Jamie Carragher makes early Arsenal Premier League title prediction

Jamie Carragher makes early Arsenal Premier League title prediction

"I think City. The reason I think City is that I think they were still close last year. I know Pep’s gone, I get that,” Carragher said on the on the Football Ramble podcast."When you’ve had the same manager for ten years, the flip side of what people will say is that it’s hard to come after him."Just something a little bit new, a little bit fresh. I think if Rodri left for Real Madrid then I wouldn’t be saying that but in terms of where they are right now…"If you’re City, what’s the point in selling Rodri? What’s the point? Just get another year out of him and let him go for free. He’s the best in his position. What’s £40m for City?”Arsenal are the defending Premier League championsGetty"Where we are right now, and we know there’s still a month to go transfer-wise, I can only see Arsenal or City,” Carragher continued."There’s a question because he [Maresca] is new to the role but I’m a fan of Maresca in terms of what he does on the pitch, in terms of what happened at Chelsea, in terms of watching him tactically and how he set up."The problems they caused Liverpool at times, when Liverpool won the league under Arne Slot, the two Chelsea games, I was looking at them and thinking, ‘This fella knows what he’s doing’ and I think he’s very capable at the level he’s coaching at.Read More"Whether Arsenal will be a lot better because they’ve got the monkey off their back, I don’t know, but I don’t think City were great for a lot of last season and the title still almost went to the wire. If Rodri stays or goes that could be a huge factor."

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