Gary Neville makes prediction for West Brom and Leeds United after latest reveal

The Sky Sports pundit has been speaking about the prospect of Albion and Leeds' season restarting

Gary Neville has backed the EFL to follow the Premier League's lead and restart the Championship season next month.

In their latest statement the EFL reaffirmed Championship clubs' desire to restart the season with the likes of West Bromwich Albion and Leeds United returning to training this week.

The Premier League announced plans to resume their season on June 17 yesterday and Neville reckons the Championship will follow suit.

The division's top two, Leeds and Albion, are leading calls for the season to be resumed in order to allow them to win promotion to the Premier League.

They haven't faced much opposition, although Hull City have written to the EFL twice asking for the campaign to be curtailed.

“I think the Championship will go ahead,” Neville told The Football Show on Sky Sports.

“I do think it is sad to be fair that the funding can’t be put into place for League One and Two.

"We are going to see clubs like Stevenage and Tranmere probably lose their spaces in their leagues without even having the opportunity to play for it down to economic reasons because the funding isn’t there to support football at that level.

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“But I do think the Championship will play and I do think that will be something that happens pretty quickly after the Premier League.

“We all know how important it is to the likes of Leeds and West Brom, who are at the top of that league. Everything they have invested, not just financially but emotionally to get into the Premier League, how important it is for them as clubs.

“There is a lot to look forward to in terms of football not just at the Premier League level but at the Championship level, and the play-offs likely at League One and Two as well.”