To be honest I won't include Chelsea's name for the title race next season, but I'm putting them to compete in the top 4 at least. I don't mean to belittle them, but with what they've shown this season, to be honest it's a job that won't be easy to get them up and challenging for the title. I assess this from a realistic angle, but I also don't rule out the possibility that they will be able to answer my doubts about them.
Now they will be working with a new coach, and usually the new coach needs time to make his strategy run smoothly at the club he is in charge of. I hope management doesn't aim high for him, because that will put pressure on him.
Pochettino joined the team to achieve high goals, that's for sure, the minimum goal for Chelsea next season will be the top 4. But Pochettino seems to me a manager who will need a lot of time to prepare the team properly. I wonder how Arsenal will perform next season, how they will cope with not being able to hold on to the top positions, will they work even harder to achieve their goal, or will it still reduce faith in their strength.
Obviously a trainer needs time to make what is desired really well implemented, and that will take time.
Talking about Arsenal, the squad they are currently building is good, it's just that they have to give a few touches so they can be even more stable. What they have experienced this season should be a very valuable lesson for them, they must start to overcome and evaluate so they don't feel the same result. The end of the season is a record that they must improve, because from the start of the season they were very stable and towards the end of the season they had to lose something they had been chasing from the start of the season. It is very painful.
But as valuable as that lesson could be, it doesn't mean they can beat Manchester City next season. Manchester City remains the benchmark for everyone else. Even if Arsenal won two more games, I think that Manchester would still have won the title. The 89 points are the result of Manchester City stopping to play at 100% after they knew they would be the Premier League champions. They could have kept the pace and score more points if necessary. Arsenal played an amazing season with 84 points, yet they have to acknowledge that 84 is not enough, which is crazy because of Man City.