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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Colin Millar |Chris Weatherspoon
There may be two months to go until the 2025-26 Premier League season gets underway, but the release of the fixture list has whetted the appetite of fans across the division. Consisting of 38 rounds of matches over nine months, with each team playing their 19 rivals once at home and once away, the opening few games are often decisive in building momentum to set the tone for the campaign, or derailing it through diminishing confidence.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Mark Critchley |Chris Weatherspoon
Manchester United's cash reserves fell to £73.2million during the third quarter, despite Sir Jim Ratcliffe injecting $300m (£238.5m) since becoming a minority owner. According to the Old Trafford club's latest financial results, United's cash reserves fell by £22.5m during the three months up until the end of March.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Mark Critchley |Chris Weatherspoon
This past week, many supporters of rival Premier League clubs have watched Manchester United agree a £62.5m deal with Wolverhampton Wanderers for Matheus Cunha, then make an opening offer worth up to £55m for Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo, and asked one very simple question.
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1 month ago | 
bvmsports.com | Chris Weatherspoon |Sam Lee
So here we are. One afternoon, three remaining Champions League spots and five clubs fighting over them. What we know already: Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur (the latter as Europa League winners rather than via league position) will represent England in the Champions League next season. What we will find out on Sunday: which of Manchester City, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest will join them in UEFA's blue-riband club competition.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Chris Weatherspoon |Sam Lee
So here we are. One afternoon, three remaining Champions League spots and five clubs fighting over them. What we know already: Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur (the latter as Europa League winners rather than via league position) will represent England in the Champions League next season. What we will find out on Sunday: which of Manchester City, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest will join them in UEFA's blue-riband club competition.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Chris Weatherspoon |Chris Waugh
The number five is doing a lot of work in the Premier League this week. Not only is the race to finish in the top five the most fascinating undecided subplot of 2024-25, but fans of the scene can enjoy crucial games on each of the next five days. Tonight, Nottingham Forest play the game they couldn't fit in last weekend when they take on Brentford. On Friday evening, Manchester City host the Premier League's form team, Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Chris Weatherspoon |Sam Lee
It's been another seismic week in the race to finish in the Premier League's top five and secure qualification for next season's Champions League. Since we last checked in on all the goings-on, the following has happened: Opta's supercomputer still has a predicted top five of Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle - in that order - but City's two victories have taken them from a 26 per cent chance of finishing third to almost 52 per cent.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Chris Weatherspoon |Chris Waugh
Things are heating up in (a particular section of) the Premier League. As football fans enjoyed a fine slate of Champions League action in midweek, for a few top-flight clubs it was a reminder of what could be theirs in 2025-26 if they manage to complete one simple task: finish in the top five.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Chris Weatherspoon |Alex Brodie
The Premier League has moved to tighten its financial rules amid an ongoing arbitration dispute with Leicester City. The wording around its profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) has been amended and appears to directly relate to the arbitration case centring around Leicester's losses during the three-year accounting period ending in 2022-23 and whether it fell under EFL or Premier League jurisdiction.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Ben Burrows |Chris Weatherspoon
Chelsea again topped the table for spending on agent fees as Premier League clubs spent more than £400million ($527m) over the last two transfer windows. The west London club spent £60.3m after signing the likes of Joao Felix, Pedro Neto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to take their outlay in the three years under the Clearlake Capital-Todd Boehly ownership group to £179m.
