Leicester City are getting ready to relegation to League One and will go down as early as Tuesday evening.
The Foxes want to beat promotion-chasing Hull City to give themselves any hope of survival, however, even then, outcomes elsewhere this week may nonetheless seal their destiny.
Relegation would full some of the undesirable full-circle moments in sport, with Leicester’s 5,000-1 Premier League title win of 2016 coming simply seven years after they ended a one-year keep in League One.
The demise that has them on the cusp of dropping again to the third tier a decade on from being topped English champions, and simply 5 years after lifting the FA Cup, has been alarming.
It could be their second relegation in as many seasons and third in 4 years, having beforehand yo-yoed between the Premier League and Championship.
Defeat by relegation rivals Portsmouth on Saturday has the Foxes eight factors adrift of security with simply 9 factors left to play for.
The scenario is dire and has Leicester followers indignant – with one change with supporters upsetting Leicester’s former England worldwide Harry Winks to return a foul-mouthed verbal volley at supporters, external as he boarded the bus again from Fratton Park on the weekend.
Foxes goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, talking to BBC Radio Leicester with out data of his team-mate’s confrontation exterior the bottom, mentioned he “can understand the frustrations” of supporters.
The former Chelsea, Bournemouth and Stoke City goalkeeper says frustrations about this season are “shared” by the gamers – though acrimony amongst followers runs deeper than dismal outcomes produced by a squad with one of many largest pay packets in the division.
Begovic says Leicester “will keep fighting” and argues that “everything is still possible” with three video games left.
“The belief is still there,” the previous Bosnia-Herzegovina worldwide mentioned.
“It’s a big game against Hull, and if you win that, things can look a lot different. Of course we need a bit of luck and a bit of fortune on our side, but we keep pushing as much as we can.”
