Chelsea and Manchester United will both be
out of the Champions League for next year.
With City crashing out, they follow Arsenal in falling
out of the Champions League for this season, whilst Leicester remain the only English side still in the competition.
Arsenal have dropped
out of the Champions League for the first time in 20 years, but Arsene Wenger is still adamant that he would rather that the club return to the Top Four to guarantee Champions League football next season, rather than win the Europa League, like Manchester United did last season.
4) The cost of losing
out of the champions league for the second time compared to the cost of losing Alexis on a free after qualification.
I have no idea how Arsene Wenger is going to get the Arsenal players up for the final few games of the Premier League season, but the Frenchman needs to find a way to inspire the Gunners and be quick about it, or the campaign could end not only in disappointment but disaster if we crash
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Another season
out of the Champions League for the spuds will certainly help to convince the France international number one that his career would be much better off down the road at the Emirates stadium with the Gunners, where he would also join up with international team mates like Mathieu Debuchy, Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud.
Not much has really changed with the Gunners; they finished with four points more than they did in last year's second - place run, but Tottenham, Chelsea, Liverpool, and City all rose up far enough to push
them out of the Champions League for the first time in 20 seasons.
Not exact matches
Costa, who was named in Antonio Conte's 25 - man squad
for this season's Premier
League season but was left
out of their squad
for the
Champions League, is now thought to be consulting his lawyers ahead
of a potential lawsuit from the Blues, as reported by the Express.
The Sun is reporting that Arsenal are now in pole position to sign the talented young German and with his current club apparently set to leave him
out of their
Champions League squad
for next season he certainly seems to be available and
for not all that much money either.
A couple
of months into the new season, and nothing seems to have changed from recent seasons
for the North Londoners who have already been knocked
out of the Capital One Cup by a youthful Southampton side, languishing at 8th position in the Premier
League table, and have won 1
of their 2
Champions League fixtures.
Juventus are said to be preparing
for an all
out assault on the
Champions League next season and want to sign a host
of new players to strengthen the side in anticipation
of a busy campaign.
The last straw
for the 21 - year old signed
for # 25 million from Roma a few years ago was being left
out of the side
for the
Champions League clash with Man City.
For this to happen it will depend on where we finish,
out of the
champions league I think Wenger will be in trouble, sixth or below he will be
out of the door — hopefully.
The lineups are
out for today's crunch
Champions League round
of 16 match between Borussia Dortmund and Juventus at the Westfalenstadion.
We have all but ruled ourselves
out of the title race following our dismal display at Stamford Bridge this weekend which allowed our rivals to move to 12 points clear
of us, and we (
for now) have to concentrate on building our own form to assure ourselves
of Champions League football, and should the Blues begin to drop points, we must be within touching distance
of them when push comes to shove.
If they win their next three games in the Europa
League then they'll qualify for the Champions League, whereas if they win all four of their league games they could still mis
League then they'll qualify
for the
Champions League, whereas if they win all four of their league games they could still mis
League, whereas if they win all four
of their
league games they could still mis
league games they could still miss
out.
In the space
of a week, the Blues were eliminated from the FA Cup by Everton, and were also dumped
out of the
Champions League at the hands
of Paris Saint - Germain, falling 2 - 1 in both legs
for a 4 - 2 aggregate deficit.
Real Madrid are plotting a # 15m bid
for Arsenal's
Champions League tormentor and transfer target Geoffrey Kondogbia, after Monaco were knocked
out of the
Champions League this week, according to the Daily Star.
We have been seeing how we have been penny pinching
for the last 5 yrs, because
of which we have not won the
league and now we are
out of champions league as well.
With a long and arduous season ahead
of Arsenal in four competitions, perhaps the fact that some players like Olivier Giroud, Lucas Perez and Carl Jenkinson got a rare chance to play and gain some match sharpness
for when they are called upon by Arsene Wenger
for a Premier
League or
Champions League match will turn
out to be crucial.
Manchester City's early
Champions League exit could be the cue
for # 150m - worth
of players, including Yaya Toure, Samir Nasri and Edin Dzeko, to head
out of the club in the summer --(Daily Mirror)
I'm sure the club's main target this season is to break back into the
Champions League, having missed out on qualifying for this season's competition, but as fans we obviously have bigger hopes of actually winning the l
League, having missed
out on qualifying
for this season's competition, but as fans we obviously have bigger hopes
of actually winning the
leagueleague.
Unfortunately the only people that can remove him is the ones that put him in charge
of arsenal and the only way the board will move against wenger is when he does not meet their expectations, have you heard any one
of the board members come
out and say fourth is not acceptable,
for several years he has guarantee the board money from the
champions league, they also have several agreements or contract signed with major companies, all that points to money coming back to the board.
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...
