To his credit, the 32 - year - old was simply remaining impartial as despite spending 12 years at Old Trafford and establishing himself as a club hero, he ultimately just gave an honest answer when discussing Man City and the Premier
League title race moving forward.
Not exact matches
We have all but ruled ourselves out of the
title race following our dismal display at Stamford Bridge this weekend which allowed our rivals to
move to 12 points clear of us, and we (for now) have to concentrate on building our own form to assure ourselves of Champions
League football, and should the Blues begin to drop points, we must be within touching distance of them when push comes to shove.
The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor
moved the side to within four points of
league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential
title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the battling win against the relegation - threatened Clarets:
The only downside, of course, is that the Premier
League title race is now over before the advent calendars have come out, meaning the focus now
moves on to the rather tedious
race for fourth, which only Arsenal care about, and the
race not to be sacked, which Arsene Wenger is not involved in anyway.
The news outlet are also reporting that both both Chelsea and Man United have watched the player in the past, so it seems that if City are to
move for the player, they could have to fend off both their Premier
League title rivals in the
race to secure the player's signature.
With stars such as Alvaro Morata and Alexandre Lacazette making
move to England this summer, as well as players like Romelu Lukaku and Kyle Walker swapping one Premier
League team for another in big - money
moves, it seems as if all the
title chasers are pushing the boat out this year in the
race to be declared champions come May.
If all the players mentioned above do
move to the top four or five clubs in the Premier
League, then there will be no question that the
race for the
title in the English top flight will be the most competitive in the world.