Everybody wants to rule the world. Wait, sorry, I simply had that Tears for Fears tune caught in my head. What I actually meant to say was: Everybody wants to win the Premier League.
Yet, just one fortunate fanbase will get to watch their group do it. And this 12 months, it’s wanting prefer it may be Arsenal’s time beneath Mikel Arteta. Only Manchester City can cease them, however Pep Guardiola’s group are 9 factors adrift of the leaders. Even with a recreation in hand, and a recreation towards Arsenal subsequent month, there’s a mountain to climb.
But ‘who will win?’ is one query. ‘Who do you want to win?’ is the place issues get somewhat extra heated.
We requested fans of each Premier League club, other than Arsenal and Manchester City, who they’d somewhat see lifting the well-known trophy in May. Rival fans have voted of their numbers. Some really feel vexed by an entire host of issues, together with model of play, fanbase, historical past, managers, gamers, house owners, monetary would possibly or, in City’s case, the pending Premier League charges.
Overall, City got here out on prime, with 11 of the different groups’ supporters siding with them, however Arsenal did have the backing of three of six London golf equipment.
At one level this season, Aston Villa had been shock title contenders as they shrugged off a shaky begin to put themselves in the combine. But in 2026, such goals pale quick. Now that they’re out of the working, who do Villa fans need to see win? Of the Villa fans to reply, 62.2 per cent voted for City.
The predominant purpose fans picked City was to “stop Arsenal winning”. One Villa fan mentioned: “I can’t really bear the idea of using the internet in a post-Arsenal-winning-the-league world.”
Some Villa fans additionally famous what they perceived to be an absence of respect from Arsenal fans for his or her former supervisor Unai Emery, who now coaches Villa.
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Bournemouth are one other group siding with City – 61.1 per cent mentioned they needed to see them win the title — and everyone knows why.
Some fans — 32.2 per cent — cited wanting to see their former participant Antoine Semenyo, who signed for City in January, elevate the Premier League trophy.
Antoine Semenyo could be a well-liked title-winner in Bournemouth (Carl Recine/Getty Images)
Another fan additionally talked about wanting to see City defender Nathan Ake, nonetheless a much-loved determine on the south coast, win what could be his fifth Premier League title.
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Loads of Brentford fans needed to see former gamers David Raya and Christian Norgaard with winners’ medals. Of the Brentford supporters who took half in our survey, 65.6 per cent ticked Arsenal.
One fan mentioned they needed City to do it as a result of Guardiola had all the time been respectful of Brentford. One fan thought it could be “funny if Arsenal choked again”, whereas one other needed that exact narrative to finish. That identical fan additionally thought Arsenal successful the title would “wind up Spurs fans”. Another mentioned it could “end the long suffering” for Arsenal fans.
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Brighton & Hove Albion fans opted for City. An enormous purpose for half of the fans selecting City was their model of play beneath Guardiola. But one fan who picked Arsenal mentioned it could be good for ex-Brighton gamers Ben White and Leandro Trossard to win the league.
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Leandro Trossard (left) enjoying towards former club Brighton (Glyn Kirk/AFP through Getty Images)
Burnley fans had been fairly relaxed as to who they needed to win the title, maybe as a result of they hope to escape the clutches of what seems to be a looming relegation into the Championship.
City simply tipped the stability. One of the fans who selected City cited their purpose being that Guardiola’s aspect had been “northern”.
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Most Chelsea fans don’t need London rivals Arsenal to win the league — 84.8 per cent, in reality.
Some courageous Chelsea fans did select Arsenal, nevertheless. Their reasoning? Someone boldly mentioned, “They’re my second team”. I’m undecided how that works however each to their very own.
There was one extremely poignant reply. “(For the) memory of a late friend who supported Arsenal and never got to see them win under Arteta,” wrote one fan.
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Are some fans of south London’s Crystal Palace secretly rooting for Arsenal, whose roots did start south of the river? Yes, although it was a decent name with 52.2 per cent choosing Arsenal.
While there was rather a lot of love for Marc Guehi, who joined City in January, loads of Palace fans needed to see Eberechi Eze, who returned to boyhood club Arsenal final summer season after successful the FA Cup and Community Shield with Palace, win the league.
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Everton fans nonetheless had fond reminiscences of former midfielder Mikel Arteta (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
Many Premier League fans needed to see a special winner, with Arsenal’s final title arriving in the 2003-04 season. A majority of Everton supporters had been amongst these, with 71.7 per cent selecting Arsenal.
They clearly nonetheless love Arteta, their former midfield maestro. “Even though the fans will be insufferable, I wish Arteta well. And it’s probably good for the league,” mentioned one Evertonian.
