Tottenham have not beaten Manchester United on home turf for the past five Premier League seasons but are a value bet to buck that trend. The Red Devils posted some moderate results in pre-season and looked badly undercooked for Monday’s opening match against Wolves.
Moises Caicedo’s £100m move from Brighton continues Chelsea’s lavish spending under Todd Boehly’s ownership group and represents another major profit for the Seagulls. Here we look at recent Chelsea and Brighton transfers and see how their contrasting approaches are working.
Harry Kane’s move to Bayern Munich will see him join the list of English players in Germany as he swaps the Premier League for the Bundesliga. Only a handful of the small group which has gone to Germany have been truly successful but the England captain will be looking to add his name to that list.
Chelsea and Liverpool spent the week battling for the signature of Moises Caicedo and now meet on the pitch in the pick of the opening round of Premier League fixtures. Both teams will be hoping to make a quick start after dismal campaigns last season and Chelsea have a new man in charge in Mauricio Pochettino.
The new Premier League season is tantalisingly close, with reigning champions Manchester City set to kick things off at Vincent Kompany’s Burnley. While nothing is decided in the early part of a campaign, managers and players can find themselves under intense scrutiny during the opening weeks.
New stoppage time rules saw playing time increase by around seven minutes on average compared to last season across the EFL’s opening weekend and Sunday’s Community Shield. Arsenal and Manchester City’s clash at Wembley lasted longer than all but seven of last season’s Premier League games
The Premier League transfer window has once again seen eye-watering amounts of money spent by clubs looking to improve their squads ahead of the new season. With plenty of players settling into new surroundings, there will be intrigue as to who can make the quickest impact.
Millions of Premier League fantasy football managers are tinkering with their teams ahead of next weekend’s opening round of fixtures. Launched back in 2002-03, Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues to grow in popularity, with an incredible 11.4 million players at the end of last season.
The Saudi Pro League recruitment drive continues to gather momentum with the arrival of Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson and Man City treble winner Riyad Mahrez. The moves are the latest in a long line of high-profile transfers from European clubs, including Cristiano Ronaldo’s January switch.
Chelsea gave the most playing time of any Premier League club to players developed in their own academy last season, research from the PA news agency has revealed. Despite the focus on their extraordinary spending in both the summer and winter transfer windows under new owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, the Blues fielded seven players developed in-house for a combined 9,473 minutes.
Following the death of Trevor Francis at the age of 69, we’re taking a look back at the incredible career of British football’s first £1million player. The ex-Birmingham striker, who scored Nottingham Forest’s winner in their 1979 European Cup final triumph, earned 52 England caps.
With Declan Rice having moved from West Ham to Arsenal for a club record £105 million, we have analysed the Premier League’s most expensive transfers over the past decade to assess his and the Gunners’ prospects ahead of the new season.
Declan Rice has become the most expensive British player in Premier League history. Arsenal have smashed their club record to sign the England midfielder from West Ham, parting with an initial £100million plus a potential £5m to follow in add-ons. Here, we compare the transfer with previous big-money signings.
The ‘big five’ European leagues have released their fixture schedules for the 2023-24 season, with the opening games barely a month away. To predict what might happen in 2023-24, we have used our latest odds to rank each team by their most likely finishing position and compared their opening and closing runs.