Author: Kevin Parvizi

After 13 Premier League Matchdays, Chelsea sit third in the table and are slowly but surely becoming a lock to return to the Champions League for the first time since the Todd Boehly era began at Stamford Bridge. It's been a whirlwind past two seasons for the Blues, who have gone from a regular fixture in the Champions League to barely making it to the Conference League last season. Under Enzo Maresca in 2024/25, Chelsea have made real strides, and the new manager is now proudly proclaiming that Boehly's grand vision of having Chelsea dominate the landscape of English football will indeed come to fruition over the next five to ten years. So let's take a look at three players who are central reasons why Chelsea believe they can dominate the Premier League and become the champions o...

Manchester United appear to be on the rise after Ruben Amorim's appointment to replace Erik ten Hag, and some of the new faces from the last summer transfer window are beginning to show that they can make a serious impact. Although fans can't get too ahead of themselves after three games against relatively benign opposition, the initial steps are nonetheless encouraging. As Man United look to build a top-four contender under Amorim, here are three players they can't afford to leave behind during the summer 2025 rebuild. LM Diogo Dalot Fullbacks are at a premium, and Diogo Dalot has taken the ball and run with it Old Trafford after Cristiano Ronaldo saw the greatness lying beneath a player once discarded by AC Milan as a bust. Fast forward to the 2024/25 season, and Dalot is an indi...

After 13 Premier League Matchdays in the 2024/25 season, Manchester City aren't just 11 points behind league leaders Liverpool after losing to the Reds convincingly on Sunday, 2-0. No, the Citizens are also now at risk of missing out on the Champions League, as they are fifth, behind Brighton on goal difference (+5 vs. +3). Rodri's season-ending injury looms large, but his absence alone - nor any other injuries - can excuse just how lackluster Man City have looked in recent weeks. A 2-0 loss to Liverpool compounds several poor performances suffered by the Citizens, who are winless since eeking out a 1-0 victory over Southampton on Oct. 26. They couldn't even take down Sporting CP and Feyenoord in the Champions League. Already, the atmosphere around Manchester City has turned to "r...

Manchester United had one of the biggest statement games of this week in European football, ripping Everton to shreds 4-0 in Ruben Amorim's first truly successful game at the helm of the ship. After drawing Ipswich Town and being thoroughly outplayed in his managerial debut, Amorim showed signs of tangible growth in his previously unbalanced squad with a hard-fought Europa League win at mid-week. But this Premier League encounter was a Manchester United demolition from start to finish and a highly promising sign that the Red Devils can finally start playing out on the front foot and creating their own chances through legitimate playmaking actions rather than relying on moments of brilliance. It was a ruthless and opportunistic display from Manchester United, who seemed to grow int...

From superstar forwards Bukayo Saka of Arsenal and Son Heung-min of Tottenham to defensive stalwarts like Chelsea's Moises Caicedo and Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk, let's take a look at the ten best players of the 2024/25 Premier League season so far after 13 Matchdays...and rank them in order. 10. Chelsea ST Nicolas Jackson At first, I was tempted to go with a player shining for a less successful team like Jarrod Bowen at West Ham, Facundo Buonanotte with Leicester City (on loan from Brighton), or even Everton's underrated Dwight McNeil. However, it was too hard to ignore the eight goals Nicolas Jackson has scored for Chelsea this season, combined with the sort of quality all-around play that he has brought since joining the London-based giants, even when he wasn't scoring goals quite...

Newcastle finished in the top four of the Premier League after the 2022/23 Premier League season to qualify for the Champions League, but, since then, Eddie Howe's side has fallen far below that standard instead of making progress. Since their initial transfer investment from Saudi Arabia in 2022, Newcastle have grown complacent, with the main issue being Howe's unwillingness to sell several players who are no longer good enough for a team that aims to sustainably qualify for the Champions League every season - and push for more. Far from emerging as darkhorse title contenders in the Premier League, Newcastle now look like a team that is struggling to qualify for European football at all year over year. On Saturday, the Magpies suffered their latest disappointing result of the 202...

Chelsea have been one of the most improved teams in European football, as they sat third in the Premier League table before Brighton's early start to Matchday 13 and are clear favorites in the Conference League, following a 2-0 win over one of the competition's better sides in Heidenheim. It's been a nearly ideal start to life at Stamford Bridge for new manager Enzo Maresca, whose appointment from Leicester City came after Chelsea passed up on bigger names, leading to healthy skepticism. So far, Maresca has answered his critics, and he's helped a few Chelsea players find their best level this season - most namely midfielder Moises Caicedo, who has arguably been even better than 2023/24 Premier League Player of the Season candidate Cole Palmer. Chelsea could still have a few more b...

Tottenham continue to suffer from bouts of topsy-turvy results. After losing to Crystal Palace, Tottenham defeated Manchester City in the League Cup and then smacked fellow top-four competitors Aston Villa 4-1 in a result few some coming. Spurs then followed that up with shock losses to Galatasaray and Ipswich Town before the November international fixtures, which they can came roaring back from with a 4-0 win over Manchester City last weekend to fully send Pep Guardiola into a tailspin. And yet again, after their finest performance of the season, Tottenham couldn't help but blow the game against Roma in Europe, surrendering a last-gasp goal to Mats Hummels to share the spoils at 2-2. Although Tottenham clearly outplayed Claudio Ranieri's men, the tie has to be taken as a negative...