News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.ARSENAL have the chance to earn London bragging rights by winning the FA Cup final against Chelsea... and getting one over on Tottenham at the same time.With three English sides qualifying for the competition, either Arsenal or seventh-placed Wolves will join Spurs and Leicester in next season's draw.The cup winners or sixth-placed Tottenham are nominated to qualify directly to the group stage with the Foxes.That means one unlucky side is destined to enter at the second qualifying round and play an extra three games before the tournament proper commences.An Arsenal victory at Wembley will knock Wolves out and relegate Spurs to the qualifier route, which begins on September 17 - five days after the 2020/21 Premier League opener.Seedings will be in place for the qualifiers, meaning Jose Mourinho's men will dodge the likes of AC Milan and Wolfsburg also in the hat.Teams potentially coming up on their path include Irish side Shamrock Rovers, Lichtenstein cup winners Vaduz and Motherwell, who are all entering at the first round.On August 9, the draw for the preliminary round will take place with the first round decided a day later.The first English side in the hat finds out their fate on August 31 with the second qualifying round draw.Nuno Espirito Santo's side endured a lengthy qualifying process at the very start of the 2019/20 campaign.However the new campaign's run-in will be significantly kinder thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.Clubs must play only single-legged ties with the host decided at the time of the draw, and no fans allowed inside stadiums. If we don't have the choice to do that, it's better to play in Europe than not to, that's my opinion." Now the Gunners need to pay their man. They are playing well and are back to the type of performance levels and quality that we saw before lockdown.Hard to pick a single one - you could throw a blanket over five teams competing for Europa League so it's going to go to the wire - United are taking it game by game with some tough fixtures to come - Chelsea, Leicester and Everton all in the final four.United don't have a key man like other clubs - they are very much a team unit and need everyone to perform to stand a chance of winning in this very tough division. Although nothing has been confirmed, the scuttlebutt is that Arsenal will give the players three weeks off.
The Gunners are 10th in the league, and … The most prominent of these came in the Europa League Round of 32 stage. They didn't even get a shot on target at Bournemouth on Thursday night. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang won Arsenal the FA Cup, and in turn the cash that comes from a Europa League place. I asked Mourinho exactly that the other day and he was very much in the pro-Europa League camp and said he would prefer it to no European football at all.However, he has also declared on a couple of occasions that he expects Spurs to challenge for the Premier League title next season.
With Arsenal securing Europa League qualification with an FA Cup win over Chelsea, a few more pieces of the Gunners’ 2020-21 season have fallen into place.And things are starting soon — the Community Shield is 27 days away.
For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed Tottenham will be keen to see Mikel Arteta's Arsenal fall at Wembley on Saturday - for a number of reasonsWolves will also be wanting a Chelsea win even though they endured a similar pile-up last summerArsenal vs Chelsea FA Cup final kick-off time CONFIRMED for August 1 on BBC and BT Sport with Anthony Taylor as referee Arsenal, Spurs and their rivals' chances of securing Europa League spot for 2020/21 analysed The race for a Europa League spot is set to go down to the wire in the Premier League this season Share But the Europa League places are still to be decided as Tottenham and Arsenal … Four consecutive wins pushed them right into contention for a Europa League spot - even if Mikel Arteta and his players are still aiming for the Champions League. I don't think Wolves can afford many slip ups from here if they want to finish sixth given the form of the teams chasing them down.This weekend's match against Everton is absolutely huge in terms of boosting morale. Spurs have fixed many of their defensive woes but they are spluttering in front of goal and barely creating any chances. You can unsubscribe at any time.Wolves are currently in the driving seat to secure sixth.
"This club has to play in Europe and this club has to play in the Champions League. Arsenal sent crashing out of Europa League by late Olympiakos winner Nick Ames at the Emirates Stadium @NickAmes82 Thu 27 Feb 2020 17.48 EST Last modified on Fri 28 Feb 2020 02.18 EST.
(Image: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images)It has been a frustrating period for Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane. (Image: Peter Powell/NMC Pool/PA Wire)Chris Wilder (right) and Sheffield United have been the surprise package this season. After losing 1-0 at Aston Villa, Arsenal’s top-6 hopes are over.
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