The Premier League has been seeing this situation since 2015 when Qatar was awarded the right to host the 2022 World Cup. Over the past 7 years, the timing of the World Cup in this West Asian country has been a controversial issue. Many European federations wanted to play the summer like before but in the end failed, forced to watch the World Cup take place in the winter.
After a day of unchanging, big clubs have to accept the sight of their stars "sliding on the sand" in Qatar in the winter. The larger the teams, the more personnel there are to play in the World Cup. In the Premier League, Man City is considered to have lost their defense. If these stars return from Qatar with injuries, Pep's face is unknown how it will transform.
The World Cup separating the Premier League into two stages could disrupt experts' plans and predictions. Man City and Liverpool may not know what their personnel will be like after the World Cup. Or like the lower group and new players, when they are not heavily affected by the loss of personnel for the World Cup, they will find it more difficult to predict when the tournament returns.
The top 6 Premier League is predicted to be the most chaotic. Not to mention injuries, with the new players this Summer, they have not shown a solid idea of how they will be used in the 2022-23 season. Is Erling Haaland a scorer or just an ordinary person? Can Darwin Nunez be worth £85 million? Is it real that Tottenham is shopping so crazy? Will Gabriel Jesus help Arsenal score 25 goals per season? Is it wise for Ten Hag to try to play " Ajax-ball" with Cristiano Ronaldo in the highest position on the attack? Finally, with the current silence, will Chelsea in the coming season bounce stronger or still unstable like last season?
Supercomputers tested by many different media units all point out that Man City is still a championship candidate to win the championship for the 5th time in 6 seasons with a rate of 46 - 90%. The Citizens have an important note, in addition to Haaland and Mahrez, who are the main stars, they will lose their entire squad for the World Cup. Meanwhile, their main opponents Liverpool could keep Salah, Diaz, Keita and Robertson as these players from the national teams do not have tickets to Qatar.
The Premier League does not have PSG-style regulations in Ligue-1, Bayern in Bundesliga or the Real - Barca pair in La Liga. Each season has gone through many changes, to be as solid as Man City is almost unimaginable. However, a strange World Cup could lead to an equally strange Premier League season.
Man City have won too many in the past 5 years and that has become boring. If we let the tournament get exciting again, now is the right time for surprises to happen.
