⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Cossyblack]

Yes, Xabi Alonso has a lot of work to do but we can see that they are willing to sell one of their centre backs, Trevoh Chalobah, to the Italian club. You can see that although they have a few good players in their club, some players have already left the club which has reduced the quality of their squad even more, Cucurella and Enzo Fernandez were very valuable to Chelsea so I think if these players were able to play under Xabi Alonso in the upcoming season then maybe Chelsea would have become unstoppable in the upcoming season but it seems that those players are now joining other clubs, so this manager will have to take the responsibility of building a good team in the upcoming season.

Chelsea shouldn't have sold Cucurella to real madrid because he one of the team finest player they shouldn't have sold him he would have been valuable to the squad in the upcoming season. Xabi Alonso hasn't done any major signings yet aside Valentin Barco,xabi Alonso would need major signings for his squad to compete better in the upcoming season. A major signings like victor Osimhen will  help strengthen the squad and if he could convince Victor Osimhen to join Chelsea it will be a plus one to his team. Xabi Alonso should go for quality players as the quality of players that he sign is what will determine if chelsea will perform well in the upcoming season.

[Ale88]

Yes, Xabi Alonso has a lot of work to do but we can see that they are willing to sell one of their centre backs, Trevoh Chalobah, to the Italian club. You can see that although they have a few good players in their club, some players have already left the club which has reduced the quality of their squad even more, Cucurella and Enzo Fernandez were very valuable to Chelsea so I think if these players were able to play under Xabi Alonso in the upcoming season then maybe Chelsea would have become unstoppable in the upcoming season but it seems that those players are now joining other clubs, so this manager will have to take the responsibility of building a good team in the upcoming season.

Chelsea shouldn't have sold Cucurella to real madrid because he one of the team finest player they shouldn't have sold him he would have been valuable to the squad in the upcoming season. Xabi Alonso hasn't done any major signings yet aside Valentin Barco,xabi Alonso would need major signings for his squad to compete better in the upcoming season. A major signings like victor Osimhen will  help strengthen the squad and if he could convince Victor Osimhen to join Chelsea it will be a plus one to his team. Xabi Alonso should go for quality players as the quality of players that he sign is what will determine if chelsea will perform well in the upcoming season.

If you get a call from Real Madrid there is no way that instead you would rather stay at Chelsea, especially if you are a Spanish player. If you were Cucurella, what would you have done? Chelsea right now are one huge interrogation mark, we have no idea of how things would go. He is 28 years old, this could be his last chance to play for a huge team.

[Futurexxx]

If you get a call from Real Madrid there is no way that instead you would rather stay at Chelsea, especially if you are a Spanish player. If you were Cucurella, what would you have done? Chelsea right now are one huge interrogation mark, we have no idea of how things would go. He is 28 years old, this could be his last chance to play for a huge team.

So you are trying to say that Chelsea is a small team?
I think you are wrong if that's how you see Chelsea, though it's rare to see a player that will turn down the advances of real madrid, since it's the biggest team in the world, due to their magnificent records in Europe.

Marc cucurella moving to real madrid doesn't seems like a big deal to most Chelsea fans because it's normal for players to come and go. What most of them are angry about is for him to be tapping up Enzo Fernandez publicly with the way he is doing, that's purely disrespectful to Chelsea, but one good thing is that his absence or the absence of Enzo Fernandez wouldn't be felt if he is eventually sold to real madrid because players comes and go, and the club still remains where they are competing for major honours, as long as they are replaced with another quality player.

[Italian Panic]

So you are trying to say that Chelsea is a small team?
I think you are wrong if that's how you see Chelsea, though it's rare to see a player that will turn down the advances of real madrid, since it's the biggest team in the world, due to their magnificent records in Europe.

I think he meant that a player faced with a choice between Chelsea and Real Madrid would definitely choose the Spanish side. Real Madrid is a club of the highest prestige, as are Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Manchester United. Players will always say ‘yes’ to these clubs; they have a long-standing history of financial and sporting stability. Other clubs, such as Chelsea, Manchester City, Paris Saint Germain and others, have enjoyed stability over the last 20 years, but they do not yet have that same prestige.

