I'm not sure about it, because they won't have time to recover because of the club world cup and they're losing De Bruyne as well.
Yes, Rodri will be a welcome addition but he hasn't played football for a year. Will he come back looking just as good as he did before he got injured. Usually it takes a while.
There's a question mark on all of the top teams in the Prem, even us.
We've lost Trent, who like it or not is an integral part of our attacking play.
We'll also have a new striker in the line up.
Arsenal:
- need a new striker and midfielder. Other than that it's the same team as this season.
City:
- bothered by the CWC.
- Need a new attacking mid and fullback.
Chelsea:
- CWC again.
- need one or two marquee signings. Striker.
Team to watch out for:
Aston Villa:
- Need strengthening in defence. Fullback and CB. Will they buy Rashford? Arsenio?😉
I'm not sure that either City or Chelsea will be threat (forget Villa, no chance). Chelsea have a long way to go and are ridiculously inconsistent, they'll also be in the CL or EL next season. No easy-ride Conference.
City, as I've said for the past 2-3 seasons, are on a downward spiral of aging players that they've replaced with, mainly, lower quality.
KdB gone, B. Silva gone, Gundogan gone, Stones will be 31 and starting players who are not at the level of those of 3-4 seasons ago : Akanji. Ake, Grealish, Savinho, Doku and Marmoush.
So yes they still have some excellent players in Haaland, Gvadiol, Bobb, Ederson, Rodri and Foden but overall I don't look at their squad and think that it's a PL winning squad. They would have to strengthen considerably this Summer to elevate their potential in my eyes.
If Arsenal spend £200m on a striker or two and a world class DM then they will be
the challengers next season. They are the only ones that have a squad of comparable quality (assuming we get 4-5 players of genuine quality to fix the issues we have at LB, RB backup and at CF - otherwise we'll not start favourites at all.
