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Premier League club finances: What have we learned from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man Utd, Spurs and West Ham accounts?

Premier League clubs have been publishing their accounts for the 2024-25 season recently including Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool; Sky Sports’ reporters go through some of the major teams to see how they’re faring off the pitch, as well as on it… The Premier League’s biggest clubs have recently published their financial results for the 2024-25 season. While football is decided on the pitch, these off-the-pitch results tend to give clues as to which direction clubs are going in – and what transfer activity could look like in the years to come. Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool all published their details by the end of February – while West Ham also joined them, revealing some surprising results. Sky Sports’ reporters…

Chelsea need to master squad rotation

Alejandro Garnacho, Cole Palmer, Reece James, Marc Cucurella and Tyrique George made an impact as substitutes – but there are questions about how Maresca uses his squad. Enzo Maresca and the vast majority of Chelsea’s players enter what, for them, is uncharted territory this season – having to balance the demands of the Premier League with the Champions League. It will deliver another layer of pressure to rotate well, rest big players and still get results on all fronts. Of course, Chelsea were not in Europe at all two seasons ago and regularly played a different 11 in Uefa’s third-tier Conference League competition last season. The big games come thick and fast now – a trip to Bayern Munich on…