⚽ Premier League 2024/2025 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Issa56]

Manchester United seems to be moving quickly to recruit defenders who have strong potential in maintaining their defense.

Manchester United really needs defenders because their defense was just too poor last season, which made their goalkeepers performances  worse. Even as we know that Onana made some stupid mistakes last season and conceded so many goals, if Manchester United had a strong defense, then he wouldn’t have conceded so much, some balls would be blocked by the defenders and wouldn’t get to the goalkeeper, but since their defense was weak, it also affected their goalkeeper. Ten Hag has really done well by trying to strengthen the defense of the club. I'm sure it’s really going to help the team’s performance.

[TelolettOm]

Matthijs de Ligt (CB) €45m + fee €5m
Noussair Mazraoui (RB) €15m + fee €5m
Source: Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui

Finally! I have been waiting for the Red Devils to take a big step for their own good. They have finally done it.    While Wan-Bissaka has signed for West Ham, the Mazraoui deal came with a great timing. He is much better than Dalot so I don't expect him to have problems on being a regular starter. Maybe this can push Dalot to play better from now on.

Indeed, they came at quite the right time. Man United's back line is indeed quite bad. At least, with the addition of de Ligt as a center-back and Noussair Mazraoui at right-back.

Man United is getting quite more serious this time. Expecting Maguire and Antony leaving.

Chelsea are prepared to splash out €60m plus €3m add-ons to finally sign Pedro Neto. Is this the right Right Winger and worth purchasing for this club?
Current market value: €55.00m
sign for 6 years, now he's 24YO. well...


Source: Chelsea sign Pedro Neto

[uchegod-21]

Manchester United seems to be moving quickly to recruit defenders who have strong potential in maintaining their defense.

Manchester United really needs defenders because their defense was just too poor last season, which made their goalkeepers performances  worse. Even as we know that Onana made some stupid mistakes last season and conceded so many goals, if Manchester United had a strong defense, then he wouldn’t have conceded so much, some balls would be blocked by the defenders and wouldn’t get to the goalkeeper, but since their defense was weak, it also affected their goalkeeper. Ten Hag has really done well by trying to strengthen the defense of the club. I'm sure it’s really going to help the team’s performance.

The case of Onana and David De Gea at a point seems similar. If you can remember vividly, Manchester United defense didn't suddenly go wrong in the time of Onana. Even when David the Gea was around, Manchester United had once had bad defense. It was David that served Manchester United from even being relegated that season. That was when he was nicknamed David de save. We also said something about the situation then, that if David had better defense he would be the best goalie in the world. This same  situation has faced Onana and we are thinking that his problem is the defense. There is no doubt Onana is a good goalie, but he isn't exceptional and I cannot boldly say that he is better than David de Gea. He is purely better than David only in footing and passes and not in savings.

However, the success of any goalkeeper depends on the formidableness of his defence line.

[Zaguru12]

Finally! I have been waiting for the Red Devils to take a big step for their own good. They have finally done it.    While Wan-Bissaka has signed for West Ham, the Mazraoui deal came with a great timing. He is much better than Dalot so I don't expect him to have problems on being a regular starter. Maybe this can push Dalot to play better from now on.

I'm especially happy about finalizing de Ligt agreement. Leny Yoro is out for 3 months so they needed another CB immediately. de Ligt is coming just in time while there is less than a week left for the new season to begin.

This too deals were just a matter of time since Manchester United got in. De Ligt was serious candidate right from the starting of this summer window opening and the deal halted due to the amount that Bayern Munich valued him at and the new board at Manchester United wouldn’t splash money like the ones we had at Manchester United before this season. Manchester United Definitely added the Mazourrai to the deals all for them not to allow the $60M they turn to spend just go away. This two players will be excellent additions but i don’t see the likes of Mazaraoui benching Dalot easily , he won the clubs player of the season for a spot but it will be a shame if adding Getty

[kawetsriyanto]

Manchester United really needs defenders because their defense was just too poor last season, which made their goalkeepers performances  worse. Even as we know that Onana made some stupid mistakes last season and conceded so many goals, if Manchester United had a strong defense, then he wouldn’t have conceded so much, some balls would be blocked by the defenders and wouldn’t get to the goalkeeper, but since their defense was weak, it also affected their goalkeeper. Ten Hag has really done well by trying to strengthen the defense of the club. I'm sure it’s really going to help the team’s performance.

