Two of the three elite clubs that failed to qualify for the Champions League this season have made major overhauls in their squads to aim for a better season than the previous season. Chelsea and Liverpool have brought in several quality players to improve the quality of the team to compete at the top of the premier league standings. Chelsea are quite serious in rearranging their squad, they are doing a major overhaul in the squad as well as bringing in a new coach.
Liverpool who have qualified for the Europa League this season, certainly want to perform optimally, Jurgen Klopp has replaced several players in different positions in order to maintain their chances of being in the top four and hopes of going further in the Europa League. Tottenham which seems too economical to spend money in the transfer market, will experience difficulties this season, the increasingly competitive Premier League makes Tottenham chances even slimmer to finish in the European zone if they don't bring in some great players.
Due to certain new players that Liverpool and Chelsea have added to the squads, we are anticipating significant improvements from both clubs next season, and I am confident that they will compete for the top four spots in the Premier League standings. However, given that Chelsea won't be competing in any European tournaments in the upcoming season, I believe the top four should be simpler for them. This will force Chelsea to focus more on the Premier League, and with this in mind, I think their new coach, Mauricio Pochettino, will do everything in his power to get Chelsea back to where they were because it knew for it good work.
The Premier League will appear more competitive from how I'm observing it next season, and it will be challenging to forecast which teams will finish in the top four. For the time being, I can only predict that Manchester City will finish in the top four; I am unable to predict the performances of any other teams, including Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea, and Newcastle.