Ben Foster Explains Why He Believes City AND Chelsea Will Finish Above Liverpool This Season

Ben Foster Explains Why He Believes City AND Chelsea Will Finish Above Liverpool This Season

Ex-Manchester United, West Brom and Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster believes Liverpool are going through a transitional period and they won’t be challenging for the Premier League title this season.

The 39-year-old claims the Reds could finish third below Manchester City and Chelsea, with the Merseyside club’s attack having to be rejigged following the departure of Sadio Mane and the arrival of Darwin Nunez:

“I thought they (Liverpool) might struggle after giving it their all the previous year but they were up there all the way. I’m going for third this season. I think there will be two teams (City and Chelsea) better than them. Losing Sadio Mane was a blow and I think they could be in a period of transition. I can’t see them being up there, challenging for the title, I just can’t. But they’ll do decent and maybe finish third. The front three is dissipating but it will be interesting to see how Darwin Nunez does in his first season.”

It can certainly be argued that Jurgen Klopp’s side are a more unknown quantity heading into this campaign; much more so than previous years when they have had a pretty settled team; especially in the front three.

However, Foster’s claim that Chelsea will finish above the Reds is puzzling. The Blues are in the midst of their own squad revamp and there are a lot more doubts about how Thomas Tuchel’s team are shaping up than Liverpool.

Of course, we won’t have to wait long to find out who will be competing at the top of the table, with the start of the new season just over a week away.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.