Neville and Carragher agree on title favourites with pre-season predictions
Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have both predicted Manchester City to win the Premier League for the FOURTH time in a row next season.
Pep Guardiola’s side lifted an historic treble last term, winning their third domestic league crown in a row. Their dominance did look under some slight threat as Mikel Arteta's Arsenal produced an impressive season.
City’s quality eventually shone through as they secured the title, with Neville and Carragher struggling to see any side surpassing them throughout the forthcoming campaign. The Manchester United and Liverpool icons were also asked to predict how their former sides would perform this term.
The Red Devils have spent heavily this term. They have signed Mason Mount and Andre Onana for over £100m and look set to sign Atalanta striker Rasmus Hojlund.
However, Neville believes that a takeover needs to be pushed through to enable them to be bonafide title challengers. Speaking with FourFourTwo, Neville predicts: “It’s all dependent on the budget.
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“Under the owners the club has had, I think they’ll probably still finish in the top four, but I don’t think they’ll improve on it. If they got new owners and had £250m or £300m to spend, they’ve got a chance of going up to second. I do think they’ve got a chance of taking that spot off Arsenal – that’s up for grabs – but they’d have to spend well.”
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Carragher agrees with the assessment that the Red Devils could enjoy another positive season under Erik ten Hag. However, he believes that former club Liverpool could be ones to watch but stopped short of backing them for a second Premier League title.
He said: “I think Liverpool will be in the top four. They signed Alexis Mac Allister early on. They were awful last season and were still in with a shout of the top four with two or three games to go, which I couldn’t believe, considering how poor they’d been in the middle of the season.
“It’s whether they can get back to the level they’ve been at: it’s really difficult to have the season they’ve just had, then add 25 or 30 points to get to where they were before. I’m not sure they can make that jump.
“But I certainly think they can be at the top of the pack chasing Manchester City. I actually think that Manchester United will improve, but I also think Jurgen Klopp will be so energetic and determined to put things right after how poor it was last season. I get the feeling that he would have loved this season to have started as early as June.”
Whilst both Man United and Liverpool have spent heavily, City have lost a couple of key members of their squad. Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan have both left for Al-Ahli and Barcelona respectively.
Pep Guardiola’s side have made just one signing so far having brought in Mateo Kovacic from Chelsea. City are continuing to chase a deal for RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol.
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