Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have both predicted Manchester City to win the Premier League for the FOURTH time in a row next season.
The Blues made history in the 2022/23 campaign as Pep Guardiola’s side won The Treble to cement themselves as the best team in world football at present.
Despite losing Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez so far this summer, both of the Sky Sports pundits found it difficult to look beyond City for the title this season.
When asked by FourFourTwo if anyone will stop City, Neville replied: “Sitting here today, it’s difficult to say yes.” Carragher added: “No, I don’t think so.”
City will begin the campaign against their former captain Vincent Kompany at Turf Moor on Friday, August 11 as Burnley return to the top flight. Guardiola has made just the one signing so far with Mateo Kovacic joining from Chelsea.
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.
“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.”
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.
