⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Not your key not your BTC]

I wouldn't agree to any rumors of Fernandez leaving Manchester United soon because until he leaves because he loves the club and plays with passion. Bruno Fernandez was the only player that was able to maintain his performance rescuing United out during the time that United was in crisis.

Hopefully the rumors don't come true, and hope Bruno Fernandez stays at Manchester United for the long term, as he's a crucial and influential asset in the dressing room. And, as you said, Bruno Fernandez has been able to lift the team's performance during a crisis, and he carries a heavy burden as captain.

[Qhunman]

Hopefully the rumors don't come true, and hope Bruno Fernandez stays at Manchester United for the long term, as he's a crucial and influential asset in the dressing room. And, as you said, Bruno Fernandez has been able to lift the team's performance during a crisis, and he carries a heavy burden as captain.

This could be another rumour to distract Manchester United team from focusing on their upcoming games. If it were true, we would heard from Bruno Fernandez. I just hope it isn't true bruno Fernandez is the one top player that Manchester United can't afford to let go because if bruno leaves manchester United performance may decline I won't believe so until I confirm it myself. Bruno Fernandez doesn't have any reason to leave Manchester United especially given that manchester United is in good form.

[Princess Leah]

Hopefully the rumors don't come true, and hope Bruno Fernandez stays at Manchester United for the long term, as he's a crucial and influential asset in the dressing room. And, as you said, Bruno Fernandez has been able to lift the team's performance during a crisis, and he carries a heavy burden as captain.

This could be another rumour to distract Manchester United team from focusing on their upcoming games. If it were true, we would heard from Bruno Fernandez. I just hope it isn't true bruno Fernandez is the one top player that Manchester United can't afford to let go because if bruno leaves manchester United performance may decline I won't believe so until I confirm it myself. Bruno Fernandez doesn't have any reason to leave Manchester United especially given that manchester United is in good form.

Nothing lasts forever, moreover it was obvious since last season that Bruno's stay at Manchester United is gradually coming to an end, however with his recent performance, I feel the board would try to end his contract even though it's for a year atleast, I think they'll cause Bruno is a very important player and replacing him would be tough.

 I've heard rumours that Manchester United could try to sign Cole Palmer if Bruno leaves, it would make lots of sense although I don't want to miss him at Chelsea but Palmer is the next best Midfielder to Bruno Fernandez and would comfortably replace him.

[Volgastallion]

Cole Palmer after his silly injury on the feet cant made a real magic game since his comeback, seems like he is not finding his proper place in this team, the same problem is facing the number 9 of the team, both Joao Pedro and Delap despite doing some good games in some others when you saw it seems like they cant find the proper position.

[Proty]

Hopefully the rumors don't come true, and hope Bruno Fernandez stays at Manchester United for the long term, as he's a crucial and influential asset in the dressing room. And, as you said, Bruno Fernandez has been able to lift the team's performance during a crisis, and he carries a heavy burden as captain.

This could be another rumour to distract Manchester United team from focusing on their upcoming games. If it were true, we would heard from Bruno Fernandez. I just hope it isn't true bruno Fernandez is the one top player that Manchester United can't afford to let go because if bruno leaves manchester United performance may decline I won't believe so until I confirm it myself. Bruno Fernandez doesn't have any reason to leave Manchester United especially given that manchester United is in good form.

Saying that Bruno Fernandez doesn't have any good reasons to leave Manchester United sounds a little bit absurd. There may be so many reasons why he may want to leave, it maybe personal reason or his end of contract. However for now I don't it is certain yet , until then we will get to know the reason why he wants to leave especially now it appears that Manchester United is doing well.
Since it is still not certain it won't be best to conclude that he doesn't have any reason to leave Manchester United.

[Razmirraz]

I wouldn't agree to any rumors of Fernandez leaving Manchester United soon because until he leaves because he loves the club and plays with passion. Bruno Fernandez was the only player that was able to maintain his performance rescuing United out during the time that United was in crisis.

