Former Aston Villa striker and TalkSPORT pundit Gabby Agbonlahor believes that Premier League survival will be a bridge too far for Ipswich Town.

The 37-year-old – who made 341 league appearances for the Villans and featured in the side that were relegated to the Championship in 2016 – believes that the step-up will be incredibly tough for Town, as well as the two teams who were promoted alongside them.

The Blues were pipped to top spot by Leicester City while Southampton beat Leeds United at Wembley to seal promotion via the play-offs.

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However, Agbonlahor doesn’t think that he’s seen enough from the trio and believes that they’ll make an immediate return to the Championship, just like Sheffield United, Burnley and Luton Town did last season.

“Looking at them, I think they all go straight back down,” he said via AceOdds.

“I look at the reinforcements they've brought in - it's not enough. We look at last season, Luton made it look ugly at times and they got points that way, but Burnley were poor and Sheffield United were poor.

“I just think that jump-up is just too much now. You're looking at teams and back in the day, it would be like, 'oh, Crystal Pace, you can go and get a result'. Crystal Palace play outstanding football now. 'Fulham, yeah, we'll get it'. No, no, no, Fulham are playing outstanding football too.

“There's no easy game now for these three promoted sides. So, I think they all go back down in 18th, 19th and 20th.

"If you look at Southampton's business, you'd say they're expected to go down. They're not really giving it a go. I think Leicester will probably do the best out of all three, but they will go down as well.”