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Liverpool celebrate their runaway Premier League success (Picture: Reuters)
It’s way too early to make predictions for next season, let alone place bets on possible outcomes regarding promotion, relegation and winning titles but here we go anyway.
The toughest question centres on which club will win the Premier League title. Newly-crowned champions Liverpool are the 21/20 favourites with Sporting Index and SpreadEx with Arsenal, unsurprisingly, second in the betting at 5/2 with bet365, Betfair, Betfred, Paddy Power and many others.
Manchester City are next at a widespread 9/4 while Newcastle are 16/1 with SpreadEx and Sporting Index with Chelsea 22/1 at Paddy Power and Betfair.
The Blues are each-way value at half the odds to finish in the top two given they are the most likely to spend big in the transfer market and because they qualified for the Champions League but it is definitely best for punters to save their cash until as near to the start of the season as possible to see how player recruitment pans out.
It is safer to look at the relegation market where teams promoted from the second tier could make an immediate return to the Championship.
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Sheffield United v Sunderland - Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Final
Sunderland fans celebrate at Wembley but could be in for a tough season (Picture: Getty)
Sunderland are no better than 2/5 with Betway to spend just 12 months in the top flight after winning Saturday’s dramatic play-off final against Sheffield United at Wembley and, although they will be backed to the hilt by their fanatical Wearside support, it is unlikely their owners have pockets deep enough to fix all their maladies.
Burnley have a strong defence and would boost their chances of survival if they can unearth some attacking gems to score enough goals to keep them up but that’s a difficult task and they are just 4/9 with Ladbrokes, Coral and Betfred to drop through the trap door.
The side which may just buck the trend is Leeds United. The Championship winners are 5/6 with the same three firms to be relegated but have a decent squad and a few strong signings could keep their heads above water.
It won’t be easy as Tottenham and Manchester United won’t be as awful as they were this year and the likes of Bournemouth, Fulham, Crystal Palace and Brighton are now established in the top tier and will be looking at making moves up the table rather than down it.
Leicester City FC v Brentford FC - Premier League
Selling Bryan Mbeumo would be a big blow to Brentford (Picture: Getty Images)
West Ham should also improve and Everton will benefit from being in their new stadium but Wolves are vulnerable if they lose Matheus Cunha and are 4/1 with Ladbrokes and Coral to finish in the bottom three.
The other surprise relegation package may be Brentford at 6/1 with the same outlets as they could sell both Bryan Mbeumo and Yoanne Wissa who scored 20 and 19 league goals respectively this term.
French Open odds
Hubert Hurkacz reached the final of the Geneva Open where he took Novak Djokovic to three sets before the Serbian won his 100th career title, as predicted here at 12/5.
The 28-year-old from Poland faces out-of-sorts Joao Fonseca in the first round of the French Open at Roland Garros and should be backed to advance at 13/10 with William Hill and bet365.
Ons Jabeur has reached the quarter-finals of the French Open in each of the last two renewals and is 11/10 with bet365 to beat Magdalena Frech, who has never been beyond the second round, in straight sets.
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