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Newcastle also appeared surprising this season because they have finished in 4th position to displace several other big teams such as Liverpool and Tottenham.
Arsenal did fail to maintain its first position but surprisingly also able to compete with Manchester City before, even in the first half Arsenal dominated the standings until almost the second half.
It will be more interesting to see some of the other Premier League teams have built their current squads to again thwart Manchester City back to the championship, but I'm not underestimating it anyway Manchester City will be a lot of favourites but who knows the season now there will be changes where other big teams will take over the trophy, I think it is still very possible.
Nobody knows which team will win the title next season, but I think Manchester City has a high probability of repeating it. Another team like Newcastle will certainly surprise, but I believe their probability of winning the Premier League title is no better than Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool.
So far all teams have tried to build the quality of their team by bringing in several new players to prepare for next season's competition. Chelsea and Arsenal appear to be spending a lot of money on players, while Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle and Manchester City appear to have only made some patches in some of the weaker positions last season.