West Bromwich Albion defender Jonas Olsson says over half the Premier League are relegation candidates.
Last season's battle for Premier League survival was the toughest for years, with the issue settled only in the last few minutes of the season. West Brom's Swedish centre-back reckons that it could be even tougher this time.
He said: "The top six or seven clubs will be looking upwards, but, for the rest of the League, everybody will be thinking first about survival.
"The standard gets higher every season."