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Can Aston Villa keep pushing forward despite losing key players?
These should be heady days for Aston Villa and their fans. After winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League, theoretically they are in a position of strength from which to build and launch an assault on the Premier League elite, but they can’t.
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Guehi’s Surprise New Role for Manchester City
When the Manchester City lineup dropped for Enzo Maresca’s first Premier League match as manager, there was much discussion. It wasn’t immediately clear how the Etihad Stadium side would shape up against Bournemouth.
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Can the promoted teams be competitive in the Premier League this season?
Last season, Sunderland broke the mould. A very concerning pattern had begun to develop at the bottom of the Premier League; in successive seasons, all six promoted teams went straight back to the Championship in a manner that threatened to undermine the competitive balance at the top of English football.
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Are Liverpool ready for the start of the new Premier League season?
Liverpool needed a change. It was clear towards the end of last season that the Anfield outfit needed to take a new direction and the club was quick to sack Arne Slot and replace him with Andoni Iraola.
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Why Arsenal Can’t Afford to Lose Lewis-Skelly
It took Arsenal less than 30 seconds to make their first impact of the 2026/27 season and Myles Lewis-Skelly was heavily involved. The 19-year-old played a wonderful pass through to Riccardo Calafiori to open the scoring in Sunday’s Community Shield victory over Manchester City and was generally impressive in the curtain-raising game.
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Premier League set for an unpredictable season
While the best players in the world dream of playing for Real Madrid or Barcelona more often than not, the Premier League has always been regarded as the place the best managers of the modern era work.
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Did Mikel Arteta’s angry reaction to pre-season loss hint at underlying issues for Arsenal?
Having watched his team suffer a second successive pre-season defeat, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta puffed out his cheeks and exhaled. “Finally, all my players are back tomorrow,” he said with a wry smile on his face.
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Five Youngsters to Watch This Premier League Season
Pre-season is an opportunity for managers to reshape and refine their team ahead of the new season. With the summer transfer window open and business being conducted on a daily basis, these matches are useful to integrate new signings before the real stuff starts.
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Tottenham’s Transformational Summer Transfer Window
Tottenham Hotspur’s transfer window has been transformational already. When Roberto De Zerbi arrived late last season, there was a sense he was walking into an impossible job, but he turned it around and things are looking up, with work still to do.
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Could an outsider mount an unexpected Premier League title challenge?
The Premier League will be a very different place this season. Pep Guardiola is no longer Manchester City manager. Liverpool have replaced Arne Slot with Andoni Iraola. Chelsea also have a new manager in the shape of Xabi Alonso with Michael Carrick starting his first full season as Manchester United boss.
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Antonio Silva could be one of the signings of the summer
Bournemouth have a reputation for being one of the best run clubs in the Premier League. Despite having the division’s lowest average attendance by some distance, the Cherries have shown many of their more illustrious, and richer, rivals how to efficiently operate in the transfer market in recent times.
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