Hopefully the rumors don't come true, and hope Bruno Fernandez stays at Manchester United for the long term, as he's a crucial and influential asset in the dressing room. And, as you said, Bruno Fernandez has been able to lift the team's performance during a crisis, and he carries a heavy burden as captain.

Every meeting always has a farewell, and so it is with Bruno Fernandez at Man United. While he plays a crucial role at Man United, with all his contributions enhancing the team's game, there will always be temptations from other clubs seeking his services with better offers. Man United may not be selling him anytime soon, but as his contract enters its final year and negotiations begin to stall, that's when other clubs start making tempting offers. A player of Bruno Fernandez stature also craves winning trophies in his career, so I think it would be perfectly natural for him to leave Man United for another elite team.

[Joeboy]

Hopefully the rumors don't come true, and hope Bruno Fernandez stays at Manchester United for the long term, as he's a crucial and influential asset in the dressing room. And, as you said, Bruno Fernandez has been able to lift the team's performance during a crisis, and he carries a heavy burden as captain.

This could be another rumour to distract Manchester United team from focusing on their upcoming games. If it were true, we would heard from Bruno Fernandez. I just hope it isn't true bruno Fernandez is the one top player that Manchester United can't afford to let go because if bruno leaves manchester United performance may decline I won't believe so until I confirm it myself. Bruno Fernandez doesn't have any reason to leave Manchester United especially given that manchester United is in good form.

Completely fake - Bruno Fernandez transfer rumour shut down as Man Utd captain sees move to Real Madrid moote

It is Casemiro  that will be leaving at the end of the season and not Bruno Fenandez. And if anyone is still doubting or still are unsure, they could do well to check the link out

Though assuming Bruno Fenandez leaves Man United, he is still kind of young and a lot of European clubs will be willing to buy. But then so far there really has been nothing official about the exit of Bruno, so I think that it's straight up rumour which was probably cooked up by Man United haters to distract their  fans and whatnot...Bruno didn't say he will be leaving or anything, neither did any spot tv/sport journalist... Bruno still has a year left in his contract and even after that I don't think he may leave, coz look at it Man United are really in form, thanks to Michael Carrick who has really been doing a wonderful job as their head coach...

[Alex077]

Hopefully the rumors don't come true, and hope Bruno Fernandez stays at Manchester United for the long term, as he's a crucial and influential asset in the dressing room...

This could be another rumour to distract Manchester United team from focusing on their upcoming games. If it were true, we would heard from Bruno Fernandez...

Nothing lasts forever, moreover it was obvious since last season that Bruno's stay at Manchester United is gradually coming to an end, however with his recent performance, I feel the board would try to end his contract even though it's for a year atleast, I think they'll cause Bruno is a very important player and replacing him would be tough...

You don’t even need stats to see it: whenever he’s not playing or not fully on it, the whole team drops a level. It’s obvious.
As captain, he’s basically been carrying this team through some really rough periods.  Love him or hate him, that kind of player is hard to replace.
That said, yeah -nothing lasts forever. Even last season you could feel that questions were starting to pop up about how long he’d stay and where the club is heading long term. but with the form he’s shown recently, it would be madness not to try and keep him, even if that means sorting out his contract again. You don’t just swap out a Bruno-level player and move on like nothing happened.
 Cole Palmer talk is interesting, I’ll give you that,if Bruno ever did leave, Palmer is one of the few names that actually makes some sense. Still, that’s a massive ,,if., Right now, United losing Bruno would hurt - badly - especially when the team is finally starting to look a bit more settled.

[qurbanshah02]

Liverpool won against Newcastle and I found this victory really impressive because their team's Hugo Ekitike scored two goals through a masterful performance in the 24th round of the Premier League. In my opinion, Hugo Ekitike's double against Newcastle yesterday highlighted his qualities and in that game in the 24th round of the Premier League, this player had explosive speed and unwavering determination. However the Newcastle team is gradually weakening but we see that they have some tough challenges ahead of them, namely the second leg of the EFL Cup semi-final against the City giants and they will have to compete against Qarabag in the first leg of the Champions League play-offs match.

