5 things we can expect from club football in 2017

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 24:  Didier Drogba and Chelsea players and staffs celebrate winning the Premier League title after the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on May 24, 2015 in London, England.  (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
Chelsea are all set to claim yet another Premier League crown

#2 Tuchel's toddlers to grow up but Bayern to prove too strong for them

MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 07:  Borussia Dortmund players celebrate after drawing 2-2 in the UEFA Champions League Group F match between Real Madrid CF and Borussia Dortmund at the Bernabeu on December 7, 2016 in Madrid, Spain.  (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
Can Dortmund challenge Bayern next time around?

It is almost as if Bayern just wanted us to think there was a title race in Germany for once. Pre-season hype-generators, Dortmund, and surprise package, Leipzig, have given way to Bayern, and they top the table by a comfortable margin yet again. The Bundesliga 2016-17 title is not going anywhere, it will remain where it is – in Munich.

What about next season? Will "Tuchel's toddlers" – Dortmund's handpicked squad of the best talents across Europe – grow up enough to provide Germany its first proper title race since the days of Klopp?

Alas, it will perhaps come too soon for them – this squad and its young manager will probably require a couple of seasons before they are primed for a head-on clash with one of the strongest squads in European football.

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