Barclays premier league news 2017

Here are some of the top news stories from the 2016-2017 Barclays Premier League season:

Title Race

• Chelsea won the title with 93 points, finishing 7 points ahead of Tottenham Hotspur.
• Manchester City finished 3rd, 13 points behind Chelsea.

Managerial Changes

• Leicester City sacked Claudio Ranieri in February 2017, replacing him with Craig Shakespeare.
• Hull City sacked Mike Phelan in January 2017, replacing him with Marco Silva.
• Middlesbrough sacked Aitor Karanka in March 2017, replacing him with Steve Agnew.

Player Transfers

• Romelu Lukaku joined Everton from Manchester United for £28 million.
• Alvaro Morata joined Chelsea from Juventus for £58 million.
• Alexandre Lacazette joined Arsenal from Lyon for £52.7 million.
• Virgil van Dijk joined Southampton from Celtic for £13.5 million.

In-Season News

• In January 2017, Manchester United signed Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Borussia Dortmund for £26.3 million.
• In January 2017, Arsenal signed Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona for £30 million.
• In February 2017, Chelsea signed Michy Batshuayi from Marseille for £33 million.

Controversies

• In October 2016, Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic was accused of diving by the Premier League's referees' chief, Mike Riley.
• In November 2016, Chelsea's Diego Costa was accused of diving by the Premier League's referees' chief, Mike Riley.
• In March 2017, Manchester City's Sergio Aguero was accused of diving by the Premier League's referees' chief, Mike Riley.

Awards

• Chelsea's N'Golo Kante won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.
• Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
• Antonio Conte won the Premier League Manager of the Season award.

Other News

• In August 2016, the Premier League announced that it would be introducing video assistant referees (VARs) to the league in the 2017-2018 season.
• In October 2016, the Premier League announced that it would be increasing the number of teams in the league from 20 to 22, with the new teams to be introduced in the 2019-2020 season.
• In November 2016, the Premier League announced that it would be introducing a new system for awarding penalties, with the use of video assistant referees (VARs) to help referees make decisions.