Gary Neville thinks Man Utd are “nearer” to winning the Premier League title than Chelsea despite the Blues’ good form under Thomas Tuchel.
Chelsea have won six out of Tuchel’s nine matches in charge and they remain unbeaten in the German’s time at Stamford Bridge after a 0-0 draw against the Red Devils on Sunday.
From looking like outsiders for a top four spot before Tuchel took over from Frank Lampard, Chelsea are now only one point behind fourth-placed West Ham.
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And Neville thinks Chelsea still need to “work” on their defence and “merge” all of their attacking players before they can be seen as a force in the Premier League.
Speaking on his Sky Sports podcast, Neville said: “I think United are nearer, I think Chelsea got some work to do on the defence; I think that there’s some maturity in their players in attack – Havertz, Werner, Pulisic, Ziyech – I think there are outstanding talents there, but they’ve all got to merge.
“I think Rashford is probably a little bit further ahead in his development; there’s also Cavani Pogba, Fernandes, so I’d say United are just a touch further ahead, and they are in the league anyway, they’re six points in front. So that’s suggested by the league table.
“But it won’t take much from Chelsea’s point of view to get there, it’s whoever recruits better in the summer, which players develop more, and which managers can get the best out of the players. But I’d say that for United this season to finish second would be a huge advance on last season.
“For Chelsea to get into the top four under Tuchel I think would be very good. And then they’ve both got to try and win another trophy if they can.”
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