In England, top 4 is no longer the goal. Top 5 is. Everyone is talking about fifth place getting Champions League football next season. Nobody is explaining why it is actually happening. You know I will always tell you. What happened is that UEFA expanded the Champions League to 36 teams in 2024 and created two extra spots called European Performance Spots(EPS). These spots go to the two leagues whose clubs collectively perform best across all three UEFA competitions every season. England won that race last season. England is winning it again this season. The fifth spot is the prize. To determine the winners of this EPS, UEFA adds up every win, every draw, every round of progression by every English club across the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League, divides it by the number of clubs involved, and ranks every league in Europe. Right now England leads that table comfortably and Spain is second. Everyone else is further back. Now this part is funny. Every extra spot England earns is a spot another league loses. For example, France already dropped from four Champions League places to three. If English clubs keep dominating Europe collectively, that gap will keep widening. I have a reservation though. The coefficient system sounds like a meritocracy. What it actually does is take money from weaker leagues and redirect it to stronger ones, structurally and permanently. Fifth place used to mean Europa League and a tighter budget. Now it means Champions League revenue, elite visibility, and everything that comes with it. The top four race just became a top five race. And it is not going back. My name is Ajoje. I am a FIFA Licensed Agent and International Sports Lawyer. I write on the Law and Business of Football, a lot. Repost and Follow if you want to read more posts like this.

dear God. remove the comfort that keeps me average and replace it with courage to become who you created me to be. amen.

When I small, my papa buy bulldog keep for house and my brother name am Nuno Two weeks later, thieves enter our house for night. My brother comot head for window shout “NUNO MEND THEM!!” Na so the dog kpai three thieves that night After that night, we begin call the dog NUNO MENDES

Some of you hate yourselves for real