With Chelsea winning the 2016/2017 English Premier League title, we can no look back on the seasons winners and losers. Obviously Chelsea is an obvious winner, with the appointment of Antonio Conte last summer saw Chelsea transform after a pathetic title defending season the year prior. Conte reinvented the use of the wingbacks in a 5 in the back formation that saw both Victor Moses and Marcos Alonso have breakout seasons that won them the Prem. Another winner would be Liverpool who saw their first top four finish in 10 years during Jurgen Klopp’s first full season in charge. Phillipe Coutinho and James Milner had fantastic seasons with Milner becoming a makeshift left back for the year. Tottenham and Manchester City also finished in the top four earning them spots in the Champions League next year, but both sides expected the Premier League title this season and would be disappointed to have not claimed it.
As for the losers, the obvious three that were the relegated one’s in Hull city, Middlesbrough, and Sunderland who will now play in the English League 1 next season as Brighton and Hove Albion, Newcastle United and Huddersfield town will replace them. Additional losers were last years English Champions Leicester City as their manager of the year Claudio Ranieri was fired half way through the season and ended up finishing 12. West Ham also had high hopes after their fifth place finish the year prior but ended up in 11th. Yet the biggest loser of the year has to be Arsenal. For the first time in 20 years they did not make the top four as their manager Arsene Wenger is now under fire for his job next season. But all in all it was a fantastic season in the English Premier League.