Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 265. (Read 71356 times)

It came after Chelsea had sparked outrage in April after the west London club sold a hotel on their Stamford Bridge site to one of their sister companies - in a bid to avoid breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules (PSR).

Indeed, recently, rumors regarding Chelsea eyes on Alvarez have been quite high too. In fact, it is rumored that Chelsea is competing with several other clubs who want the player with a value of £80 million. Yes, Chelsea really has to compete with several big clubs who are also considered to be interested in this striker, because his performance and potential are very good. Like: PSG, Atletico Madrid, and there are also rumors regarding Bayern Munich.

What is clear is that Man City itself does not want to loan Alvarez, they want a higher fee for the player. So indeed, if a club offers according to Man City's wishes, it is not impossible that this striker will actually move. Because this is indeed one way for Alvarez to remain more present and be able to develop his performance.

Manchester City is one of the better teams. Here we go, let Manchester City continue their dominance in the English Premier League. Manchester City fans trust is on another level.  Before the end of this season, Manchester City are already leading the pack. So that he can win the English Premier League again next year and move forward successfully with his team.

I always suspected that it was the reason why Pep would leave Mancity after the 2024/2025 season, because the punishment might be more than just relegation to the Championship.
Back in 2006, Juventus being charged with relegation to Serie C1, but in the end they were only relegated to Serie B. So there is a chance that Mancity might be punish with relegation to lower division than Championship.
I think the most severe punishment is to be banned from the Premier League for several seasons and revoke all the titles during those 9 years, if its just relegation and a fine for 115 violations it doesnt seem fair.

Being fined by some money won't stop Manchester City indeed. They are just very rich. How big the scale of that kind of a punishment would be for such team?    They have been overlooking FFP rules for years. They don't share accurate data while the others do. A big punishment would make them have 2nd thoughts before doing such thing again. I'm really not okay with specific teams to be protected while the others are getting what they deserve.

I would rather the name Alvarez from Manchester City ( Mind you, I'm no blue fan )  Having a good knowledge of the Premier League Competition and wanting more game time, he will be the perfect name for Chelsea. It'll definitely take some time for him Benjamin Sesko to settle down and successfully do it in the Premier but Alvarez can bring in some quick impact. Chelsea cannot rely on the name Nicolas Jackson for next season alone else they will suffer.

If City goes to the championship, I think it would be very unfair to other teams in the championship because City will simply demolish any and all teams that stand between them and the championship title. City won the PL title for 4 years in a row, they should be able to win the championship title which would be super easy. That's a more fitting punishment because a fine will just be like a slap on the wrist and they'll go on and do it again in the near future. It needs to be a more heavy punishment so it would serve as an example for other teams to learn from. No one team is above the league rules.

I think if someone was given the choice of which team will be the EPL champions next season I think the answer would be the same as the picture you uploaded. City is first on almost everyone's favorite list, followed by Arsenal and Liverpool. They are a team in the top three this season. People forget about Aston Villa, Tottenham and Newcastle because they see little chance even though they are in a better position than United and Chelsea. I wonder why people chose United and Chelsea as EPL champions next season. United is having problems with the team despite winning the FA cup. And Chelsea, I think they are still not worthy of being one of the title challengers next season.

He was also predicting the right thing if Manchester City has a good chance of winning the competition next season and it makes sense. As you can see that Manchester City is still playing very well last season even though they were so struggling but they was able winning EPL again. City remains the frontrunner as a team that will win the competition compared to the its competitors like arsenal or even liverpool at this moment.

The three star players you mentioned are of course players who have contributed greatly to Manchester City ability to win various trophies, but I think losing these three players will certainly not necessarily make Manchester City weak and out of the title competition next season, Guardiola built Manchester City with a collective principle and relied more on teamwork than an individual player,  So I think every player who leaves later will not have too big an effect on the team performance, including the loss of Kevin de Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and also Ederson.

The coming and going of players in a team is of course a common thing, including if Manchester City loses the three players, of course with the finances they have, it will be easy for Manchester City to get another player who can indeed replace the position left behind, of the three players, maybe only Kevin de Bruyne will be difficult for them to get a replacement later although indeed currently there are many young and great midfielders but I think it will be It's hard to get a midfielder as smart and complete like Kevin De Bruyne.

Teams that needs to sell players before they can continue is a trouble. I am sure they are going to definitely figure something out and sell some players and make it, but that type of law is making things harder for clubs.

This does not mean that City is right, because what City is fighting for is basically any owner should be able to put up any amount of money they want, and that is definitely not the way to go and would leave a lot of clubs in big debt if that was allowed, FA is trying to make sure that they have some limitations to make sure clubs can sustain. However, I also believe that FA is putting a too short of a lead as well, they are just making it super hard to compete, and that is not going to be all that possible if you ask me.

