Leeds will get RELEGATED and Marcelo Bielsa will LEAVE – talkSPORT host’s incredible Premier League prediction

talkSPORT host Adrian Durham made a stunning Leeds United prediction, claiming they’ll be relegated AND Marcelo Bielsa will leave this season!

The Whites played their first top-flight match in 16 years on Saturday, losing a barnstorming encounter 4-3 as Mo Salah scored a late, late penalty to complete his hat-trick.

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Leeds were promoted to the Premier League as champions of the second tier

Many expect the high-octane side which lit up the Championship to thrive in the Premier League, and Leeds certainly showed their quality at Anfield.

However, Durham isn’t so sure.

In fact, the Drive presenter reckons Leeds will get relegated and Bielsa will leave at the end of the season.

The eccentric Argentine, affectionately known as El Loco, has transformed Leeds over the last two seasons and some believe his energetic philosophy has the Whites primed to follow in the footsteps of Sheffield United and Wolves.

But for every success story from a newly-promoted side, there are a dozen failures, and Durham points to Leeds’ summer recruitment to suggest they will struggle this season.

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Bielsa is a cult hero in Leeds but he has a huge job on his hands this season

The Yorkshire club have spent more than £40million on summer signings, but Durham says it’s still not enough.

“I think Leeds will get relegated,” began Durham’s incredible claim earlier this week. “I think Bielsa will leave as well.

“I don’t like saying it, you know I’ve got a soft spot for Leeds.

“Their recruitment has shown a disregard for the levels required in the Premier League.

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Will Durham’s words come back to haunt him?

“Ben White has gone and a lot is being asked of Kalvin Phillips.

“We don’t know if he’s going to be able to do it in the Premier League.

“Personally, I think he’s good enough, but I look around the rest of the Leeds team and I see Stuart Dallas and Luke Ayling at full-back.

“I think they’re decent, they’ve done great and they’ve improved dramatically, but they were bottom half of the Championship a couple of years ago.

“For Bielsa to improve them to where they’ve got to now is amazing, but for him to take them to another level where they survive in the Premier League may well be beyond Bielsa.”

Stuart Dallas loves working under Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds

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