⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Volgastallion]

Is starting to become more and more a problem the power of the money of the Premier League teams for example Real madrid and Barcelona face some problems when they want to buy some normal players from X league or from the Premier League itself because the worst Premier League team have so much money in their pockets that they can put a lot in the tablle to fight back some offers from that huge teams.

[Accardo]

Is starting to become more and more a problem the power of the money of the Premier League teams for example Real madrid and Barcelona face some problems when they want to buy some normal players from X league or from the Premier League itself because the worst Premier League team have so much money in their pockets that they can put a lot in the tablle to fight back some offers from that huge teams.

In La Liga there is a threshold on a total amount a team can spend in the transfer window, "squad spending limit", Barcelona faces financial deficits in loan that exceeds their allocated squad limit, though, currently, they have worked out the penalties placed on them regarding the number of players they could purchase in the Transfer market with a certain profit from generated money, before, Barca was only allowed to buy players based on a ratio 1:4 rule, meaning that if they make about 60 million euros from selling a player they can only spend 15 million euros in purchasing another player. So, whatever they made would be divided by 4 to give a value of what to spend.

[Oluwa-btc]

Is starting to become more and more a problem the power of the money of the Premier League teams for example Real madrid and Barcelona face some problems when they want to buy some normal players from X league or from the Premier League itself because the worst Premier League team have so much money in their pockets that they can put a lot in the tablle to fight back some offers from that huge teams.

Real Madrid?! Why are they even included in such a statement?? I will just pretend I never saw or read that part. Because, no player. I repeat, no player can say no to Real Madrid whenever they come knocking. I can not say the same for Barcelona who are currently broke and facing financial woes. But nevertheless, they can attract the best players in the world.

The Community Shield right, are we seeing Arsenal finally beating Manchester City?!  Arsenal kicks off the new season as they host recently promoted championship side Coventry. Should be an interesting game.

[M47AK16]

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...

By the looks of it, they got a player called "Denner" from Corinthias for 10 million, which does not look like a starter level player. He is only 18 years old, and considering Brazilians can join only after they became 18 years old, he might be someone they got long ago as well, that's the only left back transfer we can see. They also got someone named Quenda, and he was at Sporting, I have to accept that I never heard of him, but apparently he is a decent player. But between Cucurella leaving, and now Enzo on his way out, I feel like they really need to step up.

[9ja Amaka]

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...

The loss of Cucurella looks very bad for Chelsea and Xabi Alonso,  but on the brighter side I think it's a good one for them. Cucurella looks like a player that is so eager to leave the team,  so I think it's a good decision to sell him. It's better you have a player that is ready to play for the club than to have one that really don't want to play for the team, because that will even be more of a problem. I think what Xabi Alonso needs to do now is to get another left back that is ready to play for the club, the player might not be at the level of Cucurella,  but is willing to play for the club.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Guardiola has left his mark on the PL undoubtedly after all those years... He has effected so many coaches in the meantime like the image above also describes it.

Now one of those names has become the new coach there! People who have reference from Guardiola don't disappoint - for example Kompany. I believe Maresca will also be like that.

There’s an ongoing saga with Granut Xhaka and his choice of club for next season in the premier league. Chelsea are on a mission to rebuild their team but I think they’re always rebuilding.

Chelsea probably wants to have an experienced name in the midfield considering how young their options are. Maybe he'd be like the leader on the pitch which is important in a club.

[Shussainshah]

Guardiola has left his mark on the PL undoubtedly after all those years... He has effected so many coaches in the meantime like the image above also describes it.

Now one of those names has become the new coach there! People who have reference from Guardiola don't disappoint - for example Kompany. I believe Maresca will also be like that.

The Pep Revolution of football. They train a player and assistant to dominant football in style and interesting facts they creat competition for himself Haha becuace most of the Time their own students can out him form the competition Haha but I know Pep is the one who dominant and changed the whole football philosophy. We see less philosophy in football there is only Johan Cryuf Philosophy and then we see only one men can change the whole football with has own philosophy and they also create many students to copy has style and Philosophy

[RockBell]

Guardiola has left his mark on the PL undoubtedly after all those years... He has effected so many coaches in the meantime like the image above also describes it.

