Arsenal, Chelsea and Man Utd among the Premier League 2023 January transfer window winners
Arsenal pivoted to brilliant effect, Chelsea bent FFP to their will and Man Utd were smart in the face of adversity. But Brighton are the new masters.
Arsenal pivoted to brilliant effect, Chelsea bent FFP to their will and Man Utd were smart in the face of adversity. But Brighton are the new masters.
There must have been something in the transfer water on Merseyside because Everton and Liverpool had diabolical windows. Moises Caicedo’s wasn’t much better.
Everton are showing a little too much generosity to those around them on their way to the Championship. Nayef Aguerd and Unai Emery are leading revivals.
It was a shameful weekend for both halves of Merseyside while Marcus Rashford steps into the Cristiano Ronaldo breach for Manchester United…
Brentford and Brighton are showing everyone how it should be done. Everton and Southampton are irrefutably not. And Liverpool have lost their Midas touch.
But Arsenal are obviously top because that’s who they are now. Man Utd and Ashley Young are thriving. West Ham, Nathan Jones and Harvey Elliott are not.
Your Boxing Day Premier League winners and losers features two guys called Eddie, several struggling managers and Spurs in both camps.
Arsenal will have a five-point lead on Christmas Day, City are silly, Ronaldo is poison, Bentancur is priceless, several managers are nervous…
With a five-point lead going into the World Cup, Arsenal must be considered as title contenders. This side are the real deal and they showed it against Wolves…
Arsenal aren’t going away, are they? But it’s a mournful winners and losers this week. We will really miss Ralph Hasenhuttl and his very strange football team.
Benfica are the darkest of Champions League horses, records have fallen and Diego Simeone and Matteo Guendouzi only went and played themselves.
Jesse Marsch earned a landmark victory over Liverpool at Anfield. Brighton exerted the perfect revenge over Chelsea. Newcastle are dreaming.
Portuguese clubs are thriving but Spanish sides have reached a historic low. Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool have taken a welcome step back.
There are big wins for Forest, Villa & Leicester, but Liverpool remain shorn of confidence and Wolves and Leeds are both in a right old mess.
Erik ten Hag showcased his definitive Manchester United blueprint, Newcastle have a fortress again and Antonio Conte needs a different excuse.
Pep Guardiola’s Anfield complex completed a phenomenal week for Arsenal, while Kepa Arrizabalaga and Liverpool both defied their critics.
It was a good week in the Champions League for faltering Premier League goalscorers, but considerably less so for Barcelona and Juventus.
There is a crisis of confidence at Liverpool. Arsenal will take their place as challengers, provided Gary O’Neil doesn’t get there first.
Pep Guardiola might have had a point about Joe Hart, who tried to outdo Antonio Adan. Club Brugge, Chelsea and Napoli enjoyed themselves.
Arsenal and Everton have restored the pride of their fans and Trent Alexander-Arnold still has the support of his. Manchester United may not.
Wolves have won once in 15 games and Bruno Lage can no longer swerve the spotlight after the pressure shifted from David Moyes…
Facing 10 men for 82 minutes might have backfired on Newcastle. Instead, they made the very most of their break to mark a fresh start to the season…
Arsenal shed the last vestiges of a lazy reputation and Frank Lampard is a master delegator. The stocks of Ndidi and Hasenhuttl have crashed.
No one really knew what to expect from Newcastle at the start of the season. But it was certainly more than what they have delivered so far…
One club is letting Portugal down and Kostas Tsimikas deserves a Liverpool chance. But it was a bad week for Allegri/Conte/Simeone sufferball
Spurs repeated the trick at Manchester City and the Arsenal conspiracy rolled on during a Premier League weekend that definitely happened.
There are kind Champions League words reserved for Shakhtar and Richarlison but Chelsea and Leipzig may not be alone in sacking their manager.
Everything’s going to be all right at Man United, but it probably won’t be for Rodgers and Liverpool need a collective slap in the face.
Those hoping to usurp the England keeper before the World Cup have done their bit – but Jordan Pickford’s performances make their efforts futile…
Manchester United eventually improved but don’t forget the ludicrous journey. Arsenal and Liverpool both fell into completely avoidable traps.
West Ham, Brighton and Manchester City are in the Champions League places but another Premier League team won the summer transfer window.
Harvey Elliott’s emergence at Liverpool should not be taken for granted. Nor should Brighton. But McGinn and Vardy are in the oh dear pile.
There are more winners but far bigger losers from a Premier League weekend in which Leeds and Zaha shone, but Rodgers and Chelsea failed.