{"id":344057,"date":"2017-08-11T10:16:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T10:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=344057"},"modified":"2017-08-11T10:16:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T10:16:15","slug":"citi-sports-reporters-predict-premier-league-winners-top-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/citi-sports-reporters-predict-premier-league-winners-top-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Citi Sports reporters predict Premier League winners, Top 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Premier League is always an enduring spectacle and it seems each year, the stakes go higher, the value becomes bigger and more important and it sucks you into the storylines with such strength.<\/span><\/p>\n The 2017\/2018 season, which will\u00a0be live on\u00a0Citi FM<\/strong>, will be no different. Last season, it was called the “battle of the managers” and Italian Antonio Conte and his Chelsea army claimed the biggest reward available.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This season, the Blues have their targets on their backs and one should expect their games with every strong team to be a tussle. But the likes of Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino and Arsene Wenger will have their own tests to deal with and they will not be easy. They could even decide if they will have jobs in England or not when next season comes along.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In the first of a two-part series on their expectations for the season,\u00a0Citi Sports<\/strong>\u00a0journalists, Nathan Quao, Daniel Koranteng, Rahman Osman. Benjamin Nketsia\u00a0and Edwin Kwakofi give their thoughts on who will be Champions, who will finish in the top four and who’ll be relegated.<\/p>\n WHO WILL BE CHAMPIONS?<\/strong><\/p>\n Nathan Quao –\u00a0<\/strong>Chelsea<\/p>\n “I feel they their intensity from last season will still be there and that will push them through their difficult\u00a0ties. I am not expecting Antonio Conte to go away from his 3-4-3 that worked so well. It is true that teams will plan for that and they will come prepared to stop it from working well like Manchester United did at Old Trafford. But how many teams can boast of a very good man marker to handle Eden Hazard like Ander Herrera?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Conte’s team has not changed that much. He now has Alvaro Morata in place of Diego Costa and even though Morata is not as ferocious as Costa, his intelligence will make him a very good weapon especially as Eden Hazard and Pedro reprise their roles from last season.”<\/span><\/p>\n