{"id":195743,"date":"2025-06-19T00:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/195743\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T00:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:19:09","slug":"danny-murphy-responds-when-asked-about-chelsea-or-newcastle-winning-the-premier-league-title-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/195743\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Murphy responds when asked about Chelsea or Newcastle winning the Premier League title next season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chelsea and Newcastle United finished in the Premier League\u2019s final Champions League spots last season, but can either club launch a surprise title bid next year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Blues<\/a> ended up fourth in last term\u2019s Premier League<\/a>, securing Champions League qualification on the final day. As for Newcastle, they finished in fifth place to sneak into Europe\u2019s elite club competition.<\/p>\n

However, Arne Slot\u2019s impressive Liverpool side romped to the division title.<\/p>\n

Chelsea fans predict a quick start to next season<\/a> after the Premier League fixtures were released, with the league campaign starting at home to Crystal Palace in their opening game.<\/p>\n

\"EnzoPhoto by Darren Walsh\/Chelsea FC via Getty ImagesDanny Murphy can\u2019t picture Chelsea or Newcastle in a Premier League title race<\/p>\n

During a conversation on talkSPORT, Danny Murphy<\/a> was asked who will get closer to winning the Premier League title next season out of Chelsea or Newcastle.<\/p>\n

The former Premier League midfielder doesn\u2019t expect either club to be ready for a title bid, though. Murphy said: \u201cI don\u2019t think either. Next season, no. In terms of who will finish above the other one that will depend on Newcastle\u2019s recruitment I think.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth have got long seasons ahead with Champions League games. Chelsea have got a bigger squad so you could argue they are a bit more prepared in terms of strength in depth. But if Newcastle have a good spend, they\u2019ll be competitive. I don\u2019t think either will challenge for the title.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In reality, it would be a surprise if Chelsea or Newcastle manage to fight for the league title. Instead, Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester City look like the most likely challengers again.<\/p>\n

Chelsea and Newcastle are currently fighting to sign Joao Pedro<\/a> from Brighton this summer, but we don\u2019t think the Brazilian forward is the type of player ready to spearhead the attack of a title-winning side.<\/p>\n

\"NewcastlePhoto by Serena Taylor\/Newcastle United via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Without a doubt, the Chelsea squad<\/a> lacks experience and know-how compared to their biggest rivals because of the transfer policy to recruit mostly youngsters.<\/p>\n

Back in December 2024, Blues head coach Enzo Maresca predicted Chelsea will eventually dominate English football<\/a>. He said: \u201cI told the owners; For me, because of the age of the squad, Chelsea can dominate English football in four, five years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reality is it\u2019s going to take time and patience in the current group to grow together.<\/p>\n

Chelsea were tipped as potential title contenders in the first half of last season before Maresca silenced those claims. If they start strongly again in the 2025\/26 campaign, it will be interesting to see if the Blues manager takes the same approach.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea and Newcastle United finished in the Premier League\u2019s final Champions League spots last season, but can either…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[79556,94,101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-195743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-danny-murphy","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-premier-league","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114707166998587497","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}