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What the 20 Premier League clubs still need to do in the transfer window
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There is no uniform approach to youth development among Premier League clubs.
International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) figures for 2025-26 show club-trained players accounted for 16.2% of Manchester City‘s Premier League minutes, followed by Chelsea on 15.5% and Brighton on 12.5%.
CIES defines a club-trained player as someone registered with their current club for at least three full seasons, or 36 months, between the ages of 15 and
In February, about 100 club officials, scouts and agents gathered at Villa Park for a networking event.
Over coffee and pastries, in William McGregor’s in the Trinity Road Stand, representatives from clubs including Liverpool, West Ham, Birmingham, Preston, Derby, Aston Villa and Manchester City chatted, along with agents, to prepare for the summer and debrief the winter.
In the afternoon, Villa’s head of emerging talent and loans Adam Henshall gave
Manchester City and Arsenal, meanwhile, had the greatest concentration of players making deep runs into the competition.
City’s World Cup contingent featured for several of the tournament’s leading nations.
Rodri helped Spain win their second men’s World Cup after playing 726 minutes, while Marc Guehi and Elliot Anderson helped England reach the final weekend.
Nico O’Reilly featured in England’s semi-final run, while Erling Haaland and Jeremy Doku both reached
The funding row has been rumbling on since a fan-led review in 2021, which was commissioned by the government following a number of crises in the sport, including the failed European Super League project and the collapse of Bury FC.
On a number of occasions, it has seemed a deal was close. In March 2024, the Premier League was warned by government officials that if it and the EFL failed
Katie said Ruairi had held a season ticket since birth and regularly attended home, away and European matches with his family.
Supporting Man Utd was “all we do”, she said, adding that she met her husband at Old Trafford and had held her own season ticket for nearly 20 years, along with her late mother and siblings.
“Since [Ruari] could walk, he’s had a ball at his feet,” she said.
When you include Mikel Arteta, Unai Emery and Xabi Alonso, four of the coaches of the teams that finished in the top 10 of the Premier League last season all hail from the Basque region.
“They ask me a lot why a lot of Basque managers especially have arrived to this level and why a lot of Spanish teams are winning a lot of things,” Iraola said.
“I always say
The key point here is whether the transfers can be defined as a ‘swap deal’.
One of the clauses in Uefa’s transfer regulations defining “player exchange transactions” is that such deals must be concluded within 45 days of each other.
Clubs can still transfer players between themselves in that 45-day period, but those deals would have to be perceived as not connected to not be seen as part of a
Manchester City top the Premier League workload chart with 5,027 World Cup minutes played by their squad.
Rodri alone has played 537 minutes for Spain, centre-back Marc Guehi 483 and defender Nico O’Reilly 454 for England. Elliot Anderson, who is moving from Nottingham Forest to the Etihad, has added a further 533 minutes for the Three Lions.
Right behind them are Arsenal, whose players have clocked 4,285 minutes –
Those words proved rather prophetic.
Newcastle managed to sign highly rated goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen from Stade de Reims for £18.5m before the window even officially opened.
However, just when it appeared they were in pole position to land top target Victor Munoz, the Spain winger joined Liverpool from Osasuna.
It felt like Groundhog Day for supporters after Joao Pedro, Hugo Ekitike, James Trafford and Benjamin Sesko opted to move to
