Chief League expectations: Mirror Football pick champions, top four and consigned clubs
Antonio Conte knows Tottenham are still a long way off competing for title
Head League forecasts: Mirror Football pick champions, top four and consigned clubs
The new Premier League season has arrived, and we requested our wide group from scholars, journalists and editors exactly their thought process will occur at home and abroad
FA Cup winners: Liverpool
Carabao Cup winners: Liverpool
Champions League winners: Manchester City
Pep Guardiola's team will again have a slight edge in the title race to make it five in six years but at what point does a two-horse race become boring? The fact Manchester City and Liverpool are so evenly matched has ensured the rivalry remains entertaining but spare a thought for the rest of the big six who will once again focus on fighting for a Champions League place.
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Tottenham Hotspur look best of the rest due to the Antonio Conte factor and two or three respectable augmentations in the exchange market, most outstandingly Richarlison showing up to facilitate the weight on Harry Kane. Then, at that point, it is three competing for the last spot with Chelsea pipping Manchester United and Arsenal.
At the base clearly the elevated sides will battle yet Leeds United made due just barely last season and have sold their best two players. The jury stays out on Jesse Marsch and Nottingham Forest's weighty speculation could see them over the line
Alex Richards
Premier League champions: Manchester City
Rest of top four (in order): Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal
Relegated:Everton, Fulham, Bournemouth
Championship winners: Burnley
League 1 winners: Sheffield Wednesday
League 2 winners: Northampton
FA Cup winners: Liverpool
Carabao Cup winners: Manchester City
Champions League winners: Liverpool
Pep Guardiola has sought to evolve his Manchester City attack with Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez - who is absolutely brilliant by the way - and they'll be champions again. As the best squad, they'll be able to ride the terrain of this split season better than any other... and I'd expect their winning margin to be much more considerable than last term.
Spurs under Antonio Conte are entering 'win now' territory as they look to make the most (at last) of Harry Kane's prime years. They may not actually win any silverware, but I'm tipping them to edge Liverpool and finish second.
That's because the Reds will be focusing on Europe in the latter half of the season, another Champions League final in store for Jurgen Klopp. This time my money is on the final we should have seen last season, had Man City not collapsed - like everyone, against Real Madrid.
Fourth looks set to be a straight shootout between Arsenal and Chelsea, and the upheaval at Stamford Bridge looks set to cost them.
Conor Mummery
Premier League champions: Tottenham
Rest of top four (in order): Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea
Relegated: Everton, Fulham, Bournemouth
Championship winners: Norwich
League 1 winners: Sheffield Wednesday
League 2 winners: Northampton
FA Cup winners: Manchester City
Carabao Cup winners: Manchester City
Champions League winners: Liverpool
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The new Premier League season is upon us, and we asked our wide team of writers, reporters and editors just what they think will happen at home and abroad
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We might have got going across the divisions last weekend, but it will be Crystal Palace and Arsenal who kick off the new top-flight season at Selhurst Park on Friday evening.
With a World Cup slap bang in the middle of the season, 2022-23 promises to be a campaign quite unlike any other, but what will happen?
We've canvassed our wide array of writers, journalists, reporters and editors across the Mirror for their take on what to expect, from Premier League champions and top four contenders to clubs seeking to avoid relegation and those looking to win the Champions League.
Feel free to come back in May and see just how right, or maybe wrong, we were.
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Premier League champions: Manchester City
Rest of top four (in order): Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea
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Relegated: Leeds, Fulham, Bournemouth
Championship winners: Burnley
League 1 winners: Derby
League 2 winners: Salford
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FA Cup winners: Liverpool
Carabao Cup winners: Liverpool
Champions League winners: Manchester City
Pep Guardiola's team will again have a slight edge in the title race to make it five in six years but at what point does a two-horse race become boring? The fact Manchester City and Liverpool are so evenly matched has ensured the rivalry remains entertaining but spare a thought for the rest of the big six who will once again focus on fighting for a Champions League place.
Manchester City have been heavily backed to retain their Premier League trophy
Manchester City have been heavily backed to retain their Premier League trophy ( Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Tottenham Hotspur look best of the rest because of the Antonio Conte factor and a couple of decent additions in the transfer market, most notably Richarlison arriving to ease the burden on Harry Kane. Then it is three vying for the final spot with Chelsea pipping Manchester United and Arsenal.
At the bottom it seems obvious that the promoted sides are going to struggle but Leeds United survived by the skin of their teeth last season and have sold their best two players. The jury remains out on Jesse Marsch and Nottingham Forest's heavy investment could see them over the line.
