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Burnley, Luton and Sheffield United's combined points tally is the lowest cumulative total achieved by the three clubs to be relegated in a Premier League season.

That figure had stood at 76, which Cardiff City, Fulham and Huddersfield finished with 2018-19 but the bottom three this season achieved 10 points fewer.

It will be over to 2015-16 Premier League winners Leicester City, Ipswich Town and the play-off winners - either Leeds United or Southampton, both recent top-flight teams - to avoid a similar fate.

"I think Leicester could possibility buck the trend next year," Glenn Murray said.

"They obviously still have a really strong squad coming up from the Championship."

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All three of last season's promoted clubs have suffered an immediate return to the second tier for only the second time in Premier League history.

Luton have won plenty of fans with their gutsy displays throughout the campaign but the hard facts are that the three teams going down ultimately were not good enough.

While Rob Edward's side were left on the brink of relegation following their defeat at West Ham last weekend, Burnley's fate was sealed after they lost at Tottenham.

Sheffield United, eight points adrift at the bottom of the table, learned their fate in April and return to the Championship after conceding a record 104 Premier League goals.

"The gap is getting bigger and bigger," former Brighton striker Glenn Murray said on Final Score.

On the three promoted clubs going straight back down, he added: "The Premier League is such a dominant league, and I think it will happen more and more often."

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As Chesea's players and their families made their way around the Stamford Bridge pitch after Thiago Silva's farewell speech, Pochettino headed for the tunnel.

With so much speculation over his future, some interpreted Pochettino's absence as an indication he could leave the club.Pochettino, though, had a simple explanation.

"There was no time because it was Thiago Silva (farewell)," said Pochettino. "Then, when the players started (to thank the fans) Adrian (Chelsea's press officer) who is responsible said: "You need to go inside""

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Pochettino held talks with Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly on Friday night, before the win against Bournemouth.But the Argentine wasn't given any assurances over his future at the club..."I don't know if that's going to happen or not," said Pochettino."I don't have any idea about this. All I can tell you is on Friday night, Todd invited me for a dinner and it was a very nice dinner together. "But I don't know about the rumours about the review. My staff tomorrow are flying for their holidays. I am going to stay in London for a few more days. I am always open. My phone is going to be on."

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A 2-1 win against Bournemouth on Sunday meant Chelsea secured sixth place. Not bad, considering the upheaval at Stamford Bridge this term.

But victory for Manchester United in the FA Cup final would see Chelsea lose their Europa League spot and the Blues would have a place in the Europa Conference League instead. Five wins from the final six matches saw Chelsea end the season strongly but doubts remain over Mauricio Pochettino's future at the club...

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After finishing 8th, Manchester United's last chance of qualifying for Europe this season is victory in the FA Cup final.

“It's all about trophies and we have an opportunity to lift the cup. It's all about winning trophies and, as a result of it, we need to be in Europe and it is our last opportunity," said Ten Hag.

There's also the small matter of preventing rivals Manchester City from winning the 'double double'...

Question: Just how bad has United's season been?

• Manchester United have ended the season with their lowest league position (8th) since 1989-90.
• United have lost nine games at Old Trafford this term - their joint-most at home in a season.
• They have conceded a club-record 58 goals in a Premier League season.
• United have ended a league campaign with a negative goal difference for the first time since 1989-90 (-1 in both cases).

Answer: Pretty bad.

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Let's take a look at Manchester United's campaign, shall we? A 2-0 win away at Brighton on the final day meant the Red Devils finished their league campaign on a high, but there's no disguising what has been a torrid season for the club.

"It was a very tough season for us,” said Ten Hag. “We know it's not good enough, by far. Simple. There are reasons but, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter. It's United. You have to finish higher and this is not good enough.”

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Opta's team of the season, based on statistical analysis rather than opinion, has an equal split of Arsenal and Manchester City players - Ben White, William Saliba, Declan Rice and Martin Odergaard for the Gunners, and Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, Rodri and Phil Foden.

Aston Villa's Emiliano Martinez and Ollie Watkins are also in there, as well as Chelsea sensation Cole Palmer.

Here are some of the stats behind the decisions:

• Akanji - No centre-back was involved in more open-play sequences that ended in a goal in the Premier League this season than Akanji (17).
• Salibi - The centre-back became the first outfield player to play every minute of a Premier League campaign for Arsenal. He also had the highest passing accuracy of any Gunners player (92.6% - minimum 500 passes).
• Rodri - The Spanish midfielder made more ball carries (799) and carried the ball a further distance (8,088 metres) than any other player in the Premier League this season.
• Odegaard - The Arsenal captain created more chances from open play than any other player in the Premier League this season (88).
• Foden - As well as enjoying his best Premier League season in terms of both goals (19) and assists (eight), Foden scored more goals from outside the box than any other player in the competition this term (six).
• Palmer - He was involved in 33 Premier League goals this season (22 goals, 11 assists) - the third-highest tally by a Chelsea player in a campaign after Didier Drogba (39) and Frank Lampard (36).
• Watkins - the England striker provided a league-high 13 assists in the Premier League this season, while his 19 goals is the joint-most by an Villa player in a campaign.

