Questions Facing the Newly Promoted Clubs ahead of next season

The line up for next seasons Premier League was completed over the weekend following the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday, and Sunderland's win over Sheffield United in the Championship play off final on Saturday, which enabled them to join Leeds and Burnley in the top flight next season.

With all of them now up, what questions will they be facing ahead of next season?

LEEDS

Leeds are back in the Premier League after two seasons away after winning the title on goal difference and with 100 points. They were in and around the automatic promotion places for the majority of the season, and it was a six game winning streak at the end that won them the title.

Will Daniel Farke learn from his mistakes

Daniel Farke has had two stints of managing in the Premier League from his time at Norwich, but they didn't go very well as they were relegated in his first season and he was sacked after about 10 games of his second season following a poor start.

His Norwich team were heavily criticized for being too open defensively in both seasons as they conceded a lot of goals and were very naïve in how they played.

Leeds did have the second best defence in the Championship this season which will give them confidence, but the Premier League is one big step up as all the newly promoted teams from the last two seasons have found out.

If Farke to fare better this time round, he needs to show that he can be pragmatic by playing a different way in some games, especially the ones against the big teams.

Can Joel Piroe make the step up?

Piroe was the Championship's top goal scorer this season with 19 goals and all of them were key in Leeds getting promoted.

But he's yet to prove himself at the top level and there will be questions asked of him as to whether he can produce in the Premier League like he did in the Championship.

His goals this season will definitely give him the confidence that he can deliver in the Premier League and the pressure will be on him to deliver because if Leeds are to stay up, they'll need him to score a good chunk of their goals.

BURNLEY

Burnley bounced straight back up following relegation last season and had an incredible defensive record by conceding just 16 goals and keeping 30 clean sheets. They also picked up 100 points over the course of the whole season, but they denied the title on goal difference.

Will they be the best equipped to stay up?

Their defensive record from this season will suggest so as in order to stay in the Premier League, you need to have a solid defence.

The last two seasons saw all three of the newly promoted teams go straight back down and all of them very very open defensively and conceded a lot of goals.

The Clarets will be a lot different to the newly those teams because of their defensive record from this season, which came from them being difficult to beat and well drilled in that department. Two things the newly promoted sides from the last two seasons weren't.

If they can add some Premier League proven players to their squad and carry their incredible defensive record into the Premier League, they could be the side that fare better out of the newly promoted teams.

Will they need a striker?

If there is one thing that every newly promoted side needs when they come up to the Premier League, it's a centre forward who can scored 10+ goals a season.

The Clarets' top goal scorer this season was Josh Brownhill with 18, but he's a central midfielder who plays in a two in front of a back four and you can't rely on players in that position to get the majority of your goals.

Zian Flemming was their highest scoring attacking player with 12 and he recently signed a permanent contract after spending the season on loan from Millwall.

But he's unproven and untested at top flight level and for someone to be Premier League ready, you would hope that they would score more than 12 goals in the Championship.

Because of this Scott Parker may want to bring in a new striker who is more proven at the top level to give his side the best chance of staying up.

SUNDERLAND

Sunderland secured their promotion by beating Sheffield United in the play off final which sealed their return to the Premier League for the first time in eight seasons. No one expected them to anywhere near promotion at the start of the season, but new manager Regis Le Bris defied the odds to lead them into the play offs and then promotion.

Could goals be a problem?

Sunderland were the lowest goal scorers in the top six of the Championship this season as they scored 58 goals with their top scorer Wilson Isidor getting just 13 of them.

In order to stay in the Premier League, you need to score a good number of goals and someone who can get a good chunk of them as goals win you football matches.

The Black Cats have had some great strikers during their previous spells in the Premier League in Kevin Phillips, Niall Quinn, Darren Bent and Jermain Defoe. They'll need to find another player of that ilk if they're to stay up next season.

Will they have enough experience?

Whenever a club comes up into the Premier League, one of the main things they need is players with Premier League experience because having players with Premier League knowhow is key to a club staying in the Premier League.

Sunderland have very little Premier League experience in their current squad which is understandable as it was only a few years ago that they were playing in League 1, and a few of their players from League 1 are still at he club.

They do have some good young players in their team who are all set to play a key role for them in the future. But to stay in the Premier League, you can't rely on young players to keep you up because of their lack of experience and especially at a level such as the Premier League.

Regis Le Bris will want to remain loyal to the players that got him promoted including the younger players in the team. But he'll still be looking to bring in new players during the summer and especially ones who are proven and experienced in the Premier League.