Simon Jordan makes Leeds United relegation prediction after Southampton win
Simon Jordan believes that Leeds United will be getting relegated from the Premier League this season despite their recent win over Southampton.
The Whites also appointed a new manager in Javi Gracia much like Everton did with Sean Dyche but Jordan fancies the latter to stay up.
Leeds are currently ahead of the Toffees in the league after their defeat against Aston Villa over the weekend.
Jordan said on talkSPORT at 12:50 pm on 27 February, “Maupay doesn’t give them enough. But I think Dyche has the organisational skills to win games 1-0
“It doesn’t really matter at the moment (how Everton score). They have got to nick games and close games off. We keep making the case for Everton because of Sean Dyche.
“West Ham were markedly better, (Declan) Rice was markedly better. Bowen was good, Paqueta. They were all at it. Wolves, Nottingham Forest, Leicester and Crystal Palace have enough to escape the drop.
“So who is it going to be? It has to be Leeds and Everton (battling it out). My gut feeling is Leeds United.”
Fight to the finish
Gracia knows that he’s got a monumental task on his hands to keep Leeds in the league but he’s proven he can do it.
With Watford, a club notorious for sacking managers amid a poor run of form, Gracia managed to stay for beyond a full season and kept them in the division on two straight occasions.
Their squad wasn’t even as good as Leeds’ right now and he guided them to finish 11th in the Premier League which is a remarkable achievement.
Surely, nobody’s expecting him to get the Whites to challenge for a top-half finish, but he surely has what it takes to get them to avoid the drop.
However, he needs to beat the teams around him and also make this Leeds side harder to beat against the top teams as they’ve struggled against them in the past.
We’re hoping that they go on a five or six game unbeaten run as that will certainly build confidence going into the business end of the season.
In other Leeds United news, the club may now face a losing battle to keep their star player at Elland Road beyond the summer transfer window.
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