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PL statement after Face-to-face meeting with club shareholders

June 10th, 2021

After almost 19 months since the last face-to-face meeting in November 2019, Premier league shareholders met today in Harrogate to discuss a wide-ranging agenda which include strengthening of European Super League sanctions, VAR, government’s fan-led reviews and COVID-19 updates ahead of next season.

According to information published on Premier league official Twitter account, Shareholders today approved rules to further protect the League against future competition breakaways.

At the Premier League’s Annual General Meeting today, Shareholders discussed a range of matters and recommitted to build on the collective of all 20 clubs to benefit the wider game.

Following yesterday’s agreement between the Premier League, The FA and the six clubs involved in the proposals to form a European Super League, Shareholders today approved rules to further protect the League against any future competition breakaways. Clubs in breach of the new rules will be subject to significant sanctions.

In addition, the Premier League, supported by The FA, is taking the following actions to protect our game, our clubs and their fans from further disruption and uncertainty:

• Additional rules and regulation to ensure the principles of the Premier League and open competition are protected

• A new Owners’ Charter that all club owners will be required to sign up to, committing them to the core principles of the Premier League

• Breaches of these rules and the Charter will be subject to significant sanctions

• We are enlisting the support of Government to bring in appropriate legislation to protect football’s open pyramid, principles of sporting merit and the integrity of the football community.

new clubs for 2021/22 season were welcomed.

Today the three promoted clubs – Norwich City, Watford and Brentford – can say they are officially part of the Premier League. That means The three clubs who were relegated in 2020/21 – Fulham, Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion – transfer back the share certificates that gave them Premier League status.

The Premier League Board of Directors then confirm the cancellation of these shares.

A new share certificate for each of the promoted clubs was signed by the Premier League directors and company secretary. As required under company law, the three clubs then enter into the share register.

As a result, the confirmation of the three promoted clubs as members of the Premier League is made at the AGM, with the League formally welcoming them as they are awarded their framed share certificates.

The Premier League table has been reset with the 20 clubs sorted in alphabetical order, while the Premier League’s social media accounts now follow those of the three promoted clubs.

All 20 clubs can now look forward to 09:00 BST on Wednesday 16 June, when they will discover their fixtures for the 2021/22 season.
PL club executives hold their first face-to-face talks in 19 months

June 10th, 2021

The meeting due to hold on Thursday June 10 would have a wide-ranging agenda which include strengthening of European Super League sanctions, VAR, government’s fan-led reviews and COVID-19 updates ahead of next season.

The meeting is set to takes place in Harrogate, and will be the first time club chiefs have met in person since six clubs failed in a controversial bid to join an unregulated European Super League in April.

Senior officials from all 20 clubs lastly met each other in person since November 2019 but they have been holding regular virtual meetings due to coronavirus restrictions since March last year.

Newly promoted Norwich, Watford and Brentford will formally receive their Premier League ‘share’ for next season, with parachute payments approved for Sheffield United, West Brom and Fulham, who were relegated to the Championship as per reports from Skysports.

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters is expected to provide an update on the organisation’s strategic and governance reviews, the owner’s charter, as well as Tracey Crouch’s fan-led review.

The ongoing legal dispute with Newcastle, over a proposed takeover, is not expected to be discussed according to Skysport reports.
Premier League fines ‘Big Six’

June 9th, 2021

The English Premier league has fined the the likes of Manchester City, Spurs, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester united who are originally know as the big six the sum of £22m.

According to All football, A deal was agreed this morning to punish the clubs after the signed up to Super League which failed. The amount is to be put towards grassroots and fan and community initiatives. Any attempts to breakaway again will see a £20m fine and a 30-point deduction
Find out all the 🔑 dates for summer 2021 ➡️

June 5th, 2021

Harry Kane and Ruben Dias

There are plenty of events taking place over the summer for Premier League fans to mark in their diaries.

4 June – Retained and released lists
Premier League clubs from the 2020/21 season submit the lists of players they will be keeping in their squads, and the ones they will be releasing.

6 June – EURO 2021 U21s final
The final between Germany and Portugal will be held at the 16,000-capacity Stadion Stozice in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

9 June – Transfer window opens
The window officially opens from midnight but some clubs have already announced signings.
10 June – Premier League AGM
The Annual General Meeting marks the official changeover from the 2020/21 season to the 2021/22 campaign, with the promoted clubs Norwich City, Watford and Brentford confirmed as PL shareholders.

11 June – UEFA EURO 2020 starts
Italy take on Turkey in Rome as the tournament begins a year later than planned. More than 100 players from the 2021/22 Premier League clubs have been selected by the 24 nations.

13 June – Copa America starts
Brazil will host the month-long tournament with many Premier League players set to feature.

