More than £1bn was spent by Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United this year but not a single one of their signings rank among the ten best made in 2023.
Aston Villa are in the title race whether Unai Emery likes it or not. So let’s have a look at some other previous unlikely Premier League title tilts.
As Gary Neville said, ‘Groundhog Day’ has arrived at Old Trafford again. Manchester United have spent £360m to have six managers ‘lose the dressing room’.
Manchester United are among the clubs already leaning heavily on teenagers through injury crises or problems with form. Some other teams should follow suit.
We’re only in November but these 10 England players have all logged a shedload of minutes this season; we’re surprised to see Bukayo Saka so low.
No surprises at number one of our list of 10 Premier League players who really need good things to happen for them in the January transfer window.
One Man Utd star made the brave decision to stay and another was bold enough to leave. This lot backed themselves with transfer calls and are showing why
There has been some goalkeeper-based silliness and a few transfer decisions have been made to look foolish, such as Manchester United signing Rasmus Hojlund.
Manchester United have lost as many home Premier League games since Sir Alex Ferguson left than when he was there. The problems have piled up over 10 years.
Some players were already established starters and others have come in from the cold, but each of these have been key after almost being sold in the summer.
Some of these 10 are probably beyond saving, realistically. But you can’t have a topical top seven, can you? That way madness lies.
Pleasant surprises, these. Things that are going better than expected. Show us someone who thought Spurs’ defending would be good and we’ll show you a liar.
Remember when Luis Diaz had a goal disallowed for offside against Spurs but he wasn’t offside? Yeah? Good. Here are some other bad offside decisions.
Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have all spent loads to become worse. One ‘super-important’ Liverpool signing has not lived up to the billing so far.
Christophe Galtier, Philippe Clement and Oliver Glasner are among those managers on the shelf this summer, but Antonio Conte still tops the lot.
Manchester United are currently 10 places below where they ended last season. Could they join this merry crew of co*k-ups?
They might have pooh-poohed the idea of signing Anwar El Ghazi but it sounds like just the kind of deal Man Utd would do. They have plenty of form for ...
Including an unwanted Manchester United flop, here is a ranking of the top 10 players who are still likely to make the move to the Middle East.
Man Utd have two men on this list but Chelsea are the kings of overpaying – with four overspends coming under Todd Boehly.
Erling Haaland is the king of this but various release clauses and contract stand-offs have seen Premier League clubs underpay.
Liverpool have spent big money very wisely indeed but the top three brilliant big-money signings come elsewhere.
Liverpool are the masters of duping teams into wasting huge money on awful signings; Chelsea are equally adept at being fooled for considerable cash.
Two games down and 10 days left to fill these conspicuous holes in Premier League squads. Lots of midfielders needed.
The Premier League opening weekend is done and contained everything we need to know for the season, like Manchester United finishing outside the top four.
Straightforward, this: 10 players who are new to the Premier League this season that make us excited. We even resisted the James Milner banter.
Kylian Mbappe is the subject of a £259m bid from Al-Hilal which could be doomed to fail. But world-record moves have crashed before, as Man Utd well know.
Inspired by Man United’s signing of Onana, here are the ten biggest goalkeeper upgrades in the Premier League since the summer of 2013.
The summer of 2021 is unrivalled in terms of transfer incompetence but no club seems to know how to persuade Daniel Levy and Spurs to sell Harry Kane.
This one does exactly what it says on the tin. Here are what we think are the top ten Premier League signings of the summer so far.
Bayern Munich want to make Harry Kane one of the most expensive players not to win a single thing, but Chelsea are masters of the lavish, trophyless signing.
Chelsea and Man City have a few tempting buy-back clauses, while Arsenal have obstacles to navigate and Liverpool probably won’t bring Rhian Brewster back.
Some mistakes may be corrected by Saudi Arabia, while a Liverpool man beloved by Klopp will be one of a few signed in summer 2022 and offloaded a year later.
The fixtures for the 2023/24 Premier League season have been released and Liverpool might as well be confirmed as 90-point runners-up now, quite frankly.