5 Reasons Chelsea Won't Win Premier League This Season or Next

Will Chelsea win the Premier League this season or next? Probably not.

following their exploits in the Club Would Cup Final defeat in Japan is the sight of London rivals Tottenham snapping away at their heels a further place behind. Also given the form of Everton of late, the gap between third and fifth - I.e Champions League oblivion - is a meager two points. To the most casual of onlookers, it looks as though Chelsea are facing a real battle not only to reclaim some ground on the runaway title chasers, but to also solidify a Champions League place for next season. Thirteen points is probably an insurmountable obstacle for Chelsea to overhaul. Sure, Man City pegged back the eight point lead Man United had accumulated going into the final weeks of last season's Premier League, but thirteen points? You might well point to the fact that Chelsea have a game in hand - that comes against Aston Villa at home, an easy three points you might have said one week ago, but by no means the case following their 1-3 win at Anfield last weekend. The Premier League is beginning to take on the look of the SPL of last season in many ways. Two teams - Celtic and Rangers - winning the competition year in year out with nobody else getting a look in, and we predict that Manchester City and Man United will be battling it out for the Premier League for years more to come. Here's five reasons why. Click "Next" To Continue.

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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.