The 2024/25 season is correct across the nook. There was a variety of change for Liverpool within the low season, and the highest flight has undergone some transformations too.
A brand new period is upon us as Arne Slot appears to construct on the foundations that his predecessor left behind, and that features a return to the Champions League.
There’s loads for the Reds to navigate and for Slot to familiarize yourself with, however let’s check out what has modified within the Premier League for 2024/25.
The three newly-promoted sides
The brand new season sees Leicester and Southampton return to the highest flight after only one season within the Championship.
They’re joined by Ipswich Town, who completed second within the desk to earn promotion to the Premier League for the primary time in 22 years. They had been final within the division in 2001/02.
The Reds, after all, face Ipswich on the opening day and can meet the opposite two promoted sides by Boxing Day.
Semi-automated offside
Premier League golf equipment unanimously authorised the usage of semi-automated offside know-how (SAOT) for the 2024/25 season – it has been a very long time coming!
The know-how makes use of limb-tracking know-how to find out if a participant is offside or not and can velocity up a course of identified to take an pointless period of time.
The Premier League will use the identical cameras and software program that UEFA makes use of within the Champions League and assistant referees shall be knowledgeable of the know-how’s choice through their earpiece.
It’s anticipated that it’ll not be operational till “after one of many autumn worldwide breaks.”
Workforce information will drop earlier
If in case you have been within the behavior of checking your information feeds an hour earlier than a match to see staff information as quickly as it’s launched, you’re going to have to vary your traditions!
From this season, Premier League groups will affirm their beginning lineups 75 minutes earlier than the primary whistle. The change comes because the league appears to fall in step with UEFA competitors.
So for a 3pm kickoff, we’ll know who’s beginning for Liverpool by 1.45pm.
One other new ball
Impressed by the previous. Prepared for the long run.
Introducing the 2024/25 Premier League @Nike Flight ball, out there from @nikefootball now.
— Premier League (@premierleague) July 22, 2024
Its form hasn’t modified, however the brand new ball is purple, yellow and white – and also you’ll be seeing loads of it this season.
For the fifth yr in succession, the Nike Flight Premier League ball has been constructed with AerowSculpt know-how, designed to permit ‘air to journey seamlessly across the ball delivering more true flight’.
That is the twenty fifth season with Nike because the official ball provider for the Premier League.
Contemporary faces within the hotseat
Our personal Arne Slot is on this record, taking cost for the primary time in England’s high tier – Jurgen Klopp‘s departure now means Pep Guardiola is the longest-serving supervisor within the Premier League.
The Dutchman isn’t alone in his new enterprise, with Fabian Hurzeler (Brighton), Enzo Maresca (Chelsea), Kieran McKenna (Ipswich) and Russell Martin (Southampton) all within the sizzling seat for a primary time within the Premier League.
You possibly can’t assist however marvel how lengthy Maresca will final at Chelsea.
Different adjustments embody Julen Lopetegui taking up at West Ham and Steve Cooper at Leicester.
VAR enhancements…we hope
Premier League golf equipment voted in favour of continuous to utilise VAR in the summertime, but it surely was agreed that enhancements wanted to be made (that could be an understatement!).
Six key areas are the main focus for enchancment:
- 1. Sustaining a excessive threshold for VAR intervention for larger consistency and fewer interruption
- 2. Decreasing delays to the sport, primarily via introduction of semi-automated offside and the excessive threshold for VAR intervention
- 3. Enhancing fan expertise via discount in delays, in-stadium bulletins from referees after post-VAR change of choice
- 4. Working with PGMOL on the implementation of extra sturdy VAR coaching to enhance consistency, emphasis on velocity of course of whereas preserving accuracy
- 5. Growing transparency and communication round VAR
- 6. Supply of a fan and stakeholder VAR communication marketing campaign, will search to additional make clear VAR’s position to contributors and supporters
New officers
The Premier League have promoted two officers to their staff for the brand new marketing campaign, with referee Sam Barrott and assistant referee Craig Taylor graduating from the event group.
Yorkshire-born Barrott has beforehand overseen 15 top-flight fixtures – none concerned Liverpool – whereas Staffordshire’s Taylor solely made his Premier League debut in January.
Let’s hope Slot has higher luck with the officers than Klopp ever did!
No winter break
It has been out and in of the schedule for years, however there won’t be a winter or mid-season break this season.
The Premier League eliminated it from the calendar to permit a mid-August begin date, which they justified as giving an extended summer time break to the gamers, who all ought to have acquired three weeks off.
In 2023/24, the highest flight cut up one spherical of video games to make sure half the league had been on a break and the opposite half had been enjoying earlier than flipping it – which appeared to work nicely, however clearly not!
