Former Leeds United manager Simon Grayson has said that his old side's Premier League survival bid will come down "to the last few games of the season".
Javi Gracia's side sit 19th in the table. but are just four points behind Crystal Palace in 12th place. Five points separate the bottom nine teams and with just 12 games left to play and it is far too early to tell which clubs are likely to stay up or go down come May.
And Grayson believes that it will remain this way for some time as he sees the Whites in a long-term battle to secure their Premier League status for the 2023/24 season.
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“They’ve had some difficult weeks recently and changing managers never helps,” Grayson told Sky Sports News. “Even at the weekend it was very much a tough first-half against Brighton.
“I managed to watch that game, but they stayed in the game and managed to get a point and small steps are going to help along the way.
“Every point that they can accumulate could help them to hopefully then getting three points. It's really tight down there, I think even up to Crystal Palace if my memory serves me right.
“There’s four points between a lot of teams, so I think it's going to go very much down to the last few games of the season and I just so hope that Leeds manage to get some results in the next few weeks from now until the end of the season to make sure that they have a Premier League status come the end of the season again.”
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