Graeme Souness has ruled Liverpool out of winning the Premier League title, insisting Manchester City will be crowned champions once again
Jurgen Klopp has added to his squad in the summer transfer window, brining in Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai.
But Souness believes that City are still the team to beat and that Arsenal, having spent £200m already, will be their closest challengers.
Souness
"I don’t think the Premier League is in danger of becoming a one-trick pony, but I do think Manchester City will be champions again. They are the strongest team, they’ve got the best group of players I’ve ever known in the Premier League,"
"They’ve got a manager [Pep Guardiola] who is vastly experienced and successful. They’ve got the best players – and it’s the best players that win you leagues. I think there will be the same challenger this year – Arsenal will challenge City.
"Arsenal would have won the league if that had a little bit more experience and retained a little bit more belief at difficult times. You look at Arsenal last year, there were no serial winners in their team, when they were way out in front.
"Going into that stretch, City just said to themselves, 'let’s just win this game, and eventually Arsenal will be looking over their shoulder that much, their focus will come off their game', and that’s exactly what happened – Arsenal bottled it."
Souness adds
“Assessing Liverpool, for me, the goalkeeper is more than good enough and the back four is more than good enough. They’ve got the hardest thing in abundance - goalscorers, so scoring goals will not be a problem,"
“They have signed two central midfield players, and I personally would like another couple of midfield players. I think the midfield needs a complete overhaul, and if they get the right ones then they can be challenging [for the title].
“It's paramount that there's strength in midfield, that was where our issues were last year. It’s hard to get the kind of player they're after. [Klopp] wants midfield energy like Jordan Henderson. He also wants that player to have the creative instincts and chip in with goals.
"For Arsenal to be challenging for the title again, it’ll be interesting to see if they’re damaged by the experience of last year. Signing Declan Rice will improve them, it’s just a question of how much improvement is there – but City are still the team to catch."
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