16 June – 2021/22 Premier League fixtures released
All 380 fixtures will be revealed from 09:00 BST on premierleague.com and the Premier League app.

10 July – Copa America final
The match is due to be played at Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, at 00:30 BST.

10 July – CONCACAF Gold Cup starts
The tournament for nations in North and Central America and the Caribbean will be played in 11 cities across eight different US metropolitan areas.

11 July – EURO 2020 final
Wembley Stadium will host the match that kicks off at 20:00 BST. How many Premier League players will be in action?

13 July – PL friendlies start
Arsenal and West Ham United are set to be the first PL teams to get their preparations for 2021/22 under way. A full list of pre-season fixtures is here.

1 August – CONCACAF Gold Cup final
The Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas will host the final.

11 August – UEFA Super Cup
The showpiece match between UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea and UEFA Europa League victors Villarreal will take place at Windsor Park in Belfast.

14 August – 2021/22 Premier League starts
Promoted Brentford will become the 50th club to play in the PL.

31 August – Transfer window closes
Clubs have until 23:00 BST to make their signings for the summer transfer window.
Summer 2021 Latest PL Transfers & News

May 28th, 2021

Denny Rose

The Premier League summer 2021 transfer window will open for 12 weeks from 9 June and will close at 23:00 BST on 31 August.

Clubs playing in the 2021/22 Premier League are able to announce player signings and exits outside this window.

The deals, loan or permanent, announced by clubs below may still be subject to administrative details before they can be confirmed.

All transfer fees are undisclosed unless otherwise stated.

See: January 2021 Transfers
(Updated 27 May 22:20)

Arsenal
Out:David Luiz (released) Details

Burnley
Out : Robbie Brady (released) Details

Crystal Palace
In: Jacob Montes (Georgetown University) Details

Leeds United
Out: Gaetano Berardi (released) Details
Ouasim Bouy (released) Details
Barry Douglas (released) Details
Cole Gibbon (released) Details
Niklas Haugland (released) Details
Eunan O’Kane (released) Details
Matthew Turner (released) Details

Leicester City
Out: Christian Fuchs (released) Details
Matty James (released) Details
Wes Morgan (retired) Details

Norwich City
In: Kenny Coker (Southend) Details

Out : Alex Tettey (released) Details
Mario Vrancic (released) Details
Jordan Thomas (released) Details
Zach Dronfield (released) Details
William Hondermarck (released) Details
Louis Lomas (released) Details
Ethen Vaughan (released) Details

Southampton
In: Theo Walcott (Everton) Details

Tottenham Hotspur
Out: Danny Rose (released) Details
Paulo Gazzaniga (released) Details
Enock Asante (released) Details
Chay Cooper (released) Details
Keenan Ferguson (released) Details
George Marsh (released) Details
Rodel Richards (released) Details
Jack Roles (released) Details
Aaron Skinner (released) Details
Kazaiah Sterling (released) Details
Shilow Tracey (released) Details

Watford
In: Kwadwo Baah (Rochdale) Details
Mattie Pollock (Grimsby Town) Details

Out: Achraf Lazaar (released) Details
Carlos Sanchez (released) Details
Jerome Sinclair (released) Details
Mamadou M’Baye (released) Details

West Ham United
In: Thierry Nevers (Reading) Details
Out :Oladapo Afolayan (Bolton) Details
Key facts about PL Final match Week.

May 23rd, 2021

PL trophy 🏆

Match week 38 of the English Premier league which is set to be the last week of play for the 2020/21 season, promises alot of fun. With The race for Champions League,Europa league and the conference league spots at stake, Below are the key facts to note before today’s kick off at 4:00 pm BTS. 👇👇👇

If Man Utd avoid defeat, they’ll become just the third #PL side to remain unbeaten away from home across an entire season, after Arsenal in both 2001/02 and 2003/04
#WOLMUN

@SouthamptonFC captain @Prowsey16 hasn’t missed a single minute of #PL football in either of the last two seasons
If he plays 90 minutes in #WHUSOU, he’ll be the first midfielder to play every minute in consecutive campaigns.

