⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[bitgolden]

Carrick definitely changed the whole United situation, there is no doubt about that. But that doesn't mean that he will continue to do so. He did not had a full season yet, he had a half a season and he did alright during that season.

Because of that, people have some hope that he will do a lot better when given a full season. But that doesn't always happen that way, a simple example that we can all see right now, Arne Slot won the league title on his first year, but failed miserably on his second year. We have no idea if Carrick will be like that or not.

[Derekfunds]

Tottenham are really trying to strengthen in the Premier League next season because I have noticed how many seasons they have performed like a lower team.

It’s surprising that Tottenham are now signing players now, I think the management knows that if he doesn’t improve the teams performance, they might just end up being relegated which is going to be so bad, and thats the reason why they so serious signing players just to strengthen the teams performance. Honestly it’s surprising to see Tottenham spend this amount of money signing players, I just hope their performance is going to improve by next season.

Tottenham has no choice, and seeing the amount they are spending just shows that they are ready to change their midfield. If they did that, they might have the opportunity to come back to the league. It’s sad to see Tottenham in such a situation, but they have no choice than to do whatever it takes to be back as the top team. Tottenham were very good in just three seasons back, but now the story is far different. I hope they achieve what they want, not to end up a step to relegation again in the coming seasons.

It will be very insane for Tottenham Hotspur manager not to look for good players and sign them before time. After what they passed through about 2-3 seasons ago, if they don't want to sign quality players that will push and drive the team forward next season then they should be ready to go to relegation next season, this previous season they almost went for relegation if not that they were so lucky and they won in the critical moment.

[Nightwatchmare]

Is gonna be a crazy season the next one, i can feel it, for example i can predict the Totenham are gonna be back on tracks and want to fight for something, i dont know if they can dream with the top spots but for sure they want to comeback to europe competitions, and we can alla gree after two really horrible season is nearby to impossible to see them again behaving that bad.

I have same feeling too, it definitely going to be a competitive season. We can see how the big dogs in the premier league are preparing and signing players. With Guardiola now leaving a lot of big teams can now dream of winning the league.

I’m impressed with Tottenham already, with the signings they have made so far I think they are going to make waves next season. De Zerbi is a good coach and he his premier league proven already, so I believe he will do well.

For real I also anticipate watching Tottenham next season, I believe they will get a European competition qualification.

That is how we thought last season was going to be a competitive season after we saw how the big teams in the premier league were preparing and signing players with big money but we ended up seeing Arsenal as the only consistent team in the premier league last season, if not for Manchester City competing with Arsenal for the league title when the season was close to end, Arsenal would had won the league title easily last season. I do not have any expectation next season, i will just relax and watch how next season will unfold. Plenty of big teams has been dreaming to win the league title even as Guardiola was still Manchester City manager but they didn't win it because they do not have a good team, and even as Guardiola has left, they we not win it. Next season league title contest is still between Arsenal and Manchester City.

[qurbanshah02]

Carrick definitely changed the whole United situation, there is no doubt about that. But that doesn't mean that he will continue to do so. He did not had a full season yet, he had a half a season and he did alright during that season.

Because of that, people have some hope that he will do a lot better when given a full season. But that doesn't always happen that way, a simple example that we can all see right now, Arne Slot won the league title on his first year, but failed miserably on his second year. We have no idea if Carrick will be like that or not.

We saw Manchester United's performance and strength change, which actually improved the team's performance and Manchester United were successful again with their comeback. Wherever the Manchester United coach took them, he made them much better and Manchester United succeeded in the top 3 and their performance was a very good position. Now Carrick has another good opportunity and now he will have a whole season in which he will play with much better performance and will try hard, which will make Manchester United even stronger. I think he will stay in the same position or succeed in the second position, it is difficult for him to win the title. It will happen because if the league goes according to Carrick, he can do it forever, but different teams will play with different thinking, due to which Manchester United's position will be a little different.

[Abbatty]

Carrick definitely changed the whole United situation, there is no doubt about that. But that doesn't mean that he will continue to do so. He did not had a full season yet, he had a half a season and he did alright during that season.

Because of that, people have some hope that he will do a lot better when given a full season. But that doesn't always happen that way, a simple example that we can all see right now, Arne Slot won the league title on his first year, but failed miserably on his second year. We have no idea if Carrick will be like that or not.

