"Clubs like Tottenham Hotspur are not supposed to get relegated" — Rebecca Lowe isn't sugarcoating it. NBC's Premier League host is flying to England this week for final day coverage, and the main event isn't a trophy lift. It's a survival fight that could send one of England's most storied clubs into the Championship.
Lowe and the NBC crew will be live at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday as Spurs host Everton, needing just a point to stay up. West Ham are the other team sweating. Only one goes down. Lowe calls a potential Spurs relegation the second most shocking story in Premier League history, behind only Leicester winning the title in 2016. That's the company this story is keeping.
Slot is gone — the only question is when
Lowe doesn't see Arne Slot surviving at Liverpool beyond this season, and she makes a compelling case. Mohamed Salah publicly undermined him twice. The second time, half the squad liked the post. That's not a dressing room dispute — that's an open mutiny. Add a fanbase that has turned on him, potential failure to qualify for the Champions League, and a club that has historically never sacked a title-winning manager, and you get a situation where Liverpool's hand may be forced anyway.
"There's no way a manager can come back when half the squad are liking a post disparaging about him," Lowe said. The historical parallel she reaches for is Claudio Ranieri — won the league, gone four months later. The difference is toxicity. Ranieri left with dignity. This is messier.
Sunday's farewell for Salah at Anfield will only sharpen the contrast. The man who won them the title last season gets a hero's sendoff. The manager who delivered it may not be invited back for pre-season.
A World Cup debut and a Palace dream
Away from the survival drama, Lowe is preparing for the biggest assignment of her broadcasting career — working the 2026 World Cup with Fox Sports for the first time. She's kept a dedicated email folder of research material and describes opening day as "pinch me" territory. For someone who has spent over a decade building the Premier League audience in the United States, covering a World Cup on home soil carries obvious weight.
She also can't attend Crystal Palace's Conference League final because of those same World Cup commitments — a scheduling clash she clearly regrets. Palace are 12 months into a run that's already produced the FA Cup and Community Shield. A third trophy would be, in her words, "a lifetime of memories."
- NBC's final day coverage goes live simultaneously at 11 a.m. ET across NBC networks, Versant, and Peacock — the 13th straight season of simultaneous final-day broadcasts
- Robbie Mustoe and Tim Howard join Lowe at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the survival showdown
- Lee Dixon and Robbie Earle cover Arsenal's title celebration at Selhurst Park
- Lowe moves straight into World Cup prep mode once the Premier League season ends
The relegation market on Spurs has been one of the season's more surreal betting landscapes — a club with the league's best stadium and training ground priced as a genuine drop candidate. Lowe thinks they'll get the point they need. The fact that's even a sentence worth writing tells you everything about the Premier League's 2025-26 season.
