⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Berry2d]

It's never possible for Enzo Maresca to win the English premier League title on his first season at the club never, I won't agree to that even at a gun point, like he's not that reliable for such performance, even Pep Guardiola that claim he conquer England still have to calm down on his first season, yes he might win the league with Manchester City no doubt, but certainly not this coming season, and to me I don't even see him winning it after two seasons, he will be qualifying UEFA Champions League but certainly not winning the league, it's an era coming to an end for Manchester City.

Don't say never, anything is possible in football. Arne Slot won the Premier League in his first season, even if it was mainly an effect from Klopp, Enzo Maresca can actually make what you think is never happen.

Don't forget that Pep is not totally out of City, Pep is still among those providing technical support to the team, Manchester City might still be built under his own project in collaboration with Maresca or built on Maresca in collaboration with Pep, until the team gets their final balance to compete for the Premier League.

Among every game I have seen, I don't think there is any game as unpredictable as football,  at times most games may appear so promising and  weak that one may completely say it is just a work over game but at last the result may turn against the favourite team. On this i will say let us not be too fast in concluding on the outcome of maresca's first season at his new club because football has its own way of surprising all at all time.
On this all I can say is for the team to give him a complete support at this his first season but one thing am sure of is he must definitely do way

[Accardo]

It's never possible for Enzo Maresca to win the English premier League title on his first season at the club never, I won't agree to that even at a gun point, like he's not that reliable for such performance, even Pep Guardiola that claim he conquer England still have to calm down on his first season, yes he might win the league with Manchester City no doubt, but certainly not this coming season, and to me I don't even see him winning it after two seasons, he will be qualifying UEFA Champions League but certainly not winning the league, it's an era coming to an end for Manchester City.

You never know what the plan of Man city is, Guardiola may not be fully out of the plan, but with the like of Maresca in charge of the team, it's unlikely that he'd take up the title just that way on his first encounter, though it's not an impossible thing, yet he's not that formidable enough to pull forth a tremendous effort that'll keep him at the top at the end of the season.

[Makus]

It's never possible for Enzo Maresca to win the English premier League title on his first season at the club never, I won't agree to that even at a gun point, like he's not that reliable for such performance, even Pep Guardiola that claim he conquer England still have to calm down on his first season, yes he might win the league with Manchester City no doubt, but certainly not this coming season, and to me I don't even see him winning it after two seasons, he will be qualifying UEFA Champions League but certainly not winning the league, it's an era coming to an end for Manchester City.

You never know what the plan of Man city is, Guardiola may not be fully out of the plan, but with the like of Maresca in charge of the team, it's unlikely that he'd take up the title just that way on his first encounter, though it's not an impossible thing, yet he's not that formidable enough to pull forth a tremendous effort that'll keep him at the top at the end of the season.

He's totally out of the plan because he's no longer in the premier league, so far that's what we are being told. maresca has some experience and Manchester city is a team that has already being trained enough by guardiola and even without his input I think the team would still need him. Maresca cannot be compared to pep but this doesn't mean that he doesn't have the capacity to do to better than pep, we just have to wait and see what they can do next. Manchester city are not a bad team at all, maresca won't even struggle to improve the team.

[Odusko]

It's never possible for Enzo Maresca to win the English premier League title on his first season at the club never, I won't agree to that even at a gun point, like he's not that reliable for such performance, even Pep Guardiola that claim he conquer England still have to calm down on his first season, yes he might win the league with Manchester City no doubt, but certainly not this coming season, and to me I don't even see him winning it after two seasons, he will be qualifying UEFA Champions League. Still, certainly not winning the league, it's an era coming to an end for Manchester City.

You never know what the plan of Man city is, Guardiola may not be fully out of the plan, but with the like of Maresca in charge of the team, it's unlikely that he'd take up the title just that way on his first encounter, though it's not an impossible thing, yet he's not that formidable enough to pull forth a tremendous effort that'll keep him at the top at the end of the season.

