“The 2025-26 Premier League season is done and dusted — so what better time than right now to predict who will win it next time? Arsenal were crowned champions, overcoming Manchester City and improving on three consecutive seasons finishing as runners-up, and Mikel Arteta’s team look like they’ll enter 2026-27 with momentum and stability in their favour. City are coming to terms with the new era following the departure of the iconic Pep Guardiola, and they hope to replace him with Enzo Maresca, while Manchester United will continue under the stewardship of Michael Carrick, who succeeded Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford and oversaw their turnaround in the second half of the season. …”
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Predicting the 2026-27 Premier League title winners – way too early
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“If last season was a euphoric high for Liverpool, this one has been a crushing low. Few could have predicted the 2024-25 Premier League champions title defence being so limp. Head coach Arne Slot has achieved the bare minimum objective of qualifying for the Champions League but it comes with relief rather than belief and there is huge uncertainty around him and his underperforming squad heading into the summer. Liverpool actually won their first seven games of the season in all competitions but things quickly went downhill and everybody is ready to forget a horrible campaign. Should we make this the last time we speak about it? …”
Crystal Palace: love a long throw
“The 2025-26 Premier League season was a strange one — the bottom-half clubs were good, the top-half clubs were inconsistent, and there was a major focus on intensity and set pieces at the expense of interplay and creativity. Three hundred and eighty games is a lot to digest. But what if the whole Premier League season could be boiled down into 10 matches, with each side featuring once? Well, it would look something like this. …”
“For the first time in history, the FIFA World Cup will be hosted by three countries: the United States, Canada and Mexico. The 2026 tournament will also be the largest World Cup ever held, expanding from 32 to 48 national teams across 16 cities in North America. The tournament runs from June 11 to July 19, featuring 12 groups and a total of 104 matches across the three host nations – making it the most geographically expansive World Cup ever staged, with the furthest two venues, BC Place in Vancouver and Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, sitting some 4,400km (2,700 miles) apart. …”
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