English Premier League

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Apple rumored to be prepping bid for English Premier League ... (9to5Mac)

Apple has dived into the live sports streaming arena in the last year, striking deals with Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer.

In particular, the Daily Mail newspaper notes that the current three year deal with Sky Sports and BT Sport expires in 2025. Don’t expect Apple to capture exclusive rights, like they did with MLS. MLS Season Pass is discounted for TV+ subscribers, and a selection of games will be available for free. That deal will cost Apple approximately $250 million per annum. [Apple TV+](https://tinyurl.com/getappletvplus)‘s most popular series, Ted Lasso, is based around the beautiful game. Apple also entered advanced negotiations with the NFL for Sunday Ticket, but that deal ultimately went to YouTube.

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Apple TV rumoured to be eying a bid for English Premier League TV ... (Pocket-lint.com)

Apple TV is ready to enter the bidding war to show live English Premier League games, according to a new report. If the report turns out to be true, ...

Whether things will be different this remains to be seen, but there is no denying the fact that Apple now has even more money to splash around than it had back then. [Apple](https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/apple/) is keen to add Premier League games to its growing collection of sports content in the Apple TV app. The current three-year deal is worth £5.1 billion and some club owners believe that to be undervalued. As for how much Apple TV would need to spend, the numbers are frankly staggering. The company has aired live Premier League games for 30 years. The

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Manchester United look like Premier League title contenders with ... (The Athletic)

United's derby performance shows there is an authority to Ten Hag's instructions - this has led to his team challenging for the title...

[Liverpool](https://theathletic.com/football/team/liverpool/) and [Chelsea](https://theathletic.com/football/team/chelsea/) are faltering dramatically. [Scott McTominay](https://theathletic.com/football/player/scott-mctominay-rXernJIkIW9dTOdt/) and Martinez. [Raphael Varane](https://theathletic.com/football/player/raphael-varane-fqIirRcGC4muo1f5/). [Lisandro Martinez](https://theathletic.com/football/player/lisandro-martinez-lZNyZmtnsD6xHZZP/) is only out of the side because he went and won the [World Cup](https://theathletic.com/football/world-cup/) with [Argentina](https://theathletic.com/football/team/argentina/). [Erling Haaland](https://theathletic.com/football/player/erling-haaland-UqdITFAwdmIrBQfd/) when City were 1-0 up, seemingly wanting more dynamism from his runs in behind. [Tottenham](https://theathletic.com/football/team/tottenham-hotspur/) have been patchy. [Kevin De Bruyne](https://theathletic.com/football/player/kevin-de-bruyne-TX7pFeb0aiHzuvjI/). [Manuel Akanji](https://theathletic.com/football/player/manuel-akanji-Yp2KW0dxtNBRNgBB/) also shuffled along, leaving a gap for Fernandes to run into. [League One](https://theathletic.com/football/efl-league-one/), but winning is a habit and can translate to the Premier League. [Bruno Fernandes](https://theathletic.com/football/player/bruno-fernandes-qr6VV7sJwbrbqULf/) and [Christian Eriksen](https://theathletic.com/football/player/christian-eriksen-IdnyhU0AWBdF3utd/) for the two [Marcus Rashford](https://theathletic.com/football/player/marcus-rashford-xgQlXcNj79jwXiD4/) chances in the first half. [Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City: Statistics, formations, xG](https://theathletic.com/football/game/manchester-city-vs-manchester-united/IUgRfLMa3GGlWkuh/) [Erik ten Hag on Man Utd title hopes: ‘The fans may dream but we are not’](https://theathletic.com/4090655/2023/01/14/erik-ten-hag-manchester-united-title/) [Manchester United](https://theathletic.com/football/team/manchester-united/) will never be 5,000-1 — the odds you could get on Leicester at the start of the 2015-16 season — to finish atop the English pyramid, but equally, nobody would have picked Erik ten Hag as a potential title winner in his first campaign in charge, especially after such a disastrous start.

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