[Futurexxx]

So you are trying to say that Chelsea is a small team?
I think you are wrong if that's how you see Chelsea, though it's rare to see a player that will turn down the advances of real madrid, since it's the biggest team in the world, due to their magnificent records in Europe.

I think he meant that a player faced with a choice between Chelsea and Real Madrid would definitely choose the Spanish side. Real Madrid is a club of the highest prestige, as are Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Manchester United. Players will always say ‘yes’ to these clubs; they have a long-standing history of financial and sporting stability. Other clubs, such as Chelsea, Manchester City, Paris Saint Germain and others, have enjoyed stability over the last 20 years, but they do not yet have that same prestige.

I agree with you that real madrid are a level above the rest of other teams in prestige, and players will hardly say no to them, but the other teams you made mentioned cannot pull the same weight like real madrid, and it may surprise you to know that the players of these teams also sees moving to real madrid as a dream move.

So in essence of what am trying to say is that, it's true that players will always choose real madrid over Chelsea, if it's between Chelsea and real madrid, but the rest of other teams can't bully Chelsea in the transfer market like real madrid can do.
 We have seen in the past how most players will prefer to going to Manchester City, Chelsea and PSG over Manchester United, Barcelona or Bayern munich that has an incredible history, so it's best to say that it's only real madrid that can bully these teams, because Manchester United, Barcelona or Bayern munich players are also a prey to real madrid.

[Velvet78]

Losing Cucurella is not a good start for Xabi Alonso. Their LB options aren't great now. There is Hato who is still very young. He can't be trusted in the starting lineup most of the time.

There is a player named Wiley as another option who is much worse.    In short, I hope Xabi Alonso makes a good signing for the position. He missed the opportunity of signing Grimaldo...

[Sarah Azhari]

Do you think Chelsea will go for a new striker this summer? But a strong one! For example Osimhen has been speculated for a long while. But they haven't made an offer for him yet.

I've heard Xabi Alonso wants a powerful centre-forward like him. They've Joao Pedro also of course. But maybe Xabi Alonso might have different plans for him. Like having him in his real position again or trying him in a new place. 

So far, there have been no rumors about Chelsea signing a new striker. Osimhen is hard to sign because Galatasaray doesn’t want to let him go.

Xabi definitely wants to bring in a good striker. Especially since the only decent striker Chelsea currently has is Joao Pedro; the others aren’t convincing enough for Xabi. But who is the striker Xabi wants? After all, Chelsea hasn’t been very active in the transfer market. Is Chelsea waiting for the World Cup to end before targeting a top striker? Or is Chelsea quietly working behind the scenes, without us knowing to secure the player they have their sights set on.

[free-bit.co.in]

If you get a call from Real Madrid there is no way that instead you would rather stay at Chelsea, especially if you are a Spanish player. If you were Cucurella, what would you have done? Chelsea right now are one huge interrogation mark, we have no idea of how things would go. He is 28 years old, this could be his last chance to play for a huge team.

Real madrid is undoubtedly a better  choice than Chelsea. Anyway, Madrid did not win the title in two seasons. But they will try their best to dominate la liga this season. And real madrid is also trying to strengthen the squad. On the other hand , chelsea are also trying to strengthen  their squad. They have hired talented managers  like Alonso. However, the premier league is fiercely competitive. The title is more difficult for chelsea. It's only natural that cucurella would want to choose madrid.

[Sunshine1525]

If you get a call from Real Madrid there is no way that instead you would rather stay at Chelsea, especially if you are a Spanish player. If you were Cucurella, what would you have done? Chelsea right now are one huge interrogation mark, we have no idea of how things would go. He is 28 years old, this could be his last chance to play for a huge team.

Real madrid is undoubtedly a better  choice than Chelsea. Anyway, Madrid did not win the title in two seasons. But they will try their best to dominate la liga this season. And real madrid is also trying to strengthen the squad. On the other hand , chelsea are also trying to strengthen  their squad. They have hired talented managers  like Alonso. However, the premier league is fiercely competitive. The title is more difficult for chelsea. It's only natural that cucurella would want to choose madrid.

