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.
Newcastle United is one team we keep an eye on including their movements in the transfer window, last season Newcastle spent €185 million and the result they finished 4th for this season Newcastle has spent €72 million bring in 2 players it seems they are satisfied with last season's performance so they are not hunting for more players. But I see there will be risks there Newcastle's match schedule will be even busier as that means there will be a risk of injury if not anticipated they could have lost an important moment like the problem experienced by Arsenal in last season.