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Neville: Why Utd can win title
- Updated: August 10, 2016
Gary Neville believes Manchester United can win the title this season – and the “arrogance” of Zlatan Ibrahmovic and Paul Pogba will be a major factor.
The former United full-back, who has returned as a Sky Sports analyst ahead of the new Premier League season, admits the title race is wide open with Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham in the mix in an unpredictable and transitional campaign.
But he has chosen United as his pre-season shout because he believes new manager Jose Mourinho – along with Ibrahimovic and Pogba – has restored the stature and personality that has been lacking at the club.
On the eve of the new Premier League season, who do you expect to be up there fighting for the title?
Ever since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, the Premier League has been a confusing league.
When Jose Mourinho went back to Chelsea you thought they and Manchester City would possibly be going head-to-head for two or three years, but it hasn’t transpired like that.
The confusing nature of the league culminated in the incredible Leicester City story last season and what we are seeing now is a season where three of the big clubs – Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea – have new managers and there is uncertainty over what is going to happen.
At United and City, the two managers will want to transform the style of the team, which is difficult to do. To achieve it you need time on the training ground and players to play to your style.
The word “transition” is one which unfortunately gets laughed at because you don’t have time to achieve it, but it will take time for Pep Guardiola to get Manchester City where he wants. The same can be said for Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte.
I look at Arsenal and think they are stable, but can that stability get them where they want? Jurgen Klopp has had a head start on some of the others, but it would be fair to say he hasn’t got the transfer might of the other clubs.
I genuinely am confused over what is going to happen – I think everyone is – and that’s not a bad thing. For 20 years we could almost predict what was going to happen before a …
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