Only few players reject teams like Real Madrid when they call, that's why Cucurela could hesitate but went there immediately he was called, another reason could be that he didn't trust how successful Xabi Alonso would be since it's his first time coaching in the league, if Chelsea gets worst or didn't succeed under Xabi Alonso in future, then Cucurela dodged a bullet.

You're right about the title race being tougher for Chelsea, they'll be rebuilding and it comes with so much pressure on a coach who would try to make sure his team wins consistently, Alonso has dome that before but there's still doubt if he can do same in the premier league. Real Madrid would also be rebuilding but they'll be in better position to win a trophy than Chelsea, those could be what made Cucurela chose them over Chelsea.

[Zaguru12]

Real madrid is undoubtedly a better  choice than Chelsea. Anyway, Madrid did not win the title in two seasons. But they will try their best to dominate la liga this season. And real madrid is also trying to strengthen the squad. On the other hand , chelsea are also trying to strengthen  their squad. They have hired talented managers  like Alonso. However, the premier league is fiercely competitive. The title is more difficult for chelsea. It's only natural that cucurella would want to choose madrid.

Like Cucurrella himself said it’s actually a hard decision to turn down a club like Real Madrid, even if Real Madrid goes like three years trophyless I think they will most definitely attract players most especially from a club like Chelsea. Let’s not even place this movement at probably Cucurrella is looking at the monetary side of it but let’s relate it to the Chelsea team itself. This team hasn’t looked like they are actually going to be developing to challenge for any thing tangible in a year future with the type of decisions that the board is making.

Even before the interest of Real Madrid on Cucurrella it was already round the news that the player wanted out and was looking to actually try other challenges and the preferred destination was definitely back home to Spain, Barcelona was his preferred choice but they are a team in financial crisp so for him to squander that opportunity of Real Madrid approach it will be really difficult most especially without assurance from Barcelona of signing him. What Chelsea needs to do is to move on

[HajiBagi]

So you are trying to say that Chelsea is a small team?
I think you are wrong if that's how you see Chelsea, though it's rare to see a player that will turn down the advances of real madrid, since it's the biggest team in the world, due to their magnificent records in Europe.

I think he meant that a player faced with a choice between Chelsea and Real Madrid would definitely choose the Spanish side. Real Madrid is a club of the highest prestige, as are Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Manchester United. Players will always say ‘yes’ to these clubs; they have a long-standing history of financial and sporting stability. Other clubs, such as Chelsea, Manchester City, Paris Saint Germain and others, have enjoyed stability over the last 20 years, but they do not yet have that same prestige.

Let not mention Barcelona, Bayern Munich and other clubs, Real Madrid alone is the greatest club of all time that every player dreams to play for, no any player that Real Madrid will want to sign and will not say yes to the club because that is where every player from thief childhood wants to go to, we have seen how players always dream of playing for Real Madrid, some players make sure they did not sign another contract just to go to Real Madrid and play for them.

Cucurella is a Barcelona academy and he said that he always want to play for Madrid because everyone knows that playing for the club is a blessing and a privilege for them, i won’t blame Cucurella because Enzo also want to play for Real Madrid and as we speak he can do anything to go to the club this summer, in case no one knows about Rodri that play for Manchester City, he doesn’t want to sign a new contract because he wants to play for Real Madrid and if he end up signing for Real Madrid at the end of next season when his contract expires we should not be surprise.

[jakdanyel]

So far, there have been no rumors about Chelsea signing a new striker. Osimhen is hard to sign because Galatasaray doesn’t want to let him go.

Xabi definitely wants to bring in a good striker. Especially since the only decent striker Chelsea currently has is Joao Pedro; the others aren’t convincing enough for Xabi. But who is the striker Xabi wants? After all, Chelsea hasn’t been very active in the transfer market. Is Chelsea waiting for the World Cup to end before targeting a top striker? Or is Chelsea quietly working behind the scenes, without us knowing to secure the player they have their sights set on.

Galatasaray doesn't want to lose Osimhen because he has the biggest role in their league championship this season. 

