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If he skates clean in SP (likely) and clean in his FS (unlikely at this point), nobody will be able to touch him. I don't know if Daisuke (who's the only one who can match Chan on PCS) will have a FS with two rotated, clean quads by then given his struggles with it recently, and even if Plushenko/Hanyu go clean, their PCS won't be enough to catch a clean Chan. Maybe Fernandez can beat him if he matches his Euros performances, though it might take 2 quads in the SP for him to stay competitive with a clean Chan going into the FS.
Chan needs to do two quads and two 3A in lp, and one of the quad with 3-3, but if Plushenko will skate clean, Chan might need another quad, because he won't be able to match him in PCS, his skating is not mature to Plushenko's level yet. You need to watch them back to back to realize that.
Anyway Plushenko is still recovering from injury and it is too early to predict anything, even thought his Swan was amaizing this season at RN. We still might see it at team event. Plushenko will have two new programs. Looks like Chan doesn't have ability to learn two new programs every season, and it tells one a lot about the talent.