Jamie Carragher
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The actual signings and the money actually clouds how good that Chelsea team was, really, in some ways.
Because no matter how much money you spend, Jose Mourinho and this Chelsea team won the title on the back of Arsenal being invincible.
On the back of Manchester United that summer signing Rooney and Ronaldo, who were the two best young players in the world, possibly in that summer, certainly weighing after the European Championships he'd had in 2004.
So to actually come into the league and actually not just win the league, I mean, completely blow everyone out the water, really.
I don't think it's given enough credit in terms of the actual job Jose did.
Yes, he spent money, but not being in the Premier League before as a manager,
What the other teams had there, you know, Wenger and Ferguson, legendary managers in the Premier League and the two seasons they'd had before as well, as I said, Invincibles and the signings United made, I thought it was an unbelievable achievement and job that Jose Mourinho and that Chelsea team did.
No, I agree with Jamie.
I mean, when I was asked this question, I think... The way I look at it is what do I think has got more chance of happening in the future?
And I think there's possibly more chance of a team going unbeaten than actually doing what Leicester did in some ways.
I think the last two or three seasons, even this season, Liverpool have been...
on the verge or could have maybe gone the season unbeaten.
I think Man City have lost a couple of games the season before.
I think now title winners, I think if you lose more than three games now in a league season, you're not going to win the league, really.
I think that years ago, it used to be five or six games.
Now it's getting shorter and shorter and tighter, really.
So I think every season now going forward, we're going to have someone
maybe after Christmas and the talk will start, can they go unbeaten?
Now, I know it is so difficult, but I actually think that and also getting 100 points like City did a couple of years ago, I think is more achievable than actually doing what Leicester did where you actually get promoted, you fight in relegation and the next season you win the league.
So I'd always go for Leicester.