Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and three other pundits make Manchester United season predictions

Manchester United start their Premier League campaign tonight against Wolves having watched their rivals over the weekend.

Erik ten Hag is preparing to embark on his second full campaign at Old Trafford. United are heavy favourites to start the league season with three points.

It will be another difficult challenge for United as they try to move closer to Manchester City at the top of the table. Another top-four finish is a must as they bid to continue improving under Ten Hag.

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The Premier League returned last week with Manchester City and Arsenal, the two sides that finished above them last year, winning their first games.

The time for talking is almost over but where will United finish? MEN Sport rounds up the views of some pundits.

Former Reds captain Gary Neville has predicted Ten Hag's side to finish third in the Premier League, behind Arsenal and Man City - although he's not backing last season's champions to retain their title.

He told Sky Bet’s The Overlap: "Just because of the 'three thing' and never winning a fourth, I am going to go Arsenal to win the league, I'm going to go City second.

"If I was putting my life on it I’d put City, but I’m just going to go Arsenal. I think Arsenal can beat them this year. Arsenal, City, Man United, Liverpool, Chelsea, [Aston] Villa."

The former Liverpool player told Sky Bet’s The Overlap: "I’ll go Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham."

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