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Ranking the 10 best English players in the Premier League this season
21Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Ranking the 10 best English players in the Premier League this season

With the 2026 World Cup on the horizon, now is as good of a time as ever to take stock of the English talent playing in the Premier League right now, scouting out their form. Here are the 10 best English players in the Premier League of the 2025/26 campaign, ranked in order. 10. Chelsea AM Cole Palmer Even in a down year for him personally, Cole Palmer is still one of the best non strikers in the Premier League at finding the back of the net with nine goals in 17 starts. If you believed Palmer was a Ballon d'Or candidate in the past, then you had better believe he still has heaps of quality. The skill and shooting ability have clearly not left him, even in this difficult 2025/26 campaign. 9. West Ham RW Jarrod Bowen Jarrod Bowen is perennially underrated, and if it were not for him roa...
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ESPN’s Premier League Power Rankings spit out troubling prognosis for Arsenal
21Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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ESPN’s Premier League Power Rankings spit out troubling prognosis for Arsenal

Arsenal have been in the driver's seat of the Premier League title race throughout the entire season, but everyone else in the league has been watching on with envy, just waiting for the Gunners to wilt before the season ends. So far, there has been no sign of an impending collapse. Even with key players like Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka either hurt or underperforming, a tired Arsenal squad remains strong, buoyed by an elite defense and a midfield that has exerted greater control after adding Martin Zubimendi this summer. Even so, not everyone is high on Arsenal's ability to remain impenetrable this season, and ESPN's Ryan O'Hanlon recently produced a Premier League Power Rankings piece with a formula based around squad value, expected goal difference, passing accuracy in build up...
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Every Premier League Big 6 club’s most improved player in the 2025/26 season
20Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Every Premier League Big 6 club’s most improved player in the 2025/26 season

Which Premier League players on Big Six clubs have improved their standing the most in the 2025/26 season? Here is one standout from each of the top clubs in the English top flight. Arsenal: Jurrien Timber Jurrien Timber was already a top defender before joining Arsenal and had a solid 2024/25 season, but he has really stepped up his game and become the best right back in the Premier League this season, usurping another great right back in Ben White. He is such a great athlete and can lock any player down one on one. There is not a better defensive fullback on either side of the formation than Timber, who has translated even better to the Premiership. This season, he has been one of the heroes of an Arsenal side that is the best team in the Premier League, and he should honestly be ge...
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2026 Champions League Power Rankings: Initial ranking of every team in the quarterfinals
18Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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2026 Champions League Power Rankings: Initial ranking of every team in the quarterfinals

The 2025/26 Champions League season's Round of 16 is now done and dusted, so with the quarterfinals up next, it's time to rank all eight teams that are moving on to the next round of European football's biggest club competition. 8. Sporting CP Sporting CP pulled off a comeback for the ages, annihilating underdogs Bodo Glimt in a second leg twist that few saw coming, because Bodo Glimt were playing as well as any team in the competition. Maybe we are all sleeping on Sporting too much. The OTHER Luis Suarez is playing the ball of his life and looks even better than Viktor Gyokeres. Sporting have a good team, but they just don't have the firepower of the true European giants. 7. Atletico Madrid In truth, Atletico Madrid are lucky to even be in the quarterfinals, because if it were not ...
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Declan Rice gives Eberechi Eze the encouragement he needs to be Arsenal’s next big star
18Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Declan Rice gives Eberechi Eze the encouragement he needs to be Arsenal’s next big star

Arsenal delivered the goods yet again in a big game, pushing past Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 to advance 3-1 on aggregate to the quarterfinals of the 2025/26 Champions League season. Eberechi Eze was the man of the hour, scoring the go ahead goal in the tie in smashing fashion, volleying the goal home with absolute venom, reminding the world that he is one of the best ball strikers around. Well, his midfield teammate Declan Rice, who is having a Player of the Season caliber year, certainly didn't forget Eze's shooting abilities, and he praised the former Crystal Palace man highly after the match. Rice said of Eze, via Hand of Arsenal, "Eze has one of the best shots I have seen. Left foot Right foot. Unreal. Anywhere around that box, just give it Ebs. When you look at the season, we have ...
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‘That’s why he is here’ – Mikel Arteta has seen the light with Eberechi Eze
18Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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‘That’s why he is here’ – Mikel Arteta has seen the light with Eberechi Eze

