Whether you subscribe to the fact that the Premier League is the best league in the world or not, you can't deny how exciting the top six is right now.

Although Chelsea ended up winning the Premier League title relatively easily last season, the rivals they left in their wake duly battled it out for the top four spaces like their lives depended on it.

Arsenal would miss out for the first time in 20 years while Jose Mourinho's still managed to qualify for the Champions League by virtue of winning the Europa League.

So who will be the odd ones out this season? Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness thinks it will be a three-horse race at the top.

And plenty of fans will not like who he thinks will fail to challenge this season.

"I don’t see Liverpool or Arsenal as challengers, and the same goes for Spurs. That observation should hurt Tottenham fans after their performances over the past two seasons.

"There remain just over three weeks until the end of the transfer window, but I find their inactivity to date baffling. It’s a cliché but true that if you stand still in the Premier League you go back. That’s how I see Spurs."

That's a fair assessment of Spurs, a side that has lost Kyle Walker but does retain the devastating duo of Dele Alli and Harry Kane.

Arsenal have only added two players to the side that fell outside the top four - even though one is striker Alexandre Lacazette - but Liverpool, Souness' former club, have arguably been the most impressive of all Premier League sides in pre-season.

If they end up signing Virgil Van Dijk, that might change his mind.

So, who will win it?

"A stronger United makes life harder for Chelsea and I expect Manchester City to do better this season. Going forward they look the best of all the title contenders.

"Where they slipped up last season was at the back. Pep Guardiola had a major defensive clear-out over the summer but the player who may be most important to their fortunes is the one who has been there the longest, Vincent Kompany."

All valid points, but who do YOU think will win the league and finish in the top four next season?