Man City, Man Utd and Arsenal in best shape to compete for Premier League title, says Charlie Nicholas

With the transfer window closed, which of the title contenders are now in the best shape to win the Premier League?

The teams aiming for top spot have spent huge sums this summer with some stellar names recruited. In Manchester, United broke the world transfer record to bring in Paul Pogba, along with Eric Bailly, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and free agent Zlatan Ibrahimovic, while Pep Guardiola added John Stones, Nolito, Claudio Bravo, Ilkay Gundogan, Leroy Sane and Gabriel Jesus to his squad. 

There were significant outlays in London, too, with Chelsea making a Deadline Day swoop for David Luiz, after previously signing N'Golo Kante and Michy Batshuayi, while Arsenal will hope to have solved long-standing issues with centre-backs Rob Holding and Shkodran Mustafi, midfielder Granit Xhaka and forward Lucas Perez. Tottenham, meanwhile, signed Vincent Janssen, Victor Wanyama, Georges-Kevin N'koudou and Moussa Sissoko. 

Not to be left out, defending champions Leicester brought in relative unknowns Nampalys Mendy, Ahmed Musa, Bartosz Kapustka and Islam Slimani, while Liverpool invested in Sadio Mane, Joel Matip, Georginio Wijnaldum, among others. 

But which of the pre-season title favourites has strengthened their squad best during the window? And how has that altered their hopes of lifting the Premier League trophy in May?

We asked Soccer Saturday expert Charlie Nicholas for his assessment - and he believes Arsene Wenger's late moves have propelled Arsenal back into the mix, while he is uncertain on some of Spurs' moves...

"I think the team that needed to do business more than anyone else wasArsenal and Arsene Wenger has successfully identified the two areas, positions I've been on about for five years, and signed a centre-back and a striker.

"Unfortunately, they now start five points behind but it's time for Arsenal fans to move on and be positive again because they've come out this transfer window with a squad capable of challenging the Manchester clubs.