The 2021/22 Premier League campaign hasn’t long been over - but predictions for next season are already being made.
It was a campaign like no other for Newcastle United, with the PIF-led takeover inspiring new hope and ambition on Tyneside after a tiresome 14 years under Mike Ashley.
The Magpies’ new owners have ambitions to be the world’s best but all that was put on the backburner as they battled top-flight relegation.
There were moments when United seemed destined for the drop but Eddie Howe proved to be the club’s saviour.
With 38 points claimed in 2022 - form bettered only by Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur - Newcastle survived and recorded an 11th place finish.
Howe and his players will now take a well-deserved break ahead of busy summer, which will see plenty of activity in the summer transfer window.
Indeed, sportsbook app SBK has forecasted how next season’s Premier League table will shape - with a high finish for Howe’s Magpies.