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Michael Owen has made 1 of nan boldest Premier League predictions that will beryllium seen up of nan caller season.
The caller run gets underway successful conscionable complete 2 weeks time, pinch Manchester City looking to go nan first broadside successful history to triumph 5 consecutive convention titles.
Arsenal and Liverpool are expected to beryllium among nan challengers, while nan likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham will dream to get backmost into contention.
Owen, speaking to Casino Hawks, has backed Arsenal to yet extremity their Premier League title drought.
He predicts that Manchester City will not only neglect to take sides their title, but will really driblet 3 positions, pinch Liverpool and Aston Villa besides finishing up of them.
Michael Owen has named his bold Premier League title-race predictions for nan caller season
Michael Owen has predicted Manchester City will driblet to 4th successful nan array this season
The ex-Liverpool and Manchester United striker believes Aston Villa will beryllium among nan teams to decorativeness up of City - who person won nan past 4 titles connected nan bounce
Arsenal will extremity their 2 decade title drought according to nan erstwhile Liverpool striker
He said: 'Arsenal and Manchester City will spell successful virtually everybody's apical 4 predictions and I deliberation Liverpool will astir apt beryllium successful location arsenic good contempt location being immoderate questions complete really good Arne Slot will fresh in.
'I had a thought astir Newcastle but Aston Villa are coagulated and look to beryllium still improving.
'In position of nan order, my thought process is if City are not gonna triumph it, they could really driblet distant a small bit.
'It's almost for illustration if City are not gonna beryllium really successful nan title aft 10 games past their privilege could spell elsewhere - I deliberation location could beryllium a large astonishment this season.
'I’m going to spell for Arsenal first, Liverpool second, Aston Villa 3rd and Manchester City fourth.'
It would beryllium nan lowest decorativeness Guardiola has ever had successful his managerial career, pinch City's 3rd spot decorativeness successful 2016-17 nan only twelvemonth 1 of his sides has placed extracurricular nan apical two.
Arsenal person conscionable missed retired connected nan title to Man City complete nan past 2 seasons, and it would beryllium their first Premier League triumph since nan 2004 Invincibles if they managed to assistance nan trophy.
A second-place decorativeness would beryllium a beardown commencement for Slot arsenic nan replacement for Jurgen Klopp, while it would besides beryllium an betterment for Villa who vanished 4th past play nether Unai Emery.
Owen has predicted Arne Slot will get a beardown 2nd spot decorativeness successful his first play astatine Liverpool
Owen feels nan 3 promoted sides including Leicester will each spell consecutive backmost down
A 4th placed decorativeness would beryllium nan lowest that Guardiola has had during his managerial career
Villa person nan other unit of Champions League shot this season, and will dream to debar what happened to Newcastle, who vanished seventh aft antecedently qualifying for Europe's astir prestigious competition.
Meanwhile, Owen has predicted a repetition of past season, successful that nan 3 promoted sides - Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton- will each instantly return to nan Championship.
