⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Dzwaafu11]

We see in the news that Chelsea have also bought some players. They are a very good team and they will continue to fight for the championship this year. Chelsea may not be champions but they should finish the league in the top ranks for the Champions League goal. I know how competitive the Premier League is. I hope they achieve the success they expect this year.

I think Chelsea is ready for the English Premier League which will be kickoff in a couple of days. This is not a good time to start blaming or throwing uneven odds, there are hope for the future of the Blues. Chelsea made brilliant signings and we understand how the scope of the new coach. I'm happy with the new development of the Blues and Todd Boehly wouldn't jeopardized with the club's budget. He ensures he goes for the very best available factors and Enzo Maresca will help us achieve the ultimate budgets on the lists.

Yeah, this is too early to criticize. We should wait and see what they will do if the season starts. However, Chelsea seems to be strong next season, and they are getting ready for the Premier League competition too. I think they are going to get higher next season because they got new players in the squad and also a new coach, which seems to come with experience, so I expect Chelsea's performance to be better next season, but I hope the management will not spoil things for the manager because Chelsea management always wants quick results. I am hoping for them to be at the top next season. 

[Issa56]

Pochettino's help has not helped Chelsea's start to the season. Despite performing well in a few matches, we saw Chelsea's erratic and poor performance in most of the matches.

We all knew that Pochettino's performance was just so poor last season. His performance got better towards the end of the season, no one expected him to play well towards the end of the season. That was the reason why everyone wanted Chelsea management to give him more time, because everyone was thinking he had been able to build the squad that he needed for the club, but he wasn’t given more time. I was thinking he would be given one more season, but he wasn’t given the opportunity, I just hope Chelsea will give the new coach time to stabilize things.

Chelsea have changed their coach. Enzo Maresca is now Chelsea's new coach. But is Enzo Maresca an experienced enough coach?

Sure, he is an experienced coach, and I am expecting something positive from him, but Chelsea will have to give him time. I am not expecting anything from him in the first season, but if Chelsea can have patience, then he should be able to achieve something for them.

[KingsDen]

We see in the news that Chelsea have also bought some players. They are a very good team and they will continue to fight for the championship this year. Chelsea may not be champions but they should finish the league in the top ranks for the Champions League goal. I know how competitive the Premier League is. I hope they achieve the success they expect this year.

I think Chelsea is ready for the English Premier League which will be kickoff in a couple of days. This is not a good time to start blaming or throwing uneven odds, there are hope for the future of the Blues. Chelsea made brilliant signings and we understand how the scope of the new coach. I'm happy with the new development of the Blues and Todd Boehly wouldn't jeopardized with the club's budget. He ensures he goes for the very best available factors and Enzo Maresca will help us achieve the ultimate budgets on the lists.

Let's hope there'll be significant positive changes in the Chelsea team but we shouldn't expect magic to happen. It will still follow a normal process. It is more than 2 seasons now that Chelsea have not seen the top 4 of the English premier league. So, if they eventually see the top 4 this time around, it should be counted for Chelsea as a big achievement. It must not be to win the EPL as I know that Chelsea cannot win EPL this season. The only two teams prepared for winning the EPL this season remains Arsenal and Manchester city.

[Docnaster]

We see in the news that Chelsea have also bought some players. They are a very good team and they will continue to fight for the championship this year. Chelsea may not be champions but they should finish the league in the top ranks for the Champions League goal. I know how competitive the Premier League is. I hope they achieve the success they expect this year.

Chelsea though haven't made significant signings this summer transfer window but they've been able to sign few young players to the team which are expected to blend in with the players of the club already. The club's new manager have been saddled with the responsibility of helping the club become competitive again especially in the English Premier League. Like you rightly said, Chelsea might not be able to win the English Premier League title next season but expect them to finish in the top four of the league table.