Arsenal just cannot stop winning, as they pulled off a dominant 2-0 victory at home in the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16, sending Bayer Leverkusen packing in the Granit Xhaka (and Bernd Leno) Derby. The star of the night for the Gunners was Eberechi Eze, who scored the opening goal in thunderous fashion, volleying with such ferocity that he had the stadium roaring on its feet and both fans and other players buzzing about the goal long after the game. And even Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was highly impressed with the goal, telling reporters after the Leverkusen game, via Hand of Arsenal, "The team was immense today. When you talk about technique and making contact..that’s why he is here. (Eze) Enjoy tonight, we have a beautiful final on Sunday.” "That's why he is ...
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Thierry Henry thinks Declan Rice isn’t the only Premier League Player of the Season candidate on Arsenal
18Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Thierry Henry thinks Declan Rice isn’t the only Premier League Player of the Season candidate on Arsenal

Declan Rice has been so brilliant as a leader and all around player in the Arsenal midfield that many pundits have been giving him Ballon d'Or shouts, and as the Premier League Player of the Season debates heat up, the Gunners faithful are throwing around his name plenty in conversations. But legendary Arsenal stiker Thierry Henry doesn't think Arsenal have just one Player of the Season caliber star in their side, which makes sense since they are the clear leaders in the Premier League and are now through to the Champions League quarterfinals again. Speaking on the CBS broadcast, Henry gave some love to the man between the sticks, calling Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya someone who he feels should be in contention for Player of the Season, too. And it makes sense. Raya has clearly b...
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Eberechi Eze offers injury update after Arsenal vs. Bayer Leverkusen
17Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Eberechi Eze offers injury update after Arsenal vs. Bayer Leverkusen

Arsenal's new star midfielder Eberechi Eze has slowly but surely been showing a higher level to his game on and off the ball, and he was the one who pushed the Gunners ahead at home in the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16 vs. Bayer Leverkusen with a smashing volley. Eze reminded the world of his top notch ball striking with that thunderous hit, blasting the ball with venom, as if he were taking out his frustrations while being one of the few Arsenal players brave enough to go for a tough goal rather than pass laterally. It was a huge game for Eze, who has been a bit inconsistent in his first season at the Emirates. The momentum is on his side now, though Arsenal fans were briefly scared that it had been arrested by injury when they watched him hobble off in the second h...
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Ranking the 10 best teenagers in the Premier League right now
16Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Ranking the 10 best teenagers in the Premier League right now

The young talents coming up in the Premier League are getting better and better despite all the talk of the decline in overall quality. Here are the 10 best teenagers you need to know right now. 10. Mateus Mane, Wolves 18 year old midfielder Mateus Mane is drawing rave reviews and transfer interest from several Big Six clubs. He is a raw talent but has serious upside with his quality on the ball and ability to progress play, standing out among his peers with three dribbles completed and fouls drawn per game. 9. Ayden Heaven, Manchester United It isn't easy for young center backs to get a crack, and Ayden Heaven is being eased along by Manchester United. But he is so good that many Red Devils supporters feel he has the same upside, if not more, than another young phenom in Leny Yoro. 8...
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Fabrizio Romano has more great transfer news for Arsenal fans
16Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Fabrizio Romano has more great transfer news for Arsenal fans

Arsenal have their midfield and defense beefed up to being the best in the Premier League, and they are favorites to win the title. But while they are still after Sandro Tonali in the middle of the park, the Gunners know their main focus will be building up their attack more in order to stay on top. After signing Viktor Gyokeres last summer, Arsenal still need more talent up top, both at striker and on the wings. According to Fabrizio Romano, the Gunners want to sign an attacker or two depending on who leaves. The most high profile departures will likely be Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard, and Gabriel Martinelli. Arsenal are a slam dunk to sign a left winger and another striker to pair with Gyokeres, as the right wing is already full after bringing on Noni Madueke last summer to back...
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