Now one of those names has become the new coach there! People who have reference from Guardiola don't disappoint - for example Kompany. I believe Maresca will also be like that.

The Pep Revolution of football. They train a player and assistant to dominant football in style and interesting facts they creat competition for himself Haha becuace most of the Time their own students can out him form the competition Haha but I know Pep is the one who dominant and changed the whole football philosophy. We see less philosophy in football there is only Johan Cryuf Philosophy and then we see only one men can change the whole football with has own philosophy and they also create many students to copy has style and Philosophy

Pep's legacy will forever be remembered, and I don't think the city will forget his impact, even when it comes to trophy-winning and many more. Now that there is a change in power, let us expect a significant change in the pattern and am sure that they are going to even perform better in the administration of there new coach or get worse because when it comes to football you can not always predict what will happen am very sure about that all there fans can do is for them to hope and expect that things get better because there is no way anyone will know exactly what is in the box so good luck to the fans of city next season will come with a surprise.

[xzone]

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...

The loss of Cucurella looks very bad for Chelsea and Xabi Alonso,  but on the brighter side I think it's a good one for them. Cucurella looks like a player that is so eager to leave the team,  so I think it's a good decision to sell him. It's better you have a player that is ready to play for the club than to have one that really don't want to play for the team, because that will even be more of a problem. I think what Xabi Alonso needs to do now is to get another left back that is ready to play for the club, the player might not be at the level of Cucurella,  but is willing to play for the club.

You're right about that; players who refuse to be part of the team and don't do anything for it will harm the team in the long run. Sometimes, selling those players while they still have some financial value is the right strategy. Such players negatively affect the other players on the team and disrupt the team's dynamics.
Instead, generating financial gain and making a new transfer is always a much more logical move

[JoyceBTC]

The loss of Cucurella looks very bad for Chelsea and Xabi Alonso,  but on the brighter side I think it's a good one for them. Cucurella looks like a player that is so eager to leave the team,  so I think it's a good decision to sell him. It's better you have a player that is ready to play for the club than to have one that really don't want to play for the team, because that will even be more of a problem. I think what Xabi Alonso needs to do now is to get another left back that is ready to play for the club, the player might not be at the level of Cucurella,  but is willing to play for the club.

Cucurella was willing to spend more time with Chelsea if they had agreed to keep him but Real Madrid is the biggest team and have more chances of going forward to win titles that could be the reason why he choose Real Madrid and the deal was concluded very fast. Xabi Alonso and Chelsea will be having that plans to replace Cucurella they know that his wing is vacant and they will spend more time replace him so that Chelsea will not find it hard in the league. Players that love their club will nut rush to accept another offer I think Chelsea die the right thing to allow him to go.

[DYOR+BTC]

There are some further transfer news/rumours for Man United. Apparently they are desperate to strengthen their midfield and are making moves on some players.
They already agreed on a £35 million transfer of Ederson from Italian Atalanta and are also interested in acquiring Portugese Mateus Fernandes from relegated West Ham.
West Ham allegedly asks for £85 million for young Fernandes, who also attracted interest of other clubs, namely Arsenal, Real Madrid, and Tottenham.

To fund their purchases, Man United are looking to sell Manuel Ugarte, who might go to AC Milan and get reunited with Milan's new manager, Ruben Amorim.

It's good to see Michael Carrick is not afraid to make changes and is not trying to desperately cling to the squad that gave him success last season.

A move to reinforce Manchester united’s midfield is considered an interesting move because after the departure of casimero there will be need to tighten and close there midfield for effective distribution of ball. To me I think getting Ederson as a perfect option for Manchester united’s midfiel because I can't see this possessive and distribution qualities in him except they will be ready to relief Bruno Fernandes of his attacking role and permanently place him at the distribution point which we all know will not be a perfect tactics for them. So it will be better they get a premier league experienced player to take over that role.

[EL MOHA]

Real Madrid?! Why are they even included in such a statement?? I will just pretend I never saw or read that part. Because, no player. I repeat, no player can say no to Real Madrid whenever they come knocking. I can not say the same for Barcelona who are currently broke and facing financial woes. But nevertheless, they can attract the best players in the world.

