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Aurelien Tchouameni won’t like the latest Enzo Fernandez transfer news

24Mar

By Joe SorianoNo Comments

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Aurelien Tchouameni won’t like the latest Enzo Fernandez transfer news

Real Madrid star defensive midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni has been under a microscope since joining the club in 2022 as the Casemiro replacement after the Royal Whites won the Champions League title. But Tchouameni has been a success on his 80 million euro price tag, winning a Champions League crown of his own in 2023/24 as a crucial starter, including playing some important games as a center back amidst a serious injury crisis at the position. This season, Tchouameni is settling down and playing the best football of his life under new manager Alvaro Arbeloa, but that doesn't mean his future as a starter is 100 percent secure. Enzo Fernandez dreams of Real Madrid Real Madrid are being linked with another deep lying playmaking midfielder in Chelsea's controversial and high priced st...

5 Premier League wingers who have flopped miserably this season

21Mar

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5 Premier League wingers who have flopped miserably this season

Premier League fans have lamented the down turn in individual quality and wing play this season, and these five players have fed into that narrative with horrendous 2025/26 seasons. Kaoru Mitoma, Brighton Remember when Kaoru Mitoma was the Khvicha Kvaratskhelia of the Premier League? The Japanese international was not but a sensation a couple of years ago, and now he is an absolute ghost for Brighton who can barely pose a threat to the opposition keeper. He was getting links to Barcelona, for goodness sakes, and now he is nowhere near a top five player on his own team. Mohamed Salah, Liverpool Obviously, the biggest flop among the Premier League wingers is Mohamed Salah, who went from being the best player in the league during the 2024/25 season to being a liability for Liverpool. And ...

Ranking the 10 best English players in the Premier League this season

21Mar

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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...

3 teams that should be begging to sign Pedro Neto

21Mar

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3 teams that should be begging to sign Pedro Neto

Chelsea right winger Pedro Neto is a quality Premier League forward, and while he does not fit the high standards the Blues want as Premier League title hopefuls, he would make a ton of sense for several other notable teams around Europe. Here are three sides that should pick up the phone and call Chelsea about the former Wolves star's availability this summer. Atletico Madrid Pedro Neto is best off in a 4-3-3 as a right winger and Atletico Madrid play a 4-4-2, but Diego Simeone is flexible enough to utilize both formations and could have some use for Neto as an attacking option. He has Nico Gonzalez and the well rounded Giuliano Simeone as his favored - and scrappy - option, but Atleti do need a guy who can be a bulldog on the ball with the skill to make magic happen. Nico has the sk...

5 players who have embarrassed the Premier League in this Champions League season

20Mar

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5 players who have embarrassed the Premier League in this Champions League season

Rumors of the Premier League's demise are way off base, but it is true that a few big Premier League clubs have been a bit disappointing in the Champions League this year. Here are five individual players who have been flopping in the 2025/26 UCL campaign; four of them have been eliminated already. Newcastle CM Jacob Ramsey Jacob Ramsey definitely had a Champions League season to forget, and he is one of a few players who were miserably poor in Newcastle United's humbling 7-2 defeat to Barcelona in the decisive 7-2 defeat at the Spotify Camp Nou. The 24 year old center midfielder undermined what was actually a great defensive campaign with a disasterclass of a performance, gifting a goal to Raphinha. But the real issue in that game and overall was Ramsey's inability to help the team i...

Every Premier League Big 6 club’s most improved player in the 2025/26 season

20Mar

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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...

2025/26 Premier League season picks, score predictions for Matchday 31

19Mar

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2025/26 Premier League season picks, score predictions for Matchday 31

Matchday 31 of the 2025/26 Premier League season is upon us. Here are score predictions for every game in the English top flight this weekend. Bournemouth 1-2 Manchester United Bournemouth are one of the toughest teams for the big clubs in the Premier League to face, and with players like Junior Eli Kroupi breaking out and making the most of their chances in front of goal, the Red Devils are going to be in for a tough matchup on the road. But Manchester United are also dangerous under Michael Carrick, and though they are far from perfect, the way they are playing with Benjamin Sesko now firing on all cylinders gives them a great equalizer, too. The margin for error is slim, but Man United will do enough for the win. Brighton 2-2 Liverpool Liverpool look like a completely different t...

5 players who tanked their stock with nightmare Champions League Round of 16 performances

19Mar

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5 players who tanked their stock with nightmare Champions League Round of 16 performances

The Champions League Round of 16 is officially in the books, but the fallout from the biggest club tournament in world football has not been fully digested yet. Here are five players who were so poor in the second leg of the tournament that fans are having new doubts about them. Chelsea CB Mamadou Sarr To be honest, Chelsea fans were already having doubts about Mamadou Sarr. He's only getting starts because the rest of the Chelsea center backs have been so underwhelming this season, but he was so horrendous in the latest loss to PSG that maybe Blues fans will appreciate Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile a little bit more in comparison. Out of all the underwhelming center backs on this team, Sarr is the worst. He almost never wins possession for this team, and his passive playing sty...

Enzo Maresca is Chelsea’s only winner right now

18Mar

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Enzo Maresca is Chelsea’s only winner right now

Enzo Maresca walked away from Chelsea in the middle of the season after realizing that the board had screwed him over with no intention to sign a defender despite his begging for a second straight transfer window. At the time, if some Chelsea fans had sour grapes, those same fans have likely seen the light after watching the Blues get dismantled a second time in the Champions League Round of 16 by reigning winners PSG, who are through to the quarterfinals on an 8-2 aggregate. Filip Jorgensen could be blamed for the first leg, but the second leg was on the defense. Right now, Chelsea's best healthy center back is Wesley Fofana, and, well, nobody would mistake him for world class. Malang Sarr is nowhere near Chelsea quality, Tosin Adarabioyo should have never been signed, Trevoh Cha...

Chelsea fans learn the truth about Enzo Fernandez’s future

17Mar

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Chelsea fans learn the truth about Enzo Fernandez’s future

There are a lot of wild transfer rumors flying around about another Chelsea star, as Enzo Fernandez continues to be the subject of rampant speculation of a summer transfer away from Stamford Bridge. The reality is more complicated. According to a new report from Ben Jacobs of Give Me Sport, Chelsea would want more than the 125 million pound, Premier League record fee that Liverpool paid to Newcastle United for Alexander Isak in order to sell Fernandez this summer. They spent 107 million pounds, previously the Premier League record for an incoming transfer, in order to sign Enzo from Benfica years ago, and Jacobs reports that they are not interested in even contemplating selling Fernandez for less than what they paid for him. Furthermore, the links to PSG and the Saudi Pro League a...