⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[hahay]

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has set to meet with the owners of Arsenal the Kroenke family. Of which the agenda is to make preparations for the 2025 January signings of player in other to win the league. Pressure has been on Arteta's side because if Liverpool wins the league Arsenal's fans will take bad against him and he might lose his place as Arsenal coach. The club is becoming serious to get a strikers and more better players for the team to win the league this season.

The attention of the Kroenke family was drawn to the need for a new striker, winger to replace Saka, another goal keeper and a creative midfielder like Martin Odegard whose absent after an ankle injury affected the team so badly.

I kindly wait for what's going to be the outcome from the meeting between Arteta and Kroenke. I mean Arteta has spent a lot of money since joining Arsenal in 2019. He has not yet won a single major trophy for the club (I'm not talking about minor trophies). It's not worth it with nearly 600 million he has spent since he came to the Emirates.

I predict Kroenke will give him less if he wants a new player during the winter transfer season.

If Arteta can find or get not a star player but has great potential, then of course it will be good for them to spend money. But, what I am curious about is, whether Arteta targets to get players who are already famous, because if that is the case then of course the selling value of the player will also be very high. What's more, even though Arteta has a target to bring in several players, basically this also still does not guarantee that Arteta will succeed in making Arsenal get the Premier League trophy. Because again and again,  bringing in new players will also certainly take time to adapt. For example like Real Madrid, despite bringing in mega star players, but in fact the results are still bad so far this season. So, bringing in new players also really can't guarantee to get trophies for Arsenal.

[AprilioMP]

It's good to see him at Carrington, as he was able to meet some players like, Kobbie Mainoo, Luke Shaw, Leny Yoro and also Mason Mount who are busy working on getting back fully recovered. I hope he is a brute manager and not one of these managers that focuses on favoritism. We'll get to see him implement a three man back from the speculations I have recently read. Letting Ruud Van Nistelrool leave was some right decision to make. Peng idea!

If this was written on a social media platform, I would probably like the statement that his presence at Carrington was not as a favouritism.
However, it is the manager's job to choose which players' playing characteristics fit the game plan and strategy he wants for each game.
Amorim may be aware that he is faced with the challenge of coaching a team ego that may be different from when he coached Sporting as a team.
Ruud Van Nistelrooy leaving?

[Baki202]

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has set to meet with the owners of Arsenal the Kroenke family. Of which the agenda is to make preparations for the 2025 January signings of player in other to win the league. Pressure has been on Arteta's side because if Liverpool wins the league Arsenal's fans will take bad against him and he might lose his place as Arsenal coach. The club is becoming serious to get a strikers and more better players for the team to win the league this season.

The attention of the Kroenke family was drawn to the need for a new striker, winger to replace Saka, another goal keeper and a creative midfielder like Martin Odegard whose absent after an ankle injury affected the team so badly.

Arsenal head coach is not the serious type and that is Arsenal have not been making progress recently they don't know how how to manage players and of it is about getting a new player then they should have done that even before the season starts and it's now they feel is the right, and they left saka all alone struggling in front because the boy is not getting the support that he needs and that is what is affecting him, and the way things are going their is a very high chance that Liverpool might win the league am a Manchester city fan but even pep is facing his own challenges, and arsenal have been lacking strikers and they are busy buying defenders trying to play a defensive game and that is not the ball pattern of arsenal, the Kroenke knows about strikers but I wonder what the delay was for them, because now that we are resting they would have been able to win the premier league instead of Liverpool because arsenal deserves.

[Richbased]

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has set to meet with the owners of Arsenal the Kroenke family. Of which the agenda is to make preparations for the 2025 January signings of player in other to win the league. Pressure has been on Arteta's side because if Liverpool wins the league Arsenal's fans will take bad against him and he might lose his place as Arsenal coach. The club is becoming serious to get a strikers and more better players for the team to win the league this season.

The attention of the Kroenke family was drawn to the need for a new striker, winger to replace Saka, another goal keeper and a creative midfielder like Martin Odegard whose absent after an ankle injury affected the team so badly.

