Cal the Dragon backs Aston Villa for Premier League top four finish in 2022-23

Cal the Dragon feels Aston Villa can shock the larger sides (Image: Instagram/Getty)

Soccer influencer Cal the Dragon has backed Aston Villa to problem for the Premier League prime 4 this season.

The TikTok star, who has 1.6m followers and 66.7m likes on his movies, was quizzed about which group may very well be a shock bundle in 2022-23 and battle the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea.

He feels Steven Gerrard’s aspect, who completed 14th final time period within the top-flight, may emerge as a shock contender to qualify for the Champions League.

Villa final completed within the prime 4 within the 1995-96 season – which can also be the 12 months the Midlands membership received their final main trophy, rising victorious within the League Cup.

They have been relegated from the Premier League in 2015-16 however returned three years later and have completed seventeenth, eleventh and 14th since they made it again to the highest.

‘I might say Aston Villa,’ Cal the Dragon advised Metro Sport. ‘They’ve been underrated for fairly a while.

‘They’ve been again within the Premier League for some time now and so they have some ridiculous gamers when you consider it.

Aston Villa drew 2-2 with Manchester United in a pre-season sport final month (Image: Getty)

‘They’ve obtained John McGinn, Ollie Watkins, they’ve obtained a terrific goalkeeper in Emiliano Martinez. It’s the defence that wants a bit of bit of labor.

‘Tyrone Mings has too many errors in him, so they might do with extra of a strong backline.’

Cal the Dragon, who just lately made his prime 4 prediction for the upcoming Premier League season, feels Gerrard might be a very good match to someday develop into supervisor of Liverpool and feels he doesn't must ship silverware to show himself.

Cal the Dragon has backed Steven Gerrard to develop into Liverpool boss someday (Image: Getty)

‘Steven Gerrard, when he took cost of Rangers, I used to be a bit of shocked and he completely smashed it there,’ he added.

‘When Villa have been linked I believed it could be a very good transfer. When Jurgen Klopp leaves, it may very well be a terrific transfer [for Liverpool] to go in for Gerrard.

‘Aston Villa would should be constant. They might should be high-pressing. They might should be affected person. He wants to enhance tactically and develop into extra organised.

‘Frank Lampard at Chelsea didn’t work, however he didn’t get a lot time, and he simply saved Everton up.’

Villa’s Premier League season will get began on August 6 after they journey to face Bournemouth.

In the meantime, Gerrard just lately stripped Tyrone Mings of the Villa captaincy and handed it to John McGinn as a substitute.

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