First of all, Manchester City has a great squad full of big talents. It is really not easy to see them out of the title race for me to tell the truth. But the absence of the names you mentioned would of course cause them to lose some blood.

Especially De Bruyne's departure would hit them the hardest.    He is like the brain of this team. There is a visible difference between the time he is in the game and out of it. If Bernardo Silva leaves his absence would also be felt. Ederson is a really good goalkeeper. But I think they can still find another decent player like him. I think Bernardo Silva will stay but I'm not sure about De Bruyne. He is 32 so maybe he might want to play for a Saudi team from now on...

Arsenal failed to capitalize on the opportunities they had to increase their points in the middle and that's where they fell well behind Manchester City. When Manchester City came back in the second leg of the season, they performed well in their next matches and regularly earned full points. If Manchester City can come back after falling behind Arsenal then why Arsenal could not come back from that situation. At one point in the season we thought that Liverpool might win the English Premier League title because Liverpool had more points than Manchester City and Arsenal at that time but towards the end Liverpool lost points and this is where they were knocked out of the title race. There is no idea how competitive Liverpool will be with Manchester City and Arsenal next season, but we can definitely expect Arsenal to do well next season.

If you open your mouth to say Manchester City, then look at the names wanting to leave Manchester City. They will never come close to winning the Premier League Competition next season.
Kevin De Bruyne, Bernado Silva and the goalkeeper Ederson are most likely to leave the club at the start of the transfer window upcoming.

If you open your mouth to say Manchester City, then look at the names wanting to leave Manchester City. They will never come close to winning the Premier League Competition next season.
Kevin De Bruyne, Bernado Silva and the goalkeeper Ederson are most likely to leave the club at the start of the transfer window upcoming.

Several seasons ago, Manchester City received punishment from UEFA with a 2 season ban from playing in the Champions League as well as a fine of several million euros but this was canceled by CAS, and several accusations against City were also addressed to several clubs in the English Premier League, strangely enough, these two clubs immediately received sanctions while City is still safe, so some say City will be safe from all charges and will remain in the English Premier League.
However, if they get punished, I think whatever punishment they face, this team will be able to recover quickly because the money this club has is huge, being relegated to the championship is not a problem for City for one season and then returning to the English Premier League, except for the current owner decided to sell it and we can see that several clubs that have experienced a change of ownership are experiencing difficulties in competing and this could be what City will face.

By the way, I'm pretty curious about what will happen to Manchester City. As a reminder, there are 115 charges against them by the PL. It has been 2 years so the other teams in the PL aren't very positive about the potential result.

A source related to the case: BBC

I also can't be very expectant from this situation though. The result of the case might be seen by the early 2025 the latest. If Manchester City is found guilty, finally  , then they might even find themselves in Championship. Can you imagine them being there with a squad and manager like this? It would be the most shocking news but I don't think this will happen for real. Probably a financial punishment would be seen I think.

Chelsea seems to be starting to think about various strategies to manage and strengthen their club again. Yes, we know that Chelsea's purchases last season were not as effective and successful. And this season, it seems like they are even more selective in choosing potential players who really suit them.

This time, what is most rumored is Chelsea's interest in Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko. Yes indeed, if you look at his performance this season, Sesko has made a very good contribution to the team. At this club, he really has quite impressive performance and contributions. He scored 18 goals in 42 matches this season, quite good and classy for Leipzig.

However, it looks like Chelsea has to try harder because not only this club is interested in Sesko but also its rivals from other Premier leagues. Reportedly, Arsenal and Man United are also interested in Sesko. So, there is competition to get it and it will be quite difficult. However, Chelsea did seem very serious and started to approach to get closer.
https://onefootball.com/id/berita/chelsea-pushing-hard-to-sign-this-rb-leipzig-star-good-move-by-the-blues-39589262

Manchester City is by far the most consistent team in the Premier League, losing points in several matches at the beginning and middle of the season certainly does not make Manchester City lose their chance to be winner and even when towards the end of the season they can be quite consistent and it is difficult to lose points even though they have faced a big team so far, Their ability to rise after getting a defeat is of course the main factor Manchester City can win the title in the last few seasons, while Arsenal who are strong contenders for the title this season are certainly not able to maintain their consistency, although they have been quite impressive since the beginning and middle of the season but they are down when the match is only 7 matches left,  It is quite painful indeed what Arsenal fans feel right now, when it is only one step away for Arsenal to break their negative trend in the last 20 years is actually Aston Villa being a team that destroyed their dreams this season.

This is the second season for Arsenal to fail to win the trophy when they are close to the trophy, so I think it is very likely that Arsenal will come back to compete next season to try to break Manchester City dominance, so there will indeed be a lot of improvements that Arteta will probably do at Arsenal next season, reportedly next season Arsenal are throwing away a lot of players and of course they will also try to bring in some good players to strengthen their squad next season.