Man Utd fan Luke Littler makes bold season prediction – 'Most clubs won't expect it'

Manchester United are heading back into the top five of the Premier League this season, according to Luke Littler. United finished a miserable 15th in 2024/25 as Ruben Amorim endured a dreadful debut campaign, but Littler is convinced he will turn things around.

The club are attempting to rebuild after a dreadful start to the Amorim era which concluded with their lowest league finish since the 1989/90 campaign and with a defeat in the Europa League final.

Amorim managed to secure just seven wins from 27 league games and his hapless side scored just 44 goals in 38 Premier League matches altogether after he took over from Erik ten Hag in November.

United have reacted by splashing over £200million to sign Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko in the summer transfer window. There have been some encouraging performances in pre-season and United fan Littler is feeling upbeat ahead of their first match of the season against Arsenal on Sunday.

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“I’m very excited. I think we are underdogs,” he said. “Obviously from last season, I don’t think anything worse can happen – unless we finish 16th. But yeah, I think it is going to be a very interesting season. Most clubs won’t expect it but I’m expecting top five.”

United have only finished in the top five in the Premier League once in the past four years, having fallen way behind their rivals. The defeat by Tottenham in the Europa League final means they will not play in any European competition this season and will be able to solely concentrate on domestic matters.

Amorim has tried to completely change the way United play, and despite poor results so far, he remains confident it will work eventually. “I know it's a massive gap from where we finished, but it's Manchester United. We need to return to Europe,” he told BBC Sport recently.

Asked if they could win the Premier League and Champions League once more, Amorim replied: “I have no doubts. There are some things you cannot buy that this club has: pedigree, history, fans. We have money without the Champions League. With all these things, if we have a different culture, we can return to our place.”

United completed their pre-season with a 1-1 draw against Fiorentina on the weekend and Amorim believes he now has more options to choose from. “That (a selection headache) is a good thing, it is supposed to be like that, not like last season that we have to struggle to put 11 players on the pitch,” he said.

“This is the normal thing so I need to think and they [the players] need to fight during the week, so they can change my mind, I have an idea but they will change my mind during the week.

“It is going to be tough because we try to arrange a full week of training, so we will have two really strong sessions with time to work and then we are going to break a little bit and then two days to really think about the strategy for the game and we will be ready.”

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