Bournemouth manager Gary O'Neil believes that his side will always be under pressure to keep themselves in the Premier League despite having a four point gap to the bottom three already.
The Cherries face off against relegation rivals Leeds United on Sunday afternoon at the Vitality Stadium in what could be an incredibly important game to both sides' chances of survival.
But O'Neil, who replaced previous manager Scott Parker just four matches into this season following a 9-0 defeat to Liverpool, has claimed that there'll be pressure next season even if they do stay up at the end of this campaign.
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"The work we put in and everything that’s gone in so far over the last few years gets us to this point that we have a chance to remain in the Premier League for next season," O’Neil told Bournemouth Echo in his pre-match press conference ahead of their game against Southampton.
"What an incredible opportunity we have to go and grasp that for the next six football matches. Is there pressure? Yes. Will there be pressure next season? Yes, definitely. Was there pressure six months ago? Definitely.
"There’s always going to be pressure, but we have a real opportunity to achieve something this season and everyone around it should see it as that.
"We’ve put ourselves in a decent position and we have an opportunity to finish off what would be a very good job."
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