⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Taricoins]

Rogers is a really good move by Chelsea for sure. He is one of the best talents in the Premier League currently. They had to spend a ton of money maybe but I hope Xabi Alonso will use him nicely.

Lacroix is another rumour for the defense line. Another thing is that they say Manchester United is preparing to offer €90m for Cole Palmer.

But if he is a part of Xabi Alonso's plans then I don't think they would sell him for any price now. At least if the owners don't act without asking him... 

Unless they want to drift Morgan Rogers to the right wing, it's going to be a battle between Cole Palmer and him since they play thesame position and it seems like Rogers base wages surpasses that of Palmers.

As for Lacroix, that would be an exceptional asigning for Chelsea as they are lacking severely of a good Centre Back, and another thing Chelsea has to look at for is a replacement for Cucurella, maybe they can sign one because I don't see any one in that Chelsea squad that could play that role sufficiently

[PVequalNRT]

Rogers is a really good move by Chelsea for sure. He is one of the best talents in the Premier League currently. They had to spend a ton of money maybe but I hope Xabi Alonso will use him nicely.

Lacroix is another rumour for the defense line. Another thing is that they say Manchester United is preparing to offer €90m for Cole Palmer.

But if he is a part of Xabi Alonso's plans then I don't think they would sell him for any price now. At least if the owners don't act without asking him... 

I don’t think Chelsea will go for Lacroix after his performance in the World Cup but a player can not be judge by a single game, he has been doing well in the Premier League and that is why Chelsea want to sign him. Any rumours about Cole Palmer or Manchester United are fake news, Manchester United know that Chelsea will never sell Cole Palmer any time soon even if they offer 100 million because Chelsea value him and that is why they gave him a long term contract.

Manchester United did not need a player like Cole Palmer, they have sign two midfielders and I think those players are good enough to help them to win trophies, Xabi Alonso count Cole palmer among the players he wants to keep in his team and he will never let the team sell Palmer because Palmer is a player that can play any position in the attack.

[Minor Miner]

No doubt his style of football can fit  Liverpool. At Bournemouth, he showed everyone how good his attacking tactics are. His team never got left behind, they fought hard and even got points from Manchester City to help Arsenal win the league. Now at Liverpool, he is meeting bigger group of players who are already used to playing with this an aggressive energy. Because the players match his style so well, he should be able to get big results and play exciting football right from his very first season.

Iraola did not get a chance to build a strong squad at Rayo Vallecano and Bournemouth. They did not have  enough money. But liverpool has a lot of money. Liverpool already has a strong  squad. Even if Iraola wants, he will get enough funds to strengthen the squad.

Iraola's match strategy is quite good. He can keep the players' morale strong. We have seen  the Bournemouth team perform well against renowned teams in the premier league many times and earn points. Perhaps this is why liverpool made Iraola the manager. Hopefully he will not disappoint the fans.

[Localhostspeed]

Iraola did not get a chance to build a strong squad at Rayo Vallecano and Bournemouth. They did not have  enough money. But liverpool has a lot of money. Liverpool already has a strong  squad. Even if Iraola wants, he will get enough funds to strengthen the squad.

Iraola's match strategy is quite good. He can keep the players' morale strong. We have seen  the Bournemouth team perform well against renowned teams in the premier league many times and earn points. Perhaps this is why liverpool made Iraola the manager. Hopefully he will not disappoint the fans.

Both teams you mentioned does not have money to buy players that are going to compete at the level of the leagues they are and even now, it doesn't change the fact that Liverpool might not enough money to give Iraola to buy players that can compete with other teams at the highest level. There is always a  team in each league that dominate the league in term of resources, you can't get to their level because they will do anything to stay above others.

The only way to defeat such kind of teams is your ability to use limited players that you have that you can manage with them. If Iraola is that brave like people are saying, he will do well to use Liverpool players to get a better finish in the Premier League and if it other teams have experienced coach thy can do well than him, things might be bad for him, that's just the reality in football.

[emrecemsan]

It's all about vision no matter how much money you have for spending on transfers... We will see if Iraola is such manager on the upcoming days.

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

[Sarah Azhari]

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Yes, I imagine Iraola’s comments have put him in a difficult position. He doesn’t realize that Liverpool is a major club, and any coach there is always under immense pressure, not only to perform well, but also to win titles. Now he has to back up his words. If not, Iraola had better be prepared for the possibility that he might only last one season at Liverpool if his performance is poor.

