Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur secured both victories In their respective Europa League semi-finals first legs on Thursday evening and raised the attractive prospects for an all-English final on May 21 in Bilbao. In addition to prestige to win the trophy, such a final can trigger an outstanding scenario for the Premier League when it comes to European competition next season.
Arsenal’s previous progress to the Champions League semi-finals Altable that the Premier League will already have at least five teams in the next season’s Champions League – thanks to one of the two European performance sites (EPS) assigned to the leagues with the best collective records in European competitions this season.
Sex, or even seven, Champions League team?
As it stands, Liverpool, Arsenal, Newcastle, Manchester City and Chelsea are on track To secure the Champions League locations through their domestic league position. As United and Spurs are likely to exit outside the European qualification sites in the Premier League, The winner of a potential all-English Europa League final would be the sixth Premier League Club To qualify for the Champions League next semester.
But the opportunities do not stay there. According to Dale Johnson of ESPNIf Arsenal would go all the way and win the Champions League but also in any way finish outside the top five in the Premier League, that number would increase to a never -before -seen seven law in European football’s top tournament. It is a very rare event.
Can eleven Premier League team qualify for Europe?
The permutations become even more complex when considering all three European competitions. How would Chelsea’s performance in the Conference League play? How does FA Cup affect everything?
According to ESPNit is possible, But “very unlikely” that England has 11 teams over the three European races next season. It requires a perfect storm of results:
- Top Five in Premier League qualifies for the Champions League
- Arsenal Win Champions League but ends outside the top five (6 teams in CL)
- Sixth place qualifies for the Europa League
- FA Cup winners qualify for the Europa League
- Conference League -Winner Chelsea qualifies for Europa League
- Carabao Cup winner Newcastle qualifies for Conference League
More realistic scenarios
Takes a more realistic view, 10 is probably the maximum numberwhich requires Arsenal to miss the domestic European qualification completely.
The most likely scenario sees:
- Teams that first ended to five and United or Spurs that qualify for the Champions League through the Europa League.
- The team that ended in the sixth, FA Cup winners and winners of the conference league that qualifies for the Europa League.
- Newcastle qualifies for the conference league through its Carabao Cup triumph.
As always, the Premier League shows to be the most interesting, if not most exciting.
