5 dark horses for the 2017/18 Premier League title

Modified Jun 26, 2017 18:44 GMT

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Liverpool finished 4^th last season but seemed to be flying under the radar as title contenders, largely because a handful of bad results kept them out of the actual title race for the most part. Next season, Jurgen Klopp’s men could definitely change that.

Klopp has been making steady improvements to his side ever since taking over, and we’ve seen the likes of Adam Lallana and Jordan Henderson come on by leaps and bounds under his stewardship. He has also seemingly recognised the deficiencies in the side – mainly the lack of a proven goalscorer as midfielder Philippe Coutinho finished as their top scorer in 2016/17 – and is already strengthening, bringing in Egyptian Mohamed Salah for a club-record fee. They’ve also snapped up England U20 wonderkid Dominic Solanke from Chelsea.

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While their attempt to sign Virgil van Dijk from Southampton went awry a couple of weeks ago, the current word is that another try may be more successful and could finally bring the highly-rated Dutch defender to Anfield, shoring up an already solid defence.

With a front four of Salah, Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane to go along with the likes of Lallana and Georginio Wijnaldum, if Liverpool can manage to break down the deeper-lying sides – a problem thus far under Klopp – then that elusive Premier League title could be theirs.

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