[Oluwa-btc]

If you're right about that, what happened is that I see the MU as a team that can do great things, it's that from the basics, when I see their squad I see gratitude, I see players who have many skills and can make the difference, for that reason I see that they can change, of course, many criticize Maguire and the players you mention, but it's that they are players that I feel are caged, that they aren't allowed to do everything they can do, I don't know, but I think that if Ten Hag continues he has to do something quickly to change his formation or strategy, the good thing is that they have always been in a PL where the demand is higher, sometimes the MU shows Greatness , but sometimes they fall to levels that I don't understand.

They have what it takes to compete at the highest levels in the Champions League Competition and also winning the Premier League Competition, but they have to raise their standards, game and mentality to catch up with clubs like Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool who are far more dangerous than Manchester United.
I agree with what you say, but I want them to aim higher, whenever I look back to the kind of team Manchester United use to be, I look at this current squad and laugh.

Has anyone noticed how Chelsea are treating their home grown players? It's a disrespectful way to go about such a thing honestly. How can they treat Trevor Chalobah and Conor Gallagher forcing them out of the club these way? I'm disappointed in them and the management. These are core players for the club, one had a good contribution last season for Chelsea, while the other won the Champions League Competition. This is indeed awful!

[TelolettOm]

Saliba is one of the key players in Arsenal, so this will be difficult to let him go at his high performance.

Arteta was already prepared for the worst to let him go if Real Madrid pressed on, but they did not, and that is lucky for Arsenal because it now gives them more options of quality defenders to use in important games.

If Saliba does stay at Arsenal, then their defenders will certainly be much stronger. Saliba will most likely be paired with Calafiori who they just signed up for their back line. This is already quite enough. Both are top Centre-Backs, their ages are also not much different, 23 and 22 years old. So, their cooperation will be much faster. However, Calafioru's position is wider, because he can also be included in the Left Midfield or Left-Back position.

Well, in case, with their respective main positions, some of the biggest possibilities for Arsenal's lineup for their main lineup will be like this:

Possibility lineup by transfermarkt

Todd Boehly has invested a lot of money now to build Chelsea into a title contender, but Todd Boehly should also have the patience to see Chelsea become champions in the future because after all investing a lot of money does not guarantee that they will immediately become champions in leagues and European competitions, because  it takes a lot of time for the process of developing a team and this is not easy to do although they have a great coach,

This is why, in this transfer market, Chelsea also recruited many players who are still very young. There are even 3 players who are still under 20 years old. While in other positions, they also recruited players who are not actually top but they have the talent, and their age is still very productive. And 1 more, they seem to not intend to spend too much money for just 1 player. That is why Chelsea is very careful in making decisions regarding Osimhen who until now has not been done deal.

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[blue Snow]

Has anyone noticed how Chelsea are treating their home grown players? It's a disrespectful way to go about such a thing honestly. How can they treat Trevor Chalobah and Conor Gallagher forcing them out of the club these way? I'm disappointed in them and the management. These are core players for the club, one had a good contribution last season for Chelsea, while the other won the Champions League Competition. This is indeed awful!

Because Pochettino is no longer on Chelsea therefore the club freely sold those to other clubs. maybe it's been a long time that club want sell those player, but because it was held back by the previous coach so that it still survives until the end of the season. we certainly can't blame them because with the new manager, maybe there are other policies regarding player composition. but at least chelsea should be keep them on Stamford bridge because their contribution is quite crucial bring them to survive until now.

[Raflesia]

Has anyone noticed how Chelsea are treating their home grown players? It's a disrespectful way to go about such a thing honestly. How can they treat Trevor Chalobah and Conor Gallagher forcing them out of the club these way? I'm disappointed in them and the management. These are core players for the club, one had a good contribution last season for Chelsea, while the other won the Champions League Competition. This is indeed awful!

Because Pochettino is no longer on Chelsea therefore the club freely sold those to other clubs. maybe it's been a long time that club want sell those player, but because it was held back by the previous coach so that it still survives until the end of the season. we certainly can't blame them because with the new manager, maybe there are other policies regarding player composition. but at least chelsea should be keep them on Stamford bridge because their contribution is quite crucial bring them to survive until now.

