2026-08-25 08:44:28
Gary Neville expects Arsenal to win the Premier League “by a street”.
The Sky Sports pundit is confident that the Gunners will retain the title with ease as he feels that the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool are “nowhere near” the level required to challenge for top honours.
Speaking on The Gary Neville Podcast, the former Manchester United defender said: “Last week when we were previewing the season, all I kept thinking about was that this is going to be the most unpredictable season. It’s going to be intriguing because you’ve got new managers, you’ve got lots of new players, you’ve got so much change at the top.
“Arsenal should win this league by a street, we’ve seen Tottenham get beat, we’ve seen Manchester United get beat, we’ve seen Liverpool nearly get beat, we’ve seen City scrambling for a win at home, so everything we thought we would see, we’re seeing.
“The unpredictable nature of teams at the top, probably not being good enough to go and basically do what they did last season and the season before and getting beat by teams that are well organised like Brentford and Hull and others.
“Man City are the same as Liverpool, these two clubs were getting nearly 100 points, six, seven years ago. Treble winners, four times Premier League winners, Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool, Arne Slot’s champions, that’s just happened and so we’re measuring these two clubs by the standards that they’ve set, but they’re nowhere near that standard.”
Neville says that this is the “most sure” he has ever been that a team is going to win the title just one match into the campaign.
The eight-time Premier League winner said: “Arsenal are going to be feeling really confident right now.
“It’s the most sure I’ve ever been, and look, it could be that I’ve got egg on my face at the end of the season, [but] it’s the most sure I’ve ever been after game one that we’re going to see a team be Premier League champions.”
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