Tottenham relegation would not be as monumental as Leicester’s Premier League title

Tottenham Hotspur‘s relegation would be a seismic event in the Premier League’s history – but it would still be a footnote compared to Leicester City’s miracle title win.

After Roberto De Zerbi lost his first game in charge against Sunderland on Sunday, Tottenham stayed 18th in the Premier League table as they inched closer towards relegation.

To make matters worse, West Ham leapfrogged them in the table after a 4-0 win over Wolves, Nottingham Forest claimed a point against Aston Villa, and Leeds jumped six points clear of Spurs after beating Manchester United 2-1 on Monday.

With six games to go, Spurs are in real danger of dropping into the English second tier for the first time since 1977, and as the sixth-most successful club in England, that would be a disaster, in more ways than one, for the north London team.

As Tottenham prepare to face Brighton, Tottenham News has assessed the assertion that a Spurs relegation would be as “momentous” as Leicester’s 2016 title triumph.

Tottenham’s fall is not on a par with Leicester’s triumph

Tottenham took just 38 points in the Premier League last season, finishing 17th. But much of that was, arguably, down to Ange Postecoglou prioritising the Europa League over the Premier League, as they ended a 17-year wait for silverware.

Had it not been for Leicester, Ipswich Town, and Southampton going down so meekly last term, Tottenham could have been relegated in another season.

In 2025-26, 38 points may not be enough to keep a team up.

On Monday, The Times’ Martin Samuel wrote that a Tottenham relegation would be just as momentous as Leicester’s title win.

He argues that Spurs’ relegation would define this season, over a title win for Arsenal, for example.

Samuel points out that no relegated club have ever won a major UEFA competition in the same season, making Tottenham the lowest-placed UEFA champions.

He even argues that if Tottenham go down, their failure will “own” 2025-26, just as Leicester’s title did 10 years ago and Manchester United’s treble in 1999.

Indeed, Tottenham’s wage bill is reportedly the seventh-highest in the Premier League, but their fall from grace has been on the cards.

Whereas Leicester went from finishing 14th in 2014-15 to winning the title 12 months later. That was their first-ever top-flight success. The chances of that happening were 5000/1, according to the bookies.

Tottenham’s chances of going down were certainly lower than that at the start of this campaign. After Sunderland, the Opta supercomputer rated the likelihood of them getting relegated at 44.9 per cent.

These are two sizeable moments in the Premier League, but Leicester’s success will live much longer in the memory than a Tottenham demotion.

Disastrous consequences for Tottenham

If Tottenham do go down, there is likely to be a player exodus, and many of their top stars may be sold for less than their market value.

Tottenham are predicted to lose more than £200million in revenue if they drop into the Championship, and even though their finances will dwarf many of their rivals, there is no guarantee they will come back up.

But before they can contemplate getting relegated, Tottenham have to focus on ending their 14-game winless run, this time against Brighton on Saturday.

After Cristian Romero’s injury in the defeat to Sunderland, Kevin Danso is likely to come back into the starting lineup, and perhaps Mathys Tel will replace the faltering Richarlison.

Many pundits keep saying Tottenham will get out of this simply because they are a big club. But going off their 2026 form, they seem the most likely to go down.

With six games to go, it’s all or nothing.

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