“it would be difficult ….” Arsenal legend predicts who will win the premier league between Arsenal and Man City Following claim for Arsene Wenger

“it would be difficult for them” Arsenal legend predicts who will win the premier league between Arsenal and Man City Following claim for Arsene Wenger who claimed that Arsenal can win the premier league

Arsenal legend Paul Merson has made his predictions for the Premier League title and reckons there will be a new Golden Boot winner this season.

Defending champions Manchester City won the title race by five points last season despite Arsenal leading the way for most of the campaign.

Manchester United under Erik ten Hag were an improved team in the Dutchman’s first season, while Liverpool and Chelsea had frustrating years.

And Merson reckons Man City will win the title again in 2023/24 but he is tipping Arsenal and potentially Man Utd to run them close.

Merson told Sportskeeda: “I can’t look past Manchester City for the Premier League title. With Ilkay Gundogan gone and Kyle Walker on his way out, it might be difficult for them this season.

“Arsenal could give them a run for their money, but City’s bench is very strong and Declan Rice will need to get used to the way Arsenal play.

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“They move the ball around a lot faster than he’s used to at West Ham and England. Arsenal could get close, but I don’t see Liverpool mounting a challenge at the moment.

“A lot depends on whether Manchester United can get Harry Kane. If they do, they’re massive challengers for the Premier League title. If they don’t, they’ll still be fighting for a place in the top four.

“I don’t think Chelsea will get into the top four – there’s too much work to be done at the moment.

“They’ve got a big squad without a midfield, and they’ve got rid of Mateo Kovacic and Mason Mount. Their squad is very unbalanced.

“At the moment, the only thing that could deny Manchester City the Premier League title is their own complacency. They’ve got the best squad and should be able to defend their crown.”

Despite rumours that Harry Kane could be off to Bayern Munich, Merson has chosen the Tottenham striker to beat Man City’s Erling Haaland – who scored 36 Premier League goals last term – to the Golden Boot.

“I’m going to go with Harry Kane for the Premier League Golden Boot next season,” Merson added.

“Erling Haaland stopped scoring goals towards the end of last season, didn’t he? I’m not sure if teams have snuffed him out.

“Harry Kane’s record has been incredible. He got to 30 goals last season without scoring four goals a game. What he’s done is phenomenal in my opinion and if he does go to Man United, I don’t see how he doesn’t win the Golden Boot.

“It’s going to be difficult for Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku to win the Golden Boot, because we’re not sure who’s going to play at Chelsea.

“The big advantage that the likes of Haaland, Kane, and Mohamed Salah have is that they know they’re going to be playing every game.

“The likes of Darwin Nunez and Alexander Isak won’t be playing every game either. Julian Alvarez is also a great player, but he’d have to get a hat-trick in every game he plays to get close. He’s a starter in almost every other team in Europe.

“Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli couldn’t have played any better than they did last season, and they didn’t get close to Kane and Haaland.

“You’ve got a lot of forwards getting to 15 goals in the Premier League, but that’s not going to win you the Golden Boot.

“You’ve got to play almost every game in the Premier League to win the Golden Boot and Kane will probably have that opportunity. I’m backing him to outscore his rivals in the Premier League next season.”