Premier League

Calm Ancelotti wants fair play on season restart date

Calm Ancelotti wants fair play on season restart date

Before the Premier League starts up it must ensure all clubs resume training on the same day, Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti told French newspaper L’Equipe in an interview published on Friday. The Premier League is on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. It was scheduled to resume on April 30, but club chairmen were meeting […]
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Liverpool set to earn £175m for winning Premier League

Liverpool set to earn £175m for winning Premier League

Liverpool’s second-place finish last season saw them earn more money from the Premier League than any other team, even title winners Manchester City. The £152.4million scooped by Jurgen Klopp’s side was just shy of £1.5million more than City, thanks to Liverpool’s popularity with domestic broadcasters. In a nutshell, the more times a team appears on […]

Premier League clubs to extend bans for fan abuse

Premier League clubs to extend bans for fan abuse

Premier League clubs have agreed to extend bans imposed on supporters for abusive behaviour to every stadium in the top-flight. There have been several incidents of Premier League stars being subjected to racist abuse from the stands this season. The Professional Footballers’ Association have called on the British Government to set up an inquiry and […]

Premier League Chief Executive admits VAR needs improvement

Premier League Chief Executive admits VAR needs improvement

The Premier League’s chief executive Richard Masters has accepted that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) ‘needs improvement,’ ​but insists that this season and the next will be a “work in progress”. While VAR has had some obvious success since its introduction to English football, there have been plenty of controversial and contentious rulings, leading to […]

Mourinho wants referees to have final say on VAR calls

Mourinho wants referees to have final say on VAR calls

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho reiterated his call for major changes to the use of VAR in the Premier League after a video of him berating the fourth official in a 2-0 victory over Manchester City went viral. Mourinho and his assistant Joao Sacramento charged towards the fourth official after Raheem Sterling was not shown a […]

VAR taking the fun out of football, Premier League fans tell survey

VAR taking the fun out of football, Premier League fans tell survey

More than two-thirds of Premier League fans believe the introduction of VAR has taken the fun out of football, according to a YouGov survey. The technology is in use for the first time in the English top-flight this season and its implementation has been met with consistent criticism. In contrast to other Europan leagues, referees […]

Arsenal held in Burnley stalemate

Arsenal held in Burnley stalemate

Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are trailing 10 points behind fourth-placed Chelsea and look certain to fall well short of the Champions League places. It was another frustrating afternoon for Arteta, who saw his team squander several chances to take the lead in a match they could easily have lost with better finishing from Burnley. Arsenal are […]

Leicester, Chelsea share spoils after Rudiger’s late leveller

Leicester, Chelsea share spoils after Rudiger’s late leveller

Frank Lampard admitted Chelsea face a fight to finish in the Premier League’s top four after Antonio Rudiger’s second goal of the game earned a 2-2 draw against Leicester on Saturday. Rudiger put Chelsea ahead early in the second half at the King Power Stadium before Harvey Barnes and Ben Chilwell scored in quick succession […]

Breaking: Odion Ighalo joins Man United on loan

Breaking: Odion Ighalo joins Man United on loan

Manchester United have signed former Watford striker Odion Ighalo from Shanghai Shenhua on loan until the end of the season BBC reports. The deal to bring the 30-year-old Nigeria international to Old Trafford contains no option to buy. Odion Ighalo, who is still in China but is expected to fly to the UK in the […]

Premier League Player of the Month Nominations for January

Premier League Player of the Month Nominations for January

​Liverpool lead the way and have two representatives on the shortlist for January’s Premier League Player of the Month award, with Manchester City, Watford, Aston Villa, Leicester, and Southampton each having one nominated individual. It is Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson and star goalkeeper Alisson who are recognised for their performances since the start of the […]

January Premier League Manager of the Month nominees

January Premier League Manager of the Month nominees

Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Ralph Hasenhuttl and Nigel Pearson have been on the four-strong shortlist for January’s Premier League Manager of the Month award. All four have led their respective clubs to impressive months since the turn of the calendar year. Klopp’s Liverpool continued their march towards the Premier League title in January, winning all […]