Arne Slot's Liverpool are the defending Premier League champions

Here we go again.

The annual act of folly and crystal ball-gazing that brings about my Premier League predictions.

I may still be living down the ill-fated belief that Leicester City would be relegated in the season they won the title, but it is time to have a crack at predicting how the forthcoming top-flight campaign might pan out.

Expect all the usual suspects to be at the top. Beyond that, this was arguably the toughest set of predictions to make since this exercise began.