TOTTENHAM have been tipped to miss out on Europe despite their summer transfer splurge.

Predictions based on Opta stats have Spurs down in eighth, a point below Newcastle and 20 behind North London rivals , who are backed to retain their top-flight title for the first time in 91 years.

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In fact, the Gunners, who kick off the new season at home to Coventry tonight, are predicted to comfortably clear in second by a six-point margin.

The holders’ title chances are rated at 41 per cent – significantly higher than City’s 18 per cent, while every other team is in single figures.

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An Arsenal title win and an eighth-place finish would be tough to take for Spurs fans – many of whom have high hopes of a return to the places this season.

Manager is now settled after masterminding a quick turnaround to keep them in the Premier League last term.

And he has been backed with mega-money moves for , and Jan-Paul van Hecke.

Experienced campaigners Andy Robertson, Martin Dubravka and are also onboard, with City duo and expected to join the party in an eye-watering £150MILLION double deal.

That spending spree still will not be enough to catapult them into the European spots, according to the stats, after consecutive 17th-place finishes.

Tottenham’s chances of lifting the title are rated at just over 2 per cent, while the likelihood of bagging a Champions League place is less than 18 per cent.

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Liverpool are tipped to finish third with pipping into fourth.

and Newcastle beat Spurs into sixth and seventh with Brighton and Bournemouth making up the top half.

Towards the bottom, a relegation scrap is projected between the three promoted sides, as well as Sunderland, Fulham and Leeds.

The latter trio are tipped to survive, though, with the three newcomers heading straight back down to the Championship.

The table is tightly bunched together, with Arsenal’s modest 73-point haul lower than any to ever win the Prem.

But the prediction has Hull down as bottom-of-the-table stragglers, three points behind Ipswich and five adrift of Coventry.