Is that extra Champions League spot still heading the Premier League’s way?

Fifth in the Premier League could be enough to qualify for the Champions League next season

There is the adage, made famous by former manager Bill Shankly, that second was nowhere. Au contraire, Bill. It is not just second that has become somewhere, but third and fourth, too. And, from this season, we might even start considering fifth in the to be cause for celebration. Advertisement A and that means the door could swing open for English football’s fifth-best team to earn their share of a financial windfall.

Only events over the coming weeks and months can tell us that for certain, but it is safe to say there is a high chance. History, if nothing else, tells us that much. In six of the last seven seasons, the annual achievements of English clubs in Europe have been first or second best according to UEFA’s metrics. Only in 2019-20, when finishing narrowly behind Spain and Germany, has that modern pattern been broken.

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