At the very least, Manchester City are expected to contend for the Premier League title during the 2024/2025 season.
For instance, while Paul Scholes expects Arsenal to win the Premier League, he still reckons City will be their closest challengers.
Another former Manchester United midfielder in Roy Keane has backed City to win the league, however.
Considering Pep Guardiola’s side only finished below second place once during his tenure in his first season in charge [third in the 2016/2017 campaign] and them winning six out of the last eight league titles, it is difficult to imagine them not even being in a title race.
Manchester City seem determined season upon season to maintain their sky-high standards and that could be one of the factors that has meant they have remained competitive under Guardiola’s reign.
Owen reveals Manchester City Premier League prediction
However, a factor that could come into play is burnout for the Sky Blues’ players.
Physically, due to having played in more games than any team in England over the past few years.
Mentally as well, perhaps the pressure of trying to win a fifth league title in a row could take its toll on City’s cohort.
While only time will tell where Manchester City will finish in the league table, Michael Owen has surprisingly predicted them to fall down to fourth place during the upcoming campaign.
The pundit has backed Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa to finish above the Premier League winners.
Owen also went on to reveal his bold prediction to the Premier League’s official website, which read as: “Man City reign to end.”
Seems virtually impossible that Man City will finish fourth
Stranger things have happened in football than Manchester City potentially finishing in fourth place but as things stand, Michael Owen’s prediction seems like an impossibility.
With Pep Guardiola still arguably being the best manager in the world and City having a case for possessing the finest squad in the division, it is tough to see them being involved in a race for top four.
Especially considering that Owen, who believes Liverpool and Aston Villa will finish above the English juggernaut have plenty more questions to answer.
How the Reds fare under Arne Slot after Jurgen Klopp’s nine-year spell has come to an end remains a mystery and so does the impact of Champions League football on Villa’s league position.
