With the new season slowly approaching and Frank Lampard (hopefully) soon announced, it’s time for the annual WAGNH Writers Premier League Predictions

While we still have over a month until the start of the season, Chelsea’s situation is a lot clearer than usual in many ways. The transfer ban has practically locked the squad in place and the fixture list is already out as well.

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André Carlisle

1. Tottenham 2. Liverpool 3. Manchester City 4. Manchester United 5. Arsenal 6. Wolverhampton

Top scorer in the Premier League: Harry Kane
Top Chelsea scorer: Olivier Giroud
Breakout star in the Premier League: Naby Keita
Breakout star at Chelsea: Mateo Kovačić

(Note: I think we can all agree André’s scenario is the worst kind of universe there’s ever been and ever will be)

Brian Yatco

1. Christian Pulisic USA Chelsea 2. Liverpool 3. Manchester City 4. Arsenal 5. Manchester United 6. Tottenham

Top scorer in the Premier League: Christian Pulisic
Top Chelsea scorer: Christian Pulisic
Breakout star in the Premier League: Christian Pulisic
Breakout star at Chelsea: Christian Pulisic

Dávid Pásztor

1. Manchester City 2. Liverpool 3. Manchester United 4. Tottenham 5. Chelsea 6. Arsenal

Top scorer in the Premier League: Harry Kane
Top Chelsea scorer: Olivier Giroud
Breakout star in the Premier League: Tanguy Ndombélé
Breakout star at Chelsea: Christian Pulisic

Fellipe Miranda

1. Liverpool 2. Manchester City 3. Tottenham 4. Chelsea 5. Arsenal 6. Manchester United

Top scorer in the Premier League: Mohamed Salah
Top Chelsea scorer: Callum Hudson-Odoi
Breakout star in the Premier League: Tanguy Ndombélé
Breakout star at Chelsea: Christian Pulisic

Jimmy Funnell

1. Manchester City 2. Liverpool 3. Tottenham 4. Manchester United 5. Chelsea 6. Arsenal

Top scorer in the Premier League: Mohamed Salah
Top Chelsea scorer: Christian Pulisic
Breakout star in the Premier League: Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Breakout star at Chelsea: Reece James

Ram Srinivas

1. Liverpool 2. Manchester City 3. Tottenham 4. Leicester City 5. Chelsea 6. Arsenal

Top scorer in the Premier League: Mohamed Salah
Top Chelsea scorer: Tammy Abraham
Breakout star in the Premier League: John McGinn
Breakout star at Chelsea: Callum Hudson-Odoi

Rohaan Bhuyan

1. Manchester City 2. Liverpool 3. Tottenham 4. Chelsea 5. Manchester United 6. Arsenal

Top scorer in the Premier League: Raheem Sterling
Top Chelsea scorer: Tammy Abraham
Breakout star in the Premier League: Reiss Nelson
Breakout star at Chelsea: Christian Pulisic

Sudip Majumder

1. Manchester City 2. Liverpool 3. Tottenham 4. Chelsea 5. Arsenal 6. Manchester United

Top scorer in the Premier League: Mohamed Salah
Top Chelsea scorer: Michy Batshuayi
Breakout star in the Premier League: Joao Cancelo (if he joins Manchester City)
Breakout star at Chelsea: Christian Pulisic

Shauryas Sharma

1. Manchester City 2. Liverpool 3. Tottenham 4. Chelsea 5. Arsenal 6. Manchester United

Top scorer in the Premier League: Mohamed Salah
Top Chelsea scorer: Own goal
Breakout star in the Premier League: some hyped Manchester United player
Breakout star at Chelsea: Mason Mount

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Liverpool and Manchester City are unsurprisingly the consensus favorites, with Chelsea expected to finish just or just out of the top four (except in André’s worst universe).

A name that popped up in almost every prediction was Christian Pulisic; we all seem to have very high hopes for him. Mohamed Salah is the majority’s favorite for the golden boot (unless we live in yatcli’s best universe).

And we all seem to have high hopes for the youth as Hudson-Odoi, Mount, and James all take turns in the “breakout star at Chelsea” category. Whether or not this really ends up happening is a different story entirely, but it feels refreshing to have genuine and justified hope in that regard.

Last year’s edition unanimously predicted Chelsea finishing in the top four. Not quite as much confidence this year, it would appear.

Agree?