Another thought it could annoy Liverpool fans if it had been Arsenal who took their title from them. But one fan did assume Arsenal would “gloat too much”, so sided with City, as did one other as a result of they thought City had been the group “more likely” to get previous Liverpool’s whole of 20 title wins.
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Arsenal are on a roll right here, similar to they’ve been for a lot of the season. Fulham fans are warming to the thought of Arsenal being topped champions, with 60.4 per cent choosing Arteta’s males.
One fan mentioned he needed Arsenal to do it for his mates who assist them. However, one Fulham fan had the reverse purpose. “Some of my closest friends are Arsenal fans and the fact they keep falling short is true entertainment,” they wrote.
Good job this survey was nameless, eh?
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Up in Yorkshire, Leeds United fans have blended emotions, with 53.7 per cent selecting City.
“Man City have been too dominant,” is one fan’s reasoning, one other merely wrote: “115 charges!” More poetic responses included, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” and “For the North” as causes for selecting City.
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Liverpool fans have principally sided with their predominant title rival of the previous decade, with over 70 per cent wanting City to win the league.
But one fan appeared torn both method, as they replied: “City and their 115 charges don’t deserve another title, but the way Arsenal play (time wasting, corner-kick merchants) don’t ‘deserve’ to win it either!”
One Liverpool fan did need Arsenal fans, after three consecutive second-place finishes, to get pleasure from the feeling of getting over the line. “I have friends who support Arsenal and I want them to have a good time,” they wrote.
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This should really feel like being between a rock and a tough place for Manchester United fans given their long-standing rivalries with each golf equipment. But the majority — 58.7 per cent — have spoken and it could damage far higher to see their neighbours make it 11 top-flight titles, particularly as United had been final topped champions 14 years in the past.
Manchester United fans are divided about the eventual title winner (Stu Forster/Getty Images)
One fan referred to as Arsenal the “lesser of two evils”. Meanwhile, a number of United fans mentioned they needed to see the trophy keep up north somewhat than find yourself in London for the first time since Chelsea’s win in 2016-17.
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Newcastle United nonetheless have to play Arsenal this season. Of the fans who picked City, 66.5 per cent mentioned the predominant purpose they did so was as a result of they did not need Arsenal to win.
“I don’t know any City fans,” mentioned one. Another thought what Arteta had performed at Arsenal was a blueprint for Newcastle to observe in how to “build a squad capable of winning over a number of seasons”. One fan mentioned their son-in-law supported Arsenal and thought it could be good to be sort.
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Nottingham Forest fans had been principally behind Arsenal, with 63.9 per cent backing the north Londoners.
One fan appeared break up of their choice when asking: “Can you make it so they both lose?” One thought it could be comedic if Arsenal had been to lose. Another hoped Arsenal did win the title as a result of of how effectively they’ve tailored and strengthened their squad after lacking out in earlier seasons.
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Sunderland fans are extra Arsenal (68.4 per cent) than City (31.6 per cent). But one Sunderland fan made their emotions referred to as to why they selected City. “My mates who are Arsenal fans are unbearable. Also, North London Forever is the game’s most benign and cringeworthy anthem,” they wrote. One mentioned it could be a pleasant change to see Arsenal win after City’s interval of dominance.
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Tottenham Hotspur fans naturally don’t need to see their north London rivals anyplace close to the Premier League trophy. No surprises that 91.8 per cent sided with City. Admittedly, seeing your nearest rival win the title when your group is in a relegation battle doesn’t sound like enjoyable.
But over eight per cent of folks claiming to be Spurs supporters picked Arsenal…
Tottenham Hotspur supporters had been nearly unanimous of their assist of City (Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Why? One fan thought it could “shame Spurs into getting their act together”. They additionally famous that one of their good mates was recovering from a coronary heart assault and they also needed to “let him have this one”.
One fan didn’t agree with these selecting Arsenal. They boldly acknowledged they’d “rather be hit by a car every day for 100 years” than see Arsenal win the league for what could be a 14th time in the club’s historical past.
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The closest to a 50/50 vote we acquired was from West Ham United fans. They had been actually break up, with 50.8 per cent wanting City to be champions.
At least 18.2 per cent of fans listed their former participant Declan Rice as the purpose they needed Arsenal to win it. “I want nothing but the best for Declan Rice,” mentioned one. Another added: “I’d love Declan Rice to win a major trophy. He was wonderful for us and left with no hard feelings.”
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In what has been a painful Premier League marketing campaign, fans of bottom-of-the-table Wolverhampton Wanderers need City to prevail, although it was a slender win, with Guardiola’s group getting 53.6 per cent of the vote.
One fan mentioned they voted Arsenal as a result of “it’s time”.
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Over the subsequent two months, we’ll see whether it is certainly Arteta’s time or if Guardiola has a last-ditch miracle up his sleeve.