However it's up to what the player wants as well at the same time. In the end they can't force him to stay in case Osimhen decides to leave.

It would be similar to Atletico Madrid's trying to tie down Alvarez to the team this summer. So we will see if Xabi Alonso will set him as their main target first.

[Taricoins]

Losing Cucurella is not a good start for Xabi Alonso. Their LB options aren't great now. There is Hato who is still very young. He can't be trusted in the starting lineup most of the time.

There is a player named Wiley as another option who is much worse.    In short, I hope Xabi Alonso makes a good signing for the position. He missed the opportunity of signing Grimaldo...

I don't really watch Grimaldo in action and I stand to be corrected but with my perception of him, I don't know why teams aren't lining of to buy him for him to move to Athletico Madrid of all teams, he [ Grimaldo] with have been a better option for Xabi.

Xabi has to make a lot of signings because I don't see him surviving this Premier League with this team he has now, and even a RB because Reece James gets injured every two games he plays

[Unsoldier]

Yes, Xabi Alonso has a lot of work to do but we can see that they are willing to sell one of their centre backs, Trevoh Chalobah, to the Italian club. You can see that although they have a few good players in their club, some players have already left the club which has reduced the quality of their squad even more, Cucurella and Enzo Fernandez were very valuable to Chelsea so I think if these players were able to play under Xabi Alonso in the upcoming season then maybe Chelsea would have become unstoppable in the upcoming season but it seems that those players are now joining other clubs, so this manager will have to take the responsibility of building a good team in the upcoming season.

Chelsea shouldn't have sold Cucurella to real madrid because he one of the team finest player they shouldn't have sold him he would have been valuable to the squad in the upcoming season. Xabi Alonso hasn't done any major signings yet aside Valentin Barco,xabi Alonso would need major signings for his squad to compete better in the upcoming season. A major signings like victor Osimhen will  help strengthen the squad and if he could convince Victor Osimhen to join Chelsea it will be a plus one to his team. Xabi Alonso should go for quality players as the quality of players that he sign is what will determine if chelsea will perform well in the upcoming season.

If you get a call from Real Madrid there is no way that instead you would rather stay at Chelsea, especially if you are a Spanish player. If you were Cucurella, what would you have done? Chelsea right now are one huge interrogation mark, we have no idea of how things would go. He is 28 years old, this could be his last chance to play for a huge team.

It is truly difficult to turn down an offer from Real Madrid, especially for a Spanish player. Honestly, ever since Euro 2024, it was clear that Cucurella deserved to play for a top club. I think he could have ended up at Real Madrid or Barcelona even sooner, but his contract with Chelsea most likely prevented it.

[Stormisover]

Yes, Xabi Alonso has a lot of work to do but we can see that they are willing to sell one of their centre backs, Trevoh Chalobah, to the Italian club. You can see that although they have a few good players in their club, some players have already left the club which has reduced the quality of their squad even more, Cucurella and Enzo Fernandez were very valuable to Chelsea so I think if these players were able to play under Xabi Alonso in the upcoming season then maybe Chelsea would have become unstoppable in the upcoming season but it seems that those players are now joining other clubs, so this manager will have to take the responsibility of building a good team in the upcoming season.

Chelsea shouldn't have sold Cucurella to real madrid because he one of the team finest player they shouldn't have sold him he would have been valuable to the squad in the upcoming season. Xabi Alonso hasn't done any major signings yet aside Valentin Barco,xabi Alonso would need major signings for his squad to compete better in the upcoming season. A major signings like victor Osimhen will  help strengthen the squad and if he could convince Victor Osimhen to join Chelsea it will be a plus one to his team. Xabi Alonso should go for quality players as the quality of players that he sign is what will determine if chelsea will perform well in the upcoming season.

Despite the deal coming out to be a surprise to everyone do you think it is by the willing of Xabi Alonso, left with Xabi Alonso he wouldn't dear to sell him, because Cucurella happens to be one of their best if not the best, but in all I just look at it that maybe it's the players choice to leave and besides that it's not all player in their peak that would want to be left out of the UEFA Champions League football, it will only take a few players with real love to be that faithful to a club, and it happens to be that Cucurella is not such player so you guys should get over it and move for a better replacement for him.

