Leicester will finish above Spurs, Arsenal for next four years – pundit

Leicester City are now a ‘Big Six’ club and will consistently finish above Arsenal and Tottenham, according to Jamie O’Hara.

The Foxes overcame Chelsea in the FA Cup final at the weekend to continue the club’s recent success after winning the Premier League in 2016.

They have won the top flight more recently than Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United, who make up three of the so-called ‘Big Six’ teams in the Premier League.

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And former Tottenham midfielder O’Hara wants Spurs to “be like” Leicester in the way their players, owners and fans are all united.

“The standout thing for me was at the final whistle the players were all together,” O’Hara told talkSPORT. “The connection they’ve got with the owners and fans is brilliant.

“I’d love Spurs to be like that. I feel like Leicester, and I don’t care what anyone says, are a big six football club.

“The way they run the place, the way they do business, the way they back their manager.

“The manager they’ve got is world class as well as the players they’ve got in there now.

“It’s just a brilliant club to be at. I’m so glad they won it. A lot of people had written them off, including me, because I thought Chelsea would have been too strong for them.

“They were fantastic and it was a brilliant moment for the owners.

“They’re not a poor football club, they’ve got rich owners, but they run the place properly. What I love about them is that they go about their business the right way.

“Everyone is connected with the football club, everyone is part of it. The fans all feel part of the football club.

“You can see the way that Schmeichel is hugging the owner, that would never happen with Spurs. You’d never see Daniel Levy running on the pitch, picking up the trophy, and cheering together.

“That is what a football club should be like.”

Leicester know they will qualify for the Champions League next season if they win their final two Premier League matches and O’Hara thinks they will consistently finish above Arsenal and Spurs in future years.

O’Hara added: “This ‘commercial big six’ is nonsense. They are a big six football club. They are in there and consistent.

“I guarantee over the next three or four years they will consistently finish higher than Spurs or Arsenal.”