Liverpool will win Premier League title, on one condition – Le Tissier
Matt Le Tissier predicts the Premier League race to go down to the wire this season and the title race could be dictated by one transfer.
Few could have predicted Man City‘s stunning collapse in the 2024/25 campaign after claiming four of the previous five titles.
Their implosion seemed to give Arsenal the perfect opportunity to claim their first Premier League title since 2004, but Mikel Arteta’s side suffered a deluge of injuries to key players.
With their rivals floundering, Liverpool cruised to their second English top-flight crown this century, finishing 10 points ahead of the Gunners.
But with each of those three, and Chelsea, spending lavishly this summer, the Premier League looks set to be a much tighter contest in the upcoming season.
Man City will be Liverpool’s ‘closest rivals’
This article contains exclusive comment from former Southampton and England striker Matt Le Tissier.
Liverpool will be looking to make it back-to-back titles under Arne Slot, but the difference-maker between England’s top four clubs will likely be Alexander Isak.
The Swedish striker finished as runner-up to Mohamed Salah in the Golden Boot race last season, and if he makes his desired move to Anfield, Le Tissier told Football Insider exclusively that the Reds will win the title again.
He said: “I actually think it’s going to be a lot closer title race this season.
“I think there’s three or four teams that can realistically win it this year.
“I think those four teams are going to be Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea.
“For me, it’s all about picking the order that those four come in. I think if Isak goes to Liverpool, Liverpool will win the title again.
“I do think that Man City might be their closest rivals, I just don’t see how they can be that bad again.
“I think they’ll be there or thereabouts, and I think the other two are Chelsea and Arsenal that could be up there challenging.
“The only thing that puts me off about Chelsea a little bit is obviously how far they went in the Club World Cup, and I think that might just handicap them a little bit.
“I’m going to go for Arsenal to finish third, Chelsea fourth.”
Liverpool to table improved Alexander Isak bid
Le Tissier predicts that the Swedish striker’s future is tantamount to the Reds’ title-charge next term, and the club seem to agree with that sentiment.
Keith Wyness told Football Insider that Liverpool are preparing to return with an improved bid for Isak.
Slot’s side have cleared a path for the 25-year-old’s arrival by agreeing to sell Darwin Nunez to Al-Hilal, in a controversial move by Newcastle’s owners, the Saudi Arabian Private Investment Fund, as their bid to sign the Uruguayan striker for one of their Middle Eastern clubs is essentially funding the Reds’ move for the Swede.
However, the Magpies are likely to hold firm until they secure a replacement. Nicolas Jackson has been linked with a move to the North East, as Benjamin Sesko is seemingly set to join Man United.