The club, who will commence their Champions League journey with the first preliminary round on June 28, have until June 17 to reinforce their squad, following in the footsteps of La Fiorita who last year signed Damiano Tommasi for their Europa
League qualifying campaign.
Not exact matches
After challenging for the title in the last
campaign, the Merseyside club will surely be disappointed by their inability to
qualify for next season's Champions
League.
This
campaign sees the Merseyside club struggling to
qualify for the Champions
League after finishing second in the Premier
League last time round, and Sterling has admitted both will be difficult to replace.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino believes his side's Europa
League campaign can help them
qualify for next season's Champions
League --(Daily Mirror)
Arsenal The North Londoners have had a decent start to their
campaign, which has seen them
qualify for the group stages of the UEFA Champions
League for the 17th year running, and pick up 5 points from 3 Premier
League fixtures.
Arsenal managed an excellent run towards the end of last season, winning 8 out of their last 10 games meaning that they managed to
qualify for next seasons Champions
League campaign.
If we win and Olympiakos lose in Munich then we are back on course to
qualify from our Group after our unbelievable start to out Champions
League campaign.
A lack of quality in depth in the current squad could also be blamed for that as Milan have played a lot of games this season already having had to also deal with Europa
League qualifiers at the start of the
campaign, and so perhaps that is also catching up with them.
Funny that a Chinese
league player has 8 goals in La Liga, 8 goals in WC
qualifying campaign, is a starter for a WC favorite team and was asked by G.O.A.T to play for Barca.
While it may be justified by the fact that Arsenal failed to
qualify for the Champions
League, let's not forget that Bellerin himself had a very poor
campaign and was part of that failure.
Ed Fulton, trading spokesman for Sporting Index, said: «A
league finish of 73 points would not have been enough to
qualify for Europe's elite competition in the recently concluded
campaign and, with more teams vying for the
league's top places than ever, they may continue to struggle.
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has claimed that there will be no mass departure of Blues stars should his side fail to
qualify for next season's Champions
League this
campaign.
Should the Blues fail to
qualify for the Champions
League this season, it may not be the end of the world for the Blues, as a less - congested fixture list was one of the reasons why Conte's side were able to claim their fifth league title last cam
League this season, it may not be the end of the world for the Blues, as a less - congested fixture list was one of the reasons why Conte's side were able to claim their fifth
league title last cam
league title last
campaign.
The talented central defender made 27 appearances for Ronald Koeman's team in the last
campaign, helping them to
qualify for the Europa
League through their top flight position.
With Everton failing to
qualify for Europe after a disappointing
campaign last year, Coleman could possibly be considering his options and a switch to Old Trafford with the allure of Champions
League football next season could prove too hard to resist for the 26 - year - old.
The Rossoneri still have a mathematical chance of
qualifying for the Champions
League as they're still only eight points adrift of Inter in fourth, and so Gennaro Gattuso will undoubtedly ensure his men continue to battle until the end of the
campaign.
Those issues have led to a very underwhelming start to the
campaign, with the Rossoneri sitting in seventh place in the Serie A table and 11 points adrift of the top four in the race to
qualify for the Champions
League.
However the club's first ever Champions
League campaign was spectacular,
qualifying comfortably for the second round phase with 15 points taken from a possible 18.
However, similarly to Inter as a whole following their impressive start to the Serie A
campaign, they've dropped off in recent months and now face a real battle to
qualify for the Champions
League.
Arsenal are also through to the last 16 of the Champions
League where they topped their
qualifying campaign ahead of French champions PSG.
Liverpool are desperate to improve their striking options next month as they battle to
qualify for the Champions
League again after a difficult start to the season, while Tottenham have also had a mixed
campaign thus far, under new boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Shakhtar Donetsk began their Champions
League campaign with a 2 - 0 win over Young Boys in the third
qualifying round on Tuesday.
United finish their
league campaign against Palace at Old Trafford before facing Ajax in the Europa League final in Stockholm next Wednesday, a game they must win to qualify for next season's Champions L
league campaign against Palace at Old Trafford before facing Ajax in the Europa
League final in Stockholm next Wednesday, a game they must win to qualify for next season's Champions L
League final in Stockholm next Wednesday, a game they must win to
qualify for next season's Champions
LeagueLeague.
If you
qualify to play in Europe after a successful Premier
League campaign then you must expect the games to come thick and fast.
Our chances of
qualifying for next season's Champions
League will rest on a storming end to the Premier
League campaign - or success in the Europa
League.
So far this
campaign, he has overseen 14 games, including two Champions
League fixtures and a World Cup
qualifier in Sweden, issuing 47 yellow cards and no reds.
Sydney FC ended the season in second place and as Grand Finalist,
qualifying for their third AFC Champions
League campaign in the process.
The Guinea international offers a mesmerising blend of qualities - how many players could average 2.6 tackles and 2.6 interceptions over a German
league campaign, and score the kind of winner that the 22 - year - old did against the Ivory Coast in an African Cup of Nations
qualifier in June?
Ajax went out in the Champions
League qualifiers to Nice, ending their European
campaign at the start of August, having gone all the way to the Europa
League final last term.
That
campaign brought the club's only previous appearance in UEFA Champions
League qualifying.
It is the second longest European
campaign in OM's history — after the 17 - match odyssey that transported them from the UEFA Champions
League qualifying phase to the UEFA Cup final in 2003/04.
Despite leaving north London empty - handed, the Spaniard focused on a
campaign which has seen Ronald Koeman's side
qualify for the Europa
League — as well as pointing to a «good future» ahead for the Club.
Hoffenheim got to the Champions
League qualifying stages off the back of a tremendous
campaign, with a young and idealistic manager who has vowed to play a brand of exciting football.
Everton, who have the added distraction of a Europa
League campaign (provided they are not outwitted by eastern European opposition in the third
qualifying round) have already invested heavily and can thank a «buy low sell high «transfer policy in the past which has seen big money roll in when selling players such as Fellaini and Stones, in addition to this year's probable transfers - out income.