English Premier League: Which team will break the dominance of the "Big Four?"

In the English Premier League, four teams (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United) have continued to occupy the top four positions in recent seasons. As a result of this dominance, they are being referred to as the “Big Four”. Other teams like Everton, Aston Villa, Tottenham and recently Manchester City have continued to struggle to break this dominance, but lack of consistency which exist among these teams continue to mar their struggles.

At the beginning of each new season, football lovers around the world have continued to predict teams that are likely to break into the top four positions in the English Premier League, so that one of the “Big Four” will be displaced. But at the end of the season, the “Big Four” teams end up occupying their usual positions.

In the current 2009/ 2010 season that has just began, all fingers point towards Manchester City as the team that will break the dominance of the “Big Four”. After the acquisition of Man City by Abu habi group, they have continued to spend big in the transfer market starting with a record signing of the Brazilian star “Robinho”. This signing did not have much effect on Man City’s position last season as they could not even qualify for the Europa League. But the calibre of players that Man City has succeeded in bringing in during the summer transfer window has continued to give fresh hopes that the dominance of the “Big Four will be broken this current season that has just started on August 15, 2009. Players like Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure were bought from Arsenal; Karlos Teves was bought from their City rivals Manchester United, Roque Santa Cruz was bought from Blackburn.

I believe these players will be able to make their marks, but it will all depend on the consistency of the team to be able to break into the top four positions in the English Premier League. The approach which Man City has used to bring these new set of players has become a source of worry for some English soccer fans as they are being accused of paying more than a players worth thereby creating hype in the cost of players in the general transfer market. But if only Man City could ignore these comments and focus on the best ways to break into these top four positions, then they will not only succeed in proving their critics wrong, but also qualify for the prestigious European Champions League to gather much experience so that in the long run their position in the top four will be consolidated.

In as much as I tip Man City to break the dominance of the “Big four”, it will take guts and consistency to be able to achieve such feat. How much they spend in buying quality players does not really matter but how they are able to utilize these players to achieve their objectives.
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