Hull City chief Ehab Allam admits they have a contingency plan in place should they go down.
Allam admits they have considered the prospect.
"In the past few months, we have been thinking we're at serious risk of relegation," he told the Hull Daily Mail.
"We're doing everything we can to avoid that, including bringing in a new assistant in Mike Phelan, but there's that risk.
"In times like these you do need to put together some disaster planning to try and think ahead. There's no point ignoring what might happen.
"When you try and invest to improve the team there's always going to be risk, but we feel we would be in a position where we could be well prepared for the Championship if that were to happen.
"It's not a nice way to have to think but we have consider it seriously."
