Want to know what will happen this season? Let's ask... the three wise men



With the big kick-off just days away, the three wise men of Premier League punditry — Sportsmail columnist Jamie Redknapp, Gary Neville and Graeme Souness — discuss the major issues.



Sharp shooters (left to right): Nevillle, Souness and Redknapp pull no punches in their predictions for the new Premier League season

Who would you tip for the Premier League title?



Jamie Redknapp: Manchester United. They have strengthened well.



Graeme Souness: Manchester United are still the team to beat. Chelsea have got a new manager, Manchester City are spending big and I think getting into the Champions League would be a good season for Liverpool.



Gary Neville: Manchester United. It would be disrespectful to Chelsea to say that Manchester City will be the main challengers to United. City will threaten, but I look at Chelsea and think of them as being the main challengers for five years now. I see no reason why that should change.



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Can Arsenal hold on to Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri — and what would their departures mean for the club?



Redknapp: I can fully understand Cesc’s predicament. If he played for Manchester United or Chelsea he would have had three or four league titles by now. It’s impossible in the modern game to keep an unhappy player.



There are no leaders in that Arsenal team. Everybody can see what’s missing — a goalkeeper, centre half and someone in the midfield who stops people playing. Arsenal don’t do well enough when they haven’t got the ball.



Souness: Anyone can see Arsenal are a great football club but, unfortunately for them, their captain is wanted by the best football club in the world. Fabregas has been Arsenal’s outstanding player for the past few years, but I think the club are running into a very dangerous area with his team-mates.

He’s being handed a get-out-of-jail card. They can say they’re not winning games because they’re not in it together. Some players in that dressing room won’t be happy with Fabregas and Nasri, who are not committed to Arsenal.



Uncertain future: Cesc Fabregas (right) could be on his way this summer

Are people right to question Arsene Wenger, then?



Neville: No. I’ve seen Wenger go head-to-head with United over 15 years. You should never underestimate what that man can achieve with players and his scouting network.



Arsenal are the team who have gone through a season unbeaten and they produced the best team I played against in England in 1998, with (Dennis) Bergkamp, (Nicolas) Anelka, (Emmanuel) Petit, (Patrick) Vieira, (Marc) Overmars, (Ray) Parlour and the famous back five.



I don’t think anyone managing Arsenal in the last five or six years could have achieved what Arsene Wenger has, getting in the Champions League every year and still playing the quality of entertaining football.



The stand-out Premier League manager is Sir Alex Ferguson, but you would have to say Arsene edges out Jose Mourinho because of his longevity and his achievements.



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You ‘can’t keep an unhappy player’. What about Luka Modric at Tottenham, then?



Redknapp: I know Modric well. If he was a difficult player he would have gone already. He’s almost a one-off in modern football.



It looks like he will still be at Tottenham at the start of the season, but if Chelsea are offering £35million it might be cutting off your nose to spite your face. You could buy two or three great players for that. You have to look at it from a business point of view.



Neville: If a player does not want to stay at a club you have got to change his mind pretty quickly. Sometimes it can go on and on and become a bit of a cancer. Then you do have to let them go.



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What have you made of Liverpool’s signings this summer?



Souness: Liverpool’s season will be decided by how the new players bed in. They have a group of players who won’t be able to sustain a challenge from start to finish, but I still think Anfield is the best crowd to play in front of, certainly in this country.



Andy Carroll has to sort himself out. He has to realise what it means to play for Liverpool and he’ll have to meet that challenge head on.



Redknapp: They had a great run towards the end of the season and they didn’t have the luxury of playing Luis Suarez, Steven Gerrard and Carroll together. Kenny (Dalglish) has a few decisions to make, but he has brought the club together again. But they have got to get Gerrard fit. They won’t be able to do it without him.



Neville: Dalglish has brought an identity back to the club. He has brought in young players, like Martin Kelly and Jay Spearing, and the majority of the players he has signed have been British.



They will be hard to beat at home and, if I were a betting man, I would put Liverpool slightly in front of Tottenham at the moment.



New blood: Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish (centre) lines up with his new signings

Have Chelsea made a mistake axing Carlo Ancelotti and appointing Andre Villas-Boas?



Souness: I just think it’s an enormous gamble. I was 33 when I started managing and I had been in the top dressing rooms all my life.



Villas-Boas had one good year at Porto. I managed there with Benfica and winning the league at Porto isn’t the hardest thing to do. They are a well-run club and carry all the power in Portugal.



Ancelotti was someone who had been around and won trophies at big clubs all his life.



Redknapp: If you haven’t won the Champions League at the end of two years at Chelsea you get sacked. The pressure is too much. They’ve taken a gamble to a certain extent.



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What about Manchester City?



Redknapp: I think they have got a great chance — they’ve got great strength in depth. David Silva’s going to improve and Sergio Aguero is going to be world class. I don’t think Mario Balotelli is as good as he thinks he is, but he’s got something.



If he doesn’t like Manchester he should go elsewhere because he doesn’t know how lucky he is.



Souness: I know Roberto Mancini. He’s nobody’s fool. He’s seen something that makes him feel Balotelli has a future. He’s a raw talent and he’s capable of great things.



Neville: City have to prove they can break through. But it’s not going to be an easy ride for United as it was for many years when City were going through a difficult period.



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Finally, who will go down?



Souness: I think the three that came up (QPR, Norwich and Swansea) are in real danger of relegation. I think they all play proper football, a bit like Blackpool last year, but that will cost them dearly.



Redknapp: If you give the ball away in the Championship, it’s chances. In the Premier League, it’s goals. The three promoted teams will struggle and I think you’ve got to include Wigan in that because of how many goals they conceded last season, and Blackburn if they lose Chris Samba.



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