In this match, they actually scored 4 goals while playing well and this player scored the first goal which was scored in the first half and the second goal also scored in the next 2 minutes which put pressure on Newcastle and this effort led them to winning. This was actually surprising because the way this player scored 2 goals in 3 minutes has a very good idea for Liverpool's favorite. Newcastle's performance should be good so that they can win easily against them. In this match, Newcastle scored the first goal but they could not stop Liverpool's performance later and they fail in the match. Liverpool's players kept scoring until the last minute which proves that Liverpool's players do not waste any minute but keep consolidating their win.

[justinlamode]

It's very glaring that Manchester City is not the same team they used to be 2 seasons ago. They have really dropped in their performance since last season and it's really showing in the way they play now. I don't think thus has anything to do with psychology,  because they have got the best coach that has winning mentality and they also have players that has won trophies and are expected to have the mentality too, but uts not just working for them, because they are not the same team they used to be. In my opinion I don't see them catching up with Arsenal and if they lose to Liverpool this weekend and Arsenal wins against Sunderland,  then we should consider the season over, because I don't see Manchester City catching up a 9 point lead.

Every team usually have their time to shine and a time for crisis or lets say backwardness. Manchester City passed through theirs this season and they are not even over with it yet. Assuming it were those seasons that they usually aim for the trophy such as you referenced, by this time they would have been close to overtaking Arsenal if not ahead of them already. What I noticed is that everything is just aligning for Arsenal to win the league.

[Rockson1]

Every team usually have their time to shine and a time for crisis or lets say backwardness. Manchester City passed through theirs this season and they are not even over with it yet. Assuming it were those seasons that they usually aim for the trophy such as you referenced, by this time they would have been close to overtaking Arsenal if not ahead of them already. What I noticed is that everything is just aligning for Arsenal to win the league.

Arsenal has all it takes to win this seasons league title, they are the favorite team to win this time but if they eventually fail to win the title then season, it might be very difficult for them, responding to what you said about teams good and bad seasons, it happens, a quick reminder Liverpool was in a top form last season as we all know, they won the league title but coming to this season, it has been inconsistency, you can not even predict any of their match even if they are to face a lesser team, they have done this severally, and Manchester city that you used as a case study had their own good season before this time.

[Tmoonz]

It's very glaring that Manchester City is not the same team they used to be 2 seasons ago. They have really dropped in their performance since last season and it's really showing in the way they play now. I don't think thus has anything to do with psychology,  because they have got the best coach that has winning mentality and they also have players that has won trophies and are expected to have the mentality too, but uts not just working for them, because they are not the same team they used to be. In my opinion I don't see them catching up with Arsenal and if they lose to Liverpool this weekend and Arsenal wins against Sunderland,  then we should consider the season over, because I don't see Manchester City catching up a 9 point lead.

Every team usually have their time to shine and a time for crisis or lets say backwardness. Manchester City passed through theirs this season and they are not even over with it yet. Assuming it were those seasons that they usually aim for the trophy such as you referenced, by this time they would have been close to overtaking Arsenal if not ahead of them already. What I noticed is that everything is just aligning for Arsenal to win the league.

Don't be too quick to conclude because the last time I checked I can still tell the league is very much open to any serious team in the English premier League because we all know what Arsenal is capable of doing at the dying minutes of the season, for Manchester City I think Pep Guardiola should just leave the team or he will leave in pieces like his tactics no longer work and his goal machine has been studied too well by his colleagues so no one is giving such room for those outstanding performances they use to put it those years.

[Agbe]

Every team usually have their time to shine and a time for crisis or lets say backwardness. Manchester City passed through theirs this season and they are not even over with it yet. Assuming it were those seasons that they usually aim for the trophy such as you referenced, by this time they would have been close to overtaking Arsenal if not ahead of them already. What I noticed is that everything is just aligning for Arsenal to win the league.

Arsenal has all it takes to win this seasons league title, they are the favorite team to win this time but if they eventually fail to win the title then season, it might be very difficult for them, responding to what you said about teams good and bad seasons, it happens, a quick reminder Liverpool was in a top form last season as we all know, they won the league title but coming to this season, it has been inconsistency, you can not even predict any of their match even if they are to face a lesser team, they have done this severally, and Manchester city that you used as a case study had their own good season before this time.

