Warriors' captain Marvelous Nakamba is set to play third tier football in England next season after his side Luton Town was relegated from the Championship on the final day of the season yesterday.
Luton Town lost 5 - 3 to West Bromwich Albion to become only the fourth team to suffer back-to-back relegations from the Premier League all the way to League One
A three-match winning streak had lifted the Hatters temporarily out of the Championship's bottom three heading into Saturday's trip to the Hawthorns, needing only to match or better Hull City's result at Portsmouth to remain in the second tier.
Nakamba did not play in the match and was also not in the match day squad to help his team avoid the embarrassing feat.
The Zimbabwean had a dream start to life at the Hatters when he joined from Aston Villa, helping the team gain promotion into the Premier League.
However, Luton Town did not stay long in top flight football after they were relegated back to the Championship.
Luton Town were expected to challenge for a quick return to the big time, but things did not go according to play under coach Rob Edwards.
And needing a win in the final game to stay afloat Luton endured a punishing first-half collapse against West Brom - conceding three times before shipping another two in the second period - made the task virtually impossible for Matt Bloomfield's side, despite scoring three themselves.
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Hull stay up by the narrowest of margins having posted a superior goal difference to Luton after earning a 1-1 draw at Portsmouth to finish level on 49 points with a 14-goal advantage.
Luton join Plymouth Argyle and Cardiff City as those demoted to the third tier.
The Hatters became the first club since Sunderland in 2018 to drop from the top flight to League One in consecutive seasons and only the fourth in the Premier League era after Swindon in 1994-95 and Wolves in 2012-13
Rinomhota's Cardiff had their relegation confirmed after the penultimate matches and bowed out with a 4 - 2 defeat at Norwich yesterday.
It awaits to be seen whether the two players who will represent the country at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will go down with their teams to play in League One or will look for other teams.
Nakamba still has one year left on his Luton contract while Rinomhota will be a free agent at the end of next month.
Yesterday's EPL Results
Aston Villa 1 - 0 Fulham
Everton 2 - 2 Ipswich
Leicester City 2 - 0 Southampton
Late Kickoff
Arsenal v Bournemouth
