Tottenham have slipped into the relegation zone with six games of the 2025/26 Premier League season remaining, so supporters are already projecting what Roberto De Zerbi's team could look like in the second tier.
While widespread changes are inevitable, starting from the top down, there's hope that a few core members, perhaps those not overly responsible for our demise, will remain in north London.
There's no overlooking what a disaster slipping to the Championship would be. Our work off the field over the past few years was meant to bulletproof us from such a scenario, but the level of incompetence across the board this season has culminated in a potential apocalypse.
The club may never be the same again, with the distinct humiliation of relegation rendering any achievements in the division below utterly futile. Still, there's scope for a brief EFL excursion to be relatively joyous if you delete all social media and never again encounter a football supporter who isn't of a Lilywhite persuasion.
Kulusevski will not leave Spurs in the event of relegation
If De Zerbi keeps to his word and stays to lead a project despite relegation, that'd likely encourage more of the current squad to stick around. Now, I get that most of us would be more than content to see the backs of the majority who've led us to this point, but ditching the entire squad is implausible.
We're bound to enjoy a combination of academy starlets and senior loyalists in the Championship. The defence will certainly be overhauled, but our floundering attack may arguably look more promising.
That's because Gianluca Di Marzio (via Football London) believes Dejan Kulusevski is "definitely staying" at the club this summer, no matter how the rest of the season plays out. The Swede hasn't played a single minute for Spurs since last May due to a complicated knee injury, but is hopeful of appearing at the World Cup after Sweden qualified for the tournament via the playoffs in March.
Di Marzio adds that De Zerbi, who has encountered Kulusevski on multiple occasions while manager of Sassuolo and Brighton, believes the Swede could become one of the "most important" players of his project.
While you could envisage Mohammed Kudus and Xavi Simons being snapped up after just a year in N17, I'd bank on James Maddison, who left Leicester after they were relegated from the Premier League in 2023, staying put.
Kulusevski and Maddison's long-term injuries certainly help Tottenham's cause in ensuring they stick around post-potential relegation.
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