article_snippet.sent: The top of the Championship with five games to go .
article_snippet.sent: We are still no closer to finding out which three clubs will be promoted to the Premier League.
article_snippet.sent: Eight sides still have a chance of claiming one of the two automatic promotion places, even with just five games left to play of the regular season.
article_snippet.sent: And then there are the play-offs – notoriously hard to call
article_snippet.sent: but surely even more so this season given the fine margins that separate this year's promotion-chasing crop.
article_snippet.sent: Regardless of who goes up though, there have been some stellar individual performances this season that will no doubt have attracted top flight attention.
article_snippet.sent: Here are eight players - one each from Bournemouth, Norwich, Watford, Middlesbrough, Derby, Wolves, Brentford and Ipswich - that could well be playing in the top flight next season regardless of whether their club goes up or not.
highlights_snippet.sent: Championship top eight separated by just nine points with game to go .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Three teams will be promoted to the Premier League, with five missing out .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Sportsmail picks out eight players who should be in the Premier League next season whether eight players who should be in the Premier League next season club is promoted or not .
  