Jones Knows Notebook: Wolves are a must-bet against Championship-bound Spurs on Saturday

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Wolves (a) - the one that could change it all?

There are shocks. These happen on a weekly basis in football betting. But then there are seismic, industry-rattling, jaw-on-the-floor moments that force you to recalibrate what you thought was possible in football betting.

We're staring one right in the face.

With just five games to go, Tottenham, current European trophy holders, are now odds-on for relegation at 8/111.73 with Betfair Sportsbook.

Let that sink in. This isn't a flirt. This isn't a wobble. This is a full-blown collapse from one of the Premier League's modern superpowers.

To really understand the scale of what we're potentially witnessing, you have to step away from the odds and look at the club.

Tottenham aren't just another Premier League side having a bad season. They are a financial juggernaut. The ninth richest in the world according to the Deloitte Money League's report for 2026.

Their £1bn stadium? A global landmark.

Their £45m training centre? Among the best in Europe.

Their wage bill? Well, it's £94m more per year than any other Championship club, according to Sky Sports.

The scale of their dismal form is an equation even the most gifted of mathematicians would find improbable to solve.

There's been no league win in 2026 - a run of 15 games. This means the club is on their longest winless streak for 91 years. Spurs have won only four of their last 31 Premier League home games in the last 17 months.

The same number of managers as home wins isn't a great look.

Injuries to key players, deflected goals going against them and now late, season defying goals against them, this looks like a situation of 'if it's looks like a relegation team, smells like a relegation team and quacks like a relegation team, it's probably a relegation team'.

There is one fixture though that could just change it all. The one with the big red circle around it in the calendar. And it's this Saturday at 3pm.

Wolves (a).

The biggest in the history of the football club.

'Tottenham get battered' is becoming soundrack of the season

Tottenham are 8/111.73 to win this football match with the Betfair Sportsbook. That's 58 per cent implied probability.

Wolves are what Tottenham could be: relegated. Deservedly doomed.

An easy three points then? Laugh out loud.

Not for this Spurs side.

Spurs aren't just fighting for points anymore, they're fighting against a movement. With five games to go and the trapdoor creaking, every away ground has turned into a stage, every set of opposition fans into a chorus line.

"Tottenham get battered everywhere they go..."

It's not just a chant now. It's becoming a theme tune for this Premier League season.

Yes, Wolves are down, but relegating Spurs isn't just another result. It's a headline. A legacy moment. A potential story that fans will talk about for years.

Technically, Spurs are the better side. Financially, structurally, historically, it's not even a debate. But none of that helps when you're 1-0 down in a hostile ground with the crowd sensing one of the biggest stories the Premier League has ever seen.

Pressure does funny things to footballers and this Spurs side are showing they can't cope under this scrutiny.

Why Spurs going down is biggest story in Premier League history

Spurs are on the brink of becoming the biggest story in Premier League history for all the wrong reasons.

If you're talking pure numbers shock in terms of odds, Leicester winning the title in 2016 still holds the crown. A 5000/15001.00 winner is the stuff of legend, the kind of result that rewrites betting history.

But if you're talking footballing shock in a modern context, Tottenham going down might just edge it.

Because Leicester were outsiders punching up.

Tottenham? They're supposed to be untouchable. A club of this size with the infrastructure, the financial muscle and expectation underperforming to this level is truly astounding. On that basis, it's the worst season a team has ever produced in Premier League history.

And the players are feeling that. No question.

They now have five games to save themselves from the unthinkable, starting at Molineux on Saturday.

And I'll be backing Wolves double chance at 10/111.91.

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