If he keeps talking like he's the only one capable of bringing Liverpool success and then fails to deliver, he won't even last a full season. If Liverpool go on a losing streak across multiple competitions, the board will sack him as quickly as possible.

I think Iraola comes across as arrogant and full of himself. Coaches with that kind of attitude usually don't last long in the EPL.

Yes, that’s right. Iraola is so cocky and arrogant. I’ve noticed that his comments have started to draw a lot of criticism from Liverpool legends and many fans. It seems Iraola is beginning to regret what he said, because he’s stopped speaking to the media as much. I also imagine Iraola’s fate will be just as you’ve imagined: if Liverpool performs poorly early in the season across various competitions, he might very well be fired mid-season.

[Oluwa-btc]

It's all about vision no matter how much money you have for spending on transfers... We will see if Iraola is such manager on the upcoming days.

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

You can not get another exact player like Mo Salah in the transfer market, and even if you do, you won't get one like him doing all the numbers he did for them.
The manager has also said it should be quite challenging for him even though he had been in the Premier League Competition for quite sometime.
They already invested in two new players, before the month of August comes to an end, they'll most definitely get two more to fit into the squad.

[Fakhrulenclix]

It's all about vision no matter how much money you have for spending on transfers... We will see if Iraola is such manager on the upcoming days.

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

You can not get another exact player like Mo Salah in the transfer market, and even if you do, you won't get one like him doing all the numbers he did for them.
The manager has also said it should be quite challenging for him even though he had been in the Premier League Competition for quite sometime.
They already invested in two new players, before the month of August comes to an end, they'll most definitely get two more to fit into the squad.

That's exactly right. There won't be a suitable replacement, but it could be better or worse, depending on Iraola's tactics. I don't think the individual players can be blamed, as the coach plays a crucial role in a team.
However, the big question now is whether Iraola will be able to shoulder such a huge burden, given his lack of experience coaching top teams and the pressure of winning titles.

[shinratensei_]

It's all about vision no matter how much money you have for spending on transfers... We will see if Iraola is such manager on the upcoming days.

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

Eventhough Salah ain't at his peak last season, but his still a remarkable player for Liverpool with his 12 goals and 9 assists. He's was most contributed player after Ekitike, which is top scorer last season. So it's gonna be hard to find his replacement because a new RW must able to meet Salah's standard after he leaves.
It's the reason Liverpool is looking for a quality winger to fulfill his spot. It can be Yan Diomande or Barcola. We will see what name will be their main target. If they have sense, they have to target Barcola instead of Yan Diomande.

[Egii Nna]

No doubt his style of football can fit  Liverpool. At Bournemouth, he showed everyone how good his attacking tactics are. His team never got left behind, they fought hard and even got points from Manchester City to help Arsenal win the league. Now at Liverpool, he is meeting bigger group of players who are already used to playing with this an aggressive energy. Because the players match his style so well, he should be able to get big results and play exciting football right from his very first season.

Iraola did not get a chance to build a strong squad at Rayo Vallecano and Bournemouth. They did not have  enough money. But liverpool has a lot of money. Liverpool already has a strong  squad. Even if Iraola wants, he will get enough funds to strengthen the squad.

Iraola's match strategy is quite good. He can keep the players' morale strong. We have seen  the Bournemouth team perform well against renowned teams in the premier league many times and earn points. Perhaps this is why liverpool made Iraola the manager. Hopefully he will not disappoint the fans.

I also believe in him because he has the potential for a successful career in Liverpool. We all saw his challenges at Bournemouth and Rayo Vallecano, but those things will not be a problem here in Liverpool because they already have all the resources needed. All they need now is someone who can elevate them back to their spot, or even to a trophy. Iraola can try his best, even though the pressure of this coming season will not be easy, as most of the teams have made some significant changes.

[Halifat]

I also believe in him because he has the potential for a successful career in Liverpool. We all saw his challenges at Bournemouth and Rayo Vallecano, but those things will not be a problem here in Liverpool because they already have all the resources needed. All they need now is someone who can elevate them back to their spot, or even to a trophy. Iraola can try his best, even though the pressure of this coming season will not be easy, as most of the teams have made some significant changes.

