Doku looked very good for Belgium against Italy at the Euros in 2021 but I’d say he’s still raw enough. I’d doubt his numbers will match those of Mahrez.
It’s hard to believe that Man United were only a point behind Man City after beating them as recently as January. They were purring at that stage. @peddlerscross reckoned if they won that title against the head that ETH would lead them to 6 of the next 10 titles.
They’re already 9 points behind Man City and 7 behind Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs. As we saw with Liverpool last season, once you give teams an early points buffer it becomes extremely hard to reel that back in. It takes a very strong mentality to play catch up like that. The one positive for Man Utd at the minute is that they don’t necessarily need to finish top 4 this season. This ridiculous new Champions League system for next season means that you can finish 5th and qualify through the league coefficient.
Man United haven’t won a league title in over 10 years, Arsenal haven’t won a title in nearly 20 years, Spurs are over 60 years without one now. Liverpool not winning much in the 1990’s or 2000’s is completely irrelevant. They’re the only team who’ve broken the Man City monopoly in the last 5 years and have accrued in excess of 90+ points on 3 occasions during that period. Of course they’d be in the conversation.