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No escape clause for Leicester's England stars Manu Tuilagi and Jonny May in event of Premiership relegation A quartet of England stars could be playing in the Championship next season Manu Tuilagi, Jonny May, Ben Youngs and Ellis Genge are all facing relegation  The players do not have relegation release clauses in their Leicester contracts It is believed George Ford is one of few players who does have a release clause Tigers are only five points above bottom club Newcastle with five games to go

By Will Kelleher For The Daily Mail

Published: 22:34 GMT, 25 March 2019 | Updated: 22:37 GMT, 25 March 2019

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Leicester's England stars Manu Tuilagi, Jonny May, Ben Youngs and Ellis Genge face slogging it out in the Championship next year because they have no relegation escape clause in their contracts.

With five games to go in the Premiership season, the Tigers are 10th and only five points above bottom club Newcastle.

Sportsmail has learned that very few of the Leicester squad have clauses built into their contracts allowing them to quit if the club goes down to the Championship.

Manu Tuilagi is one of four England stars who could be playing in the Championship next year

Manu Tuilagi is one of four England stars who could be playing in the Championship next year

In what has been described as a ‘car-crash’ situation by one source, several members of Eddie Jones’s World Cup squad might have to stay and honour their contracts by playing in the Championship next season.

Tuilagi, 27, signed a two-year contract earlier this month and does not have a release clause written into it. Prop Genge, 24, and wing May, 29, have a year left to run on their Tigers deals — having signed in 2017 — and prop Dan Cole, 31, has longer.

It is believed fly-half George Ford, 26, is one of few players who does have a release clause.

Jonny May (pictured), Ben Youngs and Ellis Genge are the other three Leicester players who have featured for England who do not have relegation release clauses in their club contracts

Jonny May (pictured), Ben Youngs and Ellis Genge are the other three Leicester players who have featured for England who do not have relegation release clauses in their club contracts

But sources have

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