I have trust in him because despite Bournemouth is not in the top five teams of the league, they always struggle to make life uncomfortable for the top teams anytime they played against them. Right now Liverpool need a very good manager which I have trust in this particular person to take them to the next level, Liverpool has declined completely last season despite their Survivor to the Champions League, I still see them like that because how can a defending champion decline in that manner that they could not be able to sit comfortably in top five unless they have to struggle to get your position for themselves.

[tiCeR]

It's all about vision no matter how much money you have for spending on transfers... We will see if Iraola is such manager on the upcoming days.

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

Eventhough Salah ain't at his peak last season, but his still a remarkable player for Liverpool with his 12 goals and 9 assists. He's was most contributed player after Ekitike, which is top scorer last season. So it's gonna be hard to find his replacement because a new RW must able to meet Salah's standard after he leaves.
It's the reason Liverpool is looking for a quality winger to fulfill his spot. It can be Yan Diomande or Barcola. We will see what name will be their main target. If they have sense, they have to target Barcola instead of Yan Diomande.

Salah had several functions for the team as a whole. First and foremost of course it is about his goals and assists, but he has the experience to exert control over matches, it depends how a match goes and he knows whether they need to put in more effort or take away some of the pressure and instead play it more controlled and keep the ball to play the clock. Those are functions that not every player can decide on in every situation. It is often times either the best of the best or those with experience and Salah is both, one of the best and highly experienced. That is why I think he is still a loss for Liverpool, but the time has come for them to make some changes, so I understand why this is happening now.

[DanWalker]

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

Liverpool badly need a worthy replacement for Salah. He has been at Liverpool for a long time. And has been able to perform well. Salah has not played well in the last season. He has only scored 7 goals and 7 assists. And we have seen the effect of this in Liverpool's overall performance. Liverpool now need a scorer like Salah. Who has the ability to score 20+ goals. Finding such an experienced scorer will not be easy for Liverpool. A tough challenge awaits Iraola.

[Shineup]

Rogers is a really good move by Chelsea for sure. He is one of the best talents in the Premier League currently. They had to spend a ton of money maybe but I hope Xabi Alonso will use him nicely.

Lacroix is another rumour for the defense line. Another thing is that they say Manchester United is preparing to offer €90m for Cole Palmer.

But if he is a part of Xabi Alonso's plans then I don't think they would sell him for any price now. At least if the owners don't act without asking him... 

Unless they want to drift Morgan Rogers to the right wing, it's going to be a battle between Cole Palmer and him since they play thesame position and it seems like Rogers base wages surpasses that of Palmers.

As for Lacroix, that would be an exceptional asigning for Chelsea as they are lacking severely of a good Centre Back, and another thing Chelsea has to look at for is a replacement for Cucurella, maybe they can sign one because I don't see any one in that Chelsea squad that could play that role sufficiently

I think Chelsea's major concern should be replacing Cucurella because that guy that has left that team is indeed a huge problem to that team, like what he's being preventing for that team I don't think anyone currently in that team can do that, just take a look at Manchester United how they are running hecter scatter just for Casemiro's replacement they made two signings for that position and are still hoping to sign more, so if I'm to be Xabi Alonso I would make sure I have a better replacement for him, even if not better but something similar.

[Egii Nna]

I also believe in him because he has the potential for a successful career in Liverpool. We all saw his challenges at Bournemouth and Rayo Vallecano, but those things will not be a problem here in Liverpool because they already have all the resources needed. All they need now is someone who can elevate them back to their spot, or even to a trophy. Iraola can try his best, even though the pressure of this coming season will not be easy, as most of the teams have made some significant changes.

I have trust in him because despite Bournemouth is not in the top five teams of the league, they always struggle to make life uncomfortable for the top teams anytime they played against them. Right now Liverpool need a very good manager which I have trust in this particular person to take them to the next level, Liverpool has declined completely last season despite their Survivor to the Champions League, I still see them like that because how can a defending champion decline in that manner that they could not be able to sit comfortably in top five unless they have to struggle to get your position for themselves.

Iraola will do the best he could for Liverpool to make them regain their strength in the domestic league. Currently, Liverpool will have to do more in the Champions League and also in the domestic league, so it will not be that easy for him. However, I know he will use the best tactics he could to see he has uplifted the team's performance. I hope it works for him, even though it will not be an easy task.

[Mayor of ogba]

Wow, there is a really big move by Chelsea! They've signed Morgan Rogers for £117m!!!  