This is the longest arsenal have ever been on a winning strea and like you said they have a very high chance of winning the premier league this season and that's a fact but if they fail to be consistent the title is either going to be taken by Manchester city.or Aston Villa. But speaking of Manchester city I'm beginning to doubt if they can continue making progress this season because they are falling behind slowly.

[Franctoshi]

This is the longest arsenal have ever been on a winning strea and like you said they have a very high chance of winning the premier league this season and that's a fact but if they fail to be consistent the title is either going to be taken by Manchester city.or Aston Villa. But speaking of Manchester city I'm beginning to doubt if they can continue making progress this season because they are falling behind slowly.

Yes, but what happens between their match with Manchester City will solidify their potential of winning the Premier League trophy 🏆 this very season. They're able to lock on to six points from four points, meaning that either they have to lose two games or draw two matches and lose one game out of the 14 Premier League games left to go. Naturally, it isn't easy for Arsenal to play 14 games without getting a loss or a draw, likewise for Manchester City; however, what  will differentiate them is based on how many each of them lose/draw.

[DBTC-brain]

Now with Manchester city and Aston Villa dropping points yesterday it a big boost for arsenal in their chase for winning this season premier league, they just need to now more consistent in the league. I know this period is when it get tough as every team is now looking to put points together, but if you want to be champions this is what it takes.

For me I think Arsenal will win the premier league this season, they are in a very good position now, they just need to keep it going.

We will never know what is going to happen next. When Arsenal were dropping points, almost everyone was thinking that Manchester City and Aston Villa would continue with their consistency and keep putting pressure on Arsenal. But they forget that games are always unpredictable. So, for now, it will be better if we just continue observing.

Despite this, we know that Arsenal have a higher chance of winning this season’s league than any other team, but it is still very possible for Arsenal to drop points. I will only believe that Arsenal will win the title when there are about five matches left for the season to end and the points gap is around eight points. At this point, I can’t say Arsenal will win it, but I see them as the number one favourite because they are at the top of the table.

And the reason is that we know Arsenal for this kind of situation they have lost chances like this for three seasons now. Sometimes, Arsenal are not playing like the favourite team to win the league; they play like a team fighting for a top-four spot. If Liverpool or Manchester City were in great form this season, I don’t think Arsenal would still be at the top of the table.

When exactly can we call it? Like genuinely asking.

You say wait till five matches left an eight-point gap. Fine. But Arsenal are six points clear NOW and City just threw away a 2-0 lead on Spurs. They keep doing this . Chelsea, Brighton, United now Tottenham. Every single time they are getting ahead and just stop playing in the second half.

And I'm supposed to believe they're all of a sudden going to rattle off fifteen wins in a row the way they used to?

Everybody is still waiting for 2023 Arsenal to arrive. The Arsenal that collapsed when Saliba got hurt. But that team couldn't defend! This Arsenal have conceded seventeen goals in the whole season. City have conceded twenty-three and their entire back line is in the medical room till May.

Villa lost to Brentford who played with ten men for half of the match. Liverpool are sixth.

Arsenal have hurt many of us in the past. But this "let's just observe" thing is like whoops we're ignoring what's actually going on because we're scared to be wrong.

What I've seen so far about man city is that, this dropping of points has always been as a result of conceding in second half of the game. Similar thing has happened in their match against arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham. In these three matches the equalising goal came in second half.
   In their match against arsenal, they were leading 1-0 with Halland's opener from a Rejeinders counter pass. Then almost at stoppish time , G. Martinelli struck a late equalizer to level up things at the Emirate.

 Also, in their match against Chelsea this same thing happened. It was already obvious that they would win the game but then again Enzo Fernandez struck at injury time to level up things at the bridge. Once again dey dropped points.

  The most recent trend was in their game against Tottenham where leading 2-0 and ended up drawing the game at second half.

   It amazes me how this has become like a pattern for them . When Arsenal drop points and they have the opportunity to close gap , they end dropping points too. Giving Arsenal a  bigger edge over them.

