England legend Gary Lineker has joined the growing list of people who believe Chelsea will win the title once again this season. The well respected pundit has spoken out about the Blues chances, admitting he can’t see any other team winning the league other than Chelsea, although Arsenal could prove to be a threat.

“You’d have to say Chelsea are very strong favourites for the title; they’ve added to their squad, they were comfortable last season so there has to be quite a big turnaround for another club to challenge them.” said Lineker.

“Obviously the other clubs are making additions and they desperately need it. But it often takes time when you’re bringing in lots of different faces to find the balance to your side.”

“It takes new players a bit of time to get themselves accustomed to playing in the Premier League, especially the foreign players. We can only have a really great season and much more competitive than last year if Chelsea don’t get off to a brilliant start as they did last year.”

“I’ll be very surprised if it’s not Chelsea first and then a battle for second, third and fourth between Arsenal, Manchester United and City. I expect United to be stronger this season but Arsenal could actually be Chelsea’s most likely challengers.”

The former Spurs striker was full of praise for Manchester City’s faith in manager Manuel Pellegrini, but admits his tactics can often leave viewers baffled.

“I quite admire the fact City have faith in Manuel Pellegrini. I thought tactically on occasions, particularly against strong teams last year, he played naively. Against Barcelona, or one or two of the other big sides, to play sort of two wide men, two up front and then just two in midfield meant they just got overran. He seems a real gent and, obviously, he’s had a lot of success and they won the League the year before so you’ve got to give the fellow another chance. Hopefully, he’ll reward them and they’ll push Chelsea close. But this depends on City bringing two or three more yet to really push Chelsea again.”

[Quotes from the Standard]

It certainly doesn’t take a genius to work out that Chelsea are firm favourites for the league.