Manchester United's rivals Liverpool and Manchester City have both managed to reach the final four of this season's Champions League in the middle of this week, and even the former Red Devils managers have advanced to the Semi-Finals of European Competition. David Moyes' West Ham beat Lyon by 3 goals to reach the Europa League Final Four, while Jose Mourinho's Roma also won 4-0 at home in the second leg to reach the semi-finals of the European Union Cup.
Not only that, Leicester City beat Eindhoven to reach the semi-finals of the European Cup, and the manager of the team, Brendan Rodgers, was also a candidate coach for Manchester United, but was not selected. The only regret is that Spurs were awarded a UEFA cup out of the UEFA Cup due to the impact of the new crown, conte lost the opportunity to perform in this competition, and he is also a manager candidate who is "looked down" by the Manchester United executives.
At the same time, Manchester United has already been empty of all four, and it is gradually moving away from next season's Champions League qualification. While other teams celebrated their European promotion, United players had to take pleasure in hosting a birthday party for centre-back Eric Baie.
The club's top brass has put forward new requirements to manager Ronnick: in order to earn more money on matchdays next season, it is necessary to make every effort to ensure European qualification, and if the Champions League is not played, the Europa League and the European Union Cup are no problem.
"No problem!" United's interim manager and former manager may have said in their hearts that the task is very simple. If all goes well, Lonnick and his Manchester United disciples don't have to work hard at all, even if the ranking continues to decline, European places may be within reach!
West Ham will face Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League semi-finals, with the winner battling a team from Red Bull Leipzig and Glasgow Rangers for this season's Europa League title. Rogers' Leicester City will face Mourinho's Roma in the semi-finals of the European Union Cup, with the winner competing with Feyenoord or Marseille.
According to the FA's Allocation of European Places, the top four of the Premier League enter the Champions League, the FA Cup and the 5th place in the Premier League play in the Europa League, and the 6th and League Cup champions play the UEFA Cup. Now that Liverpool have won the League Cup, in the Premier League, whether Klopp's team can overtake Manchester City or not, the Champions League place has been locked, so the UEFA Cup play-off place for the League Cup champion is already in the 7th place in the Premier League. That is, as long as United's ranking does not fall, the current 7th place is enough to participate in the European Union Cup for the first time.
This season's FA Cup title will be produced at Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Crystal Palace, unless the "King of London" Crystal Palace wins the title, otherwise because the other three teams are in the top four of the Premier League, they will play in the Champions League, and the Europa League place for the FA Cup champion will belong to the 6th place in the Premier League.
But if West Ham can win the Europa League, the Premier League's European quota will change again. The Europa League champions can play in next season's Champions League, which means West Ham will enter the Champions League, where they currently sit 6th to occupy a Europa League spot, which will be extended to 7th in the Premier League. In other words, if Moyes leads West Ham to win the Europa League, Manchester United, even if they are only 7th in the Premier League, can play in the Europa League next season. At the same time, the 8th place in the Premier League will also be qualified for the European Union Cup.
Ironically, in the future, UEFA may also launch a Champions League "historical record card", and Manchester United even has the opportunity to rely on previous European results to get a ticket to the 2024/25 Champions League.