That's a good move by Arsenal's head coach Arteta. Perhaps, Arsenal needs to be restructured before they can be able to move force in the race for the title this season because initially now, they are about 9 points below the league leaders Liverpool, that's roughly 3 matches. So they really need to opt their game of which making new signings may deliver them. I just hope they sign quality players next transfer window. Players who are filled with great energy and strength to make sure the money Arsenal will be spending in the transfer market don't turn waste. Saka is becoming weak of which finding a quality replacement for him is needed since he is one striker that is very up and doing for the team. They also needs to strengthen the defense, i think those are the major areas they need to look at that need immediate response.

[bangjoe]

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I agree with you. There is a possibility that City cannot defend their title this season because of their performance. This is the first time after several seasons that they have more than 3 consecutive defeats. Rodri's absence has a significant impact on City's game. This shows that Rodri is an important player in City after De Bruyne. Of course Pep will try to find some players in this transfer market. They can't just rely on one player like Rodri or KDB. And talking about the title, I think City will have a hard time defending it but they can still finish in second or third place. Other teams like Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea should be able to take advantage of this moment to get some points advantage over City. Because with the current number of points City still has a chance to become champions again.

I also didn't expect that the impact of Rodri's absence could be like this on Man City, but that's the reality they dropped drastically and suffered a heartbreaking defeat, of course, must get a replacement that can be more reliable in the transfer burs opportunity later, but if you think about who is suitable to fill Rodri's position and KDB for his replacement because it looks like they will both be vulnerable to injury.

Arsenal? I'm not sure about Arsenal, they missed their chance many times, maybe we can think it will be an opportunity for Chelsea and Liverpool for them to stand further above to secure their position.

[MainIbem]

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I agree with you. There is a possibility that City cannot defend their title this season because of their performance. This is the first time after several seasons that they have more than 3 consecutive defeats. Rodri's absence has a significant impact on City's game. This shows that Rodri is an important player in City after De Bruyne. Of course Pep will try to find some players in this transfer market. They can't just rely on one player like Rodri or KDB. And talking about the title, I think City will have a hard time defending it but they can still finish in second or third place. Other teams like Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea should be able to take advantage of this moment to get some points advantage over City. Because with the current number of points City still has a chance to become champions again.

I also didn't expect that the impact of Rodri's absence could be like this on Man City, but that's the reality they dropped drastically and suffered a heartbreaking defeat, of course, must get a replacement that can be more reliable in the transfer burs opportunity later, but if you think about who is suitable to fill Rodri's position and KDB for his replacement because it looks like they will both be vulnerable to injury.

Arsenal? I'm not sure about Arsenal, they missed their chance many times, maybe we can think it will be an opportunity for Chelsea and Liverpool for them to stand further above to secure their position.

Similar thing happened last season so I'm not surprised, I think they got removed from the Carabao Cup his injury last season if I'm not mistaken therefore I knew things wasn't going to be well with Manchester City when Rodri got injury weeks ago, he makes the team look solid and make the work of the defenders more easier cause he's very good at marking and would recover the ball from opponents on several occasions before it even get to the centre defenders, Manchester City might not worry much about KDB's replacement since they perform well when he's absent but Rodri absence always put them in a big mess that's something that been proven in two consecutive sessions therefore a good replacement for him would be needed. Arsenal might bounce back since their key players are back from injury, Chelsea would keep improving but Liverpool are at the top of their game and would lead the table for a long time.

[Mame89]

I agree with the Arsenal owner's move to overhaul the team in the upcoming transfer market because so far Arsenal has not found a striker who is very productive in scoring goals. But I think they are moving quite late because if Arsenal management bought the best striker in the summer transfer market, maybe we would have seen a lot of progress at Arsenal.

Of course Arteta will be hated because he has built the team's performance well in the previous 2 seasons but this season Liverpool became champions, of course that was a big blow for them. But that's just a prediction because the season is still long and Arsenal still has many opportunities to improve their performance. However, several names have started to be widely associated with Arsenal, but I hope Arsenal can move faster to get the players they are targeting.

