Pep Guardiola expects ‘a lot of clubs’ to be tough for Premier League title next season – and identifies ‘exceptional’ Mo Salah as Man City’s biggest threat in Community Shield curtain-raiser with Liverpool
- Pep Guardiola expects more than a two-horse race for the Premier League title
- Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal splashed the cash to enter title contention
- Guardiola hails ‘exceptional’ Mo Salah, calls Egypt ‘incredible threat’
- Man City will face Liverpool in the FA Community Shield on Saturday July 30
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola expects “a lot of clubs” to be involved in the Premier League title race this season.
City lift the curtain on the 2022/23 campaign against Liverpool in the FA Community Shield on Saturday at the King Power Stadium, Leicester.
Liverpool and City have held the top two spots in three of the last four seasons, with the latter winning the title three times and Jurgen Klopp’s men once.
Pep Guardiola spoke to the media ahead of the FA Community Shield clash with Liverpool
Clubs like Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea have invested heavily this summer in an effort to close the gap to the top two and Manchester United’s decision to sign Erik Ten Hag represents a clear direction and identity for the club.
Guardiola isn’t sure who will be City’s toughest challengers, but believes there will be plenty.
“I don’t know, I promise you if I could predict the future I would let you know.” Normally in the Premier League there are many teams and you would expect that,’ Guardiola said in his pre-match press conference.
“Always before repeating the same thing, I expect a lot from the clubs involved, the quality they all have in terms of managers, players, history. I do not know.’
Firstly, City are reuniting with their now eternal rivals Liverpool, a team that won both domestic cups last season.
The Reds may have lost Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich, but Mohamed Salah has signed a new contract at Anfield and remains one of the Premier League’s most dangerous talents.
Guardiola says he isn’t announcing any news admitting the Egyptian is exceptional.
“I’m not saying anything new because we know that. He is exceptional, an incredible threat. We are trying to win the game.
Guardiola says Salah is exceptional and remains an ‘incredible threat’ to his City side
Erling Haaland became the bookmakers’ favorite for the Golden Boot even before his debut
Salah, 30, has scored 118 league goals in 180 games for Liverpool but Guardiola has new threats this summer.
Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez, both 22, joined City in the summer to replace outgoing Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling.
Former Dortmund hitman Haaland, who scored 86 goals in 89 games for the German side, has already been named favorite to win the top scorer award by bookmakers.
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