Source: Fabrizio Romano X account

I still can't get used to these numbers man... That's hell of an amount for him. But if Gordon has been sold by Newcastle for big numbers then Rogers should also be worth it.

Finally the first real transfer by Chelsea. I bet Xabi Alonso wanted him. He can play as attacking midfielder and left winger both. Garnacho is likely to leave so this will be a big upgrade I believe.

The transfer window has changed lately players who has one season wonder are been sold for around €80-100 million. If Barcelona could pay €80 million for Anthony Gordon and Manchester City pay £116 million for Elliott Anderson, I don't think Chelsea overpaid for Rogers because Rogers is a better player than Gordon and Anderson. I frowned at Chelsea for signing Harrison Bettoni from Wigan because that's not the type of player they need but after they agreed a £117 million deal to sign Rogers, they have made a statement for themselves.

[Abbatty]

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

Liverpool badly need a worthy replacement for Salah. He has been at Liverpool for a long time. And has been able to perform well. Salah has not played well in the last season. He has only scored 7 goals and 7 assists. And we have seen the effect of this in Liverpool's overall performance. Liverpool now need a scorer like Salah. Who has the ability to score 20+ goals. Finding such an experienced scorer will not be easy for Liverpool. A tough challenge awaits Iraola.

For real it been a very tough transfer market for Liverpool so far, as their search for salah replacement continues. We say them outline Diomande as his replacement but the player came out and said he prefer to go to PSG rather than Liverpool. Now they are discussing barcola internally and it not just Liverpool that want him but also Arsenal and some other big sides.

I don’t think they need to get a winger who can give them 20+ goals right now because it almost impossible right now, but they need to get a player that can take on defenders and create space for Isak, with that I think they will do well in the league. Right now In the market, Liverpool is not in a good place.

[fuguebtc]

The transfer window has changed lately players who has one season wonder are been sold for around €80-100 million. If Barcelona could pay €80 million for Anthony Gordon and Manchester City pay £116 million for Elliott Anderson, I don't think Chelsea overpaid for Rogers because Rogers is a better player than Gordon and Anderson. I frowned at Chelsea for signing Harrison Bettoni from Wigan because that's not the type of player they need but after they agreed a £117 million deal to sign Rogers, they have made a statement for themselves.

Premier League teams often spend extra money to buy players. Barcelona  bought Gordon for  80 million. I am sure that if any premier league team had bought Gordon, they would have spent more than 100 million.

Manchester City bought Elliott Anderson for 116 million. I think this  is excessive. There is no way to say that Elliott Anderson  played very well in the last season of the premier league. He scored 4 goals and  4 assists. Elliott Anderson's price should have been less than  100 million.

Chelsea is going to buy Morgan rogers for  117 million. This is also a very excessive price. Compared to Morgan Rogers, I think Gordon is a bit of a loser. Even in the world cup, Gordon  performed better than Morgan Rogers and Elliott Anderson.

[len01]

Iraola will do the best he could for Liverpool to make them regain their strength in the domestic league. Currently, Liverpool will have to do more in the Champions League and also in the domestic league, so it will not be that easy for him. However, I know he will use the best tactics he could to see he has uplifted the team's performance. I hope it works for him, even though it will not be an easy task.

I believe Iraola has good intentions for Liverpool. But I doubt he'll be able to take them much further in the UCL. If he can keep Liverpool competing for a top 4 finish, that would already be a solid achievement. So there's no need to expect him to produce surprising results across multiple competitions, because he simply doesn't have enough experience yet to lead a big club like Liverpool to major success on several fronts.

[Abu-Naim]

It's all about vision no matter how much money you have for spending on transfers... We will see if Iraola is such manager on the upcoming days.

Liverpool fans must be waiting for especially the player to replace Salah now. I know they played last season without much help by him but they didn't have a good finish either. 

They should be ready to spend the most amount of money for this player. They should go for a star candidate if they will sign a young name.

Liverpool have spent more money than any other team in the premier league last season, they don’t have what they wanted with the players due to injury and mismanagement, and now this new manager will also want to also sign players that will play to his standard and they also need players to replace the players that left the team, I think they will have to spend more money, and the annoying part is that, they didn’t win any trophy last season to generate money and most of their players left on free transfer so they will need to work smart to avoid charges from FA over mismanagement of funds.