Premier League

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Aug 26, 2026

Manchester City have sold three midfielders this summer, and now have six days to sign Enzo Fernandez

Manchester City let Chelsea’s £120 million deadline for Enzo Fernandez pass twelve days ago. Fabrizio Romano says a formal bid is coming before the wi...

Aug 26, 2026

Martinelli has been left out of two Arsenal squads, and Al-Hilal have six days to sign him

Two squads named, no Martinelli in either. Al-Hilal are in talks, Arsenal opened at £60m, and the club that can afford to wait is not the one in Londo...

Aug 26, 2026

Baleba is a Manchester United player at last, and he cannot play until mid-September

United confirmed the Cameroon midfielder on Tuesday in a deal worth up to £70m, almost a year after Brighton priced him at £100m. An ankle injury mean...

Aug 25, 2026

Savinho left Manchester City as their record sale, and turned up at Tottenham with a different name

An initial £75 million, £10 million in add-ons and a five-year contract have taken the Brazilian winger from Manchester City to north London. No club...

Aug 25, 2026

Watkins has agreed terms with Al-Hilal, and Villa have a week to replace him

The Saudi window runs six weeks longer than the Premier League’s, which is the whole problem for Aston Villa as they hold out for £55m.

Aug 25, 2026

Delap has one Premier League goal in 28 games, and Forest want him before the window shuts

Nottingham Forest are in talks with Chelsea over Liam Delap, a striker who cost £30m last year and is now priced above £50m while training away from t...

Aug 25, 2026

Sanchez let in a near-post shot and spilled another, and Chelsea still won Xabi Alonso’s first game

Joao Pedro scored after 31 seconds at Craven Cottage, the fastest opening-matchweek goal the Premier League has had. Chelsea won 3-2, and both of Fulh...

Aug 24, 2026

Marmoush was an unused substitute on Sunday, and on Monday he was in London for a Tottenham medical

Tottenham have agreed a season-long loan for Omar Marmoush with a £50m option that becomes an obligation, four days after agreeing a deal for Savinho...

Aug 24, 2026

Bouaddi warmed up with Lille but did not play, and City are paying up to £86m for him

Lille turned down 60 million euros for Ayyoub Bouaddi in June. Two months and one World Cup later, Manchester City are paying 100 million.

Aug 24, 2026

Newcastle led twice in Jaissle’s first game, and lost two points in the 99th minute

Newcastle were in front twice on the opening weekend and still finished with a single point, after Dominik Szoboszlai converted a penalty nine minutes...

Aug 24, 2026

Arbeloa took Xabi Alonso’s job in January, and his first Premier League game is against him

Fulham host Chelsea at Craven Cottage on Monday night, 12.30am Tuesday in India, to close the opening weekend. Alvaro Arbeloa replaced Xabi Alonso at...

Aug 23, 2026

Bournemouth had not lost in 18 league games, and Gvardiol beat them in stoppage time

Manchester City were losing at home with six minutes left of Enzo Maresca’s first league match in charge. Two Rayan Cherki assists turned it into a 2-...

Aug 23, 2026

Brighton scored four in 31 minutes, and Villa lost Joao Gomes before half-time

Aston Villa conceded four times inside the opening half hour at the Amex and finished the first half a man down. Brighton won 4-0 on the first weekend...

Aug 23, 2026

Palace had their best xG in a Premier League game without scoring since 2018, and lost 2-0 at Everton

Everton beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Hill Dickinson Stadium on the opening Saturday of the season, with goals from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Thierno Bar...

Aug 23, 2026

Stach’s free-kick beat Sels at his near post, and Glasner’s first Forest match ended with nothing

Anton Stach’s free-kick two minutes from the end beat Matz Sels at the near post and gave Leeds United a 1-0 win at the City Ground on the opening Sat...

Aug 23, 2026

Tottenham’s £237 million summer opened with no first-half shot on target and a 3-0 at Brentford

Brentford beat Tottenham 3-0 at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday, their first Premier League home win in the fixture. Four of Tottenham’s six s...

Aug 23, 2026

Isak returns to St James’ Park a year after forcing his exit, and both teams have a new manager

Alexander Isak plays at Newcastle for the first time since his British record move to Liverpool, in a Premier League opener that is also the first lea...

Aug 22, 2026

Hull had never beaten Manchester United in the Premier League, and they did it with 28 per cent of the ball

Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy scored inside 38 minutes at the MKM Stadium as Hull marked their first top-flight match in nine years by beating Manchester...

Aug 22, 2026

Arsenal were asking about Quansah a week ago, and have now paid Villa £51m for Konsa

A fortnight of £20m standoffs ended on Thursday, a day before the opener Ezri Konsa could not be registered for. His Arsenal debut may come at Villa P...

Aug 22, 2026

Coventry’s first Premier League half in 25 years brought no tackles and no touches in Arsenal’s box

Arsenal started their title defence with a 3-0 win at the Emirates through Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard, with debutant Christos Tzolis...

Aug 21, 2026

Curtis Jones has been at Liverpool since under-9s, and Inter are paying 30 million to end it

He is 25, in the final year of his contract, and fourth in line for two midfield places under Andoni Iraola. Inter have a hole where Davide Frattesi u...

Aug 21, 2026

Hull are back in the Premier League after nine years, and they have never beaten Saturday’s opponents in it

Hull City host Manchester United at 5pm IST on Saturday in their first Premier League game since May 2017. They have played United ten times in the co...

Aug 20, 2026

Nine Premier League clubs start with a new manager, and the last time it was this many was 1946-47

Maresca, Iraola, Alonso, Arbeloa, Sage, Rose, Glasner, Jaissle and O’Neil all take charge of their first league game this weekend. Opta say no top-fli...

Aug 20, 2026

Coventry sign a 19-year-old from Fenerbahce, two days before their first Premier League game in 25 years

Sidiki Cherif arrives for a reported 24.5 million euros as the seventh signing of a summer that has already cost Coventry more than 83 million pounds...