THE Premier League is set to have NINE teams competing in Europe next season after Spurs and Manchester United set up an all-English Europa League final.
The tally includes a record number of six English teams in the Champions League.
The previous record was five, set in 2017/8 when Man Utd finished outside the top four but won the Europa League.
Traditionally only the top four go through to the Champions League, with fifth place reserved for a Europa League slot and sixth for the Conference League.
This season the Premier League was awarded a fifth slot for next year's Champions League after English teams impressed in Europe.
England was a top-two nation in UEFA's coefficient rankings after Arsenal beat Real Madrid in the first leg of their quarter-final.
This means that Europa and Conference League spots have moved to sixth and seventh, but could be bumped down once more if Manchester City beat Crystal Palace in the FA Cup.
Tottenham and Manchester United sit well outside of the European standings having both suffered disastrous league campaigns.
But their respective Europa semi-final wins, on aggregate 5-1 against Bodo/Glimt and 7-1 against Athletic Bilbao, have meant that one of them will take home the trophy and the Champions League spot that it offers.
Who's involved?
Nearly half of the Premier League's teams will play in Europe in the 2025/6 season.
Liverpool have claimed their Champions League spot, with Arsenal looking set to join them - only needing one win in their final three games.
The final three Champions League spots will be decided in the race for the top five between Newcastle, Manchester City, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa.
Only four points separate the high-flyers with three games left to play.
Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton and Fulham are in contention for the final European places but will have to compete with the losers of the Champions League race.
The lower placed teams will doubtless feel sore if they miss out on Europe next season as either Spurs in 16th or 15th-placed Man Utd will leapfrog them into the Champions League.
Nutcmnrtu
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Yopabcknru
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ahmad muhammad
Yopabcknru
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Ahmad Muhammad
obi1010
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i think the English teams can use this opportunity to cement 5th spot every season, there's no way 9 teams won't raise a point of potential 5th spot next season
dacblnorsu
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if crystal won fa Cup it we be 10 teams
I don't think so, crystal palace will only replace the 7th position team in Europa, the 7th team will now play in conference league
REDALIEN
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9 teams I tell some friends of mine the other day that football is shifting in a different level its just unknown. At anytime any team in a football match can upset the favorite are beat the top side in the league because of the new wave that as shifting the play of a game and any player can raise to the occasion 👍
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man a born jamaican so mi ago mix up the potwah with English yuh hear dat
nekdiloty
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it won't matter cause we will be sending them to PSG
And Inter go send u home
rabiu007
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it won't matter cause we will be sending them to PSG
baba why Nau
Grinfinz
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9 teams I tell some friends of mine the other day that football is shifting in a different level its just unknown. At anytime any team in a football match can upset the favorite are beat the top side in the league because of the new wave that as shifting the play of a game and any player can raise to the occasion 👍
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Machester united fans you guys are so useless even with speaking English
REDALIEN
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9 teams I tell some friends of mine the other day that football is shifting in a different level its just unknown. At anytime any team in a football match can upset the favorite are beat the top side in the league because of the new wave that as shifting the play of a game and any player can raise to the occasion 👍
fupceiluyz
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if crystal won fa Cup it we be 10 teams
Nope,it will be the seventh ranked team in the league plus Crystal Palace for Europa and the eighth one for conference league.So the total will still be nine.
jokreal
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if crystal won fa Cup it we be 10 teams
raeaostyz
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Strong league and once we settle we hope to make a mark on the CL too. If Slot had also won CL in his first season he may of left us and dropped the mic, what else could he possibly achieve? Let's build his team and move forward.
jasbdeksy
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champions league?????bahahahahahahahahahah in name only. hasn't been a champions league for a long while now. it should be just called the Cashedup League. team coming other. than 1st in their league can't be champion...league is a farce.
jasbdeksy
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seriously that's a joke.
zawille
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it won't matter cause we will be sending them to PSG
Mrliberty
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As it stands, England will have 6 teams in next year's champions League because either MU or Spurs will join the Top 5 teams
makenziefoster33
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Jesus you might as well just put every pl team in champions League
Toeeknpyz
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it's all about Man. U'ted. United forever.