30 Sep 2015 06:31:26
Eds is it true if English teams continue to underperform this season in Europe, they risk losing fourth spot to Italy?
{Ed013's Note - If they don't qualify through the groups they go down to 3 places I believe, unless someone wins it}
30 Sep 2015 08:27:02
It also depends what the Italian teams do and what our Europa League teams achieve but there is a real risk it will happen. Fortunately not relevant to us - our realistic chance to get the 4th spot is the same as our chance to take 3rd spot.
30 Sep 2015 13:30:50
How many of the four need to get through the groups to still have four?
30 Sep 2015 10:02:47
Reading the BBC Sport article about it - http://goo.gl/PAcFwA - it won't happen until the 2017/18 season, so will affect the top 4 next season, not this.
Also, there's a few other conditions to be met as fanobip says above.