How much can you remember about the history of the Premier League? The 2026-27 season is now underway but this new FourFourTwo quiz is more interested in your knowledge of the top-flight 20 years ago. The 2006-07 season in the Premier League was typically dramatic, with landmark goals scored and a shiny new stadium opened … Read more
Hearts emerge as favourites for Faroese winger, while Celtic face competition for midfield target. Faroe Islands Under-21 winger Aron Benjaminsen is on Hearts’ wanted list and the Edinburgh club are favourites to sign the 18-year-old from Vikingur Gota. (Daily Record – subscription required, external) Hearts have completed a deal for Benjaminsen, with a sell-on clause … Read more
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 6th (NB: this is not necessarily Sophie Downey’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 7th Prospects A first FA Cup final was a historic moment for Brighton. Despite losing to Manchester City at Wembley, it will have filled Dario Vidosic and his team with the belief … Read more
Marc Guehi (Man City): I’ll have Guehi in as my holding midfielder. He should have scored two against Bournemouth because he missed a massive chance before he ended up scoring. But he got the equaliser and offered a lot more of a calming presence than City’s £116m record signing Elliot Anderson – Guehi controlled the … Read more
While Palmer and Joao Pedro have generally carried Chelsea’s biggest attacking threat in recent times, they have now been joined by the impressive Rogers too. His arrival reunites him with Palmer, an ex-Manchester City team-mate and someone he described after the win at Craven Cottage as his “best friend in football”. “He had a difficult … Read more
After a weekend on which pretty much every potential challenger to Arsenal had demonstrated their flaws, there was a sense, perhaps even a need, for Chelsea to emerge as a serious contender – if only to prevent the title race becoming a procession. And while they were far from flawless, there were at least some … Read more
Nottingham Forest are in advanced talks with Chelsea over a deal for Liam Delap. Oliver Glasner wants two more signings before the transfer window closes a week on Tuesday. Delap, who was on Forest’s radar when the striker opted to join Chelsea from Ipswich, is out of favour at Stamford Bridge and has been training … Read more
Available for over a year Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Andros Townsend and, Rory Smith. After a difficult summer for Aston Villa, their Premier League season couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start with a 4-0 defeat to Brighton. What’s the latest with Ollie Watkins? Jacob Tanswell who covers Aston Villa for … Read more
This was a crash course for Xabi Alonso in life at Chelsea. His new side thrilled in possession at Craven Cottage. The front three of João Pedro, Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers combined to devastating effect and there was even an assist for the new £52m centre-back, Maxence Lacroix. At times the only issue was … Read more
Nottingham Forest are working on a deal to sign Chelsea striker Liam Delap. The 23-year-old has been made available for sale by Chelsea for £50m and is training separately from the first-team squad. It remains unclear whether the talks are over a permanent transfer or a loan move, but the two clubs are known to … Read more