Wanyama's PL top three: no room for United

The omission everyone noticed

Wanyama, Kenya's most decorated footballer and a man who actually wore a United shirt, has publicly named his Premier League top three for the 2026/27 season, according to Pulse Sports. The specific clubs he backed have not been detailed in the reporting available, but the club he left out is the story: Manchester United did not feature.

He played at the highest level of the English game for years, so when he speaks about where the title race is heading, people in Kenya listen. Leaving United out is not a throwaway line from someone who never watched them. It is a considered call from a man who knows the dressing room.

The rebuttal from the Harambee Stars camp

Not everyone in the Kenyan football community is nodding along. A current Harambee Stars defender has publicly pushed back on Wanyama's picks, per Pulse Sports, disagreeing with the prediction and setting up a lively back-and-forth between two of Kenya's most prominent football voices.

The defender's counter-argument adds a layer that makes this more than just one man's take. It is now a debate, and in Kenyan football circles, a debate that involves Wanyama on one side tends to get attention fast.

United's standing in the prediction

A former United player omitting them from a top-three prediction is a direct statement about where he thinks the club stands among the genuine contenders heading into 2026/27. Wanyama is not a pundit paid to be provocative. He is Kenya's football icon, and his read on the Premier League is that United are not yet back in that conversation.

Whether the Harambee Stars defender's rebuttal includes a specific case for United or simply a different set of three clubs altogether, the disagreement is real. Two Kenyan footballers, one current and one legendary, are publicly split on how the Premier League season will unfold, with United's place in the pecking order the fault line between them.