Graeme Souness has now hailed the strength of the Premier League and named his three favourite teams to win the title.
Manchester City stormed to the title last campaign but have already dropped five points this season, losing to Spurs on the opening weekend and drawing against Southampton on Saturday.
Many pundits have suggested that City, Chelsea, Man United and Liverpool could be set for a four-way tussle to win the league, but Souness claims there is still ‘question marks’ over one of the teams.
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‘I agree this is the strongest top four we’ve seen in the Premier League for several years,’ Souness told The Times.
‘But with the caveat that there are still more question marks against Manchester United than any of the other title contenders – Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City.
‘United have not won any major trophies recently and have spent a great deal of money. Liverpool and City have been the real deal for the past few years and Chelsea have won the Champions League.
‘If you put it like that, it’s common sense. The other ones have not only won trophies, but the big trophies, the important ones.’
Chelsea have thrived since Thomas Tuchel took over from Frank Lampard as manager and beat Man City in last season’s Champions League final to win the competition.
Souness added on the Blues: ‘If you’re playing against Chelsea it’s hard to see where you’ll get joy. They can take you on in a football match or stand up to you physically.
‘They have strength in the middle and on the flanks and now carry a real goal threat – which they lacked last season – after signing Romelu Lukaku.
‘Like all the best teams, Chelsea have a plan B. If circumstances conspire against them, they can change their strategy.
‘How well did they do that after going down to ten men away to Liverpool? Sometimes, for whatever reason, an obvious one being a red card, you have to adapt and plan B comes out, and they applied it perfectly.’
