Promoted Sides Break The Trend - But Will They Stay Up?

Promotion to nan Premier League is ever origin for celebration.

For those who execute it location is nan chance to compete against nan country's apical sides, recreation to world famous, historical grounds and person immoderate of nan champion players connected nan satellite sojourn your stadium - and that's earlier you get to nan tremendous financial benefits.

But for nan past 2 seasons, that joyousness has quickly faded for newly-promoted teams erstwhile nan play originates and reality hits.

Prior to this season, each of nan past six teams to travel up from nan Championship person gone consecutive backmost down.

Last play it was Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton, suffering nan aforesaid destiny arsenic Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United nan twelvemonth before.

All came up pinch awesome dream and each and each 1 of them was consigned to relegation - mostly agelong earlier nan extremity of campaign, too.

The mode successful which it has occurred has led to concerns that nan English apical formation has go thing of a 'closed shop' pinch nan riches of nan convention turning what was erstwhile simply a jump successful value into a chasm.

But aft wins for Sunderland, Leeds and Burnley complete nan first 2 weekends, could things beryllium a small different this year?

It is nan first clip since 2016-17 that each 3 promoted clubs person have earned a triumph wrong nan first 2 games.

In nan past 2 seasons it has taken until nan 11th information of fixtures for each of nan Premier League newcomers to get a triumph connected nan board.

Sheffield United were nan past to execute that feat successful 2023-24, while Ipswich managed 5 draws earlier yet signaling their first triumph - distant astatine Tottenham - successful crippled 11 past season, conscionable a week aft Southampton secured their first 3 points.

It was nan aforesaid communicative for Norwich City backmost successful 2021-22.

What will promote this year's trio though, is nan 2022-23 season.

Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth were nan promoted clubs and each 3 had a triumph connected nan committee aft 3 games.

More importantly, having sewage those early wins, each 3 managed to debar relegation pinch Fulham moreover claiming a top-half finish.

As overmuch arsenic they'd wound your manus disconnected for that, nan existent harvest would surely each shingle it for 17th.

Burnley's triumph complete Sunderland connected Saturday intends that, betwixt them, nan 3 clubs person already made a small spot of history.

The Clarets' triumph follows wins for Sunderland complete West Ham astatine nan Stadium of Light and Leeds against Everton astatine Elland Road - making this play nan first successful nan Premier League era successful which each 3 newly-promoted sides person won their first location game.

While getting that first triumph takes a spot of nan unit off, it is intelligibly nary guarantee of survival.

Neither is spending money but fixed nan leap from Championship to Premier League, each 3 clubs person felt nan request to do truthful this summer.

Leeds made AC Milan striker Noah Okafor their ninth signing of nan model connected Thursday successful an £18m deal, taking their full spending up to astir £93m.

That number goes up to astir £107m for Sunderland, who person brought successful 11 players, while Burnley person signed 13 players for astir £109m.

Sizeable outlays and while each 3 person won astatine home, they person been good beaten connected nan road: Burnley 3-0 astatine Spurs past weekend, Leeds 5-0 astatine Arsenal and Sunderland were second-best successful their 2-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Turf Moor.

All 3 will person steeled themselves for a relegation scrap truthful these early wins could beryllium each important travel May.