Tottenham's North London Derby clash against Arsenal could have a huge bearing on whether or not Champions League football is to return to N17 next season. Currently fifth in the Premier League table with six games remaining, Spurs trail main rivals Aston Villa by six points with league fixtures starting to run out.
The Lilywhites do crucially have two games in hand to come between now and the final day., and that could potentially prove decisive. Amid the prospect of the Premier League obtaining an extra Champions League place for the 2024/25 campaign due to the expansion of Europe's premier competition, England's hopes are now hanging by a thread following a nightmare set of results in Europe one week ago.
Seeing Arsenal and Man City exit the Champions League at the quarter-final stage, Liverpool and West Ham were also eliminated in the Europa League. With England and Germany vying for one of the two extra Champions League places via the European Performance Spots, Arsenal's defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen knocking West Ham out has only strengthened Germany's chances of a fifth Bundesliga team entering next season's Champions League.
As Italy have already sewn up an extra place at Europe's top table, Germany now just need 0.488 coefficient points to triumph over England. As things stand at the semi-final stage of UEFA's three club competitions, England have Aston Villa in the Europa Conference League, whereas Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are representing Germany in the Champions League and Bayern Leverkusen are doing the same in the Europa League.
It does look very bleak in regards to the Premier League obtaining a fifth Champions League place for next campaign but it is still possible. So
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