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Howard's PL Title Verdict: Liverpool Frontrunners, Chelsea Wildcard
Aug 04 2025 16:39 · By Liam Grace · 260 Reads
Tim Howard says four clubs have a chance of winning the 2025-26 Premier League title (Picture: Sky)
Tim Howard has named the ‘frontrunners’ to clinch the Premier League trophy this season – and feels there’s a second team who are a ‘wildcard’.
The ex- Manchester United and Everton goalkeeper feels four clubs will be in the 2025-26 title race – Arsenal , Chelsea , Liverpool and Manchester City .
Arsenal have finished as runners-up for the last three seasons in a row and are desperate to get their hands on the trophy for the first time since 2004.
Chelsea are also in the mix after making huge improvements under their head coach Enzo Maresca, winning the Club World Cup over the summer.
Liverpool, meanwhile, are the defending champions of England having won the top-flight title in Arne Slot’s debut season as their manager last term.
City cannot be discounted either, having landed four Premier League trophies in a row before Liverpool ended their winning streak last season.
Liverpool won the Premier League title under Arne Slot last season (Picture: Getty)
Quizzed for his thoughts on the 2025-26 title race at the Premier League Summer Series pre-season tournament, Howard told Sky Sports : ‘Liverpool, for me, are the frontrunners.
‘They’ve made incredible signings. They’re going to start the season flying, I know it.
Liverpool have signed a number of new players this summer (Picture: Getty)
‘[But] I can’t bet against Pep Guardiola. They’ve only had one bad season under him. They could come good.
‘Arsenal have done amazing business [too] – they got their No.9 (Viktor Gyokeres) so they could really challenge.’
‘Chelsea is the wildcard,’ Howard added. ‘The won a European title (the 2024-25 Conference League) and the Club World Cup.
‘I’m thinking, ‘This is coming together really quick’ – quicker than I thought.
Chelsea look set to challenge for this season’s Premier League title (Picture: Getty)
‘For me, that will be the Premier League top four. I also think it will be tight because all of these teams will take points off each other.
‘But Liverpool are the frontrunners.’