[St Charles Owl]

Stoke down, won’t do a Sunderland next season but will lose all their players of any note so will have to spend big to rebuild. West Brom will join them despite their good run I think, and I can easily see Huddersfield joining those two with their run in and Southampton’s form.

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At the end of the day it will be about how much the relegated teams are prepared to spend to get back up and how many of their current squad they can keep. In the past few seasons we have seen Burnley, Hull and Newcastle go straight back up because they kept their Prem team pretty much together and didn’t have to spend fortunes. Other teams come down as basket cases - Wolves, Villa and Sunderland spring to mind and end up struggling. Looking at the teams this year, WBA and Stoke will have to rebuild their teams, will their owners spend the money to do so?? Southampton will spend and would be tough, Swansea will lose a ton of players if they come down and might struggle but Huddersfield will keep their team together but can they keep Wagner??