Sentences with phrase «league finish next»

Not exact matches

Finishing 6th and making it back to the CL via the winning of the Europa league still spells trouble for next season since the gap with the top of the PL will have been established rather than a one of fluke.

From what I can see, the last real links with us signing the Turkish international came over six months ago, and he has not had the best season with Bayer Leverkusen statistically, but has been a key player in the side which finished third in the German top division, helping them to earn a Champions League place for next year.

Having finished outside of the top four, it remains to be seen whether or not the lack of Champions League football next season costs them in their transfer work this summer, while they will have to balance out their spending with sales too.

There is pressure of finishing top 4 Financial pressure and getting into Champions League next season

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Man United boss Louis van Gaal will be handed a hefty transfer fee injection next summer with the level of funding dependent greatly on whether the Dutchman secures a top four finish and the resultant Champions League qualification.

A seventh - placed finish in Serie A coupled with defeat in the Coppa Italia final against Juventus on May 21 would see the Italian giants miss out on a place in the Europa League next season.

Not that any of the deals are particularly egregious, but if the team is aiming at the No. 1 pick next year, these moves could hurt their chances of finishing last in the league and getting top lottery odds.

Given United's fifth - placed finish in the Premier League which means that they will be absent form the Champions League next season, it always appeared as though Van Gaal would be fighting a losing battle.

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.

Having added a striker and midfielder, a central defender is arguably next at the top of his to - do list as he looks to rebuild the spine of a team that finished 10th in the Premier League last season and is short of options at the back with John Terry, Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma arguably not enough.

If Liverpool lose the Champions League final, finish 1 point behind us, and we finish 2nd and lose next round or the FA Cup final, then in my opinion they have the better season.

Do nt we need to finish at least 6th for Europa league entry, with 5 games left, 3 away from home and we haven't picked up a single point this year on our travels, add to that, that Burnley are 1 of the teams we play at home, if we don't win the Europa this year, we could miss out on any European football next season.

Arsene Wenger has made an early foray into transfer market after buying just one player, Petr Cech, in the entire summer last year, which suggests that the 66 - year - old may be feeling the pressure to deliver success in the next campaign.The Gunners extended their Premier League title drought to 12 seasons as they finished behind champions Leicester City by 10 points.

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.

Although Arsenal fans are 99 % certain that the Gunners can not qualify for the Champions League by finishing in the Top Four of the Premier League and our only remaining hope is to win the Europa League and sneak in the back door, like Man United did next season, it would appear that the Boss thinks his team need to win against some «big teams» before we can consider winning the minor European trophy.

Liverpool are now looking at two big - name Serie A players to come in in midfield and attack, plus another transfer deal this month to ensure they are better equipped to finish this season strongly and possibly mount a challenge on the Premier League title next year.

«We absolutely must finish in the top three; everyone wants to play in the Champions League again next season.»

The ever - hopeful Tom Simmons, writing here for acclaimed Liverpool blog Empire of the Kop, has claimed that Raheem Sterling will stay at Liverpool next season, but only if the Reds are able to win the FA Cup and qualify for the Champions League via a top four finish.

Chelsea finished 10th this season, so their main focus for next year in the Premier League would be to try to hit back by challenging for the top four quickly.

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 fLeague 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 fleague finish.

I would rather win the EPL or the champion league this season and finish 10th next season.

A lot of people are suggesting that the Gunners need to finish next season as champions to save Wenger but as he pointed out in his interview yesterday, reported on the Arsenal website, winning the Premier League is not that easy.

But will he be able to get enough to finish at the top of the Premier League next season?

If Arsenal are to finish the season strongly and keep the pressure on Leicester and Tottenham while keeping the teams below us at bay and ensuring a place in the Champions League next season, we will need the creative and attacking players in the side to keep up the sort of performances that have seen Arsenal score six goals in the last two Premier League games.

I still think that Arsenal have a great chance of finishing in the top four and a good chance of avoiding the Champions League play - offs next season, but we need to cut out the mistakes and start putting a run of games together.

The Saints have emerged as favourites to sign Song and are in a position to offer the midfield enforcer Europa League football next season after being rewarded for their seventh placed finish in the Barclays Premier League.

Let us not fool ourselves and say we will win the league next season just because we finish 2nd.

They will be hoping to consolidate a Champions League place next season and finish above Liverpool, who are only a single point behind in the table.

Manchester united have realized that if they do nt win the league in next 2 seasons or if they finish out of top 4 they may lose the domination.

The Arsenal manager has been expressing his concern about next season already, after the Premier League clubs voted to accommodate next summers Euro championship tournament by starting and finishing the season early.

Will the teams that finished 3rd and 4th lose their place in next years champions league???

We can not afford to lose out on the Champions League next season, we have to finish in the top 4.

Wenger said, «The expectations are very high and that is understandable because you can not win the FA Cup and finish third in the league and then say «Look, next year we want to do nothing.

Fiorentina, coached by Vincenzo Montella, finished fourth in Italy's Serie A last season and have qualified for next season's Europa League.

He is challenging them not only to finish the season well but to prepare next season to have a winning one that challenges for titles from start to finish, one that doesn't get spanked 10 - 2 on aggregate as if it out of there league.

Now the boss and players have almost two weeks before the next game and they need to use it wisely because our next match is away to Liverpool in the Premier League and that could be huge in the fight for a top four finish, which is still very important.

Wenger won't win the league in next 2 years nor finish in top 4..

It's no secret that we need an impressive run of wins to assure ourselves of Champions League football next year, and it may even be possible that Arsene Wenger could warrant a top four finish as the means to leave on a high.

Although it would be quite a blow for Arsenal to finish fourth now after the position we have got ourselves into, it would still mean that the Gunners were once again in the Champions League next season.

The Gunners needed a victory this evening if they wanted to have any chance of finishing in the top four and qualifying for the Champions League next season.

Despite falling to a 12th - place finish in the Premier League, West Ham United will play in the Europa League next season after finishing first in the fair - play rankings.

So if correct, as mentioned in a previous thread that we have already qualified for next year's Europa League, even aiming for sixth is pointless so finishing eighth doesn't matter.

Also jimmy jazz again great name by the way i think the fact were 6th in ayer purchases and i agree without kane spurs would be below without kaneuckeu them for now but i see laca will be better next year and auba will have had a taste of the rigorous epl and because its a world cup year we need stability with wenger for atleast another year i think were vying for that spot and wi th cazorla coming back and hopfully Jack signs with a couple good signings if we splash some cash and ozil already signed we could surprise the league next year with a very strong season and Leicester surprised apparently everybody but us cause we handled them well that year but no one else dod and we finished second but i think its not so good for a big club like us with internationals in a world cup year to change managers do it in a non world cup year cause you only have a couple weeks with your players maybe less with some before season starts

And if the Saints did go on to lift the famous old cup that Arsenal have had so much success with in recent years, then it would mean that the side who finish sixth would not get a Europa League spot for next season.

They are looking good for a top four finish in my opinion and now that Liverpool seem to be over their slump, could Arsenal be one of the current top six teams that will miss out on a Champions League spot for next season?

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If the table finishes like this, but Chelsea win the Champions League and Arsenal win the Europa League, Chelsea and Arsenal would supplant Spurs in next season's CL.

This latest piece of Arsenal transfer news may not mean that the Gunners are now favourites to lift the Premier League trophy next May, or even to finish in the top four.