When coaches change, schemes and players are bound to change and now some players who don't fit into Enzo Maresca's plans will certainly be let go.
It's a normal thing in the end because after all, with a different scheme of play, there are bound to be players who leave and come to make Enzo's ideal line-up and it's definitely not going to be the same as what Poche did before.

This is one of the reasons that too many transitions lead to money being wasted and players coming and going so quickly that performance becomes unstable as a result of the season after season, which damages the chemistry that is actually being built.

At the moment, Enzo Maresca's actions are not as extreme as the previous coach but seeing from what is happening now, the reshuffle will still be done especially by looking at the friendly matches Chelsea did, they actually don't have a good thing to be proud of before the new EPL season starts.

[Mr.right85]

We see in the news that Chelsea have also bought some players. They are a very good team and they will continue to fight for the championship this year. Chelsea may not be champions but they should finish the league in the top ranks for the Champions League goal. I know how competitive the Premier League is. I hope they achieve the success they expect this year.

Chelsea though haven't made significant signings this summer transfer window but they've been able to sign few young players to the team which are expected to blend in with the players of the club already. The club's new manager have been saddled with the responsibility of helping the club become competitive again especially in the English Premier League. Like you rightly said, Chelsea might not be able to win the English Premier League title next season but expect them to finish in the top four of the league table.

It’s going to be a hard job for this Chelsea new manager, Maresca. He’s definitely going to continue from where Pochettino stopped. Chelsea are still making more signings, providing options for Maresca for his style of play. The manager was tasked with a new system of play from Pochettino's. They want possession football and its usually requires a lot of discipline and techniques to execute this style of play.
Finishing the league in a good spot on the table should be their goal. Because there’s no way they would want to compete with Manchester City and Arsenal this season. They have a young, unsettled squad that needs balance before they can start a discussion about winning the league title.

[Despairo]

Well, in case, with their respective main positions, some of the biggest possibilities for Arsenal's lineup for their main lineup will be like this:

Possibility lineup by transfermarkt

If they can't get Merino, it's fine.

But they must able to get Gyokeres, I see that he's really a good player, he can perform when he play for Coventry City and Sporting CP. Although he was failed in Brighton, but he's keep improving himself and build his confidence, he's already in prime.

It's a big loss if Arsenal can't get him.

[Barikui1]

But what's the negative about fans that want their coach to win a title when the club that is coached is called Chelsea? I think it is not the same when the discussion is about Bournemouth, but a team like Chelsea with all the investment they have made into the team over recent years should of course aim for a top result. Does it have to be the title? I don't know, but I understand as a fan that if a billion was pumped into the squad and I pay horrendously ticket prices that there is some demand created for success on the fans' part.

What should they expect in your opinion? You are right about Lampard though, he hasn't been doing very well.

Chelsea should be chasing the tittle if they want fans still come to stamford bridge. but yeah it's a bit difficult especially they are in the best league in the world, maybe with the current composition of players now, chelsea will be the champion if they are in a league where the competition is not tight like ligue 1 or eredivisie. Chelsea have to fight hard right now, the team on premier league getting stronger day by day with many large investors invest their money on the club. I don't think if just equating them Chelsea able to be a champion because some clubs have already gone ahead to recruit the new best player and coach.

Todd Boehly has invested a lot of money now to build Chelsea into a title contender, but Todd Boehly should also have the patience to see Chelsea become champions in the future because after all investing a lot of money does not guarantee that they will immediately become champions in leagues and European competitions, because  it takes a lot of time for the process of developing a team and this is not easy to do although they have a great coach, and even Guardiola, Klopp and Arteta need time to bring the team they train to become a challenger for the title so far in the EPL, the only thing that must be done by Todd Boehly is giving Enzo Maresca time now so that they can fulfill all the hopes of fans who want to see their team winner again,the English league is a very competitive league and no team has been guaranteed to can win the English league before season end so far.