Well there are people who still doubt that Carrick will do well next season, we have seen that before. For what he did last season I think it is only right for the board to give him the job, he really did well. Now he will be given a full season and I really hope he will do well. So far from the signings and rumors of players being linked to Manchester United I’m not feeling impressed but there is still a long way to end of the window.

Manchester United are back in the champions league and they need to bring in quality players, and also a good squad depth. I was really hoping they will get either Fernandez or Tonali but instead they lost both players to Tottenham. Now let see what will be the fate of Manchester United next season.

[Not your key not your BTC]

Is gonna be a crazy season the next one, i can feel it, for example i can predict the Totenham are gonna be back on tracks and want to fight for something, i dont know if they can dream with the top spots but for sure they want to comeback to europe competitions, and we can alla gree after two really horrible season is nearby to impossible to see them again behaving that bad.

Judging by the way Tottenham is improving its team’s performance for next season, it seems highly likely that the club will be in the best possible position, namely, returning to European competition. Tottenham does not want to repeat last season’s poor performance, which is why they are now taking the task of strengthening the team very seriously. This is evident in their very active approach to the transfer market, where Tottenham has been willing to spend heavily to sign quality players so the team can compete at a high level next season.

[AYOBA]

Manchester United are back in the champions league and they need to bring in quality players, and also a good squad depth. I was really hoping they will get either Fernandez or Tonali but instead they lost both players to Tottenham. Now let see what will be the fate of Manchester United next season.

Bring in quality players is the best option for the Manchester United so that their performances will be better and more consistent than last season, because their last season was not that encouraged when the was about to end they later improved their performance that’s why they where able to end in the third place in the table.

Anyway as you said we will be wait and see what they will come up with next season, and if they stinging not to carry money out for them to buy better players for the team what their running for can definitely come back to them because they will still face the same fate.

[jakdanyel]

Bring in quality players is the best option for the Manchester United so that their performances will be better and more consistent than last season, because their last season was not that encouraged when the was about to end they later improved their performance that’s why they where able to end in the third place in the table.

Anyway as you said we will be wait and see what they will come up with next season, and if they stinging not to carry money out for them to buy better players for the team what their running for can definitely come back to them because they will still face the same fate.

Manchester United should definitely sign at least one solid midfielder this summer. Because Casemiro has left the team to sign for Inter Miami. Ugarte picked up an injury recently and he is expected to be out for a long time...

I think they should get rid of Zirkzee and sign a proper forward instead as well. If they want to play big they need to bring more capable attackers to score more than before and bring better defenders to solve their serious conceding problems. 

[Nightwatchmare]

Carrick definitely changed the whole United situation, there is no doubt about that. But that doesn't mean that he will continue to do so. He did not had a full season yet, he had a half a season and he did alright during that season.

Because of that, people have some hope that he will do a lot better when given a full season. But that doesn't always happen that way, a simple example that we can all see right now, Arne Slot won the league title on his first year, but failed miserably on his second year. We have no idea if Carrick will be like that or not.

I did not expect Michael Carrick to change the whole Manchester United situation the way he did easily under 17 games which convinced Manchester United board to give him a permanent deal to coach Manchester United for 2 years with an option to extend the deal to 2019 if he impress them. Even if he had a full season and still perform well and earn a  2-year deal, it still does not mean he will continue to do so after getting a permanent deal because it could be that he performed well to earn himself a permanent deal, and after earning the permanent deal he will start losing games. I want Manchester United to get back to their fit, so i do not want Michael Carrick to perform like Arnie Slot in his second year.

[9ja Amaka]

Carrick definitely changed the whole United situation, there is no doubt about that. But that doesn't mean that he will continue to do so. He did not had a full season yet, he had a half a season and he did alright during that season.

Because of that, people have some hope that he will do a lot better when given a full season. But that doesn't always happen that way, a simple example that we can all see right now, Arne Slot won the league title on his first year, but failed miserably on his second year. We have no idea if Carrick will be like that or not.

I think Michael Carrick is a decent manager and he did well at Manchester United when he took over last season, and I guess that's why his appointment was made permanent.  Like I Saud he is a decent manager,  but I think he needs time to build the team, I don't expect the board and fans to put too much pressure on him by wanting him to win the league in the upcoming season, but at least he should try to qualify for champions league and hopefully he can built on it.