Clubs like Manchester City can work in the hand of any coach regardless how long they have been on the club, thos is because Manchester City formation is good and considering their previous records and players availability on the ground, that make winning Premier league or even champions league a thing that can be seen as easier to achieve with maresca in the very first season on the assignments, it doesn't require magic for that to happen, as long as their put efforts into the game and cordial players dressing room relationships can boost into reality.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

You never know what the plan of Man city is, Guardiola may not be fully out of the plan, but with the like of Maresca in charge of the team, it's unlikely that he'd take up the title just that way on his first encounter, though it's not an impossible thing, yet he's not that formidable enough to pull forth a tremendous effort that'll keep him at the top at the end of the season.

The plan is clearly to achieve the same success as Pep Guardiola, but the question is whether Maresca can do it. Pep Guardiola didn't achieve instant success at Manchester City he needed at least a few seasons to build his strength and solidify his position. With patience and the opportunity given by management, Pep Guardiola could ultimately create new history for Manchester City. Maresca also needs time and adaptation, but will management be willing to give him that time? Expecting success in his first season at Manchester City is according to I a little more difficult.

[Nightwatchmare]

I saw somewhere that people are now saying that Manchester city is about to experience the sad reality of losing a one in a life time coach like Pep Guardiola, honestly Pep really made Manchester city unbelievable and they have not played such fantastic football but before him the have seen few premier league titles but it's true city became unstoppable under Pep Guardiola.

It’s so sad to see Manchester city lose a coach like Pep Guardiola, seriously Manchester City are just going to miss him, pep Guardiola is a legend at Manchester city, he really performed so well at Manchester city, and was able to win trophies for Manchester city, but now he has to step down for another person to take his position. I don’t know why people are underestimating Enzo Maresca which is going to be replacing Pep Guardiola, I just hope Maresca will be able to perform so well at Manchester city also, maybe his performance is going to be better than pep Guardiola’s performance at Manchester city.

Pep Guardiola helped Manchester City lift 20 trophies in his 10 years as Manchester City head coach, it will be difficult for Manchester City to see a coach that will perform so well like Pep Guardiola did, so it is so sad Manchester City lose a coach as Pep Guardiola, but i think Manchester City have been preparing life without Pep Guardiola so they will not miss him. People are underestimating Enzo Maresca because they believe he cannot perform like Pep Guardiola. Before Manchester City wants Enzo Maresca as a replacement for Pep Guardiola they already know he has the quality to coach Manchester City, so i am believing Enzo Maresca will perform well at Manchester City.

[johnsaributua]

Pep Guardiola helped Manchester City lift 20 trophies in his 10 years as Manchester City head coach, it will be difficult for Manchester City to see a coach that will perform so well like Pep Guardiola did, so it is so sad Manchester City lose a coach as Pep Guardiola, but i think Manchester City have been preparing life without Pep Guardiola so they will not miss him. People are underestimating Enzo Maresca because they believe he cannot perform like Pep Guardiola. Before Manchester City wants Enzo Maresca as a replacement for Pep Guardiola they already know he has the quality to coach Manchester City, so i am believing Enzo Maresca will perform well at Manchester City.

Pep's actions will certainly set a new record for Man City. During his 10-year tenure the Spanish coach achieved many things including winning numerous trophies while coaching the team. It's natural for their new coach to achieve what Pep Guardiola achieved during his time as head coach of the team nicknamed The Cityzen.

They have now appointed Enzo Maresca as Pep's replacement but many still disagree with the appointment of Enzo Maresca as Man City coach. Although Enzo Maresca was once Pep's assistant his reputation doesn't quite match up to replacing Pep. Although Man City management will give Enzo Maresca some time and trust as he previously coached Chelsea from 2024 to 2026, Chelsea's performance was mediocre, leading them to ultimately end their partnership. This may be a topic of conversation with many predicting that Man City will perform better next season under Enzo Maresca, but we will see how far Enzo Maresca can go as Man City's head coach next season.

