The official Premier League squad lists are in… and there was no shortage of stories around who did and did not make the cut. Here, our experts pick the most intriguing storylines from their clubs. You can see a full list of each club’s players on the Premier League website. Arsenal Gabriel Jesus has been…
Jurgen Klopp spoke of wanting to win titles with “a team full of Scousers”. Eddie Howe described the Geordies in his Newcastle United side as “very special… they bring a uniqueness about them”. “He’s one of our own,” sing dozens of fanbases around the country. Yet that number is beginning to shrink. On Sunday, the…
The transfer window closed earlier this week. The passing of the deadline brought to an end an extended summer in which Premier League clubs spent £3.11billion ($4.2bn) to improve their squads. There were strikes, big moves and, fundamentally, hundreds of millions of pounds splashed by clubs across the English top flight. It was a window…
At the Stadium of Light, the Sunderland players emerged for the club’s first Premier League game in eight years to see a huge tifo of Crusader John Lambton slaying the worm of local folklore. At Elland Road two days later, Leeds United’s Championship winners were met with a banner reading: ‘Premier League, have you missed…
The transfer window is over. Over 150 senior players have been signed by Premier League clubs. Others have moved on to the continent. Much like every year, a club’s transfer window will likely be judged a success or a failure based on the season that follows — that big-money striker who fires his new side…
It’s been a long summer of activity in the transfer market, and now we come to the final 24 hours, deadline day. The window remains open for Premier League clubs to sign players until 7pm BST today, and many clubs and players are still looking to finalise deals. Here, The Athletic rounds up where we…
Newcastle United suffered a frustrating 3-2 stoppage time loss against Liverpool last Monday when 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha kicked in the game-winning goal for Liverpool in the 96th minute. That game was filled with drama on and off the pitch, thanks to a red card that saw Magpie Anthony Gordon sent off in the first half,…
Only five Premier League clubs have refused to litter the opposition box with a single long throw-in this season. The kicker? Rory Delap’s son, Liam, plays for one of them. That is Chelsea, joined by Fulham, Manchester City, Sunderland and West Ham United as the quintet of clubs who must have missed the memo circulated…
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Joao Palhinha has been voted the Premier League Player of the Matchweek for Matchweek 2. The summer loan signing from Bayern Munich follows in the footsteps of his new Spurs team-mate Richarlison who won the honour for Matchweek 1. Palhinha secured 33 per cent of the vote in the official Premier League…
Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season, The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football in England. This was the round of matches when a boy who should be getting his feet measured for a new pair of school shoes about now threatened to break a Premier…