General Premier League Thread 2025/2026

Yeah they might celebrate but at the back of everyone's mind is that it could be ruled out. After the initial cheer the next thought is VAR. Even if fans are cheering it undeniably makes scoring a goal less enjoyable. 90% of fans surveyed agree .

That is a different, loaded, question though. It's not if they are in favour of VAR or not, it's whether VAR enhances the match day experience or not.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce3dq501573o

The best thing about being in Europe is that your league game will be on the weekend

Is it normal to have an FA cup weekend straight after an inernational break. I dont ever remember the Pl having 2 straight weeks off.

Last season was the Relegation play-offs in the nations league and then FA Cup quarter finals with the premier league returning in mid week but this season it is European football in the midweek

Chelsea have announced pre-tax losses of £262.4m for the year ending 30 June, 2025. Looks like they'll soon have to sell themselves something again to no doubt record a profit instead.

Thought it was funny to claim a profit of £128.4m in the previous year's accounts as this was helped in just a small way by the sale of the women's team to Blueco Midco - a subsidiary company - for almost £200m.

Doesn't matter, the rules have changed, you can make losses to your hearts content.

Starting in the 2025/26 season, the Premier League is replacing Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) with a new

Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) system

. This ruleset caps on-pitch spending—wages, transfer amortization, and agent fees—at 85% of football revenue plus net player sales

Newcastle have sold St. James park to themselves I read yesterday and Everton did the same with Goodison. Is there going to be a rush of this stuff now before the new rules come in next season.

Or maybe their brother could get a nice job at another club in our "football group"

Bruno Fernandes wins PL Player of the Month for March. His 6th time winning the award. Only Salah and Kane have won it more times (both on 7). At this rate it wouldn't be too surprising to see him eventually top that list.

https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4623552/fernandes-matches-ronaldo-with-sixth-ea-sports-player-of-the-month-award/

One thing not to discount about those Chelsea players is their desire to look after their bottom line. With a probably 25% pay cut for no CL football, they could pull a few results out of the fire yet. And they really only have Liverpool to compete with, who are brutal themselves at the minute.

Bet Enzo Ferandaz is regretting signing that 9 year contract now. A lot of other Chelsea players are probably thinking same thing about their contracts.

As far as I'm aware, Liverpool pay big bonuses for CL qualification, trophy wins, league wins etc. I've never heard of pay cuts for not playing in the CL with Liverpool.

Id hate to be a Chelsea fan right now. Owners paying extortionate amount in agent fees 65m+, a manager who would do well if he just didnt talk or speak, owners that are pretty relentless in buying, feck all real quality. Owners must be over the billion mark since taken over.

Why Chelsea? The second player in as many weeks has come out and questioned the direction of the club and the first who spoke out was suspended. Suppose it was topical.