The Athletic UK Staff The Premier League squads for the new season are out — a month after the campaign began. While the timing may be tardy, there were some intriguing sub-plots around who did — and did not — make the cut. The full squads can be found on the Premier League website, but […]
Nick Miller We’ve cast our discerning eye over the Premier League home kits, so now it’s time for the aways. This is where kit designers get a little loose, try some things, use this an outlet for their more outre ideas that have possibly been percolating from their experimental days at fashion school. Which means […]
Carl Anka The Premier League returns today (Friday), bringing thrills, spills, refereeing controversy and, hopefully, some high-quality football. As is tradition, our team of writers at The Athletic have created a comprehensive series of previews for 2024-25. Readers can also enjoy our most recent roundtable, where several of us made our big predictions for the […]
Anantaajith Raghuraman The Premier League returns tomorrow and a lot has happened since the 2023-24 season drew to a close. Chelsea have continued collecting players like there is no tomorrow, while Liverpool await the first signing of the Arne Slot era. Manchester United seem to have caught fans off guard by taking a sensible approach […]
The Athletic UK Staff Is this the season Mikel Arteta’s obsessive methods take Arsenal to the top? Will Arne Slot sink or swim as Jurgen Klopp’s successor at Liverpool? Can an off-field revolution at Manchester United transform their fortunes on the pitch? Or will Manchester City simply make it five titles in a row? Also, […]
The Athletic Staff With the new Premier League season getting underway on Friday, The Athletic has selected a young player to watch from each of the 20 top-flight clubs. Some of them you will have heard of, others not — but you can expect all of them to impress this season and kick on in […]
Michael Walker Some will disagree with this geographic categorisation, but for the purpose of this article, ‘the North’ begins at Sheffield. Stoke City are included in the Midlands and Watford counts as being in London, as it’s inside the city’s M25 orbital motorway. Clubs such as Ipswich Town, Portsmouth and Southampton, Reading, Swansea City and […]
Jacob Whitehead The summer 2024 transfer window is over and Premier League clubs must finalise their squads for the first half of the season before this weekend’s matches. There is a lot of seriousness at this time of year. Predictions are treated as if they are contracts written in blood or whips poised to provide […]
The Athletic Staff The transfer window is drawing to a close and if you are a fan of a team in the Premier League, there will be gaps in the squad that you want to be filled. But what needs to be done at each club? What might they realistically do? And how has their […]