Ben Foster has explained why he thinks Chelsea will finish above Liverpool next season but he still has Man City as champions.
The former Manchester United goalkeeper is currently a free agent after leaving Watford in the summer with Leeds United reportedly interested in his services.
During his time away from finding a new club, Foster has been making his predictions for the new Premier League season.
Predicting the positions of the ‘other 14’ Premier League clubs and why
Unsurprisingly he’s tipped Manchester City to win the Premier League title once again with the Citizens bringing in Erling Haaland – but he does think Raheem Sterling could be a “big miss”.
Foster said on The Cycling GK YouTube channel: “I thought they would win the league last season. It wasn’t quite as easy as I expected it would be but they came through in the end.
“They’ve lost a few players – Raheem Sterling will be a big miss I think – but they’ve got enough quality to fill in.
“The big signing – Erling Haaland – I just think he could pulverise the Premier League, I really do. He could score a bucket load of goals.
“He will have a banging season and take the league by storm. There’s no looking past Manchester City this year.”
Chelsea look like they are in a little bit of a worrying position right now with Thomas Tuchel calling on the new owners to push through more deals after they lost 4-0 to Arsenal in a pre-season friendly.
But Foster has them down for finishing above Liverpool in second position, he added: “Looking at last season, if you’re going to sign Romelu Lukaku you have to play to his strengths and work around him.
“Chelsea aren’t really that team and didn’t do that. When he came out of the team he lost a bit of confidence and it’s not hard to see why because he’s not really a Thomas Tuchel-type player. But I think he will do well at Inter Milan, like he did before.
“This season, I’m putting Chelsea second.”
And, despite tipping Liverpool to finish third in the Premier League this coming season, Foster can’t see them challenging for the title.
Foster continued: “I thought they might struggle last season after giving it there all the previous year but they were up there all the way. I’m going for third this season. I think there will be two teams better than them.
“Losing Sadio Mane was a blow and I think they could be in a period of transition. I can’t see them being up there, challenging for the…
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