⚒️ 📈@WestHam need one point to guarantee a top-six finish in the #PL for only the second time, finishing fifth in 1998/99 under Harry Redknapp
#WHUSOU

Pep Guardiola has won all four of his #PL matches on the final day of the season – no manager has a better 💯% win rate (Chris Coleman also 4/4)
#MCIEVE

7️⃣ x ⚽️Sadio Mane has scored in each of his last seven #PL appearances 🆚 Crystal Palace – only Robin van Persie (against Stoke) has scored in eight consecutive PL matches against one opponent.
#LIVCRY

⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
@SpursOfficial striker Harry Kane has scored 7️⃣ goals on the final day of the #PL season

Only Andrew Cole (9), Les Ferdinand (9) and Matt Le Tissier (8) have scored more in PL history.
#LEITOT

Match week 38 fixtures

🦊 @LCFC are looking to complete their first #PL double over Spurs since 1998/99
#LEITOT. ✨ @LUFC have scored 59 #PL goals this season, a record for a promoted club in a 38-match season
A win against the Baggies will see them finish with 59 points, the most by a promoted club since Ipswich Town in 2000/01 📈
#LEEWBA

⬛️ ⬜️ @NUFC’s Joe Willock has scored in each of his last 6️⃣ #PL appearances, becoming the youngest ever player to achieve that feat
Only one player has scored in seven in a row for Newcastle ➡️ Alan Shearer between September and November 1996
#FULNEW

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@ChelseaFC have won their last 3️⃣ #PL away matches against Aston Villa, last winning 4️⃣ in a row at Villa Park between 1995 and 1999
#AVLCHE 🦁 @AVFCOfficial have won 15 #PL matches this season, six more than they won last season (9)

📈 This is the biggest rise in victories in consecutive seasons for Villa since they won 11 in 1994/95 and then 18 in 1995/96 📈
#AVLCHE

🎯 No player has more #PL assists in 2021 than @OfficialBHAFC’s Pascal Gross (6)
🇩🇪 Only Mesut Ozil (54) and Leroy Sane (28) have more Premier League assists among German players than Gross (23) in the history of the competition
#ARSBHA

🏠 When finishing a #PL season at home, Arsenal have won each of their last 1️⃣1️⃣ matches
#ARSBHA

Euro places ✅
Golden Boot race ✅
And plenty more up for grabs on the final day of the campaign ➡️

Plenty to play for.
City makes it 3 in 4 years.

May 11th, 2021

Blue 💙🔵 is the colour.

In their 141 years of history, Manchester City have won 22 major domestic trophies with the majority of that success coming during the last 10 years.

Prior to Roberto Mancini’s arrival as coach in December 2009, Manchester City’s last addition to their trophy cabinet was the old Second Division title under Kevin Keegan who guided the team back into the top flight in 2001.

As far as major domestic honours are concerned, you have to go further back back. City beat Newcastle United 2-1 in front of 100,000 fans at Wembley to lift the old League Cup in March 1976 – back in the days when the competition held more prestige than it does in the modern era.

Before that, City’s most successful period was in the mid-to-late 60s under Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison, with whom they won the league title, the FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup – a great side which featured club legends such as Joe Corrigan, Mike Summerbee, Francis Lee and the ‘King of the Kippax’ Colin Bell.

Their fortunes changed when the Abu Dhabi United Group took over ownership after buying Thaksin Shinawatra’s controlling stake in the club in August 2008. For the next two summers City rebuilt the squad, bringing in players like Yaya Touré, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Carlos Tevez and Patrick Vieira.

The first evidence of the owners’ investments paying off came in May 2011 when City lifted the FA Cup after beating Stoke City by a solitary goal at Wembley. It was City’s first piece of silverware in 35 years, their tenth in 131 years of history and a hint of what was to come. Mancini’s City followed it up by winning the Premier League the following season and his successor Manuel Pellegrini continued the success by delivering a Premier League and EFL Cup double in 2014 and another domestic Cup two years later.

That success was overshadowed by Pep Guardiola, who arrived from Bayern Munich in 2016. The Catalan coach is by far the most successful manager in City’s history, having guided his team to nine major trophies, including three Premier League titles in just five years.

Considering it took City 136 years to win their previous four, that is quite some achievement. And in a couple of weeks, Guardiola will have the chance to bring another piece of silverware back to Manchester – the Champions League.

Manchester city has won the following trophies so far.

Premier League: 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2020-21

FA Cup: 2010-11, 2018-19

League Cup/EFL Carabo Cup: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21

FA Community Shield – three times – 2012, 2018 and 2019.

Another one 🏆
Promotion. Relegation. Promotion. Relegation.

May 11th, 2021

Fulham has had many ups and downs coming with two promotion to the Premier League and two Relegation Back to the championship for four conservative seasons. The latest Stumble being Mondays 2:0 defeat against Burnley saw the Cottagers relegated from the Premier League.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Fulham Boss Scott Parker who oversaw the end of their demotion in 2019 then the promotion campaign last season, knows it is time to shake off the ‘yo-yo’ nature of the club.

“We need to try and get off the rollercoaster we’re on,” he told Sky Sports.”But now is not the time to discuss how we do that. I feel like I know – well I do know – but now is not the time to go into great detail.”

So Can Fulham establish themselves in the top flight and will Parker stay around to take on the task?

