Profiling The Promoted Clubs
How will Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton fare in the Premier League?
Another gruelling Football League season is at an end, and we now know the identities of the three teams leaving the Championship to mix it with the Premier League's elite in 2024-25.
Leicester City and Ipswich Town led an enthralling race for most of the campaign, and they were rewarded with automatic promotion after managing to hold off Leeds United.
There was to be no reprieve for Daniel Farke's team in the play-offs, either, as Adam Armstrong's goal ensured Southampton became the third side to reach the promised land, handing them a 1-0 final win at Wembley.
It may not be a particularly smooth period of adaptation for the promoted trio, though, with potential managerial departures, alleged profit and sustainability breaches and interest in star players hanging over them.
Here, we run the rule over the promoted teams, picking out a star player for each of them and asking how they might fare in the top tier.
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