  If things  should continue like this , I'm afraid Arsenal might just secure the first spot till the end of the season and by so doing lift their long awaited trophy.

  Why am saying this , is because Arsenal are very determined to win all their game. The chance of them dropping points is very very slim compared to Man City and the likes.

[DBTC-brain]

Every team usually have their time to shine and a time for crisis or lets say backwardness. Manchester City passed through theirs this season and they are not even over with it yet. Assuming it were those seasons that they usually aim for the trophy such as you referenced, by this time they would have been close to overtaking Arsenal if not ahead of them already. What I noticed is that everything is just aligning for Arsenal to win the league.

Arsenal has all it takes to win this seasons league title, they are the favorite team to win this time but if they eventually fail to win the title then season, it might be very difficult for them, responding to what you said about teams good and bad seasons, it happens, a quick reminder Liverpool was in a top form last season as we all know, they won the league title but coming to this season, it has been inconsistency, you can not even predict any of their match even if they are to face a lesser team, they have done this severally, and Manchester city that you used as a case study had their own good season before this time.

This is the longest arsenal have ever been on a winning strea and like you said they have a very high chance of winning the premier league this season and that's a fact but if they fail to be consistent the title is either going to be taken by Manchester city.or Aston Villa. But speaking of Manchester city I'm beginning to doubt if they can continue making progress this season because they are falling behind slowly.

What you said about the probability of Arsenal  not winning all their remaining 14 league games is true.
 Let's not forget that in these 14 games , they have Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool to play for return match.

 Will they win against these three big teams? We all know their possibility of winning against them is very low. Although they might hold on to a draw but they might not want to loose. No one can really tell tho.

  Just as it is with Arsenal so is it for Man City.  There's no guarantee that they will win all their 14 matches too.
  And come to think of it , apart from the premier league , i think they still shave the champions league, carabao and FA cup to compete for . so it's really not going to be an easy winning streak for both of  them.
 I really hope Arsenal could just be consistent.

[Just Say]

Hopefully the rumors don't come true, and hope Bruno Fernandez stays at Manchester United for the long term, as he's a crucial and influential asset in the dressing room. And, as you said, Bruno Fernandez has been able to lift the team's performance during a crisis, and he carries a heavy burden as captain.

This could be another rumour to distract Manchester United team from focusing on their upcoming games. If it were true, we would heard from Bruno Fernandez. I just hope it isn't true bruno Fernandez is the one top player that Manchester United can't afford to let go because if bruno leaves manchester United performance may decline I won't believe so until I confirm it myself. Bruno Fernandez doesn't have any reason to leave Manchester United especially given that manchester United is in good form.

Completely fake - Bruno Fernandez transfer rumour shut down as Man Utd captain sees move to Real Madrid moote

It is Casemiro  that will be leaving at the end of the season and not Bruno Fenandez. And if anyone is still doubting or still are unsure, they could do well to check the link out

Though assuming Bruno Fenandez leaves Man United, he is still kind of young and a lot of European clubs will be willing to buy. But then so far there really has been nothing official about the exit of Bruno, so I think that it's straight up rumour which was probably cooked up by Man United haters to distract their  fans and whatnot...Bruno didn't say he will be leaving or anything, neither did any spot tv/sport journalist... Bruno still has a year left in his contract and even after that I don't think he may leave, coz look at it Man United are really in form, thanks to Michael Carrick who has really been doing a wonderful job as their head coach...

Manchester United are in fourth place in the PL and at this stage you can reasonably say that nothing has been officially said about the departure of Bruno Fernandes. In fact, after achieving 41 points in the Premier League, the team is in fourth place and this Portuguese player has a lot of contribution behind their improvement as we have noticed that at the end of the 24th round of the Premier League of the 25-26 season, Bruno Fernandes has made the most assists and his number of assists is 12 along with his five goals. In short, he is creating golden opportunities for this team in this current season, due to which this team is able to improve continuously, so it can be said that Manchester United haters may be spreading various rumors about this player.

