The English Premier League season is going to begin next weekend, 14 August 2010. After a long break from the Premier League football. Twenty teams will be challenging for the elusive title. Following are the teams:
1) Arsenal
2) Aston Villa
3) Birmingham
4) Blackburn Rovers
5) Blackpool
6) Bolton Wonderers
7) Chelsea
8) Everton
9) Fulham
10) Liverpool
11) Manchester City
12) Manchester United
13) Newcastle United
14) Stoke City
15) Sunderland
16) Tottenham Hotspur
17) West Bromwich Albion
18) West Ham United
19) Wigan Atheletic
20) Wolverhampton Wanderers
As the defending champion, Chelsea starts as one of the favorite to winner the title again. However, there are several teams which also have the ability and among the favorites to wrestle the title from Chelsea. Manchester United and Arsenal are two of Chelsea closest contenders for the past several seasons. They are expected to be near anywhere at top of the table coming next May 2011, fighting for the championship. Apart from them, we should not neglect Liverpool and Manchester City as the other dark houses for the championship. Liverpool has the history and players behind them while Manchester City is spending millions of pounds on players to launch their assault on the championship. Manchester City is mimicking Chelsea success when they spend lots of money acquiring good players to their clubs since the arrival of the current owner in 2003. They money from Roman Abramovich has turn Chelsea into a football power house. It seem like Manchester City are heading the same direction as well with money from Abu Dhabi United Group.
Therefore, by end of the season we should see one of this team capturing the English Premier League Championship.
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