[qurbanshah02]

There are purchases everywhere but Arsenal is silent in all of them, maybe they will step into the next season with the same performance. Can they succeed again with the same strength and efforts? I doubt it because Manchester City has also started preparing and Manchester United is also trying to struggle within themselves. These are top teams who need to play well and strong, so I think Arsenal should also make some changes. If they do not want to sell their players, then it proves that they are silent not for profit but for their own strength and development. Or Arsenal has not received a good offer yet. If they are thinking of making a profit from the team, then they will have to get some strong and better performance while buying other players.

[Bigjoe33]

I dont feel like Maresca is gonna carry a heavy burden like someone said above im not saying is not a big task but i feel like the last season of Guardiola was not good and that made the things much more easy for the next, i mean youa re not arriving to a team who is the champion of everything, now he needs to fix some things since the City team was not near to what they was in the glory days of pep.

It might be easier for Maresca, but remember that City won two trophies this season, which means Maresca will need to win trophies too. If Maresca can win the Premier League with City, it will be the best start for him, but it won't be easy, because Arsenal and Manchester United are also looking very good right now.

Maresca inherited a quality squad with depth. He just needs to strategize to strengthen it, and they will certainly continue to compete for the title. Of course, manchester city is hoping for a trophy under their new manager next season. That will be an obstacle maresca must focus on to lead manchester city to the title.

Next season, the competition will likely be even more intense, With even big teams like Manchester united and chelsea ready to put up a fight. But I think liverpool will face significant challenges next season, as I have serious doubts about them after Salah departure at the end of this season.

It's gonna be a fresh start for most of the teams since we will be experiencing the influence of new managers. We are all eager to see how next season EPL campaign will turn out to be. City with there new boss will try to keep up with the pace of Pep who just left, always ensuring to lift a trophy every season. Liverpool on the other hand is gonna face there own challenges. Alonso will have a lot to do in other to take the team further and out of where slot left it.

Carrick will also be aiming to keep his good records as he resumes the season, ensuring he wins games and pursue for the title. Arsenal ams there manager will be fighting to retain there trophy. It will be enough fight and it's gonna be a tough next season in the EPL

[M47AK16]

I dont feel like Maresca is gonna carry a heavy burden like someone said above im not saying is not a big task but i feel like the last season of Guardiola was not good and that made the things much more easy for the next, i mean youa re not arriving to a team who is the champion of everything, now he needs to fix some things since the City team was not near to what they was in the glory days of pep.

My club has always been gradually winning trophies with Pep. So me as a fan is not willing to decrease the standard owned by my club to always win the trophies as many as they can. You're very wrong to said Maresca would not carry a heavy burden on his shoulder.
He agreed to take the job. So he has to follow club's standard to be a winning team.

While I do understand he is going to take up a lot of trouble with this, he also is not the one responsible for fans expectations. I mean Pep failed to win the title in the last 2 years as well, so the team Pep is leaving to Maresca is the team that failed to win the league 2 years in a row, not a team that won so many.

Yes Pep won a lot, and that is great, but Maresca does not have that team that has been winning. If Pep left after 4 years in a row title, and this was fifth year I would get it, you would expect wins. But Pep is leaving after 2 years of failing, so Maresca could maybe fail like that too and should be fine.

[Accardo]

The plan is clearly to achieve the same success as Pep Guardiola, but the question is whether Maresca can do it. Pep Guardiola didn't achieve instant success at Manchester City he needed at least a few seasons to build his strength and solidify his position. With patience and the opportunity given by management, Pep Guardiola could ultimately create new history for Manchester City. Maresca also needs time and adaptation, but will management be willing to give him that time? Expecting success in his first season at Manchester City is according to I a little more difficult.

He was with Pep when City won the title for the third time in a row in 2022/23 run, the experience he has with him from what Pep has thought him about winning with city will reappear immediately he assumes his roll. He'd have to apply his own strategy and formation to make the difference.

