Roy Keane and his fellow Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards have made their predictions for who will be relegated from the Premier League.
They both agreed that Norwich City are bound for an instant return to the Championship, and Keane gave his verdict on Newcastle.
Eddie Howe’s side currently sit 10th, above Norwich on goal difference alone after a really tough run of fixtures going into the festive period.
On Sky’s YouTube channel, Richards asked Keane who he thinks is going down, and he said: “This is tough. I’ve been relegated as a player at Nottingham Forest and that stays with you when you retire, forget the trophies!
“Three to go down, let’s go for it: I’m going to go Norwich. I’m going to say Newcastle. Then I’m going to say between Southampton and Watford.
“Though Burnley could be one of those teams you think because they’ve got out of it before, they’ll do it again and they won’t.”
Howe will hope his squad looks pretty different by the end of the January transfer window and that could make all the difference.
He has certainly lifted the club and the fixtures should start to ease up after a really tough run of late and some bad luck with refereeing decisions.
Keane will not be the only pundit tipping Newcastle to go down – Richards hardly disagreed with him – but Howe will hope his players can prove everyone wrong.
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