On a sincere note, I don't have any problem with Todd boehly and co if they are spending rightly, the major reason am really pissed off by the approach of Todd boehly is that, he just want to be at the forefront of everything, without acknowledging to the fact that their are professional that knows how to do this recruitment jobs, and wouldn't be exploited the way he is being exploited.

Ok let's look at the kind of players he is been busy signing into the team since he took over from roman abrahimovic, like 90% of them are just kids, do he thinks the English premier league is and under 21 competition?

 Even though some of these players might comes in handy in the future, but the team needs reliable and experience players now, like in the next four to five years, by then most of this young lads will be ready to step up, but right now, they are just kids that aren't ready to compete, so in my own opinion, they should try to sign experience players into the team, so that they can blend with the team, because in football, experience is very much important if they really want to compete and comes out on top, in the fourth coming season.

[Oluwa-btc]

Well, in case, with their respective main positions, some of the biggest possibilities for Arsenal's lineup for their main lineup will be like this:

Possibility lineup by transfermarkt

They've been linked with Victor Oshime currently, Edu trying to get the deal hijacked so he could bring the Nigerian International to Arsenal, but these are underground stories for now.

I'd say Saka needs a backup player in that position so he doesn't feel too relaxed already. He had good goal scored and contribution for them last season but he should do better now.

The deal for Mikel Moreno would be a done deal soon enough. Possibly, the first thing on Monday, his announcement should be made by the club. He will offer so much to that attacking side.

What's that Ukrainian doing there? Didn't you see how he flopped last season? I will say either of Tomiyasu, Kiwor or Calafiori should be utilized that left fullback role. I have zero comments about the defense. They did brilliantly great last season and will do the same this season too. At the end of the day, all I want to see for for Gunners to win the Premier League Competition.

[Velvet78]

Possibility lineup by transfermarkt

This looks really good by the way. Merino and Gyökeres both are great players. I really loved to watch Merino in Euro 2024 as well. You know Gyökeres, he is a goal machine.    This would be a great lineup to go for a league title.

Signing a CF is the most important thing for Arsenal now. This will help them become more consistent. Because in critical moments we have witnessed how they struggled to score goals. Otherwise I know they are a very productive team. They scored 91 goals the last time.    Merino would be a much more reliable partner for Odegaard at the center. In this way Rice can continue to play as DM which is his natural position.

[Jody.Drummer]

The 2022/2023 season Chelsea must be stranded to the 12th position of the final standings in the English League, it is the season where they are slumped. Last season they managed to improve performance and they managed to be in position 6, at least it was good because they managed to increase. But instead of defending the coach who took them to rank 6 they actually replaced him with a new coach, even though his hope was that Chelsea could maintain their coach at that time. Even when they enter the end of the season their appearance is getting better by winning a row.


Now Chelsea have to re -value from the beginning because they will work with their Baaru coach, which is also a question of whether their decision is the right decision or this is the beginning of their decline. I consider Chelsea to be too rushed in taking the decrease to replace the coach, this is actually a very unfortunate thing because they did it when there was an improvement in performance.

[mammusu]

Possibility lineup by transfermarkt

This looks really good by the way. Merino and Gyökeres both are great players. I really loved to watch Merino in Euro 2024 as well. You know Gyökeres, he is a goal machine.    This would be a great lineup to go for a league title.

Signing a CF is the most important thing for Arsenal now. This will help them become more consistent. Because in critical moments we have witnessed how they struggled to score goals. Otherwise I know they are a very productive team. They scored 91 goals the last time.    Merino would be a much more reliable partner for Odegaard at the center. In this way Rice can continue to play as DM which is his natural position.

