The new
Europa league rule only comes into effect this season!
Not exact matches
News coming through
ruling Alexandre Lacazette out of our upcoming
Europa League tie, I'm seriously beginning to doubt Arsenal's chances of glory.
Arsene Wenger has moved to insist that UEFA's
ruling regarding players being ineligible for certain competitions to be scrapped, with Pierre - Emerick's exclusion from Arsenal's
Europa League squad clearly irking the manager.
Before (and after) the
Europa League game against Ostersund, Arsene Wenger emphasised that Arsenal's main objective remains to finish in the Top Four to achieve Champions
League status next season, as he doesn't agree with the
rule that you can enter the elite competition by the «back door» if you win the lesser
Europa League.
Both Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo were
ruled out for the rest of the season after sustaining serious knee injuries in the win over Anderlecht in the
Europa League in midweek, and it adds to a list of absentees that appears to be growing longer each week.
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Article 18.07 As a
rule, a player may not play in a UEFA club competition (i.e. UEFA Champions
League and UEFA
Europa League, but not UEFA Super Cup) for more than one club in the course of the same season.
Not really anything to do with the FA, it is FIFA's / EUFA's
rules that our domestic matches can not clash with any other Champ
League,
Europa League and International break.
In the old days (like last year lol) if Arsenal (or any team in the Top Four) won the FA Cup, then the runners - up in the Cup Final would take their place in the
Europa League, like Hull did last year, but now UEFA have changed the
rules so that if Arsenal win the Cup again, then that last
Europa place will go to the next highest - placed team in the
League table.
With Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang ineligible in the
Europa League and Alexandre Lacazette currently sidelined by injury, the last thing that Wenger needs is for Welbeck to also be
ruled out of being able to feature as it will leave him short up front.
The former Burnley midfielder, who is currently banned from playing due to a breach in betting
rules, claims that the
Europa League is generally a six - point burden, and that a tough season is ahead for the North - London side.
I have seen this before because it happens every season once Arsenal is mathematically
ruled of winning the
league thats when they get their mojo back, too bad this time we are even too scared to compete for top 4 it used to being too scared to win the
league, next season under wenger we will be struggling to qualify for
Europa league.
First and foremost a return to the Champions
League has to be prioritised, which can only be done with a top four finish or by winning the
Europa League competition (as Manchester United did last year), but our current form, ignoring he midweek loss for our B side, I wouldn't
rule us out pushing on to challenging for second place in the table, possibly even first once Manchester City finally start to show chinks in their armour.
The financial fair play
rules will require clubs to break even over a rolling three - year period, if they want to play in the Champions
League or
Europa League.
With the news that England could get an extra
Europa League place due to fair play
rulings, it looks set that no matter what, Tottenham will be in Europe next season, and the game against Stoke is a chance for some of the fringe players to make a claim for a starting birth next season.
ROJO is recovering from a knee ligament injury suffered last April which also
ruled him out of United's
Europa League final triumph.
Bayer may feel aggrieved to be in the
Europa League having only dropped out of the Champions
League on the head - to - head
rule.
The Wales international picked up a groin problem prior to the derby defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, and this
ruled him out of the
Europa League last 32 first - leg, where the Gunners beat Ostersund by a 3 - 0 scoreline.
Chris Smalling is unavailable for the visit of the Eagles with a minor problem which will not
rule him out of the
Europa League final next week.
Earlier on Thursday, UEFA
ruled that Kosovo's clubs will have to wait one year before entering the Champions
League and
Europa League.
Wenger also confirmed that Granit Xhaka had not travelled to Russia due to illness, joining David Ospina and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in being
ruled out, with Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang also missing as he is cup - tied in the
Europa League.
An impressive 2 - 0 win over Bayern in the final game was not enough, as Napoli's 2 - 0 win in Spain meant that City would bow out into the
Europa League, where they would lose to Sporting Lisbon on the away goals
rule in the round of 16.
I know you think that Liverpool provide a good template for what can happen when you focus on the
league but I think they are an exception not a rule, plus Athletico provide an even more powerful example of what you can do when you focus on Europe as well (they are top and in the Champs League semis after winning the Europa twice in 3 years), not to mention Ch
league but I think they are an exception not a
rule, plus Athletico provide an even more powerful example of what you can do when you focus on Europe as well (they are top and in the Champs
League semis after winning the Europa twice in 3 years), not to mention Ch
League semis after winning the
Europa twice in 3 years), not to mention Chelsea.
Dutch giants and last season's
Europa League finalists Ajax are knocked out of the Champions
League as OGC Nice prevail on the away goals
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Zlatan scored twice in the EFL Cup final last season including a late header that sealed the trophy for the Red Devils, though the ACL injury
ruled him out of the
Europa League Final which United won over Ajax.
Then just in the last couple of months, Forlan's strike delivered a 1 - 0 home leg win for Athletico against Liverpool in the semi final of the
Europa League, equalised in extra time in the away leg for Madrid to reach the final on the away goals
rule then scored both goals to beat Fulham in the final.
Thanks to dumb and arbitrary
rules that are only now being changed because they are dumb and arbitrary, Aubameyang is unfortunately cup tied to Dortmund who, like CSKA Moscow, were bounced from the group stage of the Champion's
League and were given a berth in the
Europa League knockout stages as a consolation prize.
UEFA
rules stipulate that no association can have more than five clubs in the Champions
League for the 2016/17 season, meaning that if Manchester City win this season's competition and Liverpool win the
Europa League — both are in the semis — the fourth - place side domestically will have to drop out if both of them finish outside the top four.
UEFA has confirmed that Rubin Kazan will replace fellow Russian club Dynamo Moscow in the
Europa League after the latter broke FFP
rules.
Maybe he isn't the genius some would have us believe but judging by the emphasis he puts on cup competitions (the FA Cup for us, the
Europa League last season), don't
rule out the appearance of something not seen at Everton for over 20 years — a trophy.
Manchester United will be able to stay at home and train at their usual base ahead of tomorrow's
Europa League game against Liverpool despite current UEFA
rules stating that visiting European...