I agree that Man United needs new defenders. They realize it, that's why they signed new defenders. We have read the current news that they make a deal to sign Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui. Bayern have too many defenders now, it is no problem if they sell Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui. So Man United looks like to have no big difficulty signing both of them. I think it is only about the time that Man United will announce to the publics that they have just signed Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.

Related news: https://onefootball.com/en/news/manchester-united-agree-to-sign-matthijs-de-ligt-and-noussair-mazraoui-from-bayern-munich-39874754

[Velvet78]

Chelsea are prepared to splash out €60m plus €3m add-ons to finally sign Pedro Neto. Is this the right Right Winger and worth purchasing for this club?
Current market value: €55.00m
sign for 6 years, now he's 24YO. well...


Source: Chelsea sign Pedro Neto

Pedro Neto is one of the most versatile players I have seen recently. Even though he is mainly a RW, he can play nearly everywhere in the attacking line.  



His previous season statistics were also impressive. Like 2 goals, 9 assists in 20 games. Considering he is still young this is a good thinking for Chelsea. The only side I can criticize is that the amount they spend seems a bit high. But Wolves didn't want to let him go for a cheap price after the big increase in his market value. I believe Neto will make a good score contribution to Chelsea.

[DaNNy001]

Manchester United seems to be moving quickly to recruit defenders who have strong potential in maintaining their defense.

Manchester United really needs defenders because their defense was just too poor last season, which made their goalkeepers performances  worse. Even as we know that Onana made some stupid mistakes last season and conceded so many goals, if Manchester United had a strong defense, then he wouldn’t have conceded so much, some balls would be blocked by the defenders and wouldn’t get to the goalkeeper, but since their defense was weak, it also affected their goalkeeper. Ten Hag has really done well by trying to strengthen the defense of the club. I'm sure it’s really going to help the team’s performance.

Well with what I saw against Manchester city during the community shield cup , I believe I can say that there have been some kind of improvement to their performance because it wasn't an easy task to actually hold off Manchester city till the 90mins although I would say city wasn't really on their prime too but that being said the defense problem is one that united can atleast make amends in due time but my own concern is even that fool of a goalkeeper called onana, I mean that guy caused so many errors that lead to united losing so many games last season.

[ShaneDiesel]

Chelsea again throwing money buying players here and there but if they are actually serious and building up the youngsters there, primier league could be seeing prime Chelsea in next few years.

[len01]

There are still about 5 more days left to predict the opening match there will be an appearance from Man United vs Fulham. In H2H the two teams have seen that Man United remains a favorite even though Hojlund and Leny Yoro are injured, but according to my prediction Man United still has a great chance of scoring 2 scores. We all know that Man United this season continues to bring new players with amazing quality expertise.
Compared to Fulham, it seems that there is still nothing special about this team and the opportunity to score is still very thin.

The odds given by the bookmakers are very tempting and I prefer the -1 option with odds @1.86. Prediction score 2-0 or maybe 3-1.

[Docnaster]

Manchester United seems to be moving quickly to recruit defenders who have strong potential in maintaining their defense.

Manchester United really needs defenders because their defense was just too poor last season, which made their goalkeepers performances  worse. Even as we know that Onana made some stupid mistakes last season and conceded so many goals, if Manchester United had a strong defense, then he wouldn’t have conceded so much, some balls would be blocked by the defenders and wouldn’t get to the goalkeeper, but since their defense was weak, it also affected their goalkeeper. Ten Hag has really done well by trying to strengthen the defense of the club. I'm sure it’s really going to help the team’s performance.

