{"id":5614,"date":"2026-05-07T22:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5614"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:55:36","slug":"roy-keane-and-gary-neville-agree-on-premier-league-side-in-big-trouble-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5614","title":{"rendered":"Roy Keane and Gary Neville agree on Premier League side &#8216;in big trouble&#8217; next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_5699b0\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Chelsea have endured a dismal season this term and the Blues have been sent a strong message that their slump could turn into a slightly more concerning change should major changes not be made<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37126701\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gary Neville\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37126701.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_GettyImages-2274545303.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37126701.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_GettyImages-2274545303.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37126701.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_GettyImages-2274545303.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37126701.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_GettyImages-2274545303.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Gary Neville has offered his verdict on Chelsea's season\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Gary Neville has offered his verdict on Chelsea&#8217;s season<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Chelsea could be in major trouble next season, should they not arrest their worrying slide, Roy Keane and Gary Neville have warned. The Blues have endured a dismal campaign this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They sit ninth in the Premier League table with just three games of the season remaining. The West London club are also onto their third manager of the season, with Calum McFarlane in charge until the end of the campaign following the exits of Enzo Maresca and Liam Rosenior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On the latest episode of Stick To Football, Keane and Neville, as well as fellow guests Paul Scholes, Jill Scott and Ian Wright, debated a few alternative end-of-season awards, including the club in the most trouble, with Chelsea selected as the unanimous pick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cI don&#8217;t think they know where they&#8217;re going,\u201d Neville said, to which Ian Wright responded: \u201cAt the moment with Chelsea, what\u2019s going on with Chelsea? I can see a slide with Chelsea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_877b99\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\">Man Utd make final call on Cole Palmer transfer as Old Trafford fire sale planned<\/span><\/span><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_877b99\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\">Chelsea clauses could deny players millions each after Nottingham Forest humiliation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">FOLLOW OUR CHELSEA FB PAGE!<\/strong> <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"\/><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><u>Latest Blues news and more on our dedicated Facebook page<\/u><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Things could potentially get worse for Chelsea between now and the end of the season. They could still conceivably finish as low as 16th in the table should they lose each of their closing three games and results go against them for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Interim boss McFarlane has said that everyone at Chelsea is keen to turn the situation around. Speaking ahead of this weekend\u2019s clash with Liverpool, he said: &#8220;The players know, I know, the staff know, everyone at the club knows that the recent performances have been nowhere near the expected standard, and we&#8217;re going to do everything we can to improve that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe want to turn it around. We know the standards that this club has set, we aren&#8217;t meeting them at this moment, and the only thing we can control is how we behave and act every single day, and how hard we work to turn that level of performance around.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37126700\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37126700\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.53\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chelsea\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37126700.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2274451800.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37126700.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_GettyImages-2274451800.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37126700.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_GettyImages-2274451800.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37126700.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2274451800.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Chelsea sit ninth in the Premier League with three games of the season remaining\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Chelsea sit ninth in the Premier League with three games of the season remaining<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThere&#8217;s a lot of foundations for this team to have success. 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