[Humblevirus]

Is gonna be a crazy season the next one, i can feel it, for example i can predict the Totenham are gonna be back on tracks and want to fight for something, i dont know if they can dream with the top spots but for sure they want to comeback to europe competitions, and we can alla gree after two really horrible season is nearby to impossible to see them again behaving that bad.

Judging by the way Tottenham is improving its team’s performance for next season, it seems highly likely that the club will be in the best possible position, namely, returning to European competition. Tottenham does not want to repeat last season’s poor performance, which is why they are now taking the task of strengthening the team very seriously. This is evident in their very active approach to the transfer market, where Tottenham has been willing to spend heavily to sign quality players so the team can compete at a high level next season.

We are expecting great performances from Tottenham next season based on the great signings they have made recently. The poor performances of Tottenham came because they did not have much quality in their squad, although the manager also contributed to the team's struggles. However, now that they have brought in more top-quality players, there is a high chance that Tottenham will improve seriously.

If Tottenham had not made these quick changes to their squad, it is very possible they would have continued to struggle against relegation every season. This has happened to them for the last two seasons. Two seasons ago and again last season, they had to fight to escape relegation.When they finished the season in 15th position two seasons ago, I expected them to sign some great players and strengthen the team because they were going to play in the Champions League after winning the Europa League. However, the players they signed were not the kind of players we expected.

[Distraction]

I have really liked Tottenham's transfers until this moment. Another target for them is said to be Kroupi Jr. from Bournemouth.

It's said like they have already offered £85m for him but his team rejected the offer... His value in the market looks like €70m - ~£60m - but still they reject the offer?

How much do they want for him? He scored 13 goals this season and he is 20 years old. But isn't it risky to spend this much on him now?

[tygeade]

Carrick will not be bad, even if he doesn't finish third, even if he does worse than that, I am sure that they will be a top five team, and as long as they are a top five team, that is good enough. I get that it may not be easy to reach that level, but as long as they reach a good level, that is not going to be bad at all. We should reach to a point where we can do a better job, they could even fight for a title too.

So while everyone is thinking about what could go wrong, we need to realize what could go right. We need to reach to a point where we are not going to end up with getting some greater returns on this. I do get the fact that we are not going to see this as something that could change, we should be considering how it could be very good for the long term.

[DYOR+BTC]

Carrick will not be bad, even if he doesn't finish third, even if he does worse than that, I am sure that they will be a top five team, and as long as they are a top five team, that is good enough. I get that it may not be easy to reach that level, but as long as they reach a good level, that is not going to be bad at all. We should reach to a point where we can do a better job, they could even fight for a title too.

So while everyone is thinking about what could go wrong, we need to realize what could go right. We need to reach to a point where we are not going to end up with getting some greater returns on this. I do get the fact that we are not going to see this as something that could change, we should be considering how it could be very good for the long term.

With the Manchester united team i know and have watched last season,  i don't think getting the top five spot next season will be a difficult task for them except they lost there focus on the process.  With the present team of Manchester United, I think they have all needed to even win the premier league next season. Although without midfield reinforcement as proposed by Michael Carrick  it will be a difficult task for the team because there present midfield options don't have the strength to lead the team to glory that is if they do not reinforce it as proposed by the coach.

[Jaycoinz]

Carrick will not be bad, even if he doesn't finish third, even if he does worse than that, I am sure that they will be a top five team, and as long as they are a top five team, that is good enough. I get that it may not be easy to reach that level, but as long as they reach a good level, that is not going to be bad at all. We should reach to a point where we can do a better job, they could even fight for a title too.

So while everyone is thinking about what could go wrong, we need to realize what could go right. We need to reach to a point where we are not going to end up with getting some greater returns on this. I do get the fact that we are not going to see this as something that could change, we should be considering how it could be very good for the long term.

With the Manchester united team i know and have watched last season,  i don't think getting the top five spot next season will be a difficult task for them except they lost there focus on the process.  With the present team of Manchester United, I think they have all needed to even win the premier league next season. Although without midfield reinforcement as proposed by Michael Carrick  it will be a difficult task for the team because there present midfield options don't have the strength to lead the team to glory that is if they do not reinforce it as proposed by the coach.

Micheal Carrick as the manager actually knows this and that's why he is trying to improve the midfield of the team since some of the vital key role player like casemiro has left for inter miami. Although casemiro age is not his side but the man played a crucial role in the later on beautiful season that Manchester United had because I know initial at the start of the season with Amorim there was so much error and set back until Micheal Carrick took over.

