Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is confident the north London club can win the Premier League title this season.
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Speaking in an interview with BT Sport, Mourinho said: “If you were to say there are 20 candidates for the title, nobody will laugh”.
Chelsea (+550) and Arsenal (+650) are also high up on the board, which has a big drop-off after the +800 odds on both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. Pep as the new manager is also an upgrade meaning things are looking good if you are a Manchester City fan.
The Foxes side benefitted of their lack of European football during the 2015-2016 campaign to succeed Chelsea as the Champions.
Mourinho’s biggest problem right now, at least to those outside Old Trafford, is that last season’s meltdown is still fresh in the memory. The signings made by Liverpool and Chelsea have been understated – far more so than the two Manchester clubs’ anyway – but suit the respective’ managers ideals. “To train Monday to Saturday – without a midweek game and European competition, injuries and fatigue – it’s a special vitamin for someone who wants to fight for the title”.
Winger Lingard expected his new boss to be strict, but says the Portuguese has been Jose the joker in his sessions.
They first crossed paths at Barcelona in the mid-1990s, when Guardiola was captain and Mourinho worked as an assistant to Bobby Robson and Louis van Gaal. I’m not saying I’m better, I’m saying different.
At the risk of sounding like a Sky Sports advertisement, this will be a Premier League season like no other. The underdog team winning kick-started an active offseason, which has led to Manchester City being installed as a +250 favorite (bet $100 to win $250), with Manchester United, at +300, sliding in as the second favorite.
One way or another Mourinho admits that the Red Devils will need to secure the top four in order to return to the Champions League.
McClaren was sacked by Newcastle United last March after a run of poor form for the northeast club all but sealed their relegation to the Championship.
Guardiola couldn’t get to a Champions League final at Bayern Munich.
Champions Leicester may have lost Kante but they’ve brought in Nampalys Mendy, Ahmed Musa and Ron-Robert Zieler for their maiden Champions League campaign, while at Anfield, Loris Karius, Ragnar Klavan, Joel Matip and Saido Mane have moved to Merseyside. Sheikh Mansour’s money sent the club towards the top of England, but the Citizens wanted to be the best in the world and they wanted to be able to sustain it.
“It’s Man United’s natural habitat”.
The transfer window is still open until the end of August but already we’ve seen an unprecedented level of business. Manager Arsene Wenger is in a contract year, which means he could go all out to revamp his attack and central defense for a run at finishing on top. I would be happy with that but plus a greater evolution in the team in terms of our evolved football.
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The Citizens failed to win any of their 3 pre-season games in the space of 90 minutes. That may be true at the moment but we all know Mourinho’s troubles with Wenger.