[Roseline492]

The future of a club is on the president position so anybody who would be there is somebody everybody including fans knows the good he could actually do for the club and not just a position of using politics to get, what failed Enrique Riquelme are those things he said about what he would do to the current real Madrid coach. It actually became obvious that he has a plan that's very different and obstructing to the real Madrid that's planing to peak form from next season. Real Madrid was lucky that they didn't have Enrique Riquelme as there president because he would have been doing everything without minding how it would break real Madrid. Florentino Perez is more composed to be the president than Enrique Riquelme.

Fortunately, things turned out perfectly for Florentino. Every club has its limitations, and by getting involved with a Hlaaland where his father didn't take kindly to his meddling in his son's affairs just for the sake of talking, things went beyond reality and he lost all judgment and credibility. In other elections, he won't be taken seriously, but rather as a fraud.

Except he clears how they see him from now, if not Enrique Riquelme would be contesting all the time for president of the club but will never beat his contestants because bad impression is usually hard to be wiped off and everybody would always think and use what a person says in the past to believe that they will never change from how there actions would be when the club is giving to them to Govern. Actually for dragging Haaland in all this, it could cost him real Madrid if the club could have had him in mind but however since Florentino Perez was there former president before now, Enrique Riquelme could have won if not all those things that happen.

[X-ray]

I dont feel like Maresca is gonna carry a heavy burden like someone said above im not saying is not a big task but i feel like the last season of Guardiola was not good and that made the things much more easy for the next, i mean youa re not arriving to a team who is the champion of everything, now he needs to fix some things since the City team was not near to what they was in the glory days of pep.

When you called Guardiola last season was a bad season, but he's winning two trophies. If it becomes a standard of City to win two trophies in the bad season of their manager. It's obviously burdening Maresca.

I don't think a new coach like him will be free from the pressure. The expectation by fans and board will always the same like when Pep still their coach.

They have won FA and Carabao last season. So they have EPL and UCL as their next target.

[Halifat]

It's never possible for Enzo Maresca to win the English premier League title on his first season at the club never, I won't agree to that even at a gun point, like he's not that reliable for such performance, even Pep Guardiola that claim he conquer England still have to calm down on his first season, yes he might win the league with Manchester City no doubt, but certainly not this coming season, and to me I don't even see him winning it after two seasons, he will be qualifying UEFA Champions League but certainly not winning the league, it's an era coming to an end for Manchester City.

You never know what the plan of Man city is, Guardiola may not be fully out of the plan, but with the like of Maresca in charge of the team, it's unlikely that he'd take up the title just that way on his first encounter, though it's not an impossible thing, yet he's not that formidable enough to pull forth a tremendous effort that'll keep him at the top at the end of the season.

I reason with what you just said now because the exactly thing you're explaining has happened in Liverpool, when the former coach left and slot arrived the former coach was seriously engaged in their affairs of the team even when he publicly announced his retirement, at the end of the first season of slot in Liverpool, he thanked the former coach, because if you could remember them he did not buy any player, he use the player that the former left behind and that was how he succeeded in winning the trophy in his first season. In the case of Pep Guardiola he has live physically but is assist will be so much needed and which he will be present for them throughout this season.

[Antotena]

Clubs like Manchester City can work in the hand of any coach regardless how long they have been on the club, thos is because Manchester City formation is good and considering their previous records and players availability on the ground, that make winning Premier league or even champions league a thing that can be seen as easier to achieve with maresca in the very first season on the assignments, it doesn't require magic for that to happen, as long as their put efforts into the game and cordial players dressing room relationships can boost into reality.

What you are seeing in Manchester city is Guardiola effect, man has made the players so used to his style that the day he was suspended for 3 weeks without match, the players didn't bother, in fact they won the game. However, the problem with the club now is that if a new manager should be given another job, he will not play like Guardiola, he will like to form his own defensive system on how to score goals and how to defend without much or no concede.

I still think whatever method any manager Manchester City will used to replace Guardiola, they better find good attack midfield. There has never been another Kevin DE Bruyne, his impact is unmatched that's why Haaland was finding it difficult to maintain goals like his earlier season. Let's not forget that Arsenal might also be preparing to increase their defense as Manchester City will be preparing for next season, they have high chance of winning next season.