The point is, if there are no purchases in January, don't dream that Arsenal can compete for the EPL trophy, even the league cup will not be won this season. Because it is very unfortunate that Arsenal's performance is as good as anything but if there is no deadly bomber in the front line then it will be useless. If Aubameyang was still at Arsenal, maybe Arsenal would have scored many goals with Arsenal's current game. So the Arsenal owner's steps to overhaul the squad in the transfer market later must be done by buying a goal-hungry striker, especially since the good news is that Odegaard has recovered from injury. But don't rely on Odegaard either, because if he is injured again there is no equivalent replacement, so besides buying a striker Arsenal must also buy or find other talents who can be in the midfield that controls the attack.

Liverpool this season is naturally the favorite to win, especially since they are currently very solid at the top of the standings, five points ahead of Man City and nine points ahead of Chelsea and Arsenal. Liverpool's current success is because Slot is good at playing Liverpool's balance rhythm. Not as explosive as the Klopp era, the intensity fluctuates but is stable, balanced by strengthening the defense and being able to maintain the stamina of the players so that they are not easily injured with a busy schedule.

[Adams0001]

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I agree with you. There is a possibility that City cannot defend their title this season because of their performance. This is the first time after several seasons that they have more than 3 consecutive defeats. Rodri's absence has a significant impact on City's game. This shows that Rodri is an important player in City after De Bruyne. Of course Pep will try to find some players in this transfer market. They can't just rely on one player like Rodri or KDB. And talking about the title, I think City will have a hard time defending it but they can still finish in second or third place. Other teams like Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea should be able to take advantage of this moment to get some points advantage over City. Because with the current number of points City still has a chance to become champions again.

I also didn't expect that the impact of Rodri's absence could be like this on Man City, but that's the reality they dropped drastically and suffered a heartbreaking defeat, of course, must get a replacement that can be more reliable in the transfer burs opportunity later, but if you think about who is suitable to fill Rodri's position and KDB for his replacement because it looks like they will both be vulnerable to injury.

Arsenal? I'm not sure about Arsenal, they missed their chance many times, maybe we can think it will be an opportunity for Chelsea and Liverpool for them to stand further above to secure their position.

Rodri is a key player for Manchester City, and if they miss him, he will definitely affect them in the competition game, now that Manchester City are facing difficulties in the league and Champions League this season, I am sure if they are Rodri, the pressure won't be much like this, and I am thinking that Manchester City can't win the Premier League this season with the performance they are playing now in the league, Guadiola need to have some strong midfielders that will Arsenal has already fucked up already they don't have any chance to top the league anymore, they should just focus on the ucl and see what they can do. but if is to win the premier league, I don't think that will be possible for them anymore. Because even Liverpool are losing some games Manchester City are in there back and they won't let Arsenal to overtake them in the league, Arteta can just do is best next season and buy some new players to the team so that he can get the chance to win the league title. He as lost is opportunity already last season.

[SmartCharpa]

Full time in the Amex Stadium Brighton 2-1 Manchester city. What a big win for Brighton after one goal down by Erling Haaland in the first half I thought it will going to be a most win for Manchester city due to the early goal but Brighton comeback in the second half was indeed a massive one as they were able to take 5 minutes and score 2 goals against Manchester city and hold till final whistle. However, if Liverpool win Aston villa tonight I think they stand in a better chance for the premier league title this season.

It was a huge win for Brighton against Manchester City, if I had been told that Manchester City would lose the game after scoring one goal in the first half, I would have disagreed because Brighton cannot compete with Manchester City as we believe, but as we can clearly see, Manchester City has become a team that any team could defeat this season. Brighton scored two goals in the space of five minutes, while Man City only scored one goal in the first half, through Haaland. Manchester City needs improvements at each position, including a good finisher and a defense that can stop opponents from scoring. Liverpool is above them by five points after defeating Aston Villa.

Manchester United has entered a new era, they are winning games convincingly. Imagine where the club would have been if they had fired Erik Ten Hag at the end of last season. Funny how Ruud van Nistelrooy had the same players as Erik Ten Hag but United all of a sudden are looking like they have a fire in them to win games. The players we thought were bad are actually doing better under Ruud. If Ruben Amorim can keep the momentum going, Manchester United may finish in a good spot this season.

