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Abdulazeez Abubakar
4 weeks ago
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Champions League race state of play with SIX Premier League teams set to qualify
Nearly one third of the teams in the Premier League are set to be involved in next season's Champions League, but the identity of the teams making the cut is far from certain
As we head into the final four weeks of the Premier League season, there's every chance we're looking at six qualification spots for next season's Champions League. And that's all down to the performances of English clubs in Europe this term.
We've known since early April that there would be a fifth qualifying team, with Arsenal's home victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals allowing the Premier League to ensure one of the two European Performance Spots for next season. Since then, Spain locked up the second of those bonus spots, with the fifth-placed team in both countries' leagues qualifying.
The winners of the Europa League will also qualify for next season's Champions League if they haven't already made it via their league position. That's what happened in the 2022-23 season, when Sevilla finished 12th in La Liga but beat Roma for Europa League glory.
We still have another leg to play in the semi-finals of this season's Europa League, but there's every chance the Premier League will lock in its sixth spot. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are both on course for bottom-half league finishes, but both have one foot in the final.
United sealed a thumping win in Bilbao, while Spurs hold a 3-1 lead over Bodo/Glimt ahead of a trip to Norway, and if they meet in the final then the winner would claim that sixth spot. But who will join them? Mirror Football takes a closer look at the teams in contention.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/champions-league-qualifiers-premier-league-35156915
