EPL: Alan Pardew predicts top team that could be relegated next season

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7 months ago

July 18, 2025

Former Premier League manager, Alan Pardew, has predicted that Manchester United could be relegated next season.

He said this is due to the failure of the Red Devils to solve their defensive issues.

Pardew, a former Newcastle United boss, said that the club’s decision to ban about five of their first-team players from squad training sent the wrong message to the rest of the players.

Speaking to talkSPORT, the former Crystal Palace man responded to the question of the Premier League team that’s most at risk of relegation in the 2025-2026 season.

He said, “All the teams in that bottom ten, including Man United.

“The issue is keeping goals out and at the moment they haven’t changed much from that.

“It all hinges on moving these five players, it’s almost like a fire sale at the moment.”

Players such as Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho, Tyrell Malacia and Antony have been banned from training with the Red Devils first team.

Pardew feels that such a dressing room situation sends a negative signal to other Red Devils’ players.

2026 World Cup: Super Eagles waiting for FIFA’s decision – Iwobi

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2 hours ago

February 6, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

Super Eagles playmaker, Alex Iwobi, has admitted they are waiting to see if the team would still play at the 2026 World Cup.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is optimistic of a potential lifeline from FIFA, after it submitted a petition against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Iwobi was asked by SuperSport if he would rather lift the AFCON 2025 trophy or qualify for the World Cup?

The 29-year-old, who played at the 2018 of the World Cup, replied: “I mean we’re still waiting, well hopefully we can go to the World Cup, but I feel it’s a tough one.

“It’s a tough one because winning AFCON is like… It’s a great legacy, it’s a great thing to have like in your career, a memorable moment.

“But then at the same time, because I’ve been to the World Cup already, a lot of the players haven’t been. They would like to say ‘I want to go to the World Cup,’ so I can’t be selfish and say win the AFCON and for my teammates to not go to the World Cup. So it’s a tough one. I don’t know. I don’t know.”

Politics

PRESIDENT TINUBU CONDOLES WITH SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE OF THE SUPER EAGLES ON THE PASSING OF HIS MOTHER

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7 days ago

January 30, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

President Bola Tinubu sends his condolences

to Super Eagles forward Samuel Chukwueze on the passing of his mother.

The President also extends his sympathies to the family and friends of Mrs Sarah Chukwueze, who passed away on Thursday.

President Tinubu mourns with the Chukwueze family and encourages them to find solace in the memory and legacy of their late matriarch.

“The passing of Mrs Chukwueze, the mother of one of our bright football stars, just a few days after the passing of Super Eagles’ captain Wilfred Ndidi’s father, is deeply saddening.

I mourn with them, and I am with them in prayers during this difficult time,” the President says.

President Tinubu prays that God Almighty will grant the departed eternal rest.

Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information and Strategy)