I suspect that the Manchester United players intentionally fired Ten Hag since they seemed to be tired of him as manager as well. Ruud Van Nistelrooy used the same players that had been used and won the four games. They've scored 11 goals in the previous four games in all competitions. They played perfectly against Leicester City; even Casemiro was able to defend. Manchester United we have been waiting a long time to see, and I think they are back to winning ways. But before the season ends, let's see how amazing Rúben Amorim can make this team.

[KTChampions]

If I were Arteta I would leave the team after this season if Arsenal did not win the league title this season, Arteta has tried his best to make sure Arsenal won the league but he did not succeed, the reason why I said it would be good if Arteta leaves the team is that as a coach if you do not succeed in a team there is a team that you will succeed in, Arsenal fans are beginning to doubt Arteta because he has spent four years in the team and the team has not win league trophy.

There is no guarantee that Arteta departure will bring success to Arsenal. And if it's about success, I admit Arteta will be successful with another team. But are you sure Arsenal will be successful after Arteta leaves the team?
We can see how long it took Guardiola to succeed with Man City in the UCL and this can be a simple example that Arteta currently seems to have failed to bring Arsenal a trophy. But in the coming season or this season, we don't know what will happen.
Even though I don't like Arsenal, the opinion about his departure is not something wise.

Yes, I agree with that, especially in the sense that this season is probably the first time that Arsenal will be worse than the last under Arteta. We have seen consistent progress so far and it would be stupid to fire a manager in his first problematic season. It is now obvious and proven that Arteta can bring confident progress to the team, but the fact that he has reached his ceiling is just an assumption.

[Issa56]

Liverpool will try to be consistent with hard work so far because the slot is aware that Manchester City is still burning from behind.

Manchester City's performance has dropped this season, but the season is still early, and I am sure Pep Guardiola will do everything possible to improve the club's performance. Manchester City can’t just continue playing like this. Liverpool is already ahead of Manchester City with five points, but they shouldn’t relax, we know Manchester City to be a dangerous club, and any slight mistake from Liverpool, and Manchester City might end up taking over the position from Liverpool. We all saw what Manchester City did to Arsenal in the last two seasons, so I can’t really conclude on the team that’s going to be winning the league because it’s still early.

[kawetsriyanto]

What is certain is that this season every team is developing rapidly, not only giant teams like Chelsea who have risen from the slump but Nottingham Forest, Brighton, and Aston Villa have shown that they can also challenge giant teams. Man City existence is in a threatened situation if they continue to lose points. As for Liverpool the 2024/2025 season is theirs in the Premier League.

Every team? I don't think so. There are only few teams that really develop well. However, Chelsea and Nottm Forest that attract the most attention. These teams are in the top 5 now, they developed quite significant. Chelsea was in 6th place, Nottm Forest was almost in the relegation zone (17th place). If they can survive until the end of the season, it will be a big surprise this season.

By the way, there are also the teams which dropped their performance very much. Man United, Tottenham, and Aston Villa are some teams which are experiencing the worse season. It seems these teams having serious problems, so they can't perform as expected. Man United has tried to find out the solution, they hire a new coach. Meanwhile Tottenham and Aston Villa seems no response until now.

Yep. Surprisingly, Man City didn't perform in their best form anymore. Liverpool is leading with 5 points. If Man City can't improve their performance, surely Liverpool will win the EPL title this season.

[ginsan]

The point is, if there are no purchases in January, don't dream that Arsenal can compete for the EPL trophy, even the league cup will not be won this season. Because it is very unfortunate that Arsenal's performance is as good as anything but if there is no deadly bomber in the front line then it will be useless. If Aubameyang was still at Arsenal, maybe Arsenal would have scored many goals with Arsenal's current game. So the Arsenal owner's steps to overhaul the squad in the transfer market later must be done by buying a goal-hungry striker, especially since the good news is that Odegaard has recovered from injury. But don't rely on Odegaard either, because if he is injured again there is no equivalent replacement, so besides buying a striker Arsenal must also buy or find other talents who can be in the midfield that controls the attack.

Liverpool this season is naturally the favorite to win, especially since they are currently very solid at the top of the standings, five points ahead of Man City and nine points ahead of Chelsea and Arsenal. Liverpool's current success is because Slot is good at playing Liverpool's balance rhythm. Not as explosive as the Klopp era, the intensity fluctuates but is stable, balanced by strengthening the defense and being able to maintain the stamina of the players so that they are not easily injured with a busy schedule.

