2025-26 Premier League Club Previews: Part 1
By: AT
Image Credit: Terrace Grain
Ahead of the 2025-26 Premier League (EPL) season, we created a preview of all 20 EPL clubs, including the three clubs that were promoted from the EFL Championship in 2024-25: league winners Leeds United; league runners-up Burnley FC and Promotion Playoffs winners Sunderland AFC.
These EPL club previews include posters detailing a short biography of the club — including the club’s stadium, its capacity, the manager and the number of EPL titles won — and the summer 2025 transfers: both incoming and outgoing players. The transfers section of the posters excludes the following:
players who returned to their parent club from a loan stint;
players whose contracts expired after June 2025; and
players who signed with a club’s first team after graduating from that club’s academy or from that club’s reserve team.
Update: We added additional club signings that occurred beyond the poster’s publication date.
This collection of articles is divided into four parts. Each part includes five clubs listed in alphabetical order. Part 1 consists of previews for the following EPL clubs:
AFC Bournemouth;
Arsenal FC;
Aston Villa;
Brentford FC; and
Brighton & Hove Albion.
AFC Bournemouth
Source: Transfermarkt
Note: Bournemouth have signed goalkeeper Callan McKenna, defender Owen Bevan and midfielder Ben Winterburn from their reserve team.
Transfer Update
Since August 11, Bournemouth signed five additional players and sold or loaned nine additional players.
Bournemouth’s five additional signings are:
DF, Bafodé Diakité (€35.0 million from LOSC Lille);
DF, Álex Jiménez (one-year loan from AC Milan);
DF, Veljko Milosavljević (€15.0 million from Red Star Belgrade);
FW, Amine Adli (€21.0 million from Bayer Leverkusen); and
FW, Ben Doak (€23.2 million from Liverpool FC).
Bournemouth’s nine additional sales and loans are:
GK, Alex Paulsen (one-year loan to Lechia Gdansk);
DF, Max Aarons (one-year loan to Rangers FC);
DF, Chris Mepham (€1.2 million to West Bromwich Albion);
MF, Philip Billing (€5.0 million to FC Midtjylland);
MF, Romain Faivre (one-year loan to Al-Taawoun, Saudi Arabia);
MF, Ben Winterburn (one-year loan to Barnet FC);
FW, Dango Ouattara (€42.8 million to Brentford FC);
FW, Luis Sinisterra (one-year loan to Cruzeiro EC, Brazil); and
FW, Hamed Traoré (one-year loan to Marseille).
Arsenal FC
Source: Transfermarkt
Notes:
Arsenal have signed midfielder Max Dowman from their academy.
The contract of defender Takehiro Tomiyasu expired at the end of June 2025; he remains a free agent.
Transfer Update:
Since August 11, Arsenal signed two additional players and sold or loaned seven additional players.
Arsenal’s two additional signings are:
DF, Piero Hincapié (one-year loan from Bayer Leverkusen); and
MF, Eberechi Eze (€69.3 million from Crystal Palace).
Arsenal’s seven additional sales and loans are:
GK, Karl Hein (one-year loan to Werder Bremen);
DF, Jakob Kiwior (one-year loan to FC Porto);
DF, Oleksandr Zinchenko (one-year loan to Nottingham Forest);
MF, Thomas Partey (free transfer to Villarreal CF);
MF, Albert Sambi Lokonga (€300,000 to Hamburger SV);
MF, Fábio Vieira (one-year loan to Hamburger SV); and
FW, Reiss Nelson (one-year loan to Brentford FC).
Aston Villa
Source: Transfermarkt
Notes:
Aston Villa have signed goalkeeper Oliwier Zych from their reserve team.
The contract of defender Kortney House expired at the end of June 2025; he remains a free agent.
Transfer Update:
Since August 11, Aston Villa signed three additional players and sold or loaned seven additional players.
Aston Villa’s three additional signings are:
DF, Victor Lindelöf (free transfer from Manchester United);
MF, Harvey Elliott (one-year loan from Liverpool FC); and
FW, Jadon Sancho (one-year loan from Manchester United).
Aston Villa’s seven additional sales and loans are:
GK, Joe Gauci (one-year loan to Port Vale);
DF, Álex Moreno (free transfer to Girona FC);
MF, Leander Dendoncker (free transfer to Real Oviedo);
MF, Jacob Ramsey (€45.2 million to Newcastle United);
FW, Leon Bailey (one-year loan to AS Roma);
FW, Lewis Dobbin (one-year loan to Preston North End); and
FW, Samuel Iling-Junior (one-year loan to West Bromwich Albion).
Brentford FC
Source: Transfermarkt
Notes:
Brentford have signed goalkeeper Julian Eyestone and defender Benjamin Arthur from their reserve team.
The contract of midfielder Josh Dasilva expired at the end of June 2025; he remains a free agent.
Transfer Update:
Since August 11, Brentford signed two additional players and sold or loaned four additional players.
Brentford’s two additional signings are:
FW, Reiss Nelson (one-year loan from Arsenal FC); and
FW, Dango Ouattara (€42.8 million from AFC Bournemouth).
Brentford’s four additional sales and loans are:
DF, Ben Mee (free transfer to Sheffield United);
DF, Jayden Meghoma (one-year loan to Rangers FC);
DF, Mads Roerslev (undisclosed amount to Southampton FC); and
FW, Yoane Wissa (€57.7 million to Newcastle United).
Brighton & Hove Albion
Source: Transfermarkt
Note: Brighton have signed goalkeeper James Beadle and midfielder Andrew Moran from their reserve team.
Transfer Update:
Since August 11, Brentford sold or loaned the following nine players:
GK, Kjell Scherpen (€2.0 million to Union Saint-Gilloise);
DF, Tariq Lamptey (€6.0 million to ACF Fiorentina);
MF, Julio Ensico (€9.5 million to RC Strasbourg);
FW, Abdallah Sima (€4.5 million to RC Lens);
DF, Igor Julio (one-year loan to West Ham United);
MF, Facundo Buonanotte (one-year loan to Chelsea FC);
MF, Andrew Moran (six-month loan to Los Angeles FC);
MF, Matt O’Riley (one-year loan to Marseille);
MF, Malick Yalcouyé (one-year loan to Swansea City); and
FW, Jeremy Sarmiento (one-year loan to US Cremonese).
