Legendary goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel has named his favorite four clubs that he expects to challenge for the Premier League. Peter Schmeichel is expecting Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspurs to mount a strong title challenge against everyone’s favorite Manchester City and Liverpool.
The two cubs have dominated the Premier League for the past five years. The two clubs have won five premier league titles between them in the past five seasons. Manchester won four while Liverpool won one.
Last season, Manchester City fashionably won the Premier League after coming back from 2-0 goals down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 to win the Premier League with one point above Liverpool.
The two clubs had been tipped to dominate the Premier League this season but Peter Schmeichel thinks Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspurs can offset the two favorites. He also tipped Arsenal to challenge for top-four but doubt his former club can.
Who are Peter Schmeichel’s team to Challenge for the Premier?
The former Manchester United Goalkeeper told The Times, saying: “It is not going to be as plain sailing for Manchester City and Liverpool as people think. For both, it’s going to be a very different season.
“A massive transition, in terms of the playing style, is taking place at City. Look at Pep Guardiola’s transfer business: signing Erling Haaland and letting Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus go.
“That tells you how committed he is to play with a No 9 and we haven’t seen that with Pep before.
“How’s that going to play out? How long is that going to take to bed? Will Haaland be as good in the Premier League as in Germany? I’m not sure. Will he score 25 goals? Yes, if the team serves him. But City are not used to playing that way.
“Liverpool are also changing. They signed Darwin Nunez but lost Sadio Mane. Is Nunez going to be as good as Mane? I wonder.
“The competition will come from Chelsea, and from Spurs, who have signed well and in Antonio Conte have a very clever manager who is so good at getting the maximum out of his players.
“I’m also looking at Arsenal and for the first time in a long time thinking “top four”.
Peter Schmeichel admitted that despite Manchester United having a good pre-season and Erik Ten Hag being backed in the transfer market, Erik Ten Hag needs time to get his team in shape.
“Manchester United? Pre-season has been promising but the reality is that a long process of transition is required.
“The club has backed Erik ten Hag in recruiting players he knows and wanted to work worth, and his first season will be fascinating.”
The new Premier League season will commence on Friday 5 August with Crystal Palace hosting Arsenal at the Selhurst Park Stadium.
Premier League Match Day 1 fixture and kick-off time
Friday, August 5
Crystal Palace v Arsenal- 20:00
Saturday, August 6
Fulham v Liverpool-12:30
AFC Bournemouth v Aston Villa-15:00
Leeds v Wolves-15:00
Newcastle v Nottingham Forest-15:00
Spurs v Southampton-15:00
Everton v Chelsea-17:30
Sunday, August 7
Leicester v Brentford-14:00
Man Utd v Brighton-14:00
West Ham v Man City -14:00
