Shaun Wright-Phillips: Chelsea, Man United and Tottenham to fight for fourth place
Former Chelsea and Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips believes Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur will all fight for fourth place because Arsenal will finish in the top three alongside Manchester City and Liverpool.
Wright-Phillips told Metro.co.uk: “I was impressed by Arsenal last year and this season they’re just topping it off with consistent performances.
“Last season when they were down in the bottom half, they had a lot of criticism come their way, but they stuck to their guns and Arteta kept playing the football he knows and how he wants them to play.
“In the end Arsenal fans were gutted because they didn’t make the Champions League, but what they achieved last year to get into that position was fantastic.
“Now they’ve built on that with the signings they’ve made with the likes of [Gabriel] Jesus and [Oleksandr] Zinchenko coming in as well as [Fabio] Viera who’s coming back to fitness, they’re massive additions.
“It’s given them depth in areas that they haven’t had before, especially across the front line. They’ll have a lot of games coming up which are back-to-back, the World Cup obviously and then straight back into it, so they have that depth to deal with any injuries.
“That’s going to be very important to them when it comes to the end of the season and if they can keep that consistency up, that will be a spot in the top four gone.
“Then it comes down to Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur fighting for that last spot.
“I don’t see Liverpool dropping out of there in all honesty, once they get up and running, have all their players fit then they’ll get back to the way we’re used to seeing.
“I still think they’ll be hard to stop and of course Manchester City are playing the way they’re playing and with that added striker I can’t see any other spaces becoming available.”
Unless Liverpool and Chelsea fix their problems they might not find themselves in the top four