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STEVEN GERRARD HAS GIVEN HIS EARLY ASSESSMENT OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE RACE FOR THE 2025/26 SEASON AND HE THINKS THAT LIVERPOOL WILL STILL BE THE TEAM TO BEAT 08:54, 04 Jun 2025 Steven

Gerrard has warned Liverpool that Manchester City will be their biggest rivals for the Premier League title next season – but he doesn’t expect Manchester United to be anywhere near the top.

The Reds will aim to defend their 20th league title in 2025/26 following Arne Slot’s successful debut campaign and Gerrard has named the sides to worry about. Liverpool finished 10 points

clear of Arsenal this season, securing their first title since 2020 with a thumping win over Tottenham on April 27. They boasted the league’s best attack – thanks largely to top-scorer

Mohamed Salah, who managed 29 goals himself – and the second-best defence. The club are keen to reinforce their squad in the summer transfer window and have already signed Jeremie Frimpong

and are chasing the signature of his former Bayer Leverkusen team-mate Florian Wirtz. Slot will have the summer to build a new squad, but former Liverpool captain Gerrard is expecting

tougher opposition next season. "It’s the most difficult league in the world,” he told TNT Sports. “Liverpool will be well aware that City are going to come back, Arsenal are looking

stronger again, the likes of Chelsea are building nicely, Newcastle, Villa are coming in behind. READ MORE: Transfer news LIVE: Man Utd make Mbeumo move, Wirtz shuts down Liverpool claim,

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the ones that are hunted now. But evidence suggests that Liverpool are going to be strong in the transfer market, so Liverpool are the team to catch for sure." City rallied to finish

third in the Premier League, just three points behind Arsenal – who finished second for the third straight year – but saw their title chances evaporate early in the season. However, Pep

Guardiola has signed a new contract and City will have key Ballon d’Or-winning midfielder Rodri back available for the start of the next campaign. Article continues below Gerrard added:

"I think you've got to be wary of City and Guardiola. The best manager in the world. They've done it four years on the spin, they lost Rodri, which was a big blow to them.

"I think with a fully fit squad, and they're going to recruit as well, the team that finishes above City will win it again and hopefully, that’s Liverpool." _HAVE YOUR SAY! DO

YOU AGREE WITH STEVEN GERRARD? COMMENT BELOW._ United finished 15th in Ruben Amorim’s debut season and their defeat in the Europa League final against Tottenham means they won’t play any

European football next season. They will undergo the biggest squad overhaul of all Premier League clubs this summer, with Matheus Cunha expected to be the first of many arrivals once his

£62.5million deal goes through. But United will clearly need more time to improve under Amorim before they can compete for the title once again. "We are not ready to play in the Premier

League, be competitive, and to be in the Champions League," he admitted last month. Article continues below Join our new WhatsApp community _and receive your daily dose of Mirror

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