City, Ipswich and Southampton are all in the drop zone, and there is the potential for the promoted trio to fall straight out of the league for the second successive season

The club’s bad season might get worse as it faces 115 charges of breaching financial rules. The fallout will reverberate beyond football.

Premier League clubs spent approximately £370 million ($459m) in this past transfer window, with Manchester City paying out £180m ($223m), nearly as much as the other 19-top flight teams.