Gary Pallister believes the Premier League title race will be contested between Liverpool and Manchester City next season once again, but thinks his former Manchester United side can compete for a spot in the Champions League. The gap between City and United last season was a massive 35 points.
United finished in sixth in the Premier League last season - 13 points behind Tottenham Hotspur in fourth place. Liverpool and City have both added Darwin Nunez and Erling Haaland to their already formidable attacks.
Despite the addition of Erik ten Hag as new United manager, Pallister believes the gap will remain between his old team and the Premier League's top two next season.
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"You would be a fool to not back them [City and Liverpool] to be challenging for the title next season,’ Pallister told Metro.co.uk on behalf of Bookies Bonuses.
"You look at Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, can they really mount a challenge against them two? No. Can United? I think it would be a huge effort for them to do that, I don’t think that is going be possible next year, Ten Hag has to go in there first and hopefully sort out the problems that were manifesting themselves last season.
"He has got to get everybody onside and find a new philosophy and take it from there. The dressing room is the first place that needs to be sorted if you listen to the rumours about it being disjoined and fractured. That needs to be sorted. Hopefully then you can bring in players with character and personality than can then help in that respect.
"There has got to be an improvement. I can’t say for sure they are going to be in the top four, I think the top four is open for Man Utd if they can get it right because they have good players."
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