Looking at the back line of Manchester United, there's no doubt that they really need to sign at least one quality defender so they don't concede to many goals next season. Leny Yoro who was signed this summer is currently sidelined with injury and will not play for the club at least for the next three months. Recently, popular football journalist Fabrizio Romano recently made a tweet suggesting that Manchester United are in advanced talks with Bayern Munich to sign their defender Matthijs de Ligt and if they can succeed to complete that deal, the club can beat their chest and say they're fully ready for next season

[SmartCharpa]

Finally! I have been waiting for the Red Devils to take a big step for their own good. They have finally done it.    While Wan-Bissaka has signed for West Ham, the Mazraoui deal came with a great timing. He is much better than Dalot so I don't expect him to have problems on being a regular starter. Maybe this can push Dalot to play better from now on.

I'm especially happy about finalizing de Ligt agreement. Leny Yoro is out for 3 months so they needed another CB immediately de Ligt is coming just in time while there is less than a week left for the new season to begin.

This might be good news for Manchester United fans after signing two defenders from Bayern Munich. I'm not impressed that Ten Hags managed to sign more players to improve their performance because Ten Hag has reconnected with his former Ajax players. In the last two seasons, Ten Hag brought three players from his former club to Manchester United, but we didn't see any improvement with them; Antony isn't performing as well as he used to, and Onana concedes more goals than any other goalkeeper in the Premier League. Ten Hag has signed two of his former Ajax defenders to Manchester United; can we expect something new from them next season? Despite the fact that they are recruiting several players, I do not expect much from them next season.

Another friendly match ended today. Chelsea was drawing with Inter Milan. What I'm concerned about is how Yann Sommer served as a big wall for Inter Milan today. He blocked everything, but Lesley was able to score for Chelsea in the last minute of game.

In this game, Chelsea was also presenting their new player, namely Pedro Neto from Wolves. Inter Milan's performance is not that bad, though. They played more defensively than Chelsea. And i see some improvement from Chelsea today.

Some Blues players, such as Renato Veiga, Samu, and Tosin, showed outstanding performances. I am totally aware if this is a friendly game, but they deserve it.

To be honest, Chelsea performed great in this game against Inter Milan, since the start of the pre-season, they have not defended as well as they did against Inter Milan. The Chelsea defense improves, it seems that Enzo Maresca has learned from previous pre-season games since their performance in this match is different. If they continue this way, Chelsea will have a chance to finish in the top ten next season.

[X-ray]

Chelsea are prepared to splash out €60m plus €3m add-ons to finally sign Pedro Neto. Is this the right Right Winger and worth purchasing for this club?
Current market value: €55.00m
sign for 6 years, now he's 24YO. well...


Source: Chelsea sign Pedro Neto

Pedro Neto is one of the most versatile players I have seen recently. Even though he is mainly a RW, he can play nearly everywhere in the attacking line.  



His previous season statistics were also impressive. Like 2 goals, 9 assists in 20 games. Considering he is still young this is a good thinking for Chelsea. The only side I can criticize is that the amount they spend seems a bit high. But Wolves didn't want to let him go for a cheap price after the big increase in his market value. I believe Neto will make a good score contribution to Chelsea.

It means Chelsea is good if they release Sterling to Juventus. We have too many RWs, and Neto can rotate to play as LW. But I'm not a fan of this signing, and this is caused by it's a very typical Chelsea's signing. They sign a really good player in a position where they already have some depth. And it's not understandable.

Netto's role was very versatile. But, why not get a pure LW instead of adding another RW to the squad? Also, you forgot to consider Netto's injury-proneness. I know Chelsea recruited him because he is able to play in an inverted system, which is our system.

And last, hopefully Neto plays his best football at LW in our inverted system.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I guess we can say as of now that Manchester United has taken a big step to solve defense issues. de Ligt and Mazraoui are important transfers. But I want to see one last transfer. It should be to the defensive midfield position. Ugarte isn't coming anymore seemingly. Zubimendi is also a good option but Liverpool is after him too. If none of them happens then there is no need to worry.

Sander Berge is another option to think about. He is a central midfielder in fact but can play in both positions at the same time. He has even played most of his career as a defensive midfielder. I think they should consider him too. 

[red4slash]

Manchester United seems to be moving quickly to recruit defenders who have strong potential in maintaining their defense.