The Community Shield right, are we seeing Arsenal finally beating Manchester City?!  Arsenal kicks off the new season as they host recently promoted championship side Coventry. Should be an interesting game.

Exactly what i actually had a debate on about, I once told someone that if Real Madrid can take Ronaldo off from Manchester United when Manchester United was arguably the best club in the world then and also be able to take away Luiz Figo away from Barcelona when he was actually their talisman then, I actually don’t think there is anyone they cannot try to get, look at the scenario around Oliseh right now. Even Barcelona are just not attracting names because of the financial difficulties right now.

The community shield actually would be make or break, Arteta needs to actually wins this to keep the wining momentum alive but right now Enzo Maresca is at the helm of affairs now and sincerely if we look at his record in cup finals I would say he is definitely going to be going for a win here

[SmartCharpa]

Is starting to become more and more a problem the power of the money of the Premier League teams for example Real madrid and Barcelona face some problems when they want to buy some normal players from X league or from the Premier League itself because the worst Premier League team have so much money in their pockets that they can put a lot in the tablle to fight back some offers from that huge teams.

If we want to compare the issues with Real Madrid, I don’t think there’s any player in the world that can reject an offer from Real Madrid, except Barcelona players. We understand the relationship with the both clubs. But the issue that is happening in the Premier League right now is quite different. Sunderland and Xhaka rejected an offer from Chelsea, I don’t know if he’s ready to leave Sunderland after spending just one year at the club.

Xabi Alonso wants to reunite with one of his best midfielder at Leverkusen. Chelsea have an option to sign another young midfield. Xhaka is 34 years old if am not wrong, if he play one or two seasons now, im not sure if he can play at his best level. Sunderland will play in the Europa league next season, while Chelsea will compete just in the  Premier League, I think that’s why he refused to play for Chelsea.

[Berry2d]

Is starting to become more and more a problem the power of the money of the Premier League teams for example Real madrid and Barcelona face some problems when they want to buy some normal players from X league or from the Premier League itself because the worst Premier League team have so much money in their pockets that they can put a lot in the tablle to fight back some offers from that huge teams.

This issue of money is the only difference i see between premier league teams and other league teams. In premier league, there are alot of things that may help them generate more capital other than other league which i see as a very good thing because if not for than teams like real madrid and PSG may constantly come to intimidate other teams the same way they where doing before now.
Before now, know matter how strong a team is they can never stop madrid from buying off there players because they come with an unimaginable and unbelievable offer that even the player involved will be faced with know option than to say yes but now they can't do it because most teams are stepping up financially.

[Mr Reporter]

Guardiola has left his mark on the PL undoubtedly after all those years... He has effected so many coaches in the meantime like the image above also describes it.

Now one of those names has become the new coach there! People who have reference from Guardiola don't disappoint - for example Kompany. I believe Maresca will also be like that.

The Pep Revolution of football. They train a player and assistant to dominant football in style and interesting facts they creat competition for himself Haha becuace most of the Time their own students can out him form the competition Haha but I know Pep is the one who dominant and changed the whole football philosophy. We see less philosophy in football there is only Johan Cryuf Philosophy and then we see only one men can change the whole football with has own philosophy and they also create many students to copy has style and Philosophy

Pep's legacy will forever be remembered, and I don't think the city will forget his impact, even when it comes to trophy-winning and many more. Now that there is a change in power, let us expect a significant change in the pattern and am sure that they are going to even perform better in the administration of there new coach or get worse because when it comes to football you can not always predict what will happen am very sure about that all there fans can do is for them to hope and expect that things get better because there is no way anyone will know exactly what is in the box so good luck to the fans of city next season will come with a surprise.

In addition the legacy’s of pep’s still be in remembrance till date and he will would never be forgotten and from what is like like the city might forever forget his impact on them, how the journey was not an easy one having to take home all this trophy 6 premier league titles in a role in 7 year’s season, till date even the England players still respect his achievements and many more for what he has done for the team, treble in 2023 changed years and he even changed how the England players played football.

Even through their is a change in power let still hope for the best in tier patterns, and taking about every manger they all have their DNA, possession, positional play style, new coaches management, new idea and all of that, but right now I think time would tell..

