Wenger’s cup kings 5-1 for Premier League glory

ARSENAL'S FA Cup winners have been eager to talk up their chances of a Premier League title bid next season and the Gunners are 5-1 to win the league in 2015-16.

They are joint-third in the title betting alongside Manchester United with defending champions Chelsea 13-8 favourites and Manchester City 3-1.

Bet365 make Arsenal 8-1 to retain the FA Cup next season although it is 8-13 that they fail to win any major trophy next term.

The firm are also betting on Arsenal's finishing position next season and it's 3-1 that Arsene Wenger's men repeat their third-placed effort of 2014-15. 

The north London side are 4-1 to end up fifth or lower in the top flight while Theo Walcott, who opened the scoring in Saturday's 4-0 rout of Aston Villa, is 40-1 for the Golden Boot.

Villa manager Tim Sherwood bemoaned his side's "losing mentality" after their defeat at Wembley and they are 9-2 to be relegated from the Premier League next season.

Ladbrokes are betting on where star striker Christian Benteke is playing after the summer transfer window and the Belgian is 8-13 to stay at Villa Park. 

Liverpool are rated as 7-4 shots to snap up the striker's services while it is 10-1 that he ends up at Atletico Madrid.

With promoted trio Norwich, Watford and Bournemouth all 5-4 or shorter for the drop, there are some juicy relegation prices about clubs who struggled in 2014-15.

Sunderland are 9-4 to be relegated with West Brom 9-2, Leicester 5-1 and Newcastle 6-1. 

The Magpies are looking for a new permanent manager and the betting suggests that it is a two-horse race between 5-6 favourite Patrick Vieira and 5-4 chance Steve McClaren.

Rangers face another season in the Scottish Championship after Motherwell completed a 6-1 aggregate victory in their Premiership playoff final. 

The Well, 6-5 outsiders at the start of the tie, won Sunday's home leg 3-0.

Ladbrokes have trimmed their odds on a European boycott of the 2018 World Cup from 5-1 to 7-2 as pressure builds on Uefa to take a stand against troubled Fifa.

Sepp Blatter has been eased from 4-7 to 4-6 to complete a full term as Fifa president but Ladbrokes go 1-8 that Qatar hosts the 2022 tournament as planned.

In the Toulon Under-20 tournament on Monday, Morocco are 6-4 to defeat the Ivory Coast, who were beaten 2-1 by England on Saturday, and Mexico are 4-7 favourites against China.