[Adams0001]

Micheal Carrick as the manager actually knows this and that's why he is trying to improve the midfield of the team since some of the vital key role player like casemiro has left for inter miami. Although casemiro age is not his side but the man played a crucial role in the later on beautiful season that Manchester United had because I know initial at the start of the season with Amorim there was so much error and set back until Micheal Carrick took over.

Carrick as help Manchester United very well even they fail to achieve a trophy but they get the opportunity to qualify for the champions league next season, anything the coach is doing currently he knows why and is good to get many good midfielders in a club so that they can be more stronger and am hearing some rumours that Tchouameni is coming to Manchester united next season and that will be a nice move for the club and they will be more stronger then before because tchouameni is a good player and he will definitely cooperate with the team and achieve success together. Let see how next season will goes.

[Agathamay]

Carrick will not be bad, even if he doesn't finish third, even if he does worse than that, I am sure that they will be a top five team, and as long as they are a top five team, that is good enough. I get that it may not be easy to reach that level, but as long as they reach a good level, that is not going to be bad at all. We should reach to a point where we can do a better job, they could even fight for a title too.

So while everyone is thinking about what could go wrong, we need to realize what could go right. We need to reach to a point where we are not going to end up with getting some greater returns on this. I do get the fact that we are not going to see this as something that could change, we should be considering how it could be very good for the long term.

Michael Carrick is not a bad manager for Manchester United, the little time he was made manager, he did deliver a master class. Carrick is that manager you will look up to because he's one of the finest manager in the English premier League, he elevated the form and standard of Manchester United, they're capable of winning games and with time, they will bounce back and knowing how to cope with streak winnings.

There's one thing we should know, Manchester United will always find themselves upfront next season, they have the players and the manager they've been looking for.

[Abu-Naim]

Micheal Carrick as the manager actually knows this and that's why he is trying to improve the midfield of the team since some of the vital key role player like casemiro has left for inter miami. Although casemiro age is not his side but the man played a crucial role in the later on beautiful season that Manchester United had because I know initial at the start of the season with Amorim there was so much error and set back until Micheal Carrick took over.

Manchester United don’t have attacking problem that’s why they are not focused on the attacking side, they only need to sign defensive midfielder that will be reliable and also be a support to Bruno in the midfield so that they can create chances to their attacking line since they have quality players up front.

However, Carrick should also focus on improving their defense, they need to find serious backup to Maguire and Martinez that are all injury prone; they need some quality defenders to rely on so that they can be confident next season because it will be tough and they will be playing in the Champions League next season.

[Zoomic]

Carrick definitely changed the whole United situation, there is no doubt about that. But that doesn't mean that he will continue to do so. He did not had a full season yet, he had a half a season and he did alright during that season.

Because of that, people have some hope that he will do a lot better when given a full season. But that doesn't always happen that way, a simple example that we can all see right now, Arne Slot won the league title on his first year, but failed miserably on his second year. We have no idea if Carrick will be like that or not.

Having a very impressive campaign as an interim manager surely does not guarantee that Michael Carrick will do well next season.

However, considering the kind of quick impact he had on the team after he took over, it's safe to say that he'll help Manchester United have a fantastic campaign next season.

They'll be playing in the UEFA Champions League as well as all the three domestic competitions which I think will be exhausting but if they can make some additional signings this summer, I believe that Carrick might end next season with a trophy.

[Miles2006]

Carrick definitely changed the whole United situation, there is no doubt about that. But that doesn't mean that he will continue to do so. He did not had a full season yet, he had a half a season and he did alright during that season.

Because of that, people have some hope that he will do a lot better when given a full season. But that doesn't always happen that way, a simple example that we can all see right now, Arne Slot won the league title on his first year, but failed miserably on his second year. We have no idea if Carrick will be like that or not.

Well it’s okay to view from a different perspective probably Carrick might not be able to perform better when given a full time opportunity or he still can maintain same level of success but, his performance will depend entirely on his settings meaning his new signing strategy viewing this is most anticipated. I’m still certain Carrick will move Manchester United forward, he only got little opportunity then, although nothing is certain yet still he’s considered one of the best last season due to Manchester United finishing the season at the top 3 position.