[Umulala-alala]

Being Man City fan must be really frustrating this season. Just when Arsenal started losing points, giving the opportunity to the City to close the gap, or maybe even jump into the 1st place, the City rejected that opportunity and started giving points away themselves as well.
Some say Man City is simply not the same team they used to be and are not as dominant, and there's a lot of truth to that, but it seems like there's some psychological issues at play also. There's a patern of them starting of really well, often taking the lead and then just getting reckless and everything falls down like a house of cards.
That's kind of what happened in their last Tottenham game. An effortless 2-0 lead and then they just gave up the control to Tottenham. Frankly, if not for Donnarumma's great interventions, it could've easily ended with 3-2 for Tottenham.

It's very glaring that Manchester City is not the same team they used to be 2 seasons ago. They have really dropped in their performance since last season and it's really showing in the way they play now. I don't think thus has anything to do with psychology,  because they have got the best coach that has winning mentality and they also have players that has won trophies and are expected to have the mentality too, but uts not just working for them, because they are not the same team they used to be. In my opinion I don't see them catching up with Arsenal and if they lose to Liverpool this weekend and Arsenal wins against Sunderland,  then we should consider the season over, because I don't see Manchester City catching up a 9 point lead.

Any club can humiliate Man city now but this wasn't happening before, in a club there are players that can't be replaced Man city had some excellent players two seasons ago as you mentioned but we're unable to replace them when they left the club, players like Kyle Walker, David Silva and Kevin de bruyne wasn't replace with a perfect match that's why you see Man city not performing the way they were performing 2,3 season ago.

Man city can win Liverpool both club are not also performing well this season, Arsenal vs sunderland match this weekend will be a tough match for Arsenal if Arsenal is not careful sunderland may surprised them, though winning the title this season is in favor of Arsenal unless they fuck up before Man city will win the title.

[DBTC-brain]

Being Man City fan must be really frustrating this season. Just when Arsenal started losing points, giving the opportunity to the City to close the gap, or maybe even jump into the 1st place, the City rejected that opportunity and started giving points away themselves as well.
Some say Man City is simply not the same team they used to be and are not as dominant, and there's a lot of truth to that, but it seems like there's some psychological issues at play also. There's a patern of them starting of really well, often taking the lead and then just getting reckless and everything falls down like a house of cards.
That's kind of what happened in their last Tottenham game. An effortless 2-0 lead and then they just gave up the control to Tottenham. Frankly, if not for Donnarumma's great interventions, it could've easily ended with 3-2 for Tottenham.

It's very glaring that Manchester City is not the same team they used to be 2 seasons ago. They have really dropped in their performance since last season and it's really showing in the way they play now. I don't think thus has anything to do with psychology,  because they have got the best coach that has winning mentality and they also have players that has won trophies and are expected to have the mentality too, but uts not just working for them, because they are not the same team they used to be. In my opinion I don't see them catching up with Arsenal and if they lose to Liverpool this weekend and Arsenal wins against Sunderland,  then we should consider the season over, because I don't see Manchester City catching up a 9 point lead.

 Speaking of old man City , don't forget that pep brought in new players last season. The likes of Rejeinders, Ainourte, R. Cherki , mamoush , semenyo , Guehi  and many other new players were not among the old winning man City we are talking about.

  I feel these new players need time to understand Pep's tactics. Because the pep I know will always defend and attack at the same pace. But these new players seems to not have fully understand. The new attackers and defenders don't seem to understand defending  from the attacking line.  

  All of them want to be inside your box 18 . They want to attack all at once without caution. When they loose the ball , they are not able to recover it. Thereby giving the opposition a counter attack opportunity.

  

[ILuckyGuyI]

There is a huge game this Sunday!!!

It's Liverpool vs Man City at Anfield. 

What's your thoughts on this lovely game? Liverpool are shown favourites by bookies. 2.32 for Liverpool and 2.78 for Man City to win... These 2 clubs have exactly the same form in last 5 games - 1W, 3D, 1L.

I think Liverpool step forward at home. Even though they are 8 points behind I can't say they are playing much worse than Man City lately. Especially with the help of those big recent wins I expect them to be more motivated.