The arrival of Calafiori and merino means that Arsenal will have a pretty good main line up next season, especially if they also are able to bring in Gyokeres as the spearhead for next seasons  Arteta has brought in Calafiori who been able to play quite well as a left and center back so far, so I think that compared to Gabriel, it's Zinchenko who will losing his position as letf back in next season, last season Saliba and Gabriel became a very solid defensive for Arsenal so I don't think it's possible  Gabriel will be eliminated from Arsenal main squad,  Calafiori would be more suitable to replace Zichenko, because zichenko so far  weak in defense althoug he is capable of carrying out build-ups when arsenal attack, while Calafiori so far looks quite reliable in defense and also helps in attacks when he was still at Bologna, as for strikers of course Arsenal should be able to recruit Gyokeres even though currently he is priced expensively by Sporting, but this is normal because if we look at his ability to score goals very well so far, in my opinion gyokeres will be the right player to spearhead Arsenal next season, although it is not relevant to compare him with Haaland at the moment but I think if he plays at Arsenal then he could be Haaland competitor to become the top scorer in the English league.

[asriloni]

We see in the news that Chelsea have also bought some players. They are a very good team and they will continue to fight for the championship this year. Chelsea may not be champions but they should finish the league in the top ranks for the Champions League goal. I know how competitive the Premier League is. I hope they achieve the success they expect this year.

I think Chelsea is ready for the English Premier League which will be kickoff in a couple of days. This is not a good time to start blaming or throwing uneven odds, there are hope for the future of the Blues. Chelsea made brilliant signings and we understand how the scope of the new coach. I'm happy with the new development of the Blues and Todd Boehly wouldn't jeopardized with the club's budget. He ensures he goes for the very best available factors and Enzo Maresca will help us achieve the ultimate budgets on the lists.

I think Chelsea is not ready to face the new season. Also, i don't really understand who you called that as brilliant signings by Chelsea. Chelsea is recruiting many inexperienced players. It's also selling its experienced ones, like Gallagher. Chelsea still has some friendly matches remaining against City and Inter
My point is that if Chelsea can equally to Manchester City and Inter Milan in the next friendly games. Then, I think Chelsea will do well in the current season.

Also, Chelsea is now trying to stay away from being sanctioned due to its violation of the PSR rules. To be honest, if you read the latest report on Chelsea's finances, it said they might get sanctioned by the FA. This is because their quarterly losses exceeded £105 million.

[X-ray]

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.

I'm more focused on Liverpool's gameplay in this game. Liverpool looked more solid than Arsenal with their new formation. Compared to Klopp's system, we are getting more bodies in the box under Slotball. Though it was a friendly game, I see no problem with the new formation implemented by Arne Slot. There are only minor changes to the squad. But, Liverpool's performance is getting better. I'm really enjoying the new formation. Also, i see no problem if Arne Slot decides not to sign a new player in the current summer transfer sewason.

Liverpool can compete for the trophy even if they still stick with the current lineup. The current squad looks so lively and energetic.

Arne Slot tactics and formation looks promising with the team, Likely that he wants to replicate his style of play during when he was at Feyenoord as their manager. But liverpool as a team is already in good shape in terms of the players we have in there and what that squad needs is for coach Arne Slot to apply the right winning strategy, boom! and you will have the team perform greatly under Arne Slot and not minding the fact his a new manager who needs time to understand his men, well on the other side I wouldn't be so fast to conclude with just this games and until we see what he will do within the first two -three months of his job with managing Liverpool during the main games.

If Liverpool can keep up their current form, they can enter the EPL title race, like last season. I'd also accept a minor change probably made by Arne Slot in the squad too. This is because some positions looked weak enough, but i think this is not a serious problem at all.

I also noticed that Liverpool didn't try to build wide as much last season. They got even more central than in previous seasons when Klopp was still there. Liverpool players also tried harder to penetrate space between the lines. This helped them dominate the game. It made Liverpool's midfielders more creative. It really helped them not to rely on Salah or others to create and make runs.

[Alpha Marine]

I think Chelsea is ready for the English Premier League which will be kickoff in a couple of days. This is not a good time to start blaming or throwing uneven odds, there are hope for the future of the Blues. Chelsea made brilliant signings and we understand how the scope of the new coach. I'm happy with the new development of the Blues and Todd Boehly wouldn't jeopardized with the club's budget. He ensures he goes for the very best available factors and Enzo Maresca will help us achieve the ultimate budgets on the lists.

