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The football season is now only a few days away, and as such the LoVS writers have been tasked to put their credibility on the line and give their predictions for the year of football to come. Once the season is over and all the results are in, we'll gather them all up and see who did best!
In the latest batch of our season predictions, it's the turn of Tom Molloy:
Championship Winners: Middlesbrough
Second Place: Derby County
Play-off winners: Brentford
Three relegated teams: Blackburn Rovers, Rotherham United and Huddersfield Town
Championship Top Goal Scorer: Zach Clough
Best Player: Stewart Downing
Surprise Team: Bolton Wanderers by virtue of us not going down
Three teams who'll gain promotion to the Championship: Wigan Athletic, Barnsley, Swindon Town
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Premier League Winners: Chelsea
2nd, 3rd, 4th: Arsenal, United, City
Three relegated teams: Bournemouth, Leicester City, Watford
Top goal scorer: Sergio Aguero
Best player: Eden Hazard
New signing who will flop: Memphis Depay
New signing who will succeed: Georgino Wijnaldum
Surprise Team: Stoke City
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Champions League Winner: Barcelona
Runner Up: Real Madrid
Top Goal scorer: Lionel Messi
La Liga Winners: Barcelona
Bundesliga Winners: Bayern Munich
Serie A Winners: Juventus
Ligue 1 Winners: Lyon
Eredivise Winners: PSV
Who'll score more, Messi or Ronaldo?: Messi
Your own bonus prediction: Adam Bogdan will play over 20 games for Liverpool (in all competitions)