Premier League: What to look out for on the final day?

Sunday volition beryllium a immense time for Leicester brag Dean Smith, Leeds manager Sam Allardyce and Everton brag Sean Dyche

The 2022-23 Premier League play comes to an extremity connected Sunday with the conflict to enactment successful the English apical formation acceptable to supply the main drama.

There volition besides beryllium immoderate fond, and possibly immoderate not-so-fond, farewells to the managers who are acceptable to depart astatine the extremity of the season.

BBC Sport looks astatine what who to support an oculus connected for what promises to beryllium a gripping last day.

Battle astatine the bottommost

This volition person felt a agelong and tense week for fans of Leicester, Leeds and Everton arsenic they hold to find retired which part their broadside volition beryllium playing successful adjacent season.

Bottom of the array Southampton already cognize that it volition beryllium Championship shot for them successful 2023-24, and Leeds are looking the astir apt to articulation them arsenic they beryllium 19th, 2 points from safety.

Nothing little than a triumph and 3 captious points volition bash for Sam Allardyce's side, who entertain Tottenham. The ex-Bolton brag precocious brought successful Leeds legends Gary McAllister, Eddie Gray and Gordon Strachan to assistance effort and animate his players.

"It's astir however important Leeds is and what it meant to them - the past of the shot nine and the information they had precise palmy times here," Allardyce said.

"It's astir improving our mentality to deliver. A antithetic dependable speaking astir what they did astatine this shot nine and however overmuch they emotion the nine is truly important."

Leicester could person been going into Sunday successful the strongest presumption successful the relegation conflict but for a superb Nick Pope prevention from Timothy Castagne successful Monday's goalless draw astatine Newcastle.

As it is, they besides request to triumph their last crippled astatine location to West Ham to person a accidental of staying up.

"We person to triumph the crippled and not look astatine the Everton effect until aft the game," Leicester brag Dean Smith said.

"We person to bash our occupation and spot wherever it takes us. If we bash our portion we are looking astatine different radical to assistance us, but we person to marque definite we ore connected what we do."

Should the 2015-16 Premier League champions get 3 points past lone a triumph for Everton, who big Bournemouth astatine Goodison Park, would spot them relegated.

Everton's extremity quality is six worse than Leicester's so, portion they are successful the strongest position, a gully would beryllium nary bully if the Foxes win.

"The information is we should beryllium nether unit due to the fact that that is what we privation from this group, that's the request of being astatine Everton Football Club and I've learned that precise quickly," Toffees brag Sean Dyche said.

"Every crippled should beryllium a pressurised juncture and it is due to the fact that that is being a nonrecreational footballer, not conscionable the last crippled of the season."

With Premier League information connected the enactment and truthful small betwixt the lone 3 sides who tin inactive spell down, expect plentifulness of twists and turns connected the last day.

How costly is relegation from the Premier League?

Dropping into the 2nd tier of English shot is simply a costly acquisition arsenic clubs look up to a immense shortage successful the magnitude they person from tv payments.

"It wipes £60m disconnected the gross enactment overnight," Dr Dan Plumley, rule lecturer successful athletics concern astatine Sheffield Hallam, told BBC Sport.

"This is the quality betwixt the guaranteed EPL tv outgo per play and the archetypal twelvemonth of parachute payments pursuing relegation.

"The astir caller disposable gross figures successful 2022 stood astatine £181.0m (Everton), £189.2m (Leeds United) and £214.6m (Leicester City). Relegation would enactment a important dint successful that figure.

"The astir caller of the 3 to person been successful the Championship (Leeds) earned £54.2m successful that twelvemonth (2020) highlighting the enormity of the gross spread betwixt the leagues."

Anything other near to play for?

No European shot for Harry Kane adjacent season? The England striker volition beryllium hoping to people the goals connected Sunday to seal a spot successful the Europa Conference League play-off round

The Champions League places are sorted aft Manchester United bushed Chelsea connected Thursday to seal a top-four spot.

Liverpool volition besides decorativeness 5th and Brighton sixth careless of what happens connected the last day, meaning it is Europa League shot for them - a fantastic accomplishment for the Seagulls but an result that volition consciousness disappointing for the Reds.

Seventh this play volition unafraid a spot successful the Europa Conference League play-off round.

That presumption is presently occupied by Aston Villa, who big Brighton connected Sunday, but Tottenham (away to Leeds), and Brentford (at location to Manchester City) are some successful the combat to pinch that spot from Villa with the close effect successful their play finales.

Final time farewells

Frank Lampard (right) volition instrumentality complaint of Chelsea for the last clip connected Sunday

For immoderate clubs, Sunday volition people the past clip they spot their existent manager successful the dugout.

At Crystal Palace, Roy Hodgson is acceptable to motion disconnected a hugely palmy instrumentality to his boyhood club. The 75-year-old was reappointed connected 22 March with the Eagles successful information of getting sucked into a relegation battle, but 3 successive wins successful his archetypal 3 games moved them wide of trouble.

A triumph astatine location to Nottingham Forest connected the last time would marque it six wins retired of his 10 games and, portion officially it is his past crippled successful charge, the erstwhile England brag could yet beryllium tempted to enactment connected for adjacent season.

Chelsea fans volition beryllium gladsome to spot the backmost of a run they person earnestly underperformed successful and it volition besides people the departure of nine fable Frank Lampard pursuing the decision of his 2nd spell arsenic manager. Ex-Spurs brag Mauricio Pochettino has agreed to instrumentality complaint of the Blues from this summer.

All 3 clubs successful the relegation portion astatine the infinitesimal person managers whose deals expire astatine the extremity of the existent season.

It has already been confirmed that Ruben Selles volition depart Southampton this summertime arsenic the Saints look towards a caller commencement for a rebuild, but the futures of Allardyce and Smith volition apt hinge connected whether either are palmy successful avoiding the drop.

Wolves fans volition beryllium hoping that Sunday's crippled astatine Arsenal volition not beryllium the last clip they spot Julen Lopetegui successful their dugout, with the Spaniard's aboriginal believed to beryllium uncertain due to the fact that of the club's fiscal situation.

Manchester United keeper David de Gea has kept 17 cleanable sheets truthful acold this season

It does seem, however, that Wolves skipper Ruben Neves volition marque his last quality for the nine helium has been astatine since 2017, having said helium wants to play Champions League football.

With Champions League shot already secured, Manchester United fans tin look guardant to a pressure-free last time of the play against Fulham.

But it could beryllium a nonstop disconnected for goalkeeper David de Gea.

The 32-year-old, who won the Golden Glove for keeping the astir Premier League cleanable sheets this season, is approaching the last period of his existent deal.

Manager Erik 10 Hag is hopeful helium volition motion a caller declaration but it is unclear whether the Spaniard would stay arsenic United's archetypal prime adjacent season.

"I deliberation we privation him to enactment and helium wants to enactment truthful I deliberation we volition find each other," said Ten Hag.

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