Manchester United really needs defenders because their defense was just too poor last season, which made their goalkeepers performances  worse. Even as we know that Onana made some stupid mistakes last season and conceded so many goals, if Manchester United had a strong defense, then he wouldn’t have conceded so much, some balls would be blocked by the defenders and wouldn’t get to the goalkeeper, but since their defense was weak, it also affected their goalkeeper. Ten Hag has really done well by trying to strengthen the defense of the club. I'm sure it’s really going to help the team’s performance.

They know that so now they immediately move quickly to make a breakthrough by bringing Yoro from Lille, besides the current rumors about them who will bring in the Bayern duo where de Ligt and Mazraoui are ready to be brought in to further strengthen their defense line which is still quite fragile.
Their decision last season to bring back the aged Evans was actually quite questionable for the defense but for this season I think they are better prepared despite the misfortune for Yoro because of the immediate injury that makes them unable to force him to play in the next few months but at least when De Ligt and Mazraoui join Manchester United then the defense is expected to be better than before.

Manchester United are trying to make some waves with their new players in defense and attack which of course is pretty good. But it would be better for next season, if Ten Hag tries to understand a little more about the players' conditions and not be too arrogant with his nature because it can have more impact on chemistry and performance improvement.

[uchegod-21]

Chelsea again throwing money buying players here and there but if they are actually serious and building up the youngsters there, primier league could be seeing prime Chelsea in next few years.

I applaud Chelsea's involvement in the transfer market this season. As you have noted, it doesn't end in buying players. You may buy many players but if there's no modalities to use them well, they will not be resourceful.
Chelsea should learn to give their coaches favourable conditions to stay and not to exit them after every season. If the management works with the crop of players Chelsea has now, they can be hoping to rebuild the club with the next 3 seasons.

[Litzki1990]

Arsenal and Manchester City battled it out until the last match last season and the last match decided Manchester City's Premier League title. Arsenal could not reach their target last season but this season they can reach their target.  Arsenal will have to focus on every Premier League match in stages and plan every game before going into the field to get 3 points at any cost. 

Last season we saw Arsenal drop points in some easy games early and midway through the season which may have pushed them away from winning the title. Arsenal can't do that at all this season, they have to play serious from the start and they can't drop points in any match. Manchester City may not be able to win the Premier League title this season, Arsenal will have a great chance. 

The way Arsenal have improved their performance this season, if they can improve their performance a little bit compared to last season, Arsenal's dream of winning the title in the Premier League will definitely become a big possibility.

Last season was previously one of the most competitive one for Gunners but they've failed countless times to win the English Premier League title and watching Manchester City overcoming them and surpassing them on the EPL table is not funny. Pep Guardiola taught Mikel Arteta and he's fully incharge but I can say that for next season which other elite clubs are trying so hard to put themselves back to formidable form. Arsenal can reach their peak next season, and Mikel Arteta will reinforce his squad to be epic forwarding their outstanding performance.

City getting good success in all kind of competition especially in English Premier League they are always in favorite position. In the last two seasons Manchester United have applied the right tactics on the players and they have been successful in these two seasons. There is not much time left for a new season but in this new season I don't see any team other than Manchester City and Arsenal who can do well in the Premier League. Manchester City and Arsenal have had tough competition in the last two seasons and maybe we will see the same in the next season. But my expectation is that Arsenal can win the Premier League title next season because they have narrowly missed out on the Premier League title in the last two seasons. I think the Premier League would be more attractive if all the other teams including Manchester City and Arsenal could improve and compete.

[mammusu]

Chelsea again throwing money buying players here and there but if they are actually serious and building up the youngsters there, primier league could be seeing prime Chelsea in next few years.

I applaud Chelsea's involvement in the transfer market this season. As you have noted, it doesn't end in buying players. You may buy many players but if there's no modalities to use them well, they will not be resourceful.
Chelsea should learn to give their coaches favourable conditions to stay and not to exit them after every season. If the management works with the crop of players Chelsea has now, they can be hoping to rebuild the club with the next 3 seasons.

