Manchester City s defeat gives the Premier League the chance to win the 10th European quota, becoming bigger and bigger

On Sunday night, the Premier League will play the final round and the entire season will be announced. With Liverpool winning the championship, two domestic cup championships were born, and three relegated teams were confirmed early, and the teams participating in the European competitions next year became the last suspense.

Because the Premier League won the top two European points, a UEFA Champions League place was added. At the same time, Tottenham won the UEFA Champions League title and ranked 17th in the Premier League, and also locked in a UEFA Champions League place. Therefore, there are a total of 6 Champions League places in the Premier League next season, setting a historical record of the largest number of participating teams.

This season, both the Bundesliga and Serie A actually have the opportunity to have 6 Champions League places, but as Dortmund ranked second in the Champions League last season, Atlanta made it to the top four in the league last season, and it was ultimately impossible to achieve it.

At present, the suspense of the qualifications for the three major European Cups in the Premier League are still not completely determined. In addition to Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham, there are three other qualifying for the Champions League. In addition, according to the rules, Crystal Palace, which won the FA Cup championship, locked a UEFA place, and Newcastle, which won the UEFA Cup championship, locked a UEFA place. Of course, Newcastle is enough to at least be shortlisted for the UEFA League with its league ranking.

Therefore, according to custom, there will be 9 teams in the Premier League to participate in the three major European Cups, among which the three teams in the third to fifth place in the league can all participate in the Champions League next season, the sixth place in the UEFA Cup and the seventh place in the UEFA Champions League. Due to his goal difference advantage, Manchester City scored a draw in the last round, Newcastle and Chelsea won, and they could both participate in the Champions League. The initiative is in their own hands. These three teams have the highest chance of participating in the Champions League.

However, after Manchester City finished second in the FA Cup last week, the possibility of the Premier League having 10 European quotas has become increasingly greater. Last season, UEFA Deputy Secretary-General Marchetti once explained that if Fiorentina wins the UEFA Champions League and ranks seventh in Serie A, then Serie A can add one UEFA quota. By the same token, if Chelsea wins the UEFA Champions League this season and the league ranks in the UEFA Champions League qualification, the Premier League will also add an additional quota.

That is to say, if Chelsea wins the seventh place in the Premier League and wins the UEFA Champions League, then the sixth place, seventh place (Chelsea) and Crystal Palace will participate in the UEFA Cup. The eighth place team in the league will be postponed to participate in the UEFA Champions League. In this way, there will be 3 UEFA Champions League places, 1 UEFA Champions League, and 6 UEFA Champions League places, and the Premier League has a total of 10 teams and can participate in the three major European Cups.

The possibility of Chelsea finishing in the seventh place in the Premier League still exists. First, Chelsea loses to Nottingham Forest, second, Newcastle is unbeaten against Fulham, or loses two goals and not more than Chelsea. Third, Aston Villa is unbeaten against Manchester United. If these three conditions are met at the same time, Chelsea will only be ranked seventh in the league.

If the Premier League really has 10 European quotas, it means that it accounts for half of the league. For Manchester United, who has won nothing, it is really a mixed feeling and hard to describe.