So i think we can all agree, however reluctantly, that Liverpool and City are a class above everyone else at the moment.
United, Chelsea and Arsenal are in a transitional period right now, and Spurs are looking a little…stale?
All those teams need to be ready for when Pep and Klopp leave their respective clubs which, going by what we know, will be in the next two or three seasons.
Obviously it’s still going to be difficult, but they need to be ready to capitalise on their departures.
So, out of those teams, who do you think is heading in right direction in order to compete with City and Liverpool in the next two or three season?
I'm not sure I agree with the notion that other clubs have to wait for Klopp and Pep to leave to have a realistic chance to win the league. The EPL is the most competitive league in the world, imo and it's difficult to dominate for long periods of time even if you have lots of money, great squad and a top manager. This season it looks like it's going to be a two way battle for the title again, but I don't think other top top six sides are so far away from City and Pool.
Arsenal have a great attack but the rest of their team is not close to the required standard, unless they spend wisely, they're top four material at best, but nowhere near the contender.
Chelsea have a crop of some exciting young talent but they lack experience at this level, so this season we may even finish outside of top six, I really don't know what to expect. As long as the team keeps improving and Lampard keeps learning, we're going to be fine because come summer, we're going to spend big and in 2020/21 season it's going to be a different side, hopefully more mature and better equipped to deal with challenging for trophies.
United will keep spending and sooner or later will assemble a very powerful squad, they already have some pieces, like Chelsea, but not quite the whole picture, in fact they're probably closer to the fiished article than us, because they were able to buy in the summer.
Spurs, I feel, are in most trouble. For all their deserved praise over the last few years, they've won nothing. Their first eleven is quality, but their bench is short and the project is running out of steam, they're fast approaching the point where their best players will start looking elsewhere unless Levi decides to loosen purse strings and add quality. They're still a top side and when in form can beat any team, but I wonder how much they've got left in the tank.