It should also be noted that the Red Devils next season will be without the Champions League, what last happened back in 1995th year, and it seems that Man United will be out the Europa
league competition next season.
Arsene Wenger's men have enrolled their sixth straight consecutive Premier league win with a 2 - 0 result against the bottom side, Sunderland, but even this run might not be enough for the Gunners to grab the fourth place which leads into Champions
league competition next season and Arsenal likely would have to settle with Europa league.
Liverpool legend John Aldridge says if the Reds can't turn over Middlesbrough at Anfield on Sunday then they don't deserve to play in the lucrative Champions
League competition next season.
Not exact matches
The Red Devils were dumped out of the UCL in the group stage, and have failed to secure a return to
next year's
competition, ending their Premier
League campaign in fifth place.
In fact, Milan have won just one of their last seven games in all
competitions, and that simply isn't good enough for them as they harboured ambitions of getting back into the Champions
League next season.
If Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield in the
League next weekend, crush Lincoln at the Ems later in the FA Cup and knockout Bayern Munich thereafter from this season's Ucl campaign, then it will be acknowledged in the football circle that Arsenal have steadied their staggering season on track which looked to be staggering in two
competitions.
The Champions
League group stage is now over, and with the
competition taking a pause for the
next two months we can see who has been putting in the best performances so far.
Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players begin their latest Champions
League campaign
next week and everyone connected with the club is hoping that this season sees the Gunners go at least one better than recent years which have seen us finish second in the group and then exit the
competition at the first knockout stage.
We can qualify for champions
league next round then we might be out from the
competition in the second round or we could face thursday night football and then field some of our young guns in the
competition or we could just get knocked out from the
competition (4th in our group) and then face the EPL totally...
Again, this Team has TONS of All Sports Series Championship pedigree but they are still getting used to the
next - level Hoops
League competition.
But, on the other hand, this
competition is likely to be our best chance of reaching the Champions
League next season and some may say that we should put out our best available team whoever we are playing.
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.
I know, I know, Wenger trophy and all, but if we want to keep Ozil and Sanchez, especially, we definitely need champions
league football
next season, and the way that the top 5 (maybe 6) teams have been playing, there will be more
competition than we have faced previously.
but who said this is a video game?He can play in the
League and FA cup... then
next season he can participate in all
competitions and is available at the right price... We may no see eye to eye but try to open your mind before you talk trash ok....
The talented Germany winger sadly won't be playing in the Champions
League next season after BVB failed to qualify for the
competition, and one of the Premier
League's top four must surely be looking to tempt the 26 - year - old towards a Westfalenstadion exit.
The Club of the Principality will be hoping to crash the Champions
League party and secure qualification for Europe's premier continental club
competition for
next season.
Meanwhile, they also face a decisive clash against Olympiakos in the Champions
League next week, as they must win in order to have any chance of advancing to the knockout stages of the
competition.
Top players nowadays want Champions
League football, and it looks as though the only way Dortmund will be able to provide that
next season is by winning the
competition this year.
In 160 matches overall in all
competitions for Ajax, Eriksen has found the back of the net on 31 occasions, including 24 strikes in his 111
league contests for the club, form that has made the player one of the most sought after in Europe, with Turin now set to be his
next location.
You would rather Arsenal lose than win, to push Spurs out of a
competition that can only damage their
next Premier
league season, I think somebody has borrowed your only brain cell!
Brendan Rodgers» side recently crashed out of the Champions
League after a 1 - 1 draw with FC Basel, and with the club currently sat ninth in the Premier
League they don't look like qualifying for the
competition next year either.
And as that was the player's third booking in Europe's premier club
competition this season, it meant a suspension from Madrid's
next Champions
League fixture, which sadly for Alonso, just happens to be the final at the Estadio Dragao on May 24.
also that Europa
league team has absolutely no chance of winning the
competition so Wenger need to start taking it seriously in the
next round with the possibility of teams like atletico Madrid Napoli juve maybe etc but knowing Wenger he'll stick with the same team just to defy logic.
Vardy apparently has a # 20 million release clause for those in the Champions
League next season, although I personally struggle to see why Vardy wouldn't want to try and give Europe's most attractive
competition a go with Leicester
next season.
Premier
League managing director Richard Masters said: «From
next season, we will move away from title sponsorship and the
competition will be known simply as the Premier
League, a decision which provided the opportunity to consider how we wanted to present ourselves as an organisation and
competition.
Mata will be hoping that the Red Devils are themselves in the
competition next season, with the team currently in the top four of the Premier
League.
Five wins on the spin in three different
competitions has got the belief flowing through the team and we need to keep that up to ensure Champions
League football again for
next season.
