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 […]
Written by The Athletic Staff
Michael Walker It’s off and running: Premier League season 33 has kicked into action and should the title race go the distance, nine months and one week from now we will know if, on the banks of the Thames at Fulham, Manchester City have confirmed a fifth consecutive triumph or, at Southampton, if Arsenal have […]
Written by Michael Walker
Matt Slater This column realises it is showing its age by moaning about how short football’s summer break has become — but has there actually been one this year? At the Olympic Games, the men’s football tournament, which feels like the end of a very long 2023-24 campaign, finishes in Paris on Friday. The gold […]
Written by Matt Slater
Elias Burke The start of the Premier League season is less than two weeks away, but there are still a lot of big-name players who are presumably eyeing a move away from their club before the August 30 deadline. In some cases, they have fallen out of favour under the current manager, while others want […]
Written by Elias Burke
The Athletic UK Staff Nothing heralds the beginning of autumn more than people stating that it is “too early to look at the league table”. Listen to some and you might be convinced there was once a glorious era when those interested in football didn’t even glance at the standings until eight, 10, maybe even […]
Written by The Athletic UK Staff
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 […]
Written by Jacob Whitehead
Elias Burke When Chelsea announced the signing of Jadon Sancho on Saturday afternoon, it marked the end of a summer transfer window dominated by profit and sustainability rules (PSR), Erik ten Hag’s attempts to build an Eredivisie superteam at Old Trafford, and Chelsea’s attempts at playing real-life Football Manager (again). To coincide with the opening […]
Written by Elias Burke
Tim Spiers Ah, the summer transfer window of 2024. What a time we all had. Twenty English football clubs spent just shy of £2billion ($2.6bn) on hundreds of humans who are proficient at kicking, heading or catching a bag of wind. Was it all worth it? Probably not. Did we have fun along the way? […]
Written by Tim Spiers
Oliver Kay At Premier League HQ, it wasn’t just the summer transfer window that closed on Friday evening. There was also a deadline to apply for two senior positions in the legal department as — to quote from the job spec — “the scope and complexity of the league’s financial regulations continues to evolve”. That […]
Written by Oliver Kay
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 […]
Written by Nick Miller
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