“Could miss out” – Gary Neville mentions Chelsea as he assess PL top five race | OneFootball

Gary Neville has been speaking about Chelsea in his assessment for the Premier League top five race as we head to the run in.

Neville is backing his former side Manchester United to continue their good form and keep their place up where they are right now, but has concerns about Aston Villa.

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Neville on the top 5 race

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“I did say last week Villa could miss out, but I said I hoped they wouldn’t,” he said on The Gary Neville Podcast. “The manager, to be fair, knows what to do.

“But they’ve got their three midfield players missing – McGinn, Tielemans and Kamara – and they’re out for quite a while.

“It’s a big ask for Villa to miss their engine room, the heart of their team.

“So that’s the big question on them. But, again, Unai Emery is someone who you wouldn’t put it past him to find a way. He has an ability to find a way.

“The team we’re probably most confident about finishing in there out of Chelsea, Liverpool, Villa and United is United right now because of what they’re doing, but things can turn around quite quickly.

“I don’t think anybody in that top five or six is going to be sat there saying ‘we’re OK’.”

Keeping his cards rather close to his chest there, at least in a Chelsea sense. He’s refusing to predict anything too conclusive, and that’s probably very smart at this point in the season.

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