Welcome to the chaotic, warp-speed Premier League season nobody can predict

Mohamed Salah, Unai Emery and Thomas Frank have already experienced highs and lows
“Do you feel overwhelmed? Like the world is just too fast for you? That life is unmanageable, head-spinning chaos? It could be that you need to make some changes. Clear the diary a bit. Put your phone in a drawer at 9pm every night. No more social media. Drink less coffee and more of those green smoothies that look like a glass of pondwater. Go on a yoga retreat. Or it could be that you’ve been following the 2025-26 Premier League season. Because, oh boy, it feels like this season has been happening at warp speed. The Premier League — most top-level football, really — comes with an inherent sense of rapid change, with narratives lurching violently like an oil tanker caught in a tropical storm. But this campaign has been rocking more dangerously than most. …”
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