Arsenal must sell Gabriel Jesus, he has not shown good development in his performance. Of course, one of the strong weaknesses is the front line because they do not have a goal-hungry striker. It will indeed have a bad impact if they fail to buy players in the January transfer market because other teams are very strong at this time, such as Liverpool. Losing the title could be quite painful for Arsenal because their squad is almost perfect and only needs a little overhaul in the upcoming transfer market.

With the poor rally lately, of course, fans are starting to feel anxious because Arsenal is 9 points behind Liverpool who are currently leading the standings. But on the other hand, Chelsea seems to have found their best form this season because up to the 11th match they played, Chelsea was able to achieve more satisfying results by ranking 3rd in the standings. The competition will be even tighter when the big teams start to lose control of their good performance.

[Alpha Marine]

If Arteta can find or get not a star player but has great potential, then of course it will be good for them to spend money. But, what I am curious about is, whether Arteta targets to get players who are already famous, because if that is the case then of course the selling value of the player will also be very high. What's more, even though Arteta has a target to bring in several players, basically this also still does not guarantee that Arteta will succeed in making Arsenal get the Premier League trophy. Because again and again,  bringing in new players will also certainly take time to adapt. For example like Real Madrid, despite bringing in mega star players, but in fact the results are still bad so far this season. So, bringing in new players also really can't guarantee to get trophies for Arsenal.

Arteta has had the opportunity to sign players that can help him compete for the title, but instead, he went for players that are not too necessary. When people say Pep is not a good manager because he spent a lot of money on players, I laugh because other managers have opportunities to sign players to strengthen their squads but they focused on just signing good players.

Arsenal finished last season in second position, narrowly missing out on the league, but couldn't figure out why he lost the title at the later stage of the competition.
He already had Rice, Jorginho and Partey so Merino was not necessary. What he needed was a world-class goal scorer as a top striker. He also needed a creative central midfielder who could replace Odergard and also play with Odergaard so they could have more creativity on the field but he decided to buy a CB, now he's lining up with 4 CBs and 3 DMs, of course, his team's performance will drop.

[red4slash]

Yep. Surprisingly, Man City didn't perform in their best form anymore. Liverpool is leading with 5 points. If Man City can't improve their performance, surely Liverpool will win the EPL title this season.

The conditions are still the same as last season where when they lost the playmaker in midfield and a good attack organiser then Manchester City is just like a club that can only create dominance without being accompanied by goals that make their slick performance while on the field not accompanied by maximum results.

Pep still can't fix this even though they have Kovavic as another option but in the end he is unable to back up KDB and Rodri at the same time.
This kind of condition is always repeated for Manchester City and not only this season but in the last 2 seasons they have also always received the same thing so I think it's not too strange when Manchester City are quite stuck and even have to lose in their last few matches.

No matter how strong Pep is, no matter how good they are in 90 minutes but in the end Manchester City also has problems that cannot be fully resolved and this is a task that Pep still has to anticipate so that this kind of performance does not occur when there is a problem such as injuries suffered by 2 important players in midfield.

[Velvet78]

If I were Arteta I would leave the team after this season if Arsenal did not win the league title this season,

One shouldn't forget that in what condition Arsenal were before Arteta took over. Arteta is the one who made Arsenal a team which are fighting for the championship every year. Therefore sending Arteta from the team would be the biggest mistake Arsenal can do. Arsenal's target should be to finish the league in top 4 and be successful in the Champions League this season.

[Docnaster]

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has set to meet with the owners of Arsenal the Kroenke family. Of which the agenda is to make preparations for the 2025 January signings of player in other to win the league. Pressure has been on Arteta's side because if Liverpool wins the league Arsenal's fans will take bad against him and he might lose his place as Arsenal coach. The club is becoming serious to get a strikers and more better players for the team to win the league this season.

The attention of the Kroenke family was drawn to the need for a new striker, winger to replace Saka, another goal keeper and a creative midfielder like Martin Odegard whose absent after an ankle injury affected the team so badly.

