For the Red Devils, a sixth-placed finish is quite respectable given it was Jose Mourinho’s first season in charge. Bayern also spent a significant amount of money in the transfer window, but their away form let them down.įinishing just outside of the top four was Manchester United and Real Madrid. Similarly, Bayern Munich could only lumber to a 7 th placed finish despite their dominance in the German league. Pep Guardiola’s men had been expected to compete for the league but fell well short of expectations. The Citizens invested heavily on new recruits but could not pick up results despite their transfer spending. The dominant side in Italy, Juventus, also failed to challenge at the top.Īnother English side who could not finish higher than 8 th was Manchester City. Despite finishing well below their media prediction, Antonio Conte kept his job for at least another year. The Blues have blown everyone away this season but could not replicate their performances on the European stage. Perhaps quite surprisingly, Chelsea, who are the dominant side in England, could only finish in 10 th. Radamel Falcao was their star man, scoring 22 goals. Monaco carried their excellent Ligue 1 form into the ESL finishing in 11 th defying their predicted finish of 18 th. Spurs had been predicted to finish mid-table, but the board felt that the side was underachieving and Poch was gone. Into the top half of the table now, Tottenham finished 12 th which cost Mauricio Pochettino his job. Napoli made some incredibly shrewd signings, including Marcus Rashford on loan and Lacazette, which propelled them up the league. Leverkusen were predicted to finish in the relegation zone but proved everyone wrong with some fantastic performances. German side Bayer Leverkusen and Italian side Napoli complete the bottom half of the table, representing a decent finish for both sides. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang jumped ship in January headed for Manchester City with Julian Weigl and Ousmane Dembele also leaving Milan lost Alessio Romagnoli and Suso. Again, losing key players was a huge issue for both clubs and hampered their chances in the league. Moving higher up the table, we find Dortmund and Milan who may have hoped to finish slightly higher in the standings. Roma lost the likes of Radja Nainggolan and Kostas Manolas with Monchengladbach failing to keep hold of influential players such as Mahmoud Dahoud and Andre Hahn. Everyone suffered as a result of crucial players being plucked by other clubs. Monchengladbach, Roma and Sevilla finished in the bottom half of the table, also failing to compete with the top teams in the division. Scoring goals became a real issue meaning Klopp’s side narrowly avoided the drop. Jurgen Klopp’s side was extremely disappointing and struggled massively on the road picking up just one away win all season. Liverpool are the lowest placing English team in the league finishing just above the relegation zone by just one point. The French side sold their star striker, Alexandre Lacazette, to Napoli in the January transfer window which severely impacted the second half of their season. The Portuguese sides, Benfica and Porto also struggled which led to both teams changing their manager, but it was to no avail as they couldn’t escape the bottom four.Ĭompleting the bottom four was Lyon. They simply could not compete with the other European heavyweights winning just five games although they impressed in wins against Chelsea and Dortmund. Unfortunately for Ajax, the Dutch side finished bottom of our ESL. How would the English teams perform given their Champions League troubles? What nation will come out on top? Let’s find out… RELEGATION ZONE Using the power of Football Manager 17, we created the European Super League using the team listed above to see who the true European champion would be. Spain: Barcelona, Atletico, Real Madrid, Sevilla Germany: Bayern Munich, Dortmund, Monchengladbach, Leverkusen Below is the list of teams from Europe’s top seven leagues, according to the UEFA coefficients, who I believe could make up the standings.Įngland: Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal Let’s just say that plans for an ESL have been authorised. Whether we should move to a European Super League is a whole other issue which we will not get into. Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez, among others is a known supporter of the idea that would revolutionise the modern game.įollow me on Twitter – – Visit my blog The Beautiful Game It is a concept that would see some of the best teams in Europe compete in one league to crown the best team on the continent. The idea of a European Super League has been flirted with for a long time now.
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