We are of course still in the Champions
League, having reached the knockout stages of the
competition for the 13th consecutive term, and despite coming up against the same team who knocked us out of three previous European campaigns, we have reason to be more confident
next time around.
We are Arsenal and we need to step up a lot
next season and try to challenge in all 4
competitions and see how far we go... You wouldn't want a Flamini in DM in a tough away game or even in the
league.
After their recent Champions
League defeat to Monaco, they may target a good run in that
competition next year.
After that, however, the question of who will be our
next choice between the sticks, and perhaps this will involve the Champions
League games as well as the FA cup and Capital One cup
competitions, is much harder to predict.
The 29 year - old also admitted his frustration at having to sit out the Europa
League campaign, which could well be his best shot at qualification for the Champions
League next term, and with Alexandre Lacazette also out with injury their chances of winning the
competition remain strongly in doubt.
So surely if Arsenal are in it
next season then maybe we should concentrate on the Thursday night
competition to give us a real chance of a trophy, and also to gain re-entry into the Champions
League?
In what is undoubtedly the tie of the round, Milan will take on Arsenal as the two sides will see this
competition as their best hope of qualifying for the Champions
League next season.
The Red Devils hosted the blue side of Merseyside last night, as they looked to gain some impetus in the race to qualify for
next season's Champions
League competition, but were unable to put the pressure on their rivals.
Now with the end of the season approaching quickly and Arsenal looking very unlikely to be in
next season's Champions
League, perhaps Bellerin has reiterated that he wants out and he has been linked with many other big clubs other than Barcelona including Juventus and Man City, where he would be guaranteed to be in the major
competition.
Champions
League football is believed to be the key goal for the campaign, and their place in the
competition for
next season in serious doubt, with a 12 point gap having grown from us to fourth, and with Chelsea also chasing a spot with 10 points on us also.
On a positive note at least we won't be embarrassed by Bayern or Barca
next season obviously its better being in the Champions
league but we don't ever look like winning it at least we have a chance of winning the Europa League I personally would be happy winning that competition as our European record is shocking one cup winners cup in 24 years of European foot
league but we don't ever look like winning it at least we have a chance of winning the Europa
League I personally would be happy winning that competition as our European record is shocking one cup winners cup in 24 years of European foot
League I personally would be happy winning that
competition as our European record is shocking one cup winners cup in 24 years of European football..
The midfielder has made it clear that he is desperate to compete in the Champions
League, and while the Saints may have entertained hopes of a spot in Europe's elite
competition next season, that opportunity appears to have passed them by.
A top four place now looks highly unlikely for Arsenal, while they must overcome AC Milan in the Europa
League to have any chance of going on to win the
competition that could seal their passage into the Champions
League for
next season.
Am i dreaming it seems like we've been here before, oh yeah thats right it happened last season and the season before that... Oh wait guys but there is hope, if i remember corectly all we have to do is wait for any serious potential threats to us retaining the Fa cup for a third time to get eliminated by lower
league opponents or of course eliminate themselves by not taking this
competition too seriously by fielding their second team and laugh our way to the final where we'll probably beat a sub par premier
league team and repeat it all over again
next year you know when Wenger fails to address the squad depth, the injuries mount up and are out of the champions
league and title run ins by march..
For a player with some of his best years ahead of him, the price appears generous, and with Spurs almost certainly set to be competing in the Champions
League next summer, the midfielder possesses the kind of quality to make a difference at the elite continental level of
competition.
With the
competition to finish in the top four in the Premier
League tougher than it has ever been, the Europa
League may well provide the most realistic avenue into the Champions
League next season for Mourinho's side.
Never mind the
competition for his place in the Arsenal team and the financial implications, there is also the small matter of Liverpool being much more likely to be in the Champions
League than Arsenal
next season.
Wenger's future at the Emirates hinges on them winning this
competition, both to secure some silverware and qualify for
next season's Champions
League.
You know it's Super Sad times when the actual Europa
league were welcoming Arsenal fc to the
competition after the end of today's games, with full logo and a see you
next season message.?
Having picked up 21 caps for Les Bleus, Sissoko can now legitimately be called a genuine international midfielder and the
next logical step up in his career may be a move to a club that can offer Champions
League football — with both Liverpool and Monaco returning to the
competition for
next season.
Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions
league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier
league is more demanding then the other
leagues in strwnght of
competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and
next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline
Four or five of those seven teams — Southampton, Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea for certain, and possibly West Ham as well — will likely still be chasing something, be that fourth place, the title, or the Europa
League (a
competition we're sure that Sam Allardyce would love the opportunity to bitch about
next season).
With Alex Iwobi most recently making the transition from the Under 21's to the first team, Zelalem is more than likely to be in with a chance of being included at the very least in some match day squads
next year, especially in the earlier rounds of the
league cup
competitions.