Sir Alex Ferguson: 'Title belongs to Leicester City'

Sir Alex Ferguson predicts that Leicester City will wrap up the Premier League title with three games to spare and also tips West Ham United for the Champions League.

By Neil Wilkes, Editor-in-chief

Published: March 13 2016 | 18:25

Last updated: March 15 2016 | 13:28

Sir Alex Ferguson has predicted that Leicester City will win the Premier League title with three games to spare.

The Foxes currently lead the way by two points but could restore their advantage to five if they win their game in hand against relegation-threatened Newcastle United on Monday night.

"Of course they can [win it]," Ferguson said at a Cheltenham Festival preview lunch. "I believe they will win it with three games to spare."

The 74-year-old went on to back West Ham United to secure Champions League qualification by finishing fourth, predicting that Manchester City and United would miss out on Europe's elite competition next season.

If Ferguson's prediction comes to fruition, Leicester will arrive at Old Trafford on May 1 having just been crowned champions.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	19	14	4	1	47	19	28	46
2	Arsenal	20	11	7	2	39	18	21	40
3	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	19	11	4	4	26	19	7	37
4	Chelsea	20	10	6	4	39	24	15	36
5	Newcastle United Newcastle	20	10	5	5	34	22	12	35
6	Manchester City Man City	20	10	4	6	36	27	9	34
7	Bournemouth	20	9	6	5	30	23	7	33
8	Aston Villa	20	9	5	6	30	32	-2	32
9	Fulham	20	7	9	4	30	27	3	30
10	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	20	6	10	4	30	29	1	28
11	Brentford	20	8	3	9	38	35	3	27
12	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	20	7	3	10	42	30	12	24
13	Manchester United Man Utd	20	6	5	9	23	28	-5	23
14	West Ham United West Ham	20	6	5	9	24	39	-15	23
15	Crystal Palace	20	4	9	7	21	28	-7	21
16	Everton	19	3	8	8	15	25	-10	17
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	19	4	4	11	31	42	-11	16
18	Ipswich Town Ipswich	20	3	7	10	20	35	-15	16
19	Leicester City Leicester	20	3	5	12	23	44	-21	14
20	Southampton	20	1	3	16	12	44	-32	6