Arsenal expected to be main rivals but a lack of a high-grade goalscorer will dominate the discussion as soon as they fail to win a game
markets itself on its competitiveness. It is, the cliche has it, the league in which on their day anybody can beat anybody. Historically, it has been justifiably proud of the way – far more than equivalent leagues across Europe – it has regulated the distribution of broadcast rights, with the champions getting no more than 1.8 times more than the team finishing bottom.
Even last Saturday in the Community Shield, with nine first-teamers absent from the starting XI, there were spells of the game when City were awesomely good. James McAtee looks ready to step up. The machine keeps turning and, even if it were for some reason to malfunction, money is clearly available for upgrades.This, really, is a story about money.
Liverpool's Dutch manager Arne Slot shakes hands with Alisson. Photograph: Peter Powell/AFP via Getty Liverpool, with Arne Slot taking over as coach and Michael Edwards returning as chief executive of football, are yet to make a signing. They have contracts to resolve over Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk, but have looked bright in preseason. Although they probably still need a holding midfielder, as the pursuit of Martín Zubimendi suggested, the past two seasons brought the rejuvenation of the front two-thirds of the side.
The supercomputer has Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton as the most likely to be relegated, just as the three promoted clubs were last season. That’s the miserable reality of modern football: whatever data Opta feeds into its predictor, the strongest determinant of finishing position will always be money.
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