At the dawn of the 2024-25 Premier League you would do well to distinguish it from its previous iteration. Beyond the fact that the newly promoted teams don't look quite so much like relegation fodder in waiting, this is a competition relatively unchanged from 12 months ago. Two teams begin the year with realistic aspirations of ending Pep Guardiola's hegemony, many of those with the financial muscle to match them are struggling to get out of their own way at a time when Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) are cooling the internal market.
Without a money pump from Saudi Arabia, the USA, or elsewhere, stasis is the defining characteristic of a league that prides itself on its unpredictability. The task then of predicting the entire Premier League table should be an easier endeavor in this season than almost any before it. One suspects that in spite of that I will still look rather foolish come the evening of May 25.
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The top three 1. Arsenal Were it not for the presence of a nation-state funded colossus, led by the greatest coach of his generation and managed by best-in-class staff across every department, one might argue Arsenal are set fair to end their 21 year wait for the Premier League title. The youngsters who attacked.
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