D box and put the ball in their net and even score goals. Arsenal's players did not let Mohamed Salah and Carvalho celebrate their goals for long, as Arsenal's Havertz scored a goal 40 minutes into the match to bring his side Arsenal level. So far in this match he is the only goal scorer for his team.

It seems like Arsenal needs new ammunition on defender to solve this problem. When I look the match highlights some midfielders are not so enthusiastic to blocking the ball so that the ball goes wild backwards and cannot be cleared by defender. maybe it can be overcome by changing the formation, but it's not so effective if some defender are still moving forward to look for the ball. In other side, This is a proving ground a new coach of liverpool if he enough smart to look up the opportunities that be exist. At least, this victory can provest him if he enters the ranks of top coaches on premier league.

[Out of mind]

A great friendly between Manchester United and Betis is taking place and both teams are attacking well before half-time. Betis took the lead with a goal in the 15th minute, but then Manchester United leveled the game in the 18th minute after their strong performance, with another goal in the 24th minute to give Manchester United the lead. In today's match of course I think Manchester United will give their best performance and win away from the opposition. Again, it could be that Betis against Manchester United with a strong half-time attack that United could lose. That's why in today's match, since the number of goals is 2-1 at the beginning, maybe there will be more tension between the two teams until the last minute and there is a possibility of more goals.

[KingsDen]

A great friendly between Manchester United and Betis is taking place and both teams are attacking well before half-time. Betis took the lead with a goal in the 15th minute, but then Manchester United leveled the game in the 18th minute after their strong performance, with another goal in the 24th minute to give Manchester United the lead. In today's match of course I think Manchester United will give their best performance and win away from the opposition. Again, it could be that Betis against Manchester United with a strong half-time attack that United could lose. That's why in today's match, since the number of goals is 2-1 at the beginning, maybe there will be more tension between the two teams until the last minute and there is a possibility of more goals.

Manchester United is scoring more goals as they are leading with 3 goals now while Real betis still has the 1 goal which they first registered. I didn't expect Manchester United to score such amount of goals in the first half as I have underrated the players Manchester United paraded.
In the midfield has Erikson and Casemiro while Mac Tommny sit at their front. Now Rashford is at the wing while Sancho is at the top 9. I don't actually know that experiments that Erik Ten Hang is making, but the good thing is that it is bringing results.
The match is about 40mins played and Manchester United goals were gotten by;
M. Rashford 18' (P)
A. Diallo 24'
Casemiro 31'
Let's see what the second half has for us;

[klidex]

Mauricio Pochettino got fired because he failed to meet up, it was a harsh decision from the Club's owner, Todd Boehly.

I think it is reasonable that Mauricio Pochettino has not been able to fulfill his promise because Chelsea did experience a serious decline in the previous season and the coach also needs time to be able to fulfill what is expected and since the time he took office as Chelsea coach he has improved Chelsea's performance and managed to finish better than the previous season, even though his contract at that time lasted 2 years if Todd Boehly had been more patient, Chelsea could have been in the top 3 in his second season, unfortunately the club was not that patient and they fired Pochettino at the end of the season.

[legendbtc]

Arsenal and Liverpool face each other in a friendly match which has already ended 77 minutes with Liverpool leading by two goals. Liverpool and Arsenal have entered the field today in this 4-3-3 formation.Mohamed Salah scored for Liverpool in the first 13 minutes to give his side the lead. However, they doubled their lead shortly after another team-mate F. Carvalho scored another goal in the 34th minute. At this stage of the game it looked like Arsenal might be playing badly as they couldn't defend their defense properly. As a result, Liverpool's players easily enter Arsenal's D box and put the ball in their net and even score goals. Arsenal's players did not let Mohamed Salah and Carvalho celebrate their goals for long, as Arsenal's Havertz scored a goal 40 minutes into the match to bring his side Arsenal level. So far in this match he is the only goal scorer for his team.

It seems like Arsenal needs new ammunition on defender to solve this problem. When I look the match highlights some midfielders are not so enthusiastic to blocking the ball so that the ball goes wild backwards and cannot be cleared by defender. maybe it can be overcome by changing the formation, but it's not so effective if some defender are still moving forward to look for the ball. In other side, This is a proving ground a new coach of liverpool if he enough smart to look up the opportunities that be exist. At least, this victory can provest him if he enters the ranks of top coaches on premier league.

It can be said that Liverpool and Arsenal are the match that receives the most attention in the US as these are two famous teams in the Top 3 of the Premier League last season. Both Arne Slot and Mikel Arteta fielded strong lineups but still experimented in a few positions.
New coach Slot only made one change to Liverpool's starting line-up against Arsenal, with Jota playing up front, allowing Elliot to return to midfield to take Endo's place. Is the Dutch coach trying to gradually shape the framework for the new season? Striker Mohamed Salah is still the mainstay of this team, they need to keep him to serve this season.
Meanwhile, Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta made quite a few changes to his starting lineup compared to the 2-1 win over MU. It seems he wants to create maximum playing opportunities for the current players to find new talent. This could be Mikel Arteta's test, and even though they lost, we can't underestimate Arsenal. Because they could very well win the championship this season.