[Cyber_warrior]

I dont feel like Maresca is gonna carry a heavy burden like someone said above im not saying is not a big task but i feel like the last season of Guardiola was not good and that made the things much more easy for the next, i mean youa re not arriving to a team who is the champion of everything, now he needs to fix some things since the City team was not near to what they was in the glory days of pep.

When you called Guardiola last season was a bad season, but he's winning two trophies. If it becomes a standard of City to win two trophies in the bad season of their manager. It's obviously burdening Maresca.

I don't think a new coach like him will be free from the pressure. The expectation by fans and board will always the same like when Pep still their coach.

They have won FA and Carabao last season. So they have EPL and UCL as their next target.

I don’t think a reasonable Manchester city fan will be expecting maresca to win the premier league and the champions league in his first season. For sure winning trophies has now become a culture for Manchester city, they expect any coach that will come in to win something but expecting the premier league and champions league will be too soon for maresca.
Maresca also have proven to be a winner at his coaching professional career, he has won titles with both clubs he has managed at, he won 2 trophies with Chelsea and 1 with Leicester city. I believe he will succeed at Manchester city, especially with Guardiola giving him advices.

[Not your key not your BTC]

There's also an update on Marcus Rashford. Despite a somewhat successful season on loan to Barcelona, the club decided not to exercise Rashford’s $35 million buy option.

Rashford is very disappointed in Barcelona for refusing to exercise the buyout option, even though he really wanted to play for them. As a sign of his disappointment, Rashford even removed the mention of Barcelona from his social media bio. Now Rashford has to return to Manchester United, and I hope Carrick gives him playing time so he can improve his skills.

[Nightwalker(NW)]

It's gonna be a fresh start for most of the teams since we will be experiencing the influence of new managers. We are all eager to see how next season EPL campaign will turn out to be. City with there new boss will try to keep up with the pace of Pep who just left, always ensuring to lift a trophy every season. Liverpool on the other hand is gonna face there own challenges. Alonso will have a lot to do in other to take the team further and out of where slot left it.

Carrick will also be aiming to keep his good records as he resumes the season, ensuring he wins games and pursue for the title. Arsenal ams there manager will be fighting to retain there trophy. It will be enough fight and it's gonna be a tough next season in the EPL

Rightly said, we are going to be seeing a fresh start for almost all the top teams in the league, Liverpool, Manchester city and Chelsea with their new managers, Manchester united with their almost new manager will try to battle Arsenal for the league title. Arsenal stands as the only top team who's already used to their manger, while the rest teams will be trying to understand their manger and his tactics. Personally, I feel Arsenal will dominate the league for some few years to come.

[jaberwock]

Bernardo silva has been slowly being pushed out for the whole season anyways. Cherki has been playing as much as possible and Silva only played because they had many games so they couldn't play a single player at all games, so Silva still got some games of course, plenty of them. But their main preference was Cherki and it was obvious. Silva now can go to a club where he could make a lot of money, like I am sure Saudis would be willing to pay at least 30 million a year for him, he is that good and he should be asking for at least that much.

[9ja Amaka]

It's never possible for Enzo Maresca to win the English premier League title on his first season at the club never, I won't agree to that even at a gun point, like he's not that reliable for such performance, even Pep Guardiola that claim he conquer England still have to calm down on his first season, yes he might win the league with Manchester City no doubt, but certainly not this coming season, and to me I don't even see him winning it after two seasons, he will be qualifying UEFA Champions League but certainly not winning the league, it's an era coming to an end for Manchester City.

I wouldn't want to say it's not possible for Maresca to win the premier league in his first season at Manchester City, because this football and everything is possible,  after all Slot did it in his first season with Liverpool. Manchester City already have a good squad that can compete for the premier league, so I will not say it's not possible,  but I know it will not be easy filling the shoes of Pep Guadiola. To be sincere I really don't think he will win it in his first season,  but will not completely rule him out, because he has got the squad to win it.