Way Too Early Premier League Predictions
The Lead
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🗓️ 25 August 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Manchester City dropped their opening game to Tottenham, but still look like title favorites. New signing Romelu Lukaku shined in his debut for Chelsea over the weekend, and the Blues are off to a perfect 2-0 start. Paul Pogba is off to a record-setting campaign for Manchester United, and the Red Devils also look poised to challenge for the title. Arsenal? Not so much. So, who will be sitting atop the standings when the season wraps up ? The Athletic's Ed Malyon joins us make his picks, and to break down what we've seen in the Premier League season so far.
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| 0:46.0 | The English primarily is two weeks into the season and the drama has already been ramping up. |
| 1:17.0 | Today, the Athletics Ed Malian on what we've seen from some of the top teams and top players so far, |
| 1:28.0 | whether or not a historic club could get relegated and who will sit atop the standings at the end of the season. |
| 1:35.0 | From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. It's Wednesday, August 25th, and this is the Leone. |
| 1:41.0 | So Ed, we're here today to break down some of the biggest storylines in the Premier League as the season gets underway here. |
| 1:49.0 | And to have you make some way too early predictions. |
| 1:52.0 | So first of all, you can guarantee us that everything you predict here will come true. |
| 1:56.0 | Yeah, that's my solemn promise. I mean, I usually have 100% record with these sort of predictions. |
| 2:01.0 | So let's go for it. |
| 2:02.0 | All right. Well, let's start with the reigning champions, winners of three of the last four Premier League titles, Manchester City. |
| 2:09.0 | We saw them make probably the splashiest signing of the offseason. |
| 2:12.0 | Manchester City is signed Jack Grelish from the Premier League foe, Ashton Villa. |
| 2:17.0 | Grelish was sold for a transfer fee just north of $139 million conversion rate. |
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