[Donneski]

Is starting to become more and more a problem the power of the money of the Premier League teams for example Real madrid and Barcelona face some problems when they want to buy some normal players from X league or from the Premier League itself because the worst Premier League team have so much money in their pockets that they can put a lot in the tablle to fight back some offers from that huge teams.

The two clubs you mentioned I don't think are the ones that that align with with the point you're tryna make. Yes English Premier League clubs make much higher profits from TV rights and other revenue sources more than their counterparts from the other leagues in Europe but for Real Madrid and Barcelona, they make a lot of money to sign players of their choice from EPL clubs. This summer, we've seen Barcelona sign Anthony Gordon from Newcastle, we have also witnessed Marc Cucurella's transfer to Real Madrid. Both clubs especially Real Madrid has more financial strength than most EPL teams.

[Issa56]

The loss of Cucurella looks very bad for Chelsea and Xabi Alonso,  but on the brighter side I think it's a good one for them. Cucurella looks like a player that is so eager to leave the team,  so I think it's a good decision to sell him.

Cucurella played so well when he was at Chelsea, and I don’t even know who Chelsea are going to sign to replace cucurella in that position. Cucurella is a player which all Chelsea fans are going to miss, he played well at Chelsea, but unfortunately he decided to leave Chelsea for Real Madrid. I feel he really wanted to leave Chelsea, and Real Madrid came for him, and cucurella accepted the offer. I don’t think a team like Real Madrid will want to sign a player and he won’t want to go.

[snipie]

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Real Madrid?! Why are they even included in such a statement?? I will just pretend I never saw or read that part. Because, no player. I repeat, no player can say no to Real Madrid whenever they come knocking. I can not say the same for Barcelona who are currently broke and facing financial woes. But nevertheless, they can attract the best players in the world. 

I agree with both of your statements. Premier League teams have a lot of money and they can afford players easier than the other European teams. At the same time, the attractiveness of both La Liga giants is undeniable.
Whether broken Barcelona or wealthy Real Madrid, players will try to join one of them. They are historical clubs and idol for many players since their young ages.
Barcelona have in fact a problem in signing and paying their new players all the time. They might have sometimes a problem with a player or two since their teams ask for a lot of money, so the solution is wait until they become free. For Real Madrid, they can afford everyone unless they proposed a spending cap for a certain period.

[Qhunman]

Cucurella was willing to spend more time with Chelsea if they had agreed to keep him but Real Madrid is the biggest team and have more chances of going forward to win titles that could be the reason why he choose Real Madrid and the deal was concluded very fast. Xabi Alonso and Chelsea will be having that plans to replace Cucurella they know that his wing is vacant and they will spend more time replace him so that Chelsea will not find it hard in the league. Players that love their club will nut rush to accept another offer I think Chelsea die the right thing to allow him to go.

Playing at real madrid is a dream come true for players so it would be difficult for cucurella to reject real madrid offers. He may have wanted to remain at Chelsea but this is real madrid,the biggest club in the world hell no cucurella wouldn't have said No. Real madrid is only interested in already made players and they can't get any players they want. Cucurella cannot say no to real Madrid no matter how much he loves Chelsea. Xabi Alonso would replace him with another quality players suitable for his wing they can't leave it vacant like that.

[Alex077]

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...

By the looks of it, they got a player called ""Denner"" from Corinthias for 10 million, which does not look like a starter level player. He is only 18 years old, and considering Brazilians can join only after they became 18 years old, he might be someone they got long ago as well, that's the only left back transfer we can see. They also got someone named Quenda, and he was at Sporting, I have to accept that I never heard of him, but apparently he is a decent player. But between Cucurella leaving, and now Enzo on his way out, I feel like they really need to step up.

Agreed, Cucurella's contribution at left back position was outstanding. Now the depth of left back position will get worse. Especially with Alonso's high intensity system.

And if I talk about Denner, this young Brazilian is essentially a project player. He does not seem to be able to provide an instant solution right now.

I would rather support Quenda more. If this former sporting player can adapt a little faster, I think he will be more promising.

Chelsea's squad is still going through transition. So they should sign a proven left back or versatile defender ASAP before the transfer window closes.