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There seems to be some confusion about the EPS set-up.
England will still get the same amount of European places across the Champion's League, Europa League and Europa Conference League.
If Villa finish in 4th and win the Europa League, there will be no change.
However, if Villa finish in 5th and win the Europa League, then 6th spot will indeed get a Champion's League place. The Europa League Final is played before the last game of the season, so sides will know what they have to do to finish in respective spots.
The consequence of that circumstance (Villa win and finish 5th) is that only one side (instead of two) will get a Europa League spot, as you still end up having the same number of sides total getting to play in some form of European competition.
That would cut the chances of a Premier League side winning next season's Europa League in half, which would definitely suit some of the other participant nations, as there's a growing feeling that it's getting harder and harder to compete in Europe against the financial might of the Premier League.
For quite some time we have seen classic European clubs like Porto, Sporting Lisbon, Ajax etc who can afford less in transfer wees and wages than most Premier League sides, but now we are increasingly in a situation where historic Italian giants are going to be outspent by Brighton, Bournemouth, Brentford etc in fees and wages.
So for the benefit of European football as a whole, everyone outside of England will be wanting to see French/German/Italian/Portuguese/Dutch teams winning the likes of the Europa and the Europa Conference to try and stem the tide a bit.
England will still get the same amount of European places across the Champion's League, Europa League and Europa Conference League.
If Villa finish in 4th and win the Europa League, there will be no change.
However, if Villa finish in 5th and win the Europa League, then 6th spot will indeed get a Champion's League place. The Europa League Final is played before the last game of the season, so sides will know what they have to do to finish in respective spots.
The consequence of that circumstance (Villa win and finish 5th) is that only one side (instead of two) will get a Europa League spot, as you still end up having the same number of sides total getting to play in some form of European competition.
That would cut the chances of a Premier League side winning next season's Europa League in half, which would definitely suit some of the other participant nations, as there's a growing feeling that it's getting harder and harder to compete in Europe against the financial might of the Premier League.
For quite some time we have seen classic European clubs like Porto, Sporting Lisbon, Ajax etc who can afford less in transfer wees and wages than most Premier League sides, but now we are increasingly in a situation where historic Italian giants are going to be outspent by Brighton, Bournemouth, Brentford etc in fees and wages.
So for the benefit of European football as a whole, everyone outside of England will be wanting to see French/German/Italian/Portuguese/Dutch teams winning the likes of the Europa and the Europa Conference to try and stem the tide a bit.
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