Pep Guardiola has warned his Manchester City team will be undercooked for the return of the Premier League because they were given ‘not enough’ time to prepare.
Rejoice, rejoice: the Premier League is finally back on Wednesday after a three-month hiatus.
Chelsea thrashed QPR 7-1 in a friendly match on Sunday, with midfielders Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Billy Gilmour each scoring twice.
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has laid the blame of his contract situation at the feet of the club’s board, asking them to ‘do their job’ to ensure he remains in north London.
The Premier League has announced that players’ names will be replaced on the backs of their shirts with ‘Black Lives Matter’ for the first 12 matches after the suspension to the season while a logo for the movement will be present on every shirt until the end of the season.
Manchester United had a mixed bag of results as they stepped up their preparations for the Premier League restart after they were beaten 2-1 in the first of two matches before rallying to win the second contest 3-1 against Championship side West Brom in a friendly on Friday.
Premier League clubs are set for a loss of £1billion in revenue in their 2019-20 accounts due to the coronavirus pandemic, financial services firm Deloitte has predicted.
Arsenal were beaten 3-2 by Brentford on Wednesday during a behind-closed-doors friendly at Emirates Stadium.
Paulo Dybala has revealed there were ‘conversations’ with Manchester United and Tottenham over a move to the Premier League in 2019, although he didn’t want to leave Juventus without proving his worth to the club.
N’Golo Kante has joined full-contact training at Chelsea, with it possible that the France international could now play a part in the Blues’ remaining Premier League fixtures.