Premier League football returns this month and the relegation battle could be bigger than ever.
talkSPORT Breakfast hosts Jeff Stelling and Gabby Agbonlahor went through a list of teams that they believe could be contenders for the drop in the 2026/27 season.
Coventry City against Ipswich Town in the Championship.8
Coventry and Ipswich will hope to avoid an immediate drop back to the Championship
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Hull will also be desperate to secure their status in the Premier League
Coventry City, Ipswich Town and Hull City are the trio who earned promotion from the Championship to the top flight last season.
Typically, promoted sides find Premier League football too much to handle and head back down to the second tier a year later.
And even though Sunderland and Leeds United secured safety last season, Coventry, Ipswich and Hull will all be tipped to battle at the bottom end of the table.
But when discussing the fight against relegation, Stelling offered some hope for the Premier League newbies.
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"The encouragement for all of those three promoted sides is there are going to be other candidates," he claimed, before hinting that Crystal Palace, Fulham, Sunderland and Brentford are at risk.
"Palace. New manager (Pierre Sage), they've sold (Maxence) Lacroix, no signings (other than Oscar Mingueza) through the door.
"Fulham. Unproven manager (Alvaro Arbeloa), they've lost (Raul) Jimenez, (Harry) Wilson, (Issa) Diop, (Samuel) Chukwueze.
"Sunderland. Brilliant season last season, can they cope with that second season syndrome, plus Europe?
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"Brentford. Just because they're Brentford, to be brutally honest."
Agbonlahor then explained: "I think Fulham is one that scares me. If I'm a Fulham fan, I look at Marco Silva, he got that extra percentage from all those players.
Crystal Palace manager Pierre Sage.8
Stelling and Agbonlahor are unsure about the future of Palace under Sage
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Fulham are another club to be tipped for a potential relegation battle
Sunderland in the Premier League.8
Sunderland could find it hard to juggle Europa League and Premier League football
"Like you said, Jimenez, Wilson, Diop, Chukwueze gone as well. New manager, what has he really done? Struggled when he came in at Real Madrid.
"He's signed two players, (Gonzalo) Garcia and (Cesar) Palacios. Garcia got six goals in 30 appearances last season in LaLiga. Palacios, five appearances, zero goals. A combined fee of £42million for both of them.
"LaLiga is different to the Premier League, it's going to be really tough for those players, we'll see how they get on with a physical league like the Premier League.
"New manager as well, a lot of the unknown with Arbeloa, so you can see it, they might struggle."
"You can say the same about Bournemouth, can't you?" Stelling said. "New manager (Marco Rose) there, and I mentioned Sunderland have got European football, but so have Bournemouth.
"Over the last couple of seasons, so many have left and this time round they've lost (Marcos) Senesi, (Eli Junior) Kroupi is out for a while, they may yet lose Alex Scott because there'll be so many admirers for him. You wonder how they will cope with all of that."
Brentford in the Premier League.8
According to Stelling, Brentford are candidates - simply because they're Brentford
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Bournemouth are also at risk of going back down to the Championship
"European football, a couple of injuries, and the squad is starting to look thin," Agbonlahor added. "You've got a game on Thursday and you travel back, and you've got a tough game on the Sunday.
"Sometimes, European football can be a bad thing. It was Burnley, wasn't it? They struggled with European football (Europa League) and the Premier League (in the 2018/29 season)."
Stelling then asked: "How do you think Newcastle are going to do?"
"I think they'll be down there," Agbonlahor claimed. "I don't see them having a season as bad as Tottenham over the last two seasons, but I don't see them in the top half, nowhere near.
"I feel that, that fanbase are angry, they're angry at what's happening with their football club. They're angry at losing all of their players, signing young players...
"They were all dressed in Saudi Arabian attire when the owners came in. They were thinking, 'Yes, we're going to go for (Kylian) Mbappe, we're going to get Neymar, we're going to get all these big players'.
"Now, there's no European football this season, just lost their manager. They've brought in a manager (Matthias Jaissle) who's managed in the Saudi league.
"It could start to turn a bit toxic there, if they start to lose a few of their early games. Joelinton's wanting to get out as well, this isn't what Newcastle fans thought was going to happen, did they?"
Newcastle United in the Premier League.8
Agbonlahor believes Newcastle could become toxic in the new season
"Let's not forget, as much as the problems with the Financial Fair Play rules and they've lost this player, that player, they didn't buy well last summer," he added.
"(Nick) Woltemade, (Yoane) Wissa, (Anthony) Elanga, over £160million for those three players, none of them produced last season. They've got to step up, all three of them, because Wissa looked very sharp for DR Congo at the World Cup, can he bring that form into next season?
"Jacob Ramsey is probably the only one who had a decent season last season, so those three signings have to step up."
Stelling then wanted to poke fun at Tottenham Hotspur, who finished 17th in the past two seasons to narrowly avoid relegation.
"Of course, we're talking about relegation. Well, you can never leave Spurs out of the equation, can you?"
However, to avoid the potential wrath from Spurs fans, he insisted: "I'm only joking!"
The 2026/27 Premier League season gets underway on Friday, August 21 when Arsenal host Coventry, live on talkSPORT.