Mourinho told The Independent - six teams can have a realistic chance of winning the Premier League title this season

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes six teams can have a realistic chance of winning the Premier League title this season.

Most bookmakers make reigning champions Manchester United narrow favourites ahead of neighbours Man City and Mourinho's Blues, but the Portuguese believes Arsenal, as well as Liverpool and Tottenham, could be in the mix come next May.

"I think to start there will be six teams," Mourinho told The Independent.

"There is still more than a month for the transfer window to close. It depends on that. In these six teams a lot can happen.

"Probably many people think Liverpool. Why not? They have a great coach [Brendan Rodgers] and he is there for the second year. He had one year to start with his ideas so why not Liverpool?

"Tottenham - why not? Because they don't have that winning culture of the last years? That's not the point. The point is the squad they have, which is fantastic, and again it's the second season for Andre [Villas-Boas].

"Arsenal is Arsenal and probably they will be a better team. Chelsea is Chelsea. Manchester City and Manchester United, the champions of the last two years.

"Probably by December it will be five or four but to start I would say all six."