General Football

How important is a quick start to the Premier League season? And do any teams have a particularly difficult or relatively easy start?

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish says the club will reluctantly sell Marc Guehi this summer if he refuses to sign a new contract.

Udinese reportedly increase their offer for Motherwell’s Lennon Miller, there’s fresh news of centre-backs linked with the Old Firm, while Aberdeen are said to have struck a bargain with AC Milan.

BBC Sport looks at the stats surrounding relegation, asks why promoted clubs are struggling and rates each of the new boys’ chances.

Our team of FPL experts rank the best and worst picks for 2025-26 from each of the 20 Premier League teams.

Alex Scott reveals the winner of the BBC’s talent search to find the Last Pundit Standing.

Conor Coady feels Wrexham’s performance in their loss at Southampton showed they are more than capable of competing in the Championship this season.

Club appears to have done shrewd transfer business, but they are still in the market for forwards as they try to avoid a quick Championship return

Guardian writers’ predicted position: 17th (NB: this is not necessarily Louise Taylor’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)

Last season: 1st in the Championship

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• Minority of fans in Crystal Palace end disrupt silence

• Liverpool forward and brother died in July car accident

The Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk was left disappointed after a minute’s silence in honour of Diogo Jota had to be cut short by the referee before kick-off in the Community Shield at Wembley.

Jota and his brother André Silva died in a car crash in Spain on 3 July and both were honoured before kick-off with wreaths laid on the pitch and a period of silence. The moment was interrupted by a minority of supporters from the Palace end, eliciting a strong response at the other end of the pitch, as well as from other Eagles fans, who tried to silence those not respecting the tribute.

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Arne Slot’s new-look Liverpool got their grand unveiling in the Community Shield defeat by Crystal Palace at Wembley – and the reviews are in.