Big 6 divided side: Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City swinging money to keep power

The 2025/26 Premier League season will start at Anfield correctly in a month. We have witnessed a series of “blockbuster” contracts, with the top teams trying to complete the transfer as soon as possible before a tough promising season, will be interrupted by Can, and end right before the 2026 World Cup started.

Of course, the expansion of the World Cup Club also contributes to the wave of shopping, when FIFA opened the transfer session earlier than usual to allow participating teams to strengthen the team.

Indeed, both Man City and Chelsea have spent big before the tournament began in the US, while Chelsea recruited Joao Pedro for the live stage – and brought great efficiency. Now, go into details.

Arsenal

This seems to be a decisive year for Arsenal by Mikel Arteta. The Gunners have reached the Champions League semi -finals last season, but the belief in the process is shaking after a next empty season. So there is no more reason to justify if this season has no title.

Arsenal has successfully failed Liverpool by convincing Martin Zubimendi to England and the Spanish midfielder will integrate directly into Arteta's starting squad, especially when Thomas Partey has left after refusing to a new contract.

In other places, Christian Norgaard is a very smart alternative for Jorginho, Cristhian Mosquera potentially a good reserve option in the defense. In particular, Noni Madueke – the upcoming contract, has solved a long -term demand for a backup plan for Bukayo Saka.

However, the big news of course is the ability to join the Emirates of Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting. Arsenal has longed for some excellent number 9 in the past two seasons and now they have been very close to a player who has scored many goals in the league than anyone else since moving to Lisbon from Coventry in the summer of 2023.

There are doubts about whether the Swedish player can recreate its impressive scoring rate in the Premier League, but Arsenal's main goal this summer is to sign a contract with a top striker – and now they seem to have achieved that goal.

Therefore, the rest of the transfer window is likely to be reserved to raise additional funds by selling unwanted players, such as Oleksandr Zinchenko, with Nuno Taveres and Marquinhos.

Summer transfer Arsenal 2025/26:

• Arrive: Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea, 5 million pounds), Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad, £ 51 million), Christian Norgaard (Brentford, £ 15 million), Noni Madueke (Chelsea, £ 50 million)
• Go: Jorginho (Flamengo, CNTD), Kieran Tiernney (Celtic, CNTD), Nuno Taveres (Lazio, £ 4.3 million), Marquinhos (Cruzeiro, no disclosure), Takehiro Tomiyasu (out of contract), Thomas Partey (out of contract).
• Evaluate: B+ (until Gyokeres official!)

Chelsea

Chelsea is feeling quite satisfied with herself now – and that is understandable. The bosses of the Blues have been criticized for how they do business over the past few years – but they are proving that they can solve the problem if you pour enough money into it.

After spending about £ 1.5 billion for as many young players as possible, Chelsea won both the Conference League and, the most impressive, Club World Cup.

Buying Joao Pedro in the middle of the tournament is the key to success later, when the Brazilian player scored 3 goals in 3 appearances after joining Chelsea from Brighton for £ 60 million.

Encouraging the Blues, Liam Delap also looks very active in the US, as well as extremely excellent young talent Estevao Willian, who will come to Stamford Bridge in the next few weeks.

Considering that Chelsea also completed the agreement with Jamie Gittens, it is easy to understand why fans are expecting the new season so excited.

However, Chelsea owners will have to focus on balancing the book by eliminating as many unnecessary players as possible before the transfer. Raheem Sterling, Joao Felix and Ben Chilwell are among those who need to liquidate. Completing that difficult job and this will be a very effective summer for Chelsea.

Summer transfer Chelsea 2025/26:

• Arrive: Jamie Gittens (Dortmund, £ 51.5 million), Joao Pedro (Brighton, 60 million pounds), Liam Delap (Ipswich, £ 30 million), Estevao Willian (Palmeiras, £ 29.1 million), Dario Essugo (Sporting, 18.5 million pounds), Mamadou Sarr (RC Strasbourg, no revealing).
• Go: Kepa Arrizabalaga (Arsenal, 5 million pounds).
• Evaluate: A-

Liverpool

The defending champion clearly has no intention of falling asleep on the victory. Liverpool has quickly strengthened its strength in a more assertive way. Florian Wirtz is clearly a notable contract, when The Reds paid 100 million pounds to the German player.

However, Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong are also excellent contracts, with the Dutch defender expected to be perfect for Trent Alexander-Arnold. Meanwhile, Giorgi Mamardashvili may put pressure on Alisson Becker for the No. 1 shirt after he comes from Valencia.

However, while Liverpool fans are excited after the early summer contracts, now they are just trying to accept the loss of Diogo Jota. With Darwin Nunez seem to be approaching to move to Napoli, the Merseyside team will obviously need at least one new striker before the season starts.