It is the first time in Premier League history that all the relegated teams have been decided with three matches of the season remaining, with Fulham joining West Bromwich Albion and bottom-of-the table Sheffield United in dropping down a division.

However, if the three teams want some encouragement they only have to look at the top of the Championship.

Norwich City won the title this season, followed by Watford – who both dropped out of the Premier League in 2019-20 only to make an instant return.

Bournemouth could make it a clean sweep of quick top-flight recoveries as they are also in the Championship play-offs.

Fulham have only won five league matches all season and have the second-worst goalscoring record with 25 goals from 35 matches.

Would the likes of Manager Scott Parker, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Zambo Anguissa, Lookman and De Cordova-Reid stay with the club at the Championship level ?
PL football stats for MW35.

May 9th, 2021

Dominic Calvert-Lewin.👏

✓Adam Armstrong scored three hat-tricks in the Championship in 2020-21, the most by a player in a season since Rickie Lambert scored four in 2011-12; the last Blackburn player to score as many as three league hat-tricks in a season was Alan Shearer in 1995-96 (5). Roving.

✓Wolves have named five players aged 21 or younger in their starting XI against Brighton (Silva, Hoever, Aït-Nouri, Vitinha, Gibbs-White); they are the first side to do so in a Premier League match since Leicester against Crystal Palace in April 2018. Fledgling.

✓Since his Premier League debut in August 2017, Lewis Dunk has scored 11 goals in the competition, more than any other centre-back in this time, overtaking Virgil van Dijk (10) with his header against Wolves. Slam.

✓Lewis Dunk is the third player to both score and be red carded in the same Premier League game this season (also Lamela v Arsenal in March, Benteke v West Ham in December); it’s the most this has happened in a single campaign since 2015-16 (five). Eventful.

✓All of Adama Traoré’s seven Premier League goals have been scored in the second half, the most of any player to score all of his goals exclusively in the second half of matches. Timing.

✓Since they returned to the Premier League in 2018, only Liverpool (7) have scored more winning goals in the 90th-minute or later of matches in the competition than Wolves (6). Gasp.

✓Bertrand Traoré is only the third Aston Villa player to score home and away against Manchester United in a Premier League season, after Julian Joachim in 1998-99 and Christian Benteke in 2014-15. Beauty.

✓For the tenth time this season, Manchester United have conceded the opening goal in an away Premier League game, however, the Red Devils are yet to lose on their travels when doing so, winning eight and drawing one of the other nine games. Routine.

✓Bruno Fernandes has scored 27 goals for Manchester United in all competitions this season, the most by a midfield player for a Premier League club in a single campaign since Frank Lampard for Chelsea in 2009-10 (also 27). Machine.

✓Bruno Fernandes’ penalty was the 113th taken in this season’s Premier League, breaking the all-time competition record of 112 previously set in 2006-07. Expected.

✓Edinson Cavani has equalled the Manchester United record for the highest number of Premier League goals scored as a substitute in a season, currently held by Chicharito in 2010-11 and Ole Gunnar Solskjær in 1998-99 (5 each). Weapon.

✓Manchester United have won 10 @premierleague matches after conceding first this season, a record by a team in a single season in the competition’s history. Character.

✓Dominic Calvert-Lewin has now scored 16 Premier League goals this season, the joint-most by an Englishman for the Toffees alongside @TonyCottee9’s 16 back in 1993-94. Lions.

✓Only Manchester City (13) have won more Premier League away games than Everton (11) this term, with the Toffees’ 11 away victories being their most in a top-flight campaign since 1984-85 (12); a season in which they won the title. Sweet.

✓🔴 @masongreenwood – 1️⃣6️⃣
🔴 @WayneRooney – 1️⃣5️⃣

Mason Greenwood overtakes Wayne Rooney as the top scoring teenager for @ManUtd in the

✓🔴 No player has scored more PL goals as a substitute in a single season for Man Utd than Edinson Cavani (5) #AVLMUN

✓Manchester United secure back-to-back top four Premier League finishes for the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson retired 📈

✓Bukayo Saka has made 19 assists in all competitions for @Arsenal, the most of any player for the club since making his debut in November 2018. Resourceful.

✓Matheus Pereira is the first West Bromwich Albion player to reach 10 goals in a Premier League campaign since Sadio Berahino managed 14 goals back in 2014-15. Shoulders.

✓OFFICIAL: West Brom have been relegated from the Premier League after a 3-1 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates.

✓Only Birmingham City (12) have suffered more top-flight relegations than West Brom (11), whilst their manager Sam Allardyce has been relegated from the Premier League for the very first time, having managed in 17 different seasons in the competition. Curtains.

✓Willian has scored five direct free kicks in the Premier League, with Nolberto Solano (9) being the only South American to net more in the competition. Flair.