Chelsea has brought in a total of 9 new players at the moment and they have the fattest squad in the Premier League at the moment compared to other clubs, even so Chelsea are still trying to bring in several other players in transfer market, it seems that Chelsea is active in the transfer market this season. suggests that they have quite big ambitions to win the premier league next season, but so far I see that the quantity of players that Chelsea has makes them worthy of being considered as a team that competes among other big teams next season, but apart from that, of course Of course, the quality of the squad will be the main factor that will determine how ready they are to challenge for the English league title.

By relying on a young squad, of course it will be difficult for us to predict what will happen to Chelsea next season, because after all every coach needs a long time to maximize the performance of the young players so far, but if Enzo can do it quickly, of course we will see that Chelsea will become a very strong club in the next two seasons because their squad is filled with talented players.

[Hanadawa]

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I think the decision to sell Alvarez is a risky decision. Manchester City get a lot of money from the sale of Alvarez and it can make City's finances healthier. But on the other hand City will lose their supersub and this will put City in a difficult position if Haaland gets injured. But I think Alvarez will get more playing minutes with Atletico. He will be Simeone's first choice.

Manchester United are trying to make some waves with their new players in defense and attack which of course is pretty good. But it would be better for next season, if Ten Hag tries to understand a little more about the players' conditions and not be too arrogant with his nature because it can have more impact on chemistry and performance improvement.

Yes, the defense has always been a problem for Manchester United every season. I hope the new defender duo can give significant performance and close the weaknesses in United's defense.

[Mr.right85]

I guess we can say as of now that Manchester United has taken a big step to solve defense issues. de Ligt and Mazraoui are important transfers. But I want to see one last transfer. It should be to the defensive midfield position. Ugarte isn't coming anymore seemingly. Zubimendi is also a good option but Liverpool is after him too. If none of them happens then there is no need to worry.

Sander Berge is another option to think about. He is a central midfielder in fact but can play in both positions at the same time. He has even played most of his career as a defensive midfielder. I think they should consider him too. 

Both De ligt and Mazraoui will strengthen this Manchester United squad. They suffered defensively last season when they lost their first team defenders to injury. I think reinforcing the defense has been a priority for them since the start of the transfer window. Ten hag worked with them at Ajax so it won’t be difficult to integrate them into the team.

The signings came at the right time considering the recent injury crisis at the club. They will face Fulham United on Friday at Old Trafford so with the lack of options at the back, De ligt is expected to start.

Midfield reinforcements are needed in this Manchester united squad. Casemiro is the only defensive midfielder they have in the team. I have not really watch Sander Berge play but he has premier league experience so he’ll fit in perfectly if they can get him.

[HajiBagi]

Manchester United seems to be moving quickly to recruit defenders who have strong potential in maintaining their defense.

Manchester United really needs defenders because their defense was just too poor last season, which made their goalkeepers performances  worse. Even as we know that Onana made some stupid mistakes last season and conceded so many goals, if Manchester United had a strong defense, then he wouldn’t have conceded so much, some balls would be blocked by the defenders and wouldn’t get to the goalkeeper, but since their defense was weak, it also affected their goalkeeper. Ten Hag has really done well by trying to strengthen the defense of the club. I'm sure it’s really going to help the team’s performance.

Manchester United's defensive position is very good and strong now, the team just signed new defenders and I’m very confident that with those players that Manchester United signed from Bayern Munich their defensive position will be very strong, the only position that Manchester United needs to sign now is a defensive midfielder because those players that play the position for Manchester United are not good in the position again, Casemiro, and Amrabat is the only players that can hold the defensive midfield are both of them are not in good form to since last season and it put pressure on the defensive position, so from my point of view that is the only position that they need to sign now.

And about Onana, I think Manchester United needs to sign another goalkeeper or warn Onana about the way he is doing this season, he said he will try his best and give Manchester United his best performance this season and those games Manchester United has played and they end up playing penalty Onana is the cause of the team lose, let me say he is the cause of the goals because some goals that were scored can be saved by him but he chose to let the ball go in and during the penalty shootout he will still playing by opening a space for the opponent to score and he won’t be able to save the ball.