Alexander Isak is still a dreamy goal – and rumors about a proposal still constantly appearing – but in addition, Liverpool is also looking for a slightly cheaper alternative, such as Hugo Ekitike, Benjamin Sesko or even Rodrygo.

The Reds can also recruit a defensive midfielder to reserve Ryan Gravenberch. While the situation of Ibrahima Konate is also worth watching, because the midfielder Real Madrid is currently less than 12 months of contract, which explains that Liverpool is interested in Marc Guehi.

Liverpool summer transfer 2025/26:

• Arrive: Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth, 40 million pounds), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen, 116 million pounds), Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen, £ 29.5 million), Giorgi Mamardashvili (Valencia, £ 29 million).
• Go: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Real Madrid, 10 million pounds), CaoMhin Kelleher (Brentford, 18 million pounds), Jarrel QuanSah (Bayer Leverkusen, £ 35 million), Nat Phillips (West Brom, £ 3 million), Vitezslav Jaros (Ajax, loan).
• Evaluate: A-

Man City

Stunned by the worst results of the Pep Guardiola era, Man City's owners tried to resolve difficulties by shopping during the winter transfer window – and the shopping continued as soon as the market reopened for the World Cup Club.

Rayan Ait-Touri, Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders were all recruited before the tournament began. However, Rodri had an injury in the US, its severity was not known.

Therefore, there is still a lot of uncertainty around Guardiola's team. As the Club World Cup has proven, City is still vulnerable to fast transitions, while John Stones, Ruben Dias and Ederson are no longer reliable as before.

Therefore, do not be surprised if there are additional additions in the defense in the coming weeks, when the January contracts are Vitor Reis and Abdukodir Khusanov have not impressed, while Kyle Walker's depth is lacking in the right of the right defender.

In terms of departure, fans are still controversial about whether it is really time to break up with the legendary Kevin de Bruyne, but Jack Grealish is clearly unexpectedly left. However, it is interesting to rumors that City is ready to let Nico Gonzalez leave only 6 months after he arrives.

Summer transfer Man City 2025/26:

• Arrive: Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan, £ 46 million), Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves, £ 36 million), Rayan Cherki (Lyon, £ 34 million).
• Go: Kevin de Bruyne (Napoli, CNTD), Scott Carson (out of contract), Kyle Walker (Burnley, 5 million pounds).
• Evaluate: B

Man United

MU has more work on Techmart than most other teams in the Premier League – but they hardly make any progress in their reconstruction work. The Red Devils managed to complete an agreement with Maheus CuHa on June 12 and, in a short time, Bryan Mbeumo could also join Old Trafford.

However, Brentford is making it difficult for the Cameroon striker and forcing the price of MU. Of course, whether MBeumo will come or not, MU will have a problem at position 9 unless a real striker is signed a contract before the transfer period ends. Sometimes, it seems that MU really has the opportunity to reunite Ruben Amorim with Gyokeres – but the Swedish player prioritizes to Arsenal.

MU cannot attend the European Cup next season as well as no money to burn, forcing the Red Devils to find a new stop for the wingers who want to leave is Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho as soon as possible. In an ideal world, they will also find Andre Onana buyers to compensate for buying a more reliable goalkeeper but there is no move in that way.

Therefore, it is difficult to ignore suspicion that MU will struggle to complete transactions until the last day of the transfer period.

Summer transfer MU 2025/26:

• Arrive: Matheus Cunha (Wolves, £ 62.5 million), Diego Leon (Cerro Porteno, £ 7 million).
• Go: Christian Eriksen (out of contract), Jonny Evans (out of contract), Victor Lindelof (out of contract).
• Evaluate: F

Tottenham Hotspur

Everything is happening very well with Tottenham. After turning the loan contracts of Kevin Danso and Mathys Tel into a break, Spurs agreed an agreement worth £ 55 million with West Ham for Mohammed Kudus before activating the £ 60 million release term in Morgan Gibbs-White's contract with Nottingham Forest.

However, the transfer to North London of GibBs-White was delayed, with Forest threatening the legal action of Tottenham's approach. Therefore, it is still necessary to see if Spurs can complete the Gibbs -White deal – or whether they can increase a very bad defense in the last season.

Anyway, what we can say at this time of the transfer is that President Daniel Levy is ready to support the new coach Thomas Frank this summer, before the next season returns to the Champions League is very expected.

Tottenham summer transfer 2025/26:

• Arrive: Kevin Danso (RC Lens, £ 20.9 million), Luka Vuskovic (Hajduk Split, no disclosure), Mathys Tel (Bayern Munich, £ 29.8 million), Kota Takai (Kawasaki Frontale, £ 5 million), Mohammed Kudus (West Ham, £ 55 million).
• Go: Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Marseille, £ 17 million), Fraser Forster, Sergio Reguilon, Alfie Whiteman (out of contract), Damola Ajayi (Doncaster Rovers, Lending), Alejo Veliz (Rosario Central, Borrowing).
• Evaluate: B-