“They have to almost produce a footballing miracle”- Jamie Redknapp makes relegation claim involving Burnley after tough start to the season for Clarets
Jamie Redknapp claims it would be a miracle if the promoted teams stayed up
Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United are the current bottom three in the table
Jamie Redknapp believes it would be a ‘footballing miracle’ for one of Luton, Burnley or Sheffield United to survive in the Premier League this season.
The three promoted sides currently occupy the Premier League’s bottom three, with Luton closest to the dotted line, still four points adrift of 17th placed Everton – despite the Toffees ten point deduction.
Discussing the relegation battle after the Hatters latest defeat to Manchester City, Redknapp told Sky Sports that he thinks the three sides in the bottom three would need a miracle to avoid relegation back to the Championship and won’t be able to drag any other teams into the mix.
Redknapp said: ‘You look at it and you can forget about Everton, they have got too much quality in the team and understanding they’re gonna get so many results you just got to try and hope you can get a Nottingham Forest or Crystal Palace, Bournemouth are on an incredible run.
‘Wolves, I don’t see them in the equation. It’s going to be so difficult for Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United one of them has to almost produce a footballing miracle that’s how difficult it is to try and find some wins from somewhere.’
Along with Luton and Sheffield United, Burnley have also struggled and Vincent Kompany has been able to transfer the style of play that saw his team dominate the Championship to the Premier League.
Like the other two promoted teams, the Clarets have only won two games so far this season, both of which have come over the teams they sit in the bottom three with, and have especially struggled at Turf Moore.
Only once in Premier League history have all three promoted sides gone straight back down the following season, and that was in 1997-98.
That season saw Bolton, Crystal Palace and Barnsley endure a quick return to the second tier, and according to Redknapp this year’s promoted sides could face a similar fate.
