Art de Roché, Eduardo Tansley and more The October international break halted the Premier League at seven matches, but it returns this weekend with a London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United getting us going in Saturday’s early kick-off. To give us a refresher of where domestic football stood when the pause button […]
Written by Art de Roché, Eduardo Tansley and more
Anantaajith Raghuraman Injuries are rarely the solitary determiner of a team’s form, but they affect the line-ups managers are able to select and therefore the tactics they can employ. Here we look into how Premier League clubs have been affected by injuries this season using data (up to November 13) from Premier Injuries, a website […]
Written by Anantaajith Raghuraman
Matt Slater Welcome to part three in our series this week on The Premier League Owners, the people behind English top-flight clubs. Here, we look at the last surviving homegrown owners and ask how long they can hold on. You can read the other articles in the series here, and there are more to come […]
Written by Matt Slater
Adam Crafton Welcome to part two in our series about who owns the Premier League’s 20 clubs. Today, we look at American investors: who are they, why are they so taken with the English top flight and what are their plans? In the conference halls of Fort Lauderdale’s Hard Rock Hotel and Casino last week, […]
Written by Adam Crafton
Philip Buckingham From the local businessmen propping up boyhood clubs to the Gulf states chasing reflected glories, an eclectic mix has taken over English football’s top 20 clubs. Owners of Premier League teams have spent millions to secure a seat at the top table but no two stories are the same. Some are in for […]
Written by Philip Buckingham
The Athletic UK Staff The Premier League season is 11 games old and we are into the final international break of 2024, so our writers have looked back on the start of 2024-25 and picked a player from each club who has surprised them in this early period — for good or for bad. It […]
Written by The Athletic UK Staff
The Athletic UK Staff Welcome to a special Black Friday edition of the Transfer DealSheet. Our team of dedicated writers, including David Ornstein, will take you inside the market to explain the deals being worked on for 2025 — across both the winter and summer windows. This includes the players who could arrive and the […]
Written by The Athletic UK Staff
Oliver Kay Frank Lampard was out with friends recently when they got talking about the good old days, as tends to happen once you reach a certain age. “It was that typical thing,” the former Chelsea and England midfielder, 46, tells The Athletic, “where you’re chatting with mates and they’re moaning that football is more […]
Written by Oliver Kay
The Athletic UK Staff Premier League managers are judged by how their teams perform on the pitch, but the language they use off it can also play into how they are perceived by supporters, players and the media. From Ange Postecoglou’s many uses of “mate” to the importance Sean Dyche places on “hard yards”, managers […]
Written by The Athletic UK Staff
Philip Buckingham Manchester United and Chelsea share a problem they cannot hope to run away from. Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge might be able to narrate storied chapters of the Premier League’s history, but neither can project a compelling future. At least not in their current states. The famous homes of Manchester United and Chelsea […]
Written by Philip Buckingham
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