April 8 – With just over 100 hundred days until the start of the English Premier League’s (EPL) Summer Series in the United States, one of the four participating teams, West Ham United, are planning ahead to engage local fans on their arrival.
April 7 – Manchester City has initiated another legal challenge against the Premier League over rules regarding “associated party transactions” (APT).
The club is contesting amendments to the APT rules that were voted on by Premier League clubs last November. These changes were implemented following an earlier legal challenge by the defending champions.
April 6 – Belgium’s attacking midfield maestro Kevin De Bruyne (KDB) has announced that he will leave Manchester City at the end of the season.
April 4 – It has been a week of contrasts across the Premier League as match week 30 delivered both season-best attendance figures and record lows, with an average capacity of 97.44% across all ten fixtures. While some clubs pushed towards European qualification in front of packed stands, others saw dwindling numbers as their seasons petered out.
April 4 – Anfield has been crowned the UK’s best football stadium in a new ranking by tech company NSoft, which analysed 30 grounds across England and Scotland using a mix of matchday metrics.
April 4 – The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) has acknowledged that Everton’s James Tarkowski should’ve been red-carded for his x-rated challenge on Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister during the recent Merseyside derby.
April 4 – Premier League Brentford have added a new name to its growing commercial portfolio, announcing a partnership with UK-based security specialists DeterTech as the club’s official site security partner.
April 2 – Nottingham Forest have reported a pre-tax profit of £12.1 million for the 2023-24 financial year, driven by £100 million in player sales. Despite recording an operating loss of £73.3 million, the club’s strong transfer market activity – including the £47.5 million sale of Brennan Johnson to Tottenham Hotspur—converted financial red into black.
April 2 – Semi-automated offside technology (SAOT system aims to remove human error and the drawing of lines to establish players in an offside position.
April 1 – It’s not often a £53.2million loss can be counted as a win, but in the case of Everton, it marks an £89.1m improvement on the deficit incurred during the 2022-23 season, with the club saying that the reduction outlines a year of financial progress.
March 31 – Manchester City fans have accused the club of being “tone deaf” after announcing a global partnership with ticket resale giant Viagogo – a move that has reignited fears over soaring prices, ticket touting, and away fans infiltrating home sections at the Etihad.
March 31 – Manchester City has strengthened its commercial presence in Southeast Asia by securing a new regional partnership with Vietnamese energy drink brand Wake-Up 247. The deal sees Wake-Up 247 become the club’s Official Energy Drinks Partner in Vietnam, reinforcing City’s growing influence in one of football’s fastest-expanding markets.
March 31 – Liverpool will tour Asia for their pre-season, with marquee fixtures in Hong Kong and Japan. The Reds have not qualified for the Club World Cup and aren’t in the Premier League’s Summer Series, both of which are in the US this summer.
March 28 – The summer transfer window is one of the most crucial periods for clubs as they look to strengthen squads or jettison waste, however with the FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) running from June 14 to July 13 this summer, the room for deal-making has been complicated, leading the Premier League to step in open the window early.
March 27 – Chelsea’s fan base is in uproar after revelations that club co-owner Todd Boehly (pictured) holds a significant stake in Vivid Seats, a ticket resale platform that lists Premier League tickets at vastly inflated prices, including those for the London side’s own matches.