General Premier League Thread 2024-25

Plus they signed Neto and immediately gave him #19. If Sterling really had no future why not just give Neto #7 immediately?

Why wait until now to strip Sterling off his number if it was known?

Maresca is presumably "first team coach" - he picks his squad, if the club has a bunch of surplus players that's hardly his problem, someone else is in charge of transfers and contracts. But as others have said, how long will he last and what sort of squad will the next guy want?

Maybe that's the idea, they chop and change the manager so often it's easier to just keep a vast pool of all different types of player so when they change the coach he can pick'n'mix a new squad to suit his style of play.

Yes their strategy is innovative from a Finance point of view, aiming to exploit inefficiencies in the current player market.

It has real human consequences, of course.

But Tosin has wage costs in each year he's on the books. I'm not particularly convinced they are some PSR geniuses. They have frontloaded a tonne of spending for the coming seasons. The transfer ban theory makes sense, that and Boehly is massively betting on the transfer market continuing to inflate. Ironically, PSR may be what finally stops that inflation.

7 year contracts are allowed, but there is a max limit of 5 years for amortization purposes for PSR/FFP.

Having a good season for Chelsea last season isn't much of a claim in fairness.

Has to be Messi, Ronaldo and Suarez. Haven't a clue about the fourth but maybe Lewandaskawi? Or Benzema.

Yea correct, Lew and Ben

My mistake, it was 5 current players with over 500

He scored 8 goals in the Premier League including two in the last three games. That was good enough for third best on the team behind Palmer and Jackson.

Just thinking about the insanity at Chelsea. And I'm not fan of Pochettino, I don't rate him, but getting sacked after winning the last five games of the season is just ludicrous.

I've already said I don't think Maresca will make it in the Premier League. I watched a good bit of Leicester last season and his style of football isn't suited to the Premier league in my opinion. It's just too slow and conservative.

The Felix deal is shocking. They have so many players there and they are adding a lad who's failed to perform at Atletico, on loan at Barca and was just okay at Chelsea on loan.

On the other side of it I think those advising Felix should have steered well clear of Chelsea.

yeah, I don't disagree. Just need a few Bogardes to ruin their plans.

But as of now it doesn't seem like they are having trouble Any player they have wanted rid of, they have got out the door. will be interesting to see what happens with Sterling. He apparently is happy to go, but will a club he is happy to go to come in for him? Will chelsea try to stiff him on his wages?

My original point is i can see (kinda) what they are trying to do. I can see a method, even if I don't agree. I can see a world where it comes tumbling down, but I can see a world where a bunch of the young players they have taken a 20m or less punt on, turn out to be stars in a couple of years.

Also, I struggle to have any sympathy for any player that finds themselves in the exiled group. It has been very clear for a while now this is how it was going to end up in the short term, and many a player has decided to take the money and see what happens. If 'what happens' is they are stuck training with the U21 side rather than playing and developing, oh well, your choice. Plenty of clubs would have taken any of these players, with a better plan for their development and important to the first team - they chose to go to Chelsea.

They may try to create havoc and be unhappy but if they’re completely isolated from the senior squad it won’t make much of a difference as it’s essentially outside noise and unlikely to have an affect on the group who will be playing.

The coach was clearly told not to pick Sterling. They want him out. And Sterling should hold their feet to the fire and ensure he gets his full salary, either at Chelsea or somewhere else. And if that means that Chelsea have to let him go for next to nothing so entice a buyer, then that’s tough s***.

would have been an unbelievable fluke!

Yep, United are playing quite well. They are much better with a false 9 than a real 9 who contributes nothing and nobody passes to him. Need to get goal though obviously

Lovely run and cut back. Keeper may have saved the initial shot looking at the replay but the deflection made a huge difference.

Leicester have Harry Winks and Oliver Skipp? Two very ineffective players for Spurs, bad business from Leicester.

Nor did Bruno!

Go Brighton!

Two wins on the bounce

It didn't take long for United to register a defeat. The way the league is, that's title challenge over.