Lads, it's the Premier League thread - EPL 2019/20

I hear that Howe is being lined up for the Liverpool job.

Ticket collector on the Mersey ferry?

Yes. Just a rumour at the moment but my sources are pretty reliable.

Inter Milan won’t pay any fee to Manchester United for Alexis Sanchez. He will sign a three-years contract with the Italian side: done deal. @DiMarzio #MUFC

— Francesco Porzio (@fraporzio95) August 3, 2020

deal of the century imo

If ManU don't immediately shell out the same insane salary for Sancho, that is.

it'll pay for a few instalments of the transfer free for sure

BVB-Star liegt United-Vertrag mit XXL-Gehalt vor! https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/sport/fussball/fussball/bvb-jadon-sancho-mit-manchester-united-einig-72211096,view=conversionToLogin.bild.html

According to Bild he'll be earning £ 300.000 a week.

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg to Tottenham is now one step away to become a done deal. Personal terms agreed and last details between clubs then it’ll be completed. €17M to Southampton.

Inter still in talks with Spurs for Ndombele - but the agreement is not even close yet ⚪️ #THFC https://t.co/vUs0qviRJ8

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 4, 2020

An honest to god defensive midfielder, not a repurposed CB or box-to-box player, I never thought this day would come. With the exception of one season's worth of Wanyama it was a problem position for basically the entire Poch era. Might give Ndombele a platform to play properly, assuming we keep him.

Fulham and West Brom back in the prem pic.twitter.com/uWQQrNOocU

— Billie (@Billie_T) August 4, 2020

Man United captain Harry Maguire was detained for questioning on the Greek island of Mykonos for assaulting officers after a brawl, Greek state TV ERT said: https://t.co/aWvfXTm2eD pic.twitter.com/pKvHz4wYOx

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 21, 2020

Kai Havertz to Chelsea, one step away and then... here we go! Total agreement to be reached on nest hours with Bayer Leverkusen. Last bid is going to be accepted. €80M + €20M add ons as final fee. Last details and paperworks time. 🔵 #CFC #Havertz #Chelsea

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 24, 2020

Chelsea aren't fucking about

if we can get Maitland-Niles that will be a smart signing

Feels so weird that we are weeks away from a new season

i know, and i'm not sure restarting to empty stadiums is gonna improve the quality any

Community Shield is on Saturday!

no way :O

i was waiting for September to start a new Prem thread, nobody really cares about the Community Shield anyway i guess

I need sport of some kind, cos otherwise my weekends are dire.

My boys in Orlando just signed a Watford player lolol

i know, i miss the football when it's not here

don't recognise the Watford lad, not sure he ever played for them in the Prem

He didn't, think he was on loan in second div

Which means in our pathetic league he'll probably start

Idly wondering how many players actively prefer it without any fans there. They're unlikely to be back for basically the entire season as far as I can tell.

Some of them are probably used to crowd silence. I'm sure Fulham will have warm memories of it this year

it probably works for some players but the quality and the intensity is reduced i think because psychologically it must be so different. i think there'll be spectators in before Christmas, but socially distanced to the extent it'll still be weird, and whether that experiment survives whatever spike we've got to look forward to god knows

It's not even how it looks on TV, I'm fine with that, but the socially distanced match day, without the usual rituals around that, it just feels like a joyless proposition.

I'm really missing the dialogue between the players and a stadium of fans. Even the champions League final felt halfway like a friendly.

MLS is opening up games to small handfuls of fans, and this could be humorous. Just remembering pre-pandemic, a few years ago when a bunch of douches were harassing Tim Howard at a Colorado match and he loudly told them "go fuck your mother".

Harry Maguire found GUILTY of aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and repeated attempts of bribery.

— Martha Kelner (@marthakelner) August 25, 2020

lol that didn't take long

Andy Carroll with a timely reminder that he is the greatest striker England has ever produced pic.twitter.com/ZVslHlTBq8

— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) August 25, 2020

“Do you know who I am? I am very rich, I can give you money,”

“I am the leader of Manchester United”

already enjoying the commentary from experts on the Greek legal system on Twitter

lol also Phil Jones trending

lol also Phil Jones trending

So looks like Messi is going to City then :|

Shame Stoke are in the Championship

wet Tuesday nights will be available in Burnley, Leeds, Salford

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgSQvfZWkAMWSOH?format=jpg&name=medium

quite a lot of online Wolves fans throwing a fit about Doherty to Spurs, personally i have faith in the owners and Nuno tho the money quoted seems low, even in the mystery market of covidball. still i think this could be one of those deals where it works for everybody.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ega1xbtWoAARcFz?format=jpg&name=large

Young Doherty, circled

Pogba's got the 'rona

As do six Chelsea players apparently

Alone in the Park - it's the Prem 2020-21 thread

No EPL thread should be open for 13 months.