Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher Discuss Top-Four and Title Hopes in Premier League Predictions
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Gary Neville, while discussing Manchester United’s top-four prospects and Arsenal’s title chances, expressed his doubts about Manchester United securing a Champions League spot for the first time in approximately 15 years, attributing this rare prediction to their challenging start under former manager Erik ten Hag and the subsequent improvements under Ruben Amorim.
Neville said “Top four… I’ve not got full faith in Tottenham, Aston Villa and, to be fair, Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth and all the other teams that are in and around it.”
Additionally, Gary Neville was confident in his pre-season prediction that Arsenal were poised for Premier League success and believed they could surpass Liverpool to win the title, especially given Arsenal’s favorable fixture list over the Christmas period.
Neville said “I think it will be City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal at this moment in time. It’s the first time I haven’t said United will be in the top four, I think, in about 15 years! I’m going to go with Arsenal [to win the title] on the basis that I think they’ll hit their form. They’ve got a decent run of fixtures over Christmas, I think they’ll get within a couple of points, a few points, and I think they will hit their form in the new year and I do think they will win the league this season.”
Jamie Carragher, agreeing with Neville on Manchester United’s top-four prospects, also backed Liverpool to win the title and Chelsea to follow in second place since they had no European football commitments.
Carragher said “I’ll go for Liverpool [to finish as champions] and Chelsea second because they’ve got no Europe. So I’ll go with Chelsea, I’ll go with Arsenal and I’ll go with Manchester City.”
Furthermore, both pundits shared their opinions about the relegation prospects, agreeing on Southampton and Ipswich’s struggles while differing on Leicester and Wolves, with Neville expressing concern about Wolves’ performance against Liverpool.
Neville added “I watched Wolves against Liverpool and, to be fair, Liverpool weren’t great in the game at all but they didn’t have to be and Wolves were absolutely awful and I thought, ‘Oh no!’ So I think Wolves are probably gonna go, unless they can do something in the January transfer window.”
Both commentators omitted Newcastle United from their top-four considerations, despite Eddie Howe’s side being five points behind Nottingham Forest, who were surprisingly positioned in the fourth place after 16 games.
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