Not exact matches
The Pensioners sit a whopping 14 points off Tottenham Hotspur in fourth and the Champions
League places, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to see how the west Londoners will guarantee qualification for Europe's top table next season... at least not via their league f
League places, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to see how the west Londoners will
guarantee qualification for Europe's top table next season... at least not via their
league f
league finish.
I
guarantee that we have deals lined up and are just waiting for champions
league qualification to tie them up.
If we win, we
guarantee third and skip the tricky CL
qualification round, which is huge because it gives an edge when signing top players, because they want to play in the Champions
League.
While the likes of Spurs and Liverpool have thrown millions at transfers over the years just to have the occasional flirt with the Champions
League, Wenger
guarantees qualification with a modest nett spend.
The Premier
League champions face Club Brugge later this month knowing that a win will
guarantee their
qualification for the next round.
Leganés don't have a lot to play for — they're pretty much
guaranteed to finish somewhere between 10th and 15th — but with matches left against Depor, Levante, Betis, and Villarreal, they could have something to say about relegation places as well as Europa
League qualification.
Three points for Arsenal will all but
guarantee qualification for the knock out stage of the Champions
League, but equally important the target has to be to finish the group in first place to ensure a potentially easier game in the knockout stages of the competition in February.
This is not ideal for a club that enjoyed two decades of Champions
League qualification being all but
guaranteed, but as Aristotle once said, it is what it is.
This is something United can almost
guarantee him, following their
qualification for the play - offs after finishing fourth last term in the
league.
With the former paying a visit to Bolton and Arsenal facing their London rivals at Craven Cottage, the possibilities of Wenger's side reclaiming third position, which
guarantees automatic
qualification to the Champions
league finals, are exceedingly slim.