And that’s that. The 2023/24 has come to its conclusion with , Arsenal settling for second place again and all three promoted teams heading back down to England’s second tier. No doubt an interesting campaign, there have been surprise packages aplenty, while some of the traditional juggernauts – most notably, – have flattered to deceive for the most part.
Despite its evident unpredictability, all Premier League aficionados – pundits included – cannot help but make their pre-season predictions and when they’re in the public domain, like , they’re often subject to scrutiny when the campaign comes to a close. Formerly of Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester United, the Englishman took to X (formerly Twitter) to lay his predictions bare as he placed every team in the top flight where he thought they’d finish on 19 May – so let’s take a look, shall we? Not only Owen but the majority of avid top flight watchers would have predicted ’s imperious City outfit to secure a fourth title on the trot, while they also entered the campaign as the trademark ‘team to beat’ - and that proved to be the case. There were moments in 2023/24 where they looked shaky – but, when push came to shove, the record-makers won their last nine league outings on the bounce.
It was always going to take something special from the chasing pack to halt the Citizens, wasn't it? Manchester City are the first team to win four consecutive Premier League titles, surpassing the former reco.
