Scholes has changed his championship prediction and now believes Chelsea can win the Premier League

Paul Scholes has changed his Premier League championship prediction and now believes Chelsea could rise to the top for the first time since 2016.

The former Man Utd midfielder originally predicted two horse races between current champion Man City and the 2019/20 winner Liverpool.

In addition, Scholes said the Blues were not “convinced” in the championship against the City and the Reds.

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“I think Chelsea has challenged the Manager. I’m just not sure I’m not convinced there are enough goals on the team,” he said.

– I think Romelu Lukaku scores goals, but is there enough people around him to score goals. I’m not sure if Timo Werner does. When he plays in Germany, he scores a goal in every game, but in Chelsea he leaves a lot of seats except.

“I do not think so Chelsea are brilliantly defensive. [Antonio] Rudiger has been really good, but otherwise Thiago Silva is 36 years old, he’s not going to play every game.

However, Scholes has changed his mind and stressed the importance of Romelu Lukaku in Chelsea’s quest for league championship in this campaign.

– I think Lukaku is a big difference to him [Tuchel]. They need to get him in shape, if he can play the rest of the games this season, they have a great opportunity, he said. Premier League production.

“I really didn’t like Chelsea at the beginning of the season. I’m not sure why look [back] now.

“Look at that coach, the way he talks, how he coaches his team. They’re well versed, they’re confident, everyone knows what they’re doing.”

Meanwhile, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink criticized Timo Werner on Sunday after the Chelsea striker played “poorly” against Manchester United.

Asked what he did on Werner’s screen, Hasselbaink replied Sky Sports: “Poor, poor.

– With the ball, without the ball, he was bad today. Normally he’s really sharp in his runs, but it was bad.

“At the end of the day, you’re number one, so you’re judged on what opportunities you get and what you do with them. It wasn’t good enough.

“He has to make those opportunities. He’s constantly losing big opportunities, big opportunities. He has to put them away.”