Final Score pundits Dion Dublin and Glenn Murray have also given their team of the season.

Here are their picks and some reasons behind their choices:

Dion Dublin: Martinez; Saliba, Van Dijk, Van de Ven; Foden, Rice, Palmer, Rodri, Gordon; Watkins, Haaland

"I feel with the players I have picked, they have all affected their own team's performances and where they ended up in the league."

Glenn Murray: Martinez; Walker, Saliba, Branthwaite, Mitchell; Odegaard, Rodri, Foden; Palmer, Haaland, Watkins

"The front six has Rodri holding and then the rest just go and play. Express yourselves boys."

On Crystal Palace's Tyrick Mitchell at left-back: "I have gone for a little curveball with Mitchell - the left-back for Crystal Palace...I can't really think of a better left-back that has been [as] consistent."

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Jurgen Klopp & Mo Salah (Liverpool): These two individuals have lit up the Premier League landscape since their arrival on Merseyside like no other. Jurgen Klopp will join the ranks of Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley, while Mohamed Salah - who has probably made my team selection more than any other player during the past five years - will accompany the likes of Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush in Liverpool’s pantheon of greats. Klopp has left Anfield with grace and dignity, and given the kind of farewell by the Kop only the very best receive. Salah, who could also move on this summer, is this wonderful mild-mannered man who has made the most significant contribution to the game, his community and Liverpool Football Club. What contributions.

Kyle Walker (Man City): Kyle Walker has not allowed any matters outside of professional football to have the slightest impact on his career. So much so he retained the captaincy and led Manchester City to a historic fourth consecutive Premier League title, and I wouldn’t bet against them winning the FA Cup for the second year running.

Tom Lockyer (Luton Town): Ever since Luton Town lost the services of Tom Lockyer, after suffering a cardiac arrest against Bournemouth, the team have struggled. Only a few weeks before he had made my team selection, having played a starring role in a 2-1 win in the FA Cup at Everton. Had he remained available the club's league fortunes might have been very different. He may have to retire from the game as a consequence of his heart condition and we wish him well.

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Martin Odegaard (Arsenal): Normally my player of the season goes to the best player of whichever team wins the Premier League title. However, this year I am prepared to make an exception for an exceptional player.

Martin Odegaard is more than just a professional footballer, he’s a throwback to what captains of big clubs used to be like. Outstanding player, great leader and respected by his team-mates. Odegaard is all of those things.

He has little time for the spotlight and is only interested in getting the job done. The game needs more like him.

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Cole Palmer (Chelsea): I haven’t seen a player so gifted in years. The game comes so effortlessly to Cole Palmer, he makes it look easy. The 22-year-old has just picked up the Premier League's Young Player of the Season - to sit alongside his Chelsea Player of the Year awards - and quite rightly.

To score 25 goals and have 15 assists in your first full season says volumes about this extraordinary talent. What awaits this young man is anyone’s guess, but England must accommodate this kind of special talent in a way it has failed to do so in the past.

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Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool): To have selected only one Liverpool player for my team says it all really. Liverpool have not only let the title slip from their grasp, they have shown signs that the pressure was starting to get to them.

The departure of James Milner and Jordan Henderson cannot be quantified, but it was left to Virgil van Dijk to hold it all together. Gone are the days when the team used to pick itself. Neither can we be sure what impact the timing of Jurgen Klopp’s announcement, that he was leaving Anfield at the end of the season, had on the players.

All of these were factors of Liverpool’s title failure, but they are back in the Champions League - and who can forget that heroic performance by Van Dijk in the League Cup final against Chelsea?

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Jordon Pickford (Everton): The golden glove - for the highest number of clean sheets this season - may have gone to David Raya, but he had the good fortune to have inherited an Arsenal defensive unit that was the best in the country.

Everton were doing fine until they had 10 points deducted, with the club thrown into a tailspin. Mid-table mediocrity was suddenly replaced by a fight for survival. Throughout this turbulent period there were two individuals who remained unshakable.

Manager Sean Dyche was like a rock, and Jordan Pickford showed nerves of steel. The England number one goalkeeper producing match-winning performances whenever it mattered. Let’s hope he can do the same for England in at Euro 2024.

We're going to return our focus to Garth Crooks' team of the season.

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