Predictions for the Premier League in 2022–2023 after GW1: Man City to win the title, Man United tragedy, and no Golden Boot for man city star
Prepare yourself for nine months of people whining about awful meals, trouble traveling, poor wifi, and late rewrites.
Despite the fact that we are a miserable lot, the biggest advantage of working as a journalist in the Premier League is that we have a thorough understanding of the subject at hand and can provide incisive and analytical commentary.
Right? Avoid pulling that expression; it's not appropriate.
Without further ado, here is my prediction for how the biggest problems in the 2022–23 Premier League season will pan out. Please return in a few months to see if there have any time after that until next May for your general amusement.
Champions: Manchester City
During Liverpool's preseason games, Jurgen Klopp commented, "I have no idea who will make the race, it looks like City will be the champion in the end." So don't just believe what I say!
It's unlikely that Jurgen Klopp's tenacious Liverpool will give up easily, but Pep Guardiola's champions are once again difficult to ignore. Since the most prolific goal-scorer in the nation has joined the nation's free-scoring squad, we wish the rest of the league nothing but the best.
Warnings are present. Even the strikers who have performed best under Guardiola, like Sergio Aguero and Robert Lewandowski, have a recent history of nagging injuries. Erling Haaland joined from Borussia Dortmund.
However, Kalvin Phillips and Julian Alvarez, who scored in the 3-1 Community Shield loss to Liverpool, seem like extremely wise additions, and who knows, City may still purchase a real left-back. In addition to Kevin De Bruyne finishing the previous campaign in the best shape of his life, Phil Foden will no longer be constrained by false-nine responsibilities, and Bernardo Silva has reportedly resisted Barcelona batting their eyelashes from high up in the branches of their magic money tree, Jack Grealish appears ready to advance in his second season as so many of Guardiola's signings do.
Overall, City appears to be in excellent position to join nearby Manchester United as the only teams to win the Premier League five times in six seasons and three times in a row.
obtaining a Champions League spot: Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea
The "big six" of the Premier League have essentially split into a two and a four in recent years, with City and Liverpool holding down the top two spots in three of the last four seasons. Realistically, only Klopp's club have the caliber of talent to dethrone City, and it is difficult to imagine them finishing outside of the top two, even with Sadio Mane's departure to Bayern Munich being lessened by the record-breaking signing of Darwin Nunez.
Beyond that, it's anyone's guess who places third through sixth. Tottenham currently appears to be in a very strong position, but we're more worried with my guess. There will be the customary harrumphing about Spurs having "won" a transfer window if things don't work out in north London to no avail but Antonio Conte appears to have got everything he wanted over the close-season. Considering the Italian tactician famously asks his boards for an awful lot and Daniel Levy’s reputation for being cautious with the purse strings, this is quite the outcome.
Bournemouth, Fulham, and Southampton are the bottom three teams at risk of relegation.
Picking recently promoted teams to fall out of the top two seems like a cop-out (just wait to see who I've chosen for player of the year and golden boot to save my neck muscles...), but the vast financial advantages of established Premier League teams make the gap extremely difficult to close.
You need a little fairy dust to accomplish it successfully, and in recent years, that fairy dust has come from the dugout. After Thomas Frank's confident Premier League debut at Brentford and Marcelo Bielsa's transformation of Leeds United, the smart money is on Steve Cooper to continue his masterwork at Nottingham Forest and take the lead the former two-time European champions to safety after two decades out of the top flight.
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