General Premier League Thread 2025/2026 - See Post #1 for Mod Note

IIRC Real Madrid's first offer was €1m, and ended up paying €10m for Trent.

There was a negotiation involved, it wasn't just a one time lucky offer.

Liverpool should use that €10m and loan Trent next season. I can’t imagine he wants to be Real’s back up right back. And there isn’t a chance in hell that Jose will play him midfield, remember what he said about Rooney playing in midfield? Slecualists…

That doesn't make much sense though. You don't need a specific recall option when Villa clearly didn't want to keep him anyway, and Villa didn't want him to the point that they wouldn't give him gametime even when it might have suited them to.

So in the scenario where Liverpool actually think he is important and could use him, it would be the easiest contract in the world to get amended. Liverpool want him back, Villa want to send him back, what exactly is the barrier to making it happen? It would be the shortest phone call in history.

Occams razor says then that Liverpool don't rate Elliot and preferred to leave him there in the hope that Villa got into a situation where they had to play Elliot and go through with the deal.

Yeah I think that that one is already agreed myself, and the clubs are just letting it play out in public to suit their own narrative.

Forest can say that they put up a brave fight. City can say that they got their man. Both are the good guys to their fans.

and it certainly implies that City arent too worried about any big relegation penalties coming along presently..

all fair points. The underlying stats for anderson are excellent, he is number 1 for all the key ones. I just think hes a level down for what u want for that kind of money. Two years as a centre midfielder in the prem as before that he was a winger at newcastle is not enough to justify the fee for me.

hard to know with rodri he either goes this summer or next for free, my moneys on next for free which is fine.

Nico G is a funny one, he did really well when played but something happened between him and pep in the last few months which seen him not even in the matchday squad. Maybe new manager revitalizes him as theres a role for him imo

I would say Foden is beaming to see the back of Pep too.

He brought Foden's game to the bench. I don't see any major progress in Foden's game and if anything he has been neutered.

PFA player of year nominees

Cherki

Fernandes

Gabriel

Haaland

Raya

Rice

He was still playing at his best when Pep dropped him.

And Cherki is also nominated for Young Player of the Year

Nico O'Reilly will win that easily anyway but must have been a poor year - Max Dowman, with 150 minutes of PL action, is nominated!

Rio Ngumoha also only played in about half the PL games, mostly as sub, and got nominated

So did Kobe Mainoo who didn't play much at all in the first half

Kroupi is the only name on the list you could say would actually be someone who contributed a lot as a young player after O'Reilly. Cherki seems too old but that award normally always has an older player on it

What has his supposed "antics" got to do with how he played on the field?

only realised now he scored 4 premier league goals just. thought he would have had more.

Yeah, you would think fellow pros wouldnt like that carry on