Exclusive: Sky pundit reveals one thing Leeds United and Burnley must do to survive in the Premier League | OneFootball

Lee Hendrie has spoken exclusively to Football League World about what Leeds and Burnley have to do to stay in the Premier League next season.

Leeds United and Burnley both won promotion to the Premier League on Easter Monday following the latter's 2-1 win over Sheffield United at Turf Moor, and Lee Hendrie has told the pair what they need to do to survive in the top flight next season.

The Whites were dominant in their 3pm kick-off clash at home to Stoke City, running out 6-0 winners at Elland Road as they were forced to hold their promotion celebrations until the Clarets faced the Blades in the evening kick-off.

However, Scott Parker's side were able to hold their nerve as Josh Brownhill's double sent both the Lancashire and West Yorkshire outfits back to the Premier League. However, supporters will be hoping that they can stop the rut that those going up to the division have found themselves in over the last two years.

For the first time since the league's inception in 1992, all three promoted sides have been relegated in back-to-back seasons, with Ipswich Town's return to the Championship all but confirmed, and Leeds and Burnley must find a way to survive in what is quite quickly becoming a closed shop.

Hendrie offers advice to Leeds and Burnley

It's going to be a busy summer for the second tier's top two, as well as the side who win the play-offs, and the Whites are already looking to break the mould by potentially changing their manager, with Daniel Farke under new pressure despite guiding his team back to the top flight.

However, money will have to be spent by the three teams heading up and speaking exclusively to Football League World, Lee Hendrie has informed Burnley and Leeds what they must do to avoid the same fate as those before them.

He told FLW: "It’s difficult because Burnley had a taste of being in the Premier League last year and they tried to go with a different model with Vincent Kompany, bringing in lots of younger players and not bringing in older players on massive wages that could probably hurt them financially when they got relegated.

"I think that's the gamble. It’s buying right, it's recruiting well, it's getting the right personnel through the door and I'm sure that Leeds and Burnley will look at where they can do better to survive in the Premier League, because it's just such a hard league now.

"With the depth that the teams who are above them have it’s going to be really hard to get close to them. You need that little bit of luck. You need a bigger squad, but sometimes it doesn't work."

Hendrie continued: "We've seen Ipswich spend a lot of money and it didn't quite work for them. It’s getting the right fit. It's getting the right manager and it's about getting results. I think recruitment is going to be key for both of these teams if they are to stay in the league.

"Leeds are a big club. When it comes down to having that home gathering and support that they have there, it's a bit of a fortress, Elland Road, and Burnley can do something similar. I just feel it's going to be about getting the right personnel in that's going to make them really solid.

"But obviously they've got to be scoring goals, and they've got to ask questions of teams that they're playing. So I'm putting it down to recruiting correctly. It's going to be key for them staying in the league and getting results, particularly on their own patch."

Leeds and Burnley have one final battle before they can think about the Premier League

While promotion is already decided, the battle for the league title looks as though it will go to the final day of the season with the two sides both sat on 94 points from 44 games.

Leeds do have a superior goal difference, but they do face fifth-place Bristol City on Monday evening before a tough test away to Plymouth Argyle, a team fighting for survival in the Championship.

Burnley, on the other hand, make the journey to West London on Saturday to play QPR at Loftus Road before they welcome Millwall to Turf Moor on the last day, and they will be ready to pounce if their title rivals do slip up.