Leeds United are now odds-on to be relegated from the Premier League after another damaging weekend. Everton climbed out of the bottom three with consecutive victories as they defeated Leicester, whilst Leeds lost 2-1 at Arsenal, in a game Luke Ayling was sent off in and subsequently suspended for the final three matches of the season.
Gary Neville has fired a warning to Leeds about their position, as well as the potential consequences should they drop back to the Championship after two seasons away. Speaking on his podcast, he said :
"I fear for Leeds I really do. They are favourites to go down. Everything that could go wrong, Stuart Dallas, Luke Ayling, the spirit and energy of the club, is not there. They are massive players. What Ayling has done will cost them.
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"We'll see what happens. But we've got a title race, a good top-four race and a compelling yet awful relegation battle.
"The desperation of going down. And the financial loss is too great. That drop is enormous and a club is going to suffer it. We hear rumours of Burnley paying a £65m loan back, imagine the losses that Everton would suffer and there will be lots of losses at Leeds too."
Leeds return to action on Wednesday evening when hosting Chelsea at Elland Road as they bid to pick up what would be a huge win in the context of the relegation fight.
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