Alan Shearer may be a Newcastle United legend, but he’s still predicted arch rivals Sunderland to finish above Burnley this season.

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The Match of the Day pundit has issued his predictions for the upcoming season, which gets underway next weekend.

The ex-England striker expects the top and bottom of the table to remain largely unchanged, with Liverpool winning the title once again and the three newly-promoted clubs to all drop straight back down.

But even more damning for the Clarets is that Shearer expects Scott Parker’s Burnley side to finish bottom of the pile.

Sunderland, who won promotion via the Championship play-offs, are forecasted to finish one place ahead of them while Shearer has Leeds United down in 18th.

Brentford and West Ham are the two sides Shearer expects to be in most danger of suffering relegation.

Elsewhere, Shearer believes his beloved Newcastle will finish fifth for the second season running, while he predicts Manchester United and Tottenham to be much improved from their disastrous form last term.