European football returns this week, but Chelsea will not be involved. Their tenth placed finish last season means that new manager Xabi Alonso is free to concentrate on the league as he looks to rebuild
Arsenal’s owners and executives set the expectations themselves. Josh Kroenke promised further strengthening, while chief executive Richard Garlick outlined ambitions for repeated titles and European success. Having become Premier League champions, Arsenal were supposed to
The Premier League is celebrating another extraordinary summer of spending. Billions have changed hands, transfer records have fallen and clubs have once again demonstrated financial muscle that most of Europe can only envy. There is
Since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, Manchester United have spent years trying to find a route back towards the summit of English football. Managers have come and gone, recruitment policies have changed, senior executives
Ollie Watkins’ future at Aston Villa was already uncertain before the club travelled to Brighton, but his absence from the squad for the 4–0 defeat has raised a more immediate question – did the striker
Pierre Sage could have been forgiven for hoping for a relatively low key start to life as Crystal Palace manager. Instead, the Frenchman who proved himself in Ligue 1 with Lens last season, already finds
For a while, Saudi Arabia looked like it would have the transformative effect that the Chinese Super League had a decade ago, when, for a brief period, big names were attracted by the huge salaries
Aston Villa should have been in an excellent position ahead of the new season which begins for them with a visit to the South Coast to play Brighton. Having won the Europa League and qualified
Chelsea could be heading for another major change behind the scenes, with co-owners Todd Boehly and Mark Walter reportedly in talks to sell their stakes in the club to Clearlake Capital, the private-equity firm that
Whilst the leading Premier League clubs have long competed with each other to sign the best players, that battle is increasingly beginning at academy level with clubs prepared to move quickly when they spot emerging