Alex Richards
Premier League champions: Manchester City
Rest of top four (in order): Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal
Relegated:Everton, Fulham, Bournemouth
Championship winners: Burnley
League 1 winners: Sheffield Wednesday
League 2 winners: Northampton
FA Cup winners: Liverpool
Carabao Cup winners: Manchester City
Champions League winners: Liverpool
Pep Guardiola has sought to evolve his Manchester City attack with Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez - who is absolutely brilliant by the way - and they'll be champions again. As the best squad, they'll be able to ride the terrain of this split season better than any other... and I'd expect their winning margin to be much more considerable than last term.
Spurs under Antonio Conte are entering 'win now' territory as they look to make the most (at last) of Harry Kane's prime years. They may not actually win any silverware, but I'm tipping them to edge Liverpool and finish second.
That's because the Reds will be focusing on Europe in the latter half of the season, another Champions League final in store for Jurgen Klopp. This time my money is on the final we should have seen last season, had Man City not collapsed - like everyone, against Real Madrid.
Fourth looks set to be a straight shootout between Arsenal and Chelsea, and the upheaval at Stamford Bridge looks set to cost them.
Conor Mummery
Premier League champions: Tottenham
Rest of top four (in order): Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea
Relegated: Everton, Fulham, Bournemouth
Championship winners: Norwich
League 1 winners: Sheffield Wednesday
League 2 winners: Northampton
FA Cup winners: Manchester City
Carabao Cup winners: Manchester City
Champions League winners: Liverpool
Could Antonio Conte and Tottenham spring a surprise in the title race?
Could Antonio Conte and Tottenham spring a surprise in the title race? ( Image: Action Images via Reuters)
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Tottenham may seem a rogue shout for the Premier League title, but in what is likely to be the most chaotic season in decades given the four-week jaunt to Qatar in the middle of the campaign, normal rules don't apply. And I have a reputation to keep up.
Man City won't go another season without their beloved Carabao and I can't see Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool going as big on the FA Cup this time out with bigger fish to fry and a thousand games to contend, but I do think they'll go one better than last season in Europe. Bar the superspreading defeat by Atletico Madrid at Anfield back in March 2020, the Reds have been there or thereabouts in the Champions League in recent years, and I fancy them for number seven in Istanbul in May.
Josh O'Brien
Premier League champions: Manchester City
Rest of top four (in order): Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal
Relegated: Southampton, Fulham, Bournemouth
Championship winners: Norwich
League 1 winners: Ipswich
League 2 winners: Northampton
FA Cup winners: Arsenal
Carabao Cup winners: Tottenham
Champions League winners: Manchester City
I think it's incredibly difficult to look past Pep Guardiola's side for the major honours next term. Any outfit that adds Erling Haaland, Julian Alvaraz and Kalvin Phillips to a side that are already reigning champions are going to be incredibly difficult to beat.
Many appear to be underestimating a Liverpool side that played every game possible last time around - Jurgen Klopp knows how to get the best out of his players and the Reds will not be falling out of the top two anytime soon.
Spurs are looking the strongest version of themselves we've seen for a while under Antonio Conte and I expect them to comfortably secure Champions League football, with a League Cup thrown in to end their 14-year trophy drought.
Arsenal will at long last return to the Champions League, with the addition of Gabriel Jesus proving pivotal as the Brazilian will fire the Gunners into fourth.
James Whaling
Premier League champions: Manchester City
Rest of top four (in order): Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea
Relegated: Leeds, Brentford, Bournemouth
Championship winners: Norwich
League 1 winners: Sheffield Wednesday
League 2 winners: Bradford
FA Cup winners: Arsenal
Carabao Cup winners: Tottenham
Champions League winners: Manchester City
Erling Haaland is name-really taken a look at by quite a few people as a potential contrast creator ( Image: Getty Images)
Difficult to look past Manchester City holding their title in the wake of marking Erling Haaland, who doubtlessly can't and won't bomb in surprising the Premier League.
I'd in any case anticipate that Liverpool should be their nearest challengers yet Tottenham have selected splendidly and I wouldn't preclude a more open title race than in earlier years. Chelsea to finish the main four.
Down the opposite end, Leeds got away from just barely last year and I'm a long way from persuaded by their new(ish) supervisor. Brentford could experience similar episode of second season condition their Yorkshire partners did last term. I figure Nottingham Forest and Fulham could have to the point of keeping awake, however Bournemouth seem as though they're in for a battle.
To the extent that the cups go, Arsenal are most likely due a FA Cup subsequent to passing up a major opportunity for two entire seasons. Spikes to break their prize dry season with the League Cup, and Man City to at long last get the monkey away from them and win the Champions League.
Norwich to bob straight back as they generally do, Darren Moore and Mark Hughes to lead Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford City to advancement from Leagues One
