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

Who would you rank top 3 City players this season?

He didn't do any. Was a reference to Cherki.

I mentioned Haaland having seemingly no chance of winning (according to bookies) as surprising considering the amount he scored this season. He has a lot more G/A total than anyone else

John McGinn at Villa should be player of the season we really felt it when he was injured. Even though his form dropped off mid season Buendia scored some crucial goals I’d have him and Tielemans over Martinez and Onana.

Onana is injury prone and this was probably his best season for Villa, he’s played well in patches but hasn’t been consistent enough for a player bought for 50 million.

Not a bad shout. Apparently only missed 83 minutes in the EPL this season.

It seems Arsenal, City and Villa have many players who could be nominated on each team.

United and Liverpool is clearer I guess (Pool between VVD and Szoboslai?)

I do love when an underrated player or workhorse gets rewarded. Yeah your top scorer got 12 goals but the rugged centre half or dm who played every game at a solid 8/10 week in week out probably won you more points. I had no complaints Ampadu got it for us but Gabi Gudmundsson was great for us.

They didn't have much of a choice to be honest. The problem was they left it too late in the window by claiming they were holding out for a ridiculous £150m they were never going to get. They knew at the start of the window that he was leaving but let it screw up their whole window and we're scrambling by the end and got the same amount of money they knew months before was the offer.

They could have bought Ekitike or Sesko early in the window. Hindsight and all, but I'd imagine they're not happy behind the scenes with how it went down

they could have just said at the end what they said at the start. He wasn’t for sale. Move on. They’ve got their money, a fair valuation but have largely wasted it on players who can’t lace Isak’s boots.

and i dont believe Isak’s claims about never playing for Newcastle again.

They couldn’t have had a much worst season if they just kept Isak.

The fact that they spent the whole window looking for a replacement and then ended up accepting less than they said they wanted suggests to me that the 'he isn't for sale' jibe was never true. If that was genuinely their position then why sign Woltemade and Wissa?

They decided to sell him but wanted a replacement in first, they just took far too long to get that replacement and ended up overpaying for Wissa

Woltemade you could argue was overpaying too - but I rate him and think he'll have a good WC and come good

I think it’ll work out in the end for Liverpool & Isak. Hes an incredible footballer.

that may or may not be true, we’ll never know what Isak would have done with 4 , 4! years left on his contract.

What we do know is they’ve largely used the money to replace their best player on players that aren’t in their top 5 or top 10 players.

the motto to me is dont sell your best player ever when he’s got 4 years on his contract

Well players have forced it before tbf and player power is arguably stronger than ever.

Didnt Diego Costa just refuse to return to London and stayed in Brazil until he got his transfer to Atletico after a falling out with Conte?

I think either Koscielny or Squillaci literally just refused to show up to their teams CL qualifier (despite being named in the official matchday squad at least if not the actual starting XI) to avoid being cup tied on the eve of their move to Arsenal.

And of course the infamous Gallas transfer to Arsenal.

Its rare but can happen so Isak might have been a huge problem had Newcastle kept him.

Scored an absolute screamer for Sweden last week. Probably not 100% fit yet but will probably be good to go for the World Cup after their camp.