Considering the of results of Arsenal in their recent games, I think this is a good development at the club as it'll help the manager and the club management to come to agreeable terms on which players that should be signed to the club when the January transfer window is opened. Arsenal at the moment doesn't have a good striker can help the club convert many of their chances as both Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz have not been prolific this season and if they can get a sharp striker by January, it'll help improve the performance of the club I think

[adultcrypto]

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has set to meet with the owners of Arsenal the Kroenke family. Of which the agenda is to make preparations for the 2025 January signings of player in other to win the league. Pressure has been on Arteta's side because if Liverpool wins the league Arsenal's fans will take bad against him and he might lose his place as Arsenal coach. The club is becoming serious to get a strikers and more better players for the team to win the league this season.

The attention of the Kroenke family was drawn to the need for a new striker, winger to replace Saka, another goal keeper and a creative midfielder like Martin Odegard whose absent after an ankle injury affected the team so badly.

I kindly wait for what's going to be the outcome from the meeting between Arteta and Kroenke. I mean Arteta has spent a lot of money since joining Arsenal in 2019. He has not yet won a single major trophy for the club (I'm not talking about minor trophies). It's not worth it with nearly 600 million he has spent since he came to the Emirates.

I predict Kroenke will give him less if he wants a new player during the winter transfer season.

The outcome will just be the release of more funds to the coach to bring in new players to the club. But I strongly doubt there is any magic Arteta will do then that will make them win the league. Although nothing is impossible but Arsenal have shown great weakness this season than last season when we expected them to win the league at some point. Therefore, I'm not expecting much from them beyond qualifying for the champions league next season which is what they do with ease most of the years. I feel it will be easier for Chelsea to win the league than Arsenal.

[uchegod-21]

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has set to meet with the owners of Arsenal the Kroenke family. Of which the agenda is to make preparations for the 2025 January signings of player in other to win the league. Pressure has been on Arteta's side because if Liverpool wins the league Arsenal's fans will take bad against him and he might lose his place as Arsenal coach. The club is becoming serious to get a strikers and more better players for the team to win the league this season.

The attention of the Kroenke family was drawn to the need for a new striker, winger to replace Saka, another goal keeper and a creative midfielder like Martin Odegard whose absent after an ankle injury affected the team so badly.

Considering the of results of Arsenal in their recent games, I think this is a good development at the club as it'll help the manager and the club management to come to agreeable terms on which players that should be signed to the club when the January transfer window is opened. Arsenal at the moment doesn't have a good striker can help the club convert many of their chances as both Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz have not been prolific this season and if they can get a sharp striker by January, it'll help improve the performance of the club I think

In as much as I will consider the meeting of Mikel Arteta and the Arsenal owners as important and vital, I do not believe that giving Arteta a standard striker will be an assurance to win the English Premier League this season. I could remember last season and even season before last that Arsenal had all their players in form and willing to play, but they did not win the traffic because of Arteta's mismanagement of the players. Yes, Arteta misused or over used some key players which made them develop fatigue in the ending time of the league, when they were supposed to be more dedicated.
I am not seeing this year as Guardiola's year and also not seeing it as Arteta's year. Maybe Arne Slot can have it if he works hard for it.

[blue Snow]

If I were Arteta I would leave the team after this season if Arsenal did not win the league title this season,

One shouldn't forget that in what condition Arsenal were before Arteta took over. Arteta is the one who made Arsenal a team which are fighting for the championship every year. Therefore sending Arteta from the team would be the biggest mistake Arsenal can do. Arsenal's target should be to finish the league in top 4 and be successful in the Champions League this season.

Yeah, I think if the target only finishes in the Champions League zone, it should be no problem for Arsenal because Arteta did it during the session. I don't know why he should leave Arsenal even he did a great job throughout his career. What the problem arsenal now is there isn't have pure striker to conversion assist from a great their midfielder. That problem easy to complete if they are active on winter windows transfer next. If Arsenal indeed to increase their target to be champion on premier league, they should be recruit pure striker like Viktor Gyokeres, maybe a bit impossible, but if they make the offer a lot of money, I will bet Sporting will think it again to do not taking it off.