The 22 - year - old Frenchman has caught the eye and won admirers in this season's impressive
Champions League campaign
for Monaco, attracting envious glances from Arsenal as well after they were dumped
out at the hands
of the Ligue 1 club.
If we get knocked
out of the
champions league, it will even be worse
for Napoli because our players will put all their attention and frustration in the
league.
Metro have reported that Roberto Fernandez who is the sporting director
of La Liga
champions FC Barcelona has suggested that the Gunners may have paid way over the odds
for the German defender and if that is true, in these days
of crazy money being spent on players by Premier
League clubs, perhaps he will not turn
out to be the player we needed after all.
His goals may well end up knocking Manuel Pellegrini's men
out of the
Champions League at the last - 16 stage
for the second consecutive season.
This means the west London giants are more than likely to miss
out on
Champions League football
for a second time in three seasons in what looks like becoming a spectacular collapse given the success
of Conte last season.
Yet now, at this time, sitting a very lowly and pathetic and embarrassing SIXTH place in the Premiership, after getting knocked
out of the FA Cup by a team struggling in the Championship, and competing in the Europa
League, (Which is basically the Championship) you feel you need to remind us
of your loyalty and commitment to Arsenal Football Club.This same Club that despite you failing to achieve a Top 4 finish to give us our
Champions League fare
for this season, Increased your Salary to # 9m per year.I would remind you that you yourself have continually stated that a Top 4 finish was a greater achievement than winning a Domestic Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA cup win
of last season to enter into this letter.
United seem to have caught wind
of his dissatisfaction with how things are going at PSG, with the Ligue 1 giants dumped
out of the
Champions League at the last - 16 stage
for the second season in a row.
Both City and Guardiola's Bayern Munich side were dumped
out of the
Champions League in the semi-finals this week, with Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid setting up a Madrid derby in the final
for the second time in the last three years.
A United source told CaughtOffside: «Jose's been clear he needs a new signing in midfield, and with PSG dropping
out (
of the
Champions League) he's eager
for the board to try a move
for Verratti.»
That really would be a sad turn
of events
for Milan, with Silva and Calhanoglu signed to be key figures in the squad overhaul, and this would mark a complete restart with others arguably also at risk
of being shipped
out to maintain a healthy financial position without
Champions League money.
The Arsenal legend Robert Pires has already accepted that that is now
out of our reach and that it is time
for the Gunners to just go all
out to take the Europa
League trophy as the only way we can save our season and get to next years
Champions League.
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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.
This inevitably begs the question
of why the Arsenal boss failed to use the German or get the best
out of him and Arsenal fans will no doubt be wondering why Arsenal have lost a player deemed good enough
for the side that gave us two absolute tonkings in the
Champions League last season.
United were linked with both players and, it is fair to assume, that the dreadful season that the Red Devils endured and lack
of Champions League football will contribute to their inability to compete
for some
of the hottest properties in the transfer market, but there may well still be better value than Vidal
out there to be had.
The former Borussia Dortmund man has scored 30 goals in his two seasons at Bayern Munich but last season was dropped
for crucial encounters, including two fixtures against Barcelona in the
Champions League, and was also left
out of the starting eleven
for the opening Bundesliga match
of the season.
Indeed, the Red Devils were dumped
out of this year's competition in the group stage, and van Gaal, showing few
of the qualities that won him two Spanish titles at Barcelona, the
Champions League at Ajax, and the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich, appears unable to help the side re-qualify
for the competition this season.
Barca paid an audacious fee
for the winger but he has featured sporadically recently
for the side and was even left
out of Barcelona's
Champions League starting eleven against Chelsea last week at Stamford Bridge.
Still, if Arsenal end up
out of the
Champions League and without a major trophy like the Premier
League this season, that may well be the final straw
for Wenger after a difficult few years.
According to the London Evening Standard, the Premier
League champions and their London rivals are interested in the France international; however, the English duo may have been scared
out of making a bid after Lyon president Jean - Michel Aulas revealed the price that the Ligue 1 outfit are demanding
for their prized asset.
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Out of the
Champions League and sitting only three points clear
of Atléti in the La Liga table, there's the real possibility this season will go horribly sour
for the Catalan giants.
The teams are
out for the second leg
of Atlético Madrid's
Champions League encounter with Barcelona.
According to the Mirror, City boss Pep Guardiola will leave Hart
out of the starting line - up once again even as the Spanish tactician rotates squad
for Champions League return tomorrow.
French midfielder Adrien Rabiot, 19, is set
for a January move to Arsenal or Chelsea after being left
out of Paris St - Germain's
Champions League squad --(Daily Express)
It even went to an extent where the Daily Mail claimed that Ozil was «nicking a living» — a quite personal attack — as Arsenal crashed
out of the
Champions League against Bayern Munich, despite further revelation that the World Cup winner was playing with a hamstring injury which ruled him
out for six weeks.