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#3 The top sides have never looked so vulnerable
A few years ago the Premier League’s top four – Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal – looked untouchable, but that wasn’t the case as Manchester City and Tottenham were able to break into that group and turn it into today’s so-called ‘Big Six’. Despite the success of those clubs though, going into 2019/20 they’ve never seemed quite so vulnerable.
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A side like Leicester aren’t likely to catch up with Manchester City or Liverpool any time soon, and now they’ve started to reinforce, Tottenham seem a step ahead too. But Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea are hardly on firm ground this summer, and for a side like Rodgers’, they could well be there for the taking.
Chelsea have an interesting mix of young prospects and strong veterans, but those prospects are largely unproven at the Premier League level, they’re under a transfer ban which will prevent them from bringing in any reinforcements, and their new boss Frank Lampard is hugely inexperienced, too.
United meanwhile have spent big on Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James this summer, but those signings aren’t likely to win them the league; players with big reputations like Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku seemingly want out of Old Trafford as soon as possible, and like Lampard, boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is inexperienced – and has already been found wanting at times. While they’re slightly more settled, they still feel a lot like a club in disarray.
Arsenal are more settled than Chelsea and United, but question marks still hang over manager Unai Emery when it comes to a league campaign, and while their striking duo of Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are fantastic, they have holes throughout the rest of their squad and if reports are to be believed, they don’t have the money to seal the gaps.
Essentially, if a side like Leicester want to break into the cartel at the top of the Premier League – and qualify for the Champions League – this is the season to try to do it in. And with those three big teams looking shaky, there’s every chance that the Foxes could pull off another miracle.
