Premier League season preview: Focusing on the relegation candidates

The 2022-23 Premier League season is almost here and it is time to preview the 20 teams battling it out this season.

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Focusing on the relegation battle, which six teams are most likely to be embroiled in a season-long scrap to stay in the Premier League?

Below we look at all of the key factors, including their odds to go down, key new signings, what these teams are all about and much more.

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Odds to go down: +125

Key new signings: Jesse Lingard, Dean Henderson, Taiwo Awoniyi

The gaffer: Steve Cooper did an incredible job last season as he arrived with Forest in a relegation scrap in the Championship. At the end of the season they just missed out on automatic promotion and gained promotion via the playoffs as they played an attractive, attacking brand of football. They also reached the FA Cup quarterfinals, knocked out by eventual winners Liverpool after beating Leicester City and Arsenal in earlier rounds. Cooper had great success with the England youth setup as he led the likes of Jadon Sancho, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Phil Foden to the U17 World Cup title in 2017. He loves to work with young players and encourages them to keep the ball and build up from the back.

Why you should watch them if your team isn’t playing: They’re back in the Premier League for the first time since 1999 and Forest are a huge club. They won back-to-back European titles in 1979 and 1980 and they are a sleeping giant of English soccer. Their stadium down by the banks of the River Trent is lovely and after all of