Gary Neville and Roy Keane disagree over whether or not Manchester United will finish in the top-four under Erik ten Hag and earn back a Champions League spot in his first season at the helm.
While rivals Manchester City and Liverpool continued their Premier League duopoly last season, United finished a dismal sixth place under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick as interim manager. Ten Hag was appointed during the summer and the former Ajax manager brought with him fresh hope and a much-needed rebuild.
Humbling defeats to Brighton and Brentford saw that optimism dampened initially, but United have impressed by clocking up four straight victories since then. Goals from summer signing Antony and Marcus Rashford (2) led them to an important 3-1 win over early pacesetters Arsenal at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.
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When asked to share his prediction for this season, Keane said: "I think that United are certs for the top-four. I think they've got a settled group. The transfer window's shut and a lot of players with baggage have gone, new manager settling in, options off the bench we saw. United for me."
While sitting on the same Sky Sports panel, Neville disagreed with his former United captain. He added: "I think City, Liverpool and Tottenham will finish in the top-three... You think Liverpool will come good don't you because of what they've done [in previous seasons].
"I think United will struggle to get into top-four personally. I think it'll be between Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United and I just think that the other two are slightly better.
"United had to dig really deep to win those two games against Arsenal and Liverpool - Liverpool could've equalised and Arsenal were good for large parts. There's a long way to go. If you said to me a few weeks ago they'd finish fifth, then I'd bite your hand off.
"Fifth wouldn't be a terrible result for Erik ten Hag from where they were. I've not seen you [Keane] so confident."
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