The global power rankings of football clubs has seen Liverpool falling to a third position in the world behind Manchester City and Bayern Munich.
Liverpool have gone down a few rungs to third in the world in the global power rankings behind Premier League rivals Manchester City and Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.
The rankings are created by statistics website FiveThirtyEight with a total of 640 teams being compared by the Soccer Power Index with the ratings based on two factors – a club’s ratings at the end of the previous season and its market value as calculated by Transfermrkt.
Liverpool’s current rating is 90.5, while Bayern have moved ahead of them on 91.8 and Manchester City are top with a rating of 92.3. Just two Premier League sides make up the top five after Chelsea slipped two places into sixth.
Ligue 1 Champions Paris Saint-Germain are right behind Liverpool in the pecking order while Real Madrid have also progressed into the top five following their La Liga and Champions League victories last term. After that come Ajax and Barcelona, while Inter Milan and Tottenham then make up the top 10.
Arsenal have slipped behind Sporting Lisbon into 17th, but Manchester United have moved up 10 places into 22nd. Once the season kicks off in August, each team’s ranking will be adjusted following every match based on their performance.
The SPI have also forecast 40 leagues across the world and the predictions will continue to be updated as the season progresses. As things stand, Manchester City are currently forecast to win the Premier League, followed by Liverpool in second and Chelsea in third.