And They're off!

The Barclay's Premier League is back! And with every team strengthening their squad ,throughout the summer, it is sure to be a fantastic spectacle. However Manchester City are yet to make a marquee signing. With teams like: Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool all making superstar signings City are forced to keep to set guide lines due to financial fair play. Despite this the blues boss Manuel Pellegrini has done a terrific job in bringing players that will improve the squad. The champions weakest aspect last season was arguably their defense, acknowledging this Manuel brought in a new ; goalkeeper (Caballero), defender (Mangala) and holding midfielder (Fernando). Personally for me Mangala is the most exciting prospect being only 23 years old and having had experience at a top club like Porto already, I believe he will be a great addition to our title defending side.

  The Rivals

Chelsea- Most think Chelsea are favorites for the title and rightly so. Jose Mourinho has gone on a spending spree bring in fantastic talent like: Filipe Luiz, Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas. However though the Chelsea side may look the best on paper will it necessarily perform? Many players need time to gel but others just fit right in. Teams also need time on the pitch together players like those listed above may have had preseason and training sessions to become acquainted with their new team mates but  neither of these are anything like playing a premier league game.

Arsenal- By far Arsenal last season spent most time at the top of the Premier League (128 days) but still didn't manage to walk away with the title. Personally I think the gunners losing the title had nothing to do with quality just their ability to follow through and will to win. Just looking at the way Arsenal's past seasons have gone they always tend to only perform on half the season. This lack of consistency in results is what surely cost them the title. Another point is that they just couldn't perform in the big matches. But with the introduction of key players like Alexis Sanchez could it be the reds season.

Liverpool- Going to the other title contenders in red Liverpool. Coming agonizingly close to the title last season the reds will only be more hungry for the title this year. Many are ruling them out of even top 4 football which I think is a massive mistake. I don't think they will be a better side than last year but any worse we will have to see. I say this with all respect to the club but when a team loose arguably their best player in Luis Suarez it is sure that they won't be as good again the next season. I think it would be the same any where like if City lost Aguero or Yaya. The Mersyside club still have exceptional talent to name a few: Daniel Sturridge, Raheem Sterling and Jordan Henderson which is why I think it is harsh to rule them out of a top 4 finish.

My Predictions

Finally I am going to give my opinion on who will receive some of the worlds honors in this year of football...

Barclays Premier League

Top 4 (in order)
1. Chelsea
2.Manchester City
3.Liverpool(within 6 points of 2nd)
4.Arsenal

Golden Boot

If Sergio Aguero has little to no injuries it will be him otherwise Diego Costa or Daniel Sturridge

FA cup Manchester City

League Cup  Everton

Europe 

Ligue 1- PSG
La Liga BBVA- Real Madrid
Serie A- Juventus
Bundesliga- Bayern Munich

Blog by- Tom Preston
Twitter- @Kootom28