Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City are the big four teams according to Richard Keys, with no place for Tottenham.
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TV presenter and pundit Richard Keys says it is clear who the ‘big four’ teams are in the Premier League, listing a quartet of clubs which does not include reigning champions Leicester City.
Keys, commenting on Twitter, says his list is to complement the Foxes, and believes Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City are the top flight’s biggest teams.
Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic in action with Manchester City’s John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi
Each of the quartet have won the title in the Premier League era, with Championship strugglers Blackburn the odd team out from the list of post-93 league winners along with the aforementioned Leicester.
There is no place in Keys’ list for last season’s title challengers and third placed team Tottenham Hotspur, who set an English attendance record at Wembley this week in the Champions League.
Liverpool are also left out, perhaps understandable given their lack of league titles over the past two decades, but did win the Champions League in 2005 – one of only three English teams to do so within that time period, along with Manchester United and Chelsea.
United, Chelsea and City have all had strong starts to the season while Arsenal have won their last two games. Chelsea finished down in 10th last season, but are looking good so far under new boss Antonio Conte.
Chelsea’s manager Antonio Conte gestures
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