[ILuckyGuyI]

It is truly difficult to turn down an offer from Real Madrid, especially for a Spanish player. Honestly, ever since Euro 2024, it was clear that Cucurella deserved to play for a top club. I think he could have ended up at Real Madrid or Barcelona even sooner, but his contract with Chelsea most likely prevented it.

Playing for big Spanish clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona is a privilege for so many players. Like a dream for them! I should say especially Real Madrid considering their incredible history including the CL trophies. 

Cucurella is 27 now. He is nearing to 30 so probably he didn't want to miss such a big chance which might not have been found later on. So I get him... However Chelsea had better find a strong replacement for him.

[Nahl]

It is truly difficult to turn down an offer from Real Madrid, especially for a Spanish player. Honestly, ever since Euro 2024, it was clear that Cucurella deserved to play for a top club. I think he could have ended up at Real Madrid or Barcelona even sooner, but his contract with Chelsea most likely prevented it.

Playing for big Spanish clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona is a privilege for so many players. Like a dream for them! I should say especially Real Madrid considering their incredible history including the CL trophies. 

Cucurella is 27 now. He is nearing to 30 so probably he didn't want to miss such a big chance which might not have been found later on. So I get him... However Chelsea had better find a strong replacement for him.

27 years old usually the prime age for some of football players even so with Cucurella that in Chelsea he is the main player and in Spain too Cucurella is the key player so, currently he has a good shape and regarding this transfer i think this is a good deal for Chelsea because in my opinion 60 million is good price which Chelsea can used those money to find other players depend on Alonso want for team needed.

Real Madrid is a big club and playing at there has good chances to gets the trophy for every season so, this reason probably makes Cucurella have decided to moved because with the current Chelsea it's hard to see this team can compete with other contender for the championship and i think Cucurella has just make a good decision for his career.

[Obim34]

It is truly difficult to turn down an offer from Real Madrid, especially for a Spanish player. Honestly, ever since Euro 2024, it was clear that Cucurella deserved to play for a top club. I think he could have ended up at Real Madrid or Barcelona even sooner, but his contract with Chelsea most likely prevented it.

Cucurella left Chelsea on his free will, the offer was nice and Real Madrid tends to have a promising future more than Chelsea, at Real Madrid there is a future chance of winning the Champions League, and every other major league, while Chelsea isn't seeing that future yet, as they must first build the new team into a perfect form before thinking about competing in the highest level.

[Taricoins]

It is truly difficult to turn down an offer from Real Madrid, especially for a Spanish player. Honestly, ever since Euro 2024, it was clear that Cucurella deserved to play for a top club. I think he could have ended up at Real Madrid or Barcelona even sooner, but his contract with Chelsea most likely prevented it.

Playing for big Spanish clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona is a privilege for so many players. Like a dream for them! I should say especially Real Madrid considering their incredible history including the CL trophies. 

Cucurella is 27 now. He is nearing to 30 so probably he didn't want to miss such a big chance which might not have been found later on. So I get him... However Chelsea had better find a strong replacement for him.

Many of these players have watched and dream to have a space on the Spanish giant team and that's why they don't waste time when they see the opportunity and again it's not just any player that has such privileges because Real Madrid only goes for the very best and cucurella has indeed earned that spot. We can use the case of Arnold the Liverpool left back as an example I mean the dude went out on free transfer just for the opportunity to Play at Real Madrid.

[Accardo]

Cucurella left Chelsea on his free will, the offer was nice and Real Madrid tends to have a promising future more than Chelsea, at Real Madrid there is a future chance of winning the Champions League, and every other major league, while Chelsea isn't seeing that future yet, as they must first build the new team into a perfect form before thinking about competing in the highest level.

Real Madrid all stars dream club, later in the club, their expectance gets cut short, finding out that they do not compete against opponents, but battle against fellow teammates for individual recognition, Real Madrid can't win the champions league next season, Enrique will outsmart Mourinho in that aspect, if that's Cucurella's hope, which I'm not sure, he'd be disappointed.