City entered eight of Pep Guardiola’s 10 campaigns from 2016 as the experts’ pre-season favourites and lifted the trophy six times during that spell. However, ahead of their first season under Enzo Maresca, just 12% of the panel (3 out of 26) expect them to regain the title. Thomas Hitzlsperger: City are the only English […]
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Predicted position based on the writers’ average: 17th (Note: this ranking reflects the combined forecasts of the writing team rather than Louise Taylor’s individual view) Previous season’s finish: 12th Outlook Newcastle chief executive David Hopkinson recently described the club as being at a major turning point. Eddie Howe’s departure brought an end to almost five […]
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Harry Kane says he is no longer feeling the same strong desire to return to England from Germany and pursue the Premier League’s all-time goalscoring record. The forward left Tottenham for Bayern Munich in 2023 after scoring 213 goals in England’s top division, leaving him 47 behind Alan Shearer’s record of 260. Since moving to […]
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Previous season: 12th place. It has been a turbulent summer on Tyneside, with several leading players sold and the coach who delivered the club’s first domestic trophy in 70 years also departing. New head coach Matthias Jaissle therefore faces a demanding assignment. The Saudi-backed project has lost much of its momentum following the exits of […]
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Last month, Chelsea were fined £10m and handed a suspended two-window ban on registering new players after violating regulations governing payments to agents between 2009 and 2022. The club also faced a six-point penalty, suspended until 30 June 2027, but that sanction was overturned on appeal. Chelsea acknowledged that £47m had been paid secretly to […]
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Premier League and EFL teams must complete their summer transfers by 23:00 BST on Tuesday, 1 September. The transfer market reopened for the second time this year on Monday, 15 June. Under Fifa regulations, transfer windows may operate for no more than 16 weeks during a calendar year. Last season, Premier League and English Football […]
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John Murray: Aston Villa supporters may already be familiar with teenage forward Madjo following his impressive run of goals during pre-season. Madjo was born in London to Cameroonian parents, raised in Luxembourg and made his senior debut for Luxembourg last year. He has since changed his international commitment to England and represented the country at […]
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Predicted position: 12th (Note: this ranking reflects the average forecast from the panel rather than Louise Taylor’s individual view) Last season’s position: 14th Prospects The outlook is encouraging. A club’s second Premier League campaign after promotion is often considered especially challenging, but Daniel Farke’s team appear well equipped to avoid that familiar pattern. The core […]
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Yet the bottom of the Premier League has become noticeably less competitive, possibly as a result of the division growing more intense overall. Although one club is often expected to fall well behind before the season concludes, it has recently become common for two teams to be left trailing the rest. Across 38-match campaigns, the […]
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“The idea was exceptionally compelling,” said Higgins, who is now chairman of League of Ireland club Sligo Rovers. “Jack Charlton’s Ireland team was enjoying its golden period after Italia ’90 and USA ’94, so Dublin could effectively have hosted a smaller international-style match every other week. “I think it could have completely reshaped football across […]
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