Chelsea is not ready for the season and I'm curious to know who are the brilliant signings Chelsea has made so far this transfer window. They can't even decide if they want to keep Gallagher or sell him. Chelsea has over 50 players in their first team, if I'm not mistaken the players should be close to 60 and you feel they're ready? What are they doing with that amount of players? Chelsea signs new players every week, and they haven't sold. How will they pick 11 players that will play each match with 5 substitutes? But that is not even the bigger issue, the bigger issue is that these players are not proven players, they're just average young players with a bit of potential.
You look at Chealsea's starting 11 or full squad and you'll never believe they spent over a billion to assemble those players.

[Palakka]

The 2022/2023 season Chelsea must be stranded to the 12th position of the final standings in the English League, it is the season where they are slumped. Last season they managed to improve performance and they managed to be in position 6, at least it was good because they managed to increase. But instead of defending the coach who took them to rank 6 they actually replaced him with a new coach, even though his hope was that Chelsea could maintain their coach at that time. Even when they enter the end of the season their appearance is getting better by winning a row.


Now Chelsea have to re -value from the beginning because they will work with their Baaru coach, which is also a question of whether their decision is the right decision or this is the beginning of their decline. I consider Chelsea to be too rushed in taking the decrease to replace the coach, this is actually a very unfortunate thing because they did it when there was an improvement in performance.

Pochettino experienced bad luck even though last season he was able to bring Chelsea to end the season in 6th place, the slow start they started made it difficult for Chelsea to penetrate the Champions League last season, but slowly their were able to penetrate the European League zone although in the end they failed to get it because of Manchester United victory  in the FA, but what Pochettino achieved is still not enough to keep him as Chelsea coach at this time, to be honest I think Pochettino dismissal as Chelsea coach was not because he failed to reach the European or Champions League zone next season but maybe there was another reason which caused him to be fired.

Chelsea new era has begun with a new coach who is considered capable of handling young players, Enzo Maresca, who succeeded in bringing Leicester City promotion to the English league last season, Of course, it is now the hope of management and fans to see Chelsea wil  be better in next season, and in fact to make this happen todd Boehly has budgeted a lot of money to recruit new players at this time, so that if Enzo Maresca fails to achieve perfect results next season, it is not impossible that he will be fired in a bad way by Chelsea later.

[LUCKMCFLY]

We see in the news that Chelsea have also bought some players. They are a very good team and they will continue to fight for the championship this year. Chelsea may not be champions but they should finish the league in the top ranks for the Champions League goal. I know how competitive the Premier League is. I hope they achieve the success they expect this year.

I think Chelsea is ready for the English Premier League which will be kickoff in a couple of days. This is not a good time to start blaming or throwing uneven odds, there are hope for the future of the Blues. Chelsea made brilliant signings and we understand how the scope of the new coach. I'm happy with the new development of the Blues and Todd Boehly wouldn't jeopardized with the club's budget. He ensures he goes for the very best available factors and Enzo Maresca will help us achieve the ultimate budgets on the lists.

Let's hope there'll be significant positive changes in the Chelsea team but we shouldn't expect magic to happen. It will still follow a normal process. It is more than 2 seasons now that Chelsea have not seen the top 4 of the English premier league. So, if they eventually see the top 4 this time around, it should be counted for Chelsea as a big achievement. It must not be to win the EPL as I know that Chelsea cannot win EPL this season. The only two teams prepared for winning the EPL this season remains Arsenal and Manchester city.

Chelsea is one of the things that has me thinking, something that I can't believe is that everything has gone so wrong for them in these past seasons, I could say that when it comes to doing things better in a team, Chelsea is specialist, I've seen how players pass through here and are not capable of making them win, now I see a slight improvement, but I don't know, maybe it's because of the pre-season? I don't know, I would say that things in this team lack what we call a bit